AHG Girl Stories

AHG END-OF-YEAR AWARD CEREMONY SUCCESS STORIES

AHG End-of-Year Award Ceremonies are a special time for Troops, often the most-anticipated event of the Program Year! Much like graduations and other celebrations this spring, End-of-Year Ceremonies were forced to take on a different look. But AHG Troops are nothing if not resilient! Troop leaders across the country got creative and made the most of the ceremonies, keeping the spirit of fun alive for the girls despite the unfortunate circumstances!

Many Troops, like IA2016, hosted drive-through ceremonies, while Troops like KY7070 integrated a modified, socially distanced flag ceremony into the celebration. VA1318 even gave girls the chance to hop out of the car and walk across the AHG Creed Word Bridge to commemorate girls advancing to the next Program Level! CT2016 got creative in capturing the event by using a zoom lens, photographing each girl’s special moment from a safe distance. AHG girls are blessed to have such creative and dedicated volunteers to make this unpredictable year’s end such a special and memorable time!

AHG HOSTS MEDICAL HERO WEEK

AHG Medical Hero Week was a hit! The week-long virtual event was full of God-honoring activities that supported medical heroes while teaching girls how to become medical heroes in their own lives. Hundreds of girls tuned into three YouTube Live events throughout the week. AHG Founder & Executive Director, Patti Garibay, led a medical bag-themed devotional written specifically for AHG girls, and two interview-style events allowed girls to live-chat their questions about the medical field to two physician friends of AHG: Dr. Allan Sawyer, a member of the Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team, and Dr. Gail-Marie Walter, who specializes in family practice in Lenoir City, TN. Dr. Walter previously served as Troop in family practice in Lenoir City, TN. Dr. Walter previously served as Troop Coordinator for TN0215, a Knoxville-area Troop, and is currently serving her daughter's Troop, TN0413, a Knoxville-area Troop, as an Adult Member.

Girl Members learned and had fun while creating homemade face masks, Girl Members learned and had fun while creating homemade face masks, preparing healthy fruit and vegetable rainbows, building their own spiritual preparing healthy fruit and vegetable rainbows, building their own spiritual “medical bags”, crafting organ t-shirts to learn anatomy and so much more! Plus, the virtual event was the perfect time to pre-release the Medical Badge—one of the ten new badges available in the new AHG Girl Medical Badge—one of the ten new badges available in the new AHG Girl Handbooks! Thanks to this event, girls even got the chance to serve their community by doing things such as, donating their homemade face masks community by doing things such as, donating their homemade face masks to local medical facilities, inspiring others with encouraging artwork, and sending cards/gifts to medical professionals.

The success of AHG Medical Hero Week led the AHG Program Department The success of AHG Medical Hero Week led the AHG Program Department to plan more virtual events for Troops this Program Year. For more information on 2020-2021 Program Year Initiatives, visit AHG’s online resource library.