Juliette Gordon Low Lifetime Achievement Award

Julie tte Gordon Low LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Edith McQuade SERVICE UNIT 74

As the highest volunteer award available at Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland, this honor goes to women who have lived the Girl Scout mission and embodied the principles of our founder, Juliette Gordon Low. Recipients of this honor have contributed in a significant and unique way to Girl Scouting within the council, left a continued impact on girls and adults, and exemplified the Girl Scout Promise and Law.

This year, Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland is excited to announce that Edie McQuade has received the Juliette Gordon Low Lifetime Achievement Award. Her decades of service to the Girl Scout movement and embodiment of living the Girl Scout Promise and Law contributed to her receiving this prestigious award. Over the years, Edie has served as Product Program Manager for several troops, planned numerous activities for Girl Scouts in Russell, led five counties as a Service Unit Manager for multiple years, contributed to her service unit’s finance committee, and acted as community coordinator. She is a founding member of the Juliette’s Pearls Leadership Society, established in 2014. Her past contributions have also earned Edie the Outstanding Leader, Appreciation Pin, and Thanks Badge I awards. Those that nominated Edie for the Juliette Gordon Low Lifetime Achievement Award shared their thoughts on her service to Girl Scouts.

“Edie exemplifies what it means to be a Girl Scout. Through her leadership and service, she has enriched both girls and leaders in her community and Service Unit 74. [She has given] continued devotion and time over the years to an organization that gave to her as a child. She learned through the Girl Scout program and then took it upon herself to make sure that all girls and adults who never experienced Girl Scouting would [have] the same opportunities she did. Her blood runs Girl Scout green and she is an excellent candidate for this award. ”

"Edie has been with Girl Scouts for a few decades, she has served in several positions through the years and even multiple positions at the same time. She has been and still is a troop leader, directly assisting the girls with their projects, activities, service unit projects, events and trips. She helps the girls to achieve the whole Girl Scout experience. In Russell, she is our go-to person with her vast experience and knowledge of Girl Scouts. She is also a lifetime Girl Scout who contributes much more than her time. She is a true advocate for all things Girl Scouts. When I think of Edie, I think of Girl Scouts."

“She has also helped to mentor many young women of which several have gone on to lead their own Girl Scout troops in Russell. New troop leaders look to Edie to help them with their troop leadership questions and to provide insight on the Girl Scout program and badges. She was a girl member of the organization for 11 years of which she earned the highest award a Girl Scout can earn at the time, the First Class award. When she was a girl member, she formed friendships that she is still nurturing 35 years after the fact. Girl Scouting has allowed her to share travel, camping and life skill experiences with the girls throughout the years. Edie exemplifies a true Girl Scout in all that she does. She has taken the Girl Scout Promise and Law into her everyday life and does make a difference in all that she does.”

Scholarship Recipients

NAME Jillian Bohl Sarah Fawcett Alexis Harper Ashley Mann CITY Phillipsburg Wichita Parsons Parsons HIGH SCHOOL Phillipsburg High School Eisenhower High School Parsons High School Parsons High School SMITH $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 GOLD AWARD COLLEGE Fort Hays State University Wichita State University William Jewell College Rockhurst University