2021 Reflections Ceremony

There are several opportunities to honor your Gold Award Girl Scout and all those recognized today. Like those who supported our Council to help your Girl Scout get where she is today, we ask you to please support the next generation of leaders—today’s Girl Scouts. Tribute Gifts All of the Girl Scouts honored today make a lasting difference in their communities. Through Girl Scouts, girls learn to discover challenges in the world, connect with others in their community and take action to make the world a better place—all requirements of the Girl Scout Gold Award. Celebrate your Girl Scout by making a tribute gift in her honor. Your donation will help girls continue to improve their communities for years to come. Additionally, your gift will be recognized in our next Report to the Community . Please visit girlscoutsem.org/donate . Scholarships Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri provides scholarships for thousands of girls each year for membership dues, camp tuition and program fees. Your support of these scholarships will provide financial assistance to Girl Scouts—ensuring all girls have the opportunity to develop courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. Dessert First Scholarship High school girls who are working on or have earned their Girl Scout Gold Award are eligible to apply for the Dessert First Education Scholarship. Every February, this $5,000 higher-education scholarship is awarded to two Girl Scouts. Scholarship awardees are selected through an application and essay process. All eligible girls will contacted with more information in the fall of 2021. Questions? Contact Fund Development at fund.development@girlscoutsem.org . Honoring your Gold Award Girl Scout

The Girl Scout Promise On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law. The Girl Scout Law I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to, respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.

Board of Directors Officers Cynthia Heath, Board Chair Jessica Willingham, 1st Vice Chair Dawn L. Kotva, 2nd Vice Chair

Gold Award Advisory Committee Paula Bell

Kayla Burch Robin Foster Stefanie Holt Lou Kramme Dana Meyer Annie Miller Shelley Mills Jane Pack

Donna Doerhoff, Treasurer Cyndy Donato, Secretary

Members-at-Large Karla Bakersmith Lisa Bell-Reim Sophia Boyd

Shertina L. Mawuenyega Kimberly Hodge-Bell Christine Iovaldi Julie Leverenz Keith Marty

Sonni Nolan Dana Plonka Thuy Vi Quach-Braig Jeff Steiner Kit Sundararaman Susan L. Thomas

Alexis Sallwasser Dora Tabachnick Kathleen Todd Ruby Trice

Dana Creswell Laraine Davis Vicki Dawkins Emma Espinoza

Karen J. Miller Mark Murray

Deb Ziebarth Rhonda Eitel Pat Puller