Girl Scouts of Silver Sage
Scouting Stars 2017
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Why We Are Here
Girl Scouts in Idaho succeed. They demonstrate greater high school graduation rates and are 80% more likely to pursue a college education than non-Girl Scouts. They rise to the top in their careers and become civic-minded leaders in their communities. Today, we’re here to honor local Girl Scouts who have demonstrated extraordinary vision, achievement, and leadership, and to encourage them to continue their paths to success. We’re also here to raise funds for local Girl Scout programs and activities, and to raise awareness about the impact Girl Scouting has on thousands of girls throughout southern Idaho. Thank you for being here to help us celebrate and grow.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to our sponsors who made this event possible. Our sponsors include Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Corvettes of Southeast Idaho, Idaho Falls Power, Idaho Central Credit Union, Teton Toyota, and Bank of Commerce.
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Thank you to Jackie Flowers, Coleen Niemann, the Hilton Garden Inn, Mackenzie River Pizza, the Idaho Falls Symphony, the Museum of Idaho, Kohl’s Cares volunteers and all the other kind folks who contributed to the success of this event.
Table of Contents
Why we are here.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 2 Special thanks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 2 Distinguished Guest Speaker.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Raffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Girl Award Recipients.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 8-14 Text To Give.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 15
Schedule
Color Guard Flag Presentation- Troop 272 Welcome - Patricia Pyke, Girl Scouts of Silver Sage CEO Keynote Introduction - Coleen Niemann, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Guest Speaker - Jackie Flowers, General Manager, Idaho Falls Power Scouting Stars Awards Raffle Drawing Farewells 3
Guest Speaker
Jackie Flowers
Jackie Flowers is the General Manager of Idaho Falls Power – a locally owned electric utility company providing electric service to more than 27,000 metered customers in the City of Idaho Falls. Under Flowers’ leadership, Idaho Falls Power achieved Diamond status in the American Public Power Association’s Reliable Public Power Provider designation program, this is the highest designation level indicating the utility’s strong commitment to reliable and safe electric service. Flowers, a Registered Professional Engineer with a background in Civil Engineering and 25 years of experience, joined the utility in July 2006 as the first female manager in the utility’s history. Earlier this year, Flowers was selected as a 2017 Idaho Business Review Women of the Year honoree and she received the 2017 Energy Advocate Special Recognition award from the Partnership for Science and Technology. Passionate about community service, both locally and internationally, Flowers is a member of the Paul Harris Society via her contributions to the Rotary Foundation. Beyond the walls of the power utility, you can find Flowers spending time with her family skiing, kayaking, camping, hiking, biking and any other activity that involves the outdoors.
Powering up a Brighter Future Proud supporter of the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage
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Raffle
$1 per ticket OR
$20Mustforbe present 25 tickets to win Grand Prize
One 2018 camp session of your choice at Camp Ta-Man-A-Wis or Camp Alice Pittenger!
Other Prizes include:
One $50 Gift Certificate to the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage store Two $20 Gift Certificates to Mackenzie River Pizza Two tickets to the Idaho Falls Symphony One Family Membership to the Museum of Idaho
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Special Thanks to Kerry Sacco at Infinite Expressions for photography of the Scouting Stars honorees.
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2017 Scouting S Amabel Avila
Ellie Bonney
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Amabel has been a Girl Scout for 3 years and is an 8th grader at Irving Middle School. Her favorite patch is for World Thinking Day because it offers an amazing experience to learn about different cultures. For their Silver Award, her troop partnered with Family Service Alliance and Idaho State University to raise money for two scholarships to be awarded to two female students. Amabel volunteers at Holy Spirit Catholic Community, and is part of the PVSC soccer league and Kind Community in Pocatello.
Ellie has been a Girl Scout for 4 years. Her favorite patch is Starry Night which she earned at an event about constellations. She is in 6th grade at Edgemont Elementary in Idaho Falls. This year, she is excited to be in a new troop to meet new people. She is looking forward to learning new ways to help her friends and her city. Ellie has been involved in dance classes, a soccer team, and likes to volunteer her time at the animal shelter walking the dogs and petting all the cats.
Star Recipients
in Eastern Idaho
Lily Browning
Tessa Browning
Lily has been a Girl Scout for 9 years. She has learned so much from every badge she completed. The geocaching badge, for example, taught her to better navigate. This year, she is looking forward to finishing her Silver Award. Lily is in Honor Society at Taylorview Middle School in Idaho Falls and is in the 8th grade. To earn her Bronze Award, she gave much needed supplies to the Ronald McDonald house in Boise. Lily is always trying to go above and beyond to help her community, and Girl Scouts gives her the opportunity to do so. Tessa started as a Daisy and has been a Girl Scout for 7 years. She is in 6th grade at Alturas International Academy. Her favorite patch is the Junior Music Badge. To earn their Bronze Award, her troop collected things like pajamas, books, toothbrushes and other items to give to children going into foster care. Girl Scouts helps the community by seeing a problem and planning a way to fix it. In Tessa’s troop’s case, they saw the problem of foster children needing certain items and they filled backpacks with those things to help them.
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Zionay has been a Girl Scout for 3 years. An Irving Middle School 8th grader in Pocatello, Zionay advocates against bullying and contributes to making her community a better place. Her favorite Girl Scout patch she earned is the Kind Community patch because Kind Community’s mission is to uplift spirits and inspire children. Her troop’s Silver Award Project created two $550 scholarships for two women to attend college. They worked with Family Services Alliance (FSA), Idaho State University, and Idaho Central Credit Union. The troop presented the checks at Kind Community’s annual kick-off event to FSA and Idaho State University. Zionay is involved in Irving Middle School Cheer Squad, ISU Children’s Choir, Voice Lessons, ISU Theater, and Dance summer productions.
Zionay Devaney
Rebecca joined Girl Scouts as a Junior and this is her 6th year. Her favorite patch is the First Aid patch, where she learned how to do basic first aid and is ready to help in an emergency. She is in 9th grade at Hillcrest High School in Ammon, where she is on the Cross Country and Track team, and is a member of the National Honor Society. She was a part of the Young Women organization through her church, worked with Special Olympics, and volunteers at the Soup Kitchen. For her Bronze Award, she made a cook book to pass out to the patrons of the Food Bank using ingredients that the Food Bank distributes. For her Silver Award, she sewed aprons for the volunteers at the Soup Kitchen who cook and serve food to individuals that come to eat there.
Rebecca Gerritsen
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Katelyn Gregson
Katelyn has been a Girl Scout for 6 years and is in the 7th grade at Franklin Middle School in Pocatello. Her favorite patch that she’s earned is a pottery patch, where she learned how to make different types of pots out of clay and unleash her creativity. In Girl Scouts, Katelyn is looking forward to learning how to crochet. She is involved in the youth group at her church. To earn her Bronze Award, the Juniors in her troop collected books, sorted them, and donated them to Aid for Friends, a shelter for the homeless.
Allison has been a Girl Scout for 6 years. Her favorite patch is the World Thinking Day patch because she experienced different types of cultures and how countries are similar and different from hers. She is in 8th grade at Pocatello Community Charter School in Pocatello. Allison runs cross country and plays volleyball for her school. For her Bronze award, she went to her neighbors and community members for donations of children’s coloring books. Her troop donated them to Portneuf Medical Center pediatric floor so that kids in the hospital had something fun to do. For her Silver Award project, her troop held a Bicycle Rodeo at their yearly Kindness Community event to teach younger children about bike safety and bike repairs.
Allison Gunter
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Emily started as a Daisy and has been a Girl Scout for 5 years. Her favorite patch to earn was the STEM Exploration Day patch, because she learned how to do CPR. Emily is a 6th grader at Sunnyside Elementary School in Idaho Falls. Emily enjoys playing the bells at her church, and the violin at school. Emily also plays YMCA basketball. To earn the Bronze Award, her troop collected items to put in backpacks for foster children. She collected personal hygiene items, books, pajamas, socks, coloring books and crayons. She also helped make small blankets that were placed in the backpacks. The backpacks were delivered to the Department of Health and Welfare to be available for foster kids in need.
Emily Hagrman
Serena has been a Girl Scout for 11 years and is a 10th grader at Skyline Senior High School. Her favorite badge is Make Your Own badge created for Debate because it gave her a deeper look into school debate. For her Bronze Award she worked to collect more than 1,000 lbs. of food for animals at the Humane Society. Her Silver Award project spreads awareness about the need for help at the Haven, a local women’s shelter. This year, Serena is looking forward to starting her Gold Award and competing in her first cheerleading competition. She is a state officer at TSA (Technology Student Association), and part of debate and cheer squad at her high school.
Serena Harris
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McKinna Love
McKinna is starting her 4th year as a Girl Scout and is in the 6th grade at Linden Park Elementary in Idaho Falls. Because she enjoyed learning that horses are smart and gentle animals, her favorite badge is the Horsemanship badge. While working on her Bronze Award, her troop made recyclable planters. McKinna is excited to help younger girls earn badges because she believes being a Girl Scout means helping her community. She is also involved in a youth group at her church.
Katelyn has been a Girl Scout for 10 years and is a Sophomore at Preston High School in Preston. Her favorite patch is the Great Eclipse Adventure, because she learned to navigate using maps and GPS while interacting with girls and adults of all different backgrounds. She is involved in ballet and ballroom dancing as well as a local youth group in her community. Her Silver Award project filled a need at the local critical access hospital where she and her troop partner helped design and make stairs to be used for rehabilitation at the hospital. Katelyn believes that a Girl Scout can help her community most by learning the basics of courage, confidence, and character and then being an example of those characteristics everywhere she goes.
Katelyn Oliverson
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Seanee Still
Seanee has been a Girl Scout for 3 years. Her favorite patch is the one she earned this summer for cooking. She is in 8th grade at Irving Middle School in Pocatello, where she is a part of the Leadership Club and a goalie for the soccer team. For her Bronze Award project, her troop gathered donations from the community to make “Comfort Kits” for the Idaho Red Cross. These kits were given to fire victims in their area. The troop gave a presentation to the staff at Health West, Inc. and assembled the kits to present to the Red Cross.
Amelia has been a Girl Scout for 7 years and is in 6th grade at Taylor’s Crossing Public Charter School in Idaho Falls. Her favorite patch is the Sleepover patch. This year she looks forward to working with Daisies to earn patches and plan for her Silver Award. Outside of Girl Scouts, Amelia goes to Activity Days as part of her church program. Amelia has learned a lot of different skills in Girl Scouts including camping, how to build a fast derby car, and how to use a saw. For her Bronze Award, she worked with two other girls and their Dads to collect donated books and money to help pay for building materials to build a mobile library for their community.
Amelia Wilson
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What It Takes Scouting Stars recognizes Girl Scouts who have demonstrated extraordinary vision, achievement, and leadership. Honorees are community-centered individuals who exemplify the key qualities of Girl Scouting:
Courage
Nominees show courage by pioneering in a nontraditional field, beat extraordinary odds, take up a special cause, or speak the truth even when it’s unpopular.
Confidence
Nominees conduct themselves with selfassurance, strength, grace, and tact without ever crossing the line into arrogance.
Character
Nominees demonstrate moral and ethical strength, show leadership through example, and are consistently known for doing the right thing.
Text to Give Text
To make a 100% tax deductable donation to Girl Scouts of Silver Sage and help girls reach for the stars:
SILVERSAGE your PLEDGE AMOUNT (No dollar signs or decimals)
your NAME
to 56512
Example: SILVERSAGE 50 Juliette Low A response text will confirm your donation. Follow the prompts to pay by phone or follow up with a staff member at the registration table.
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Corvettes of Southeast Idaho is a proud sponsor of Girl Scouts in Eastern Idaho. Special Thanks to Kohl’s Cares volunteers for their particpation in Scouting Stars in Eastern Idaho.
www.girlscouts-ssc.org
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