2025 GSEM Adult Recognition Handbook

Nomination Examples

Spark Award

Award Description: The Spark Award recognizes a member or non-member who served in a short-term, non-traditional volunteer role and contributed outstanding service to support a program, event or mission of Girl Scouts.

Submission Example:

John Helpful went above and beyond the call of duty as a Girl Scout volunteer this year. In May, the Apple Hill Elementary first grade Daisy troops held an event for the Daisy Animal Observer Badge. John, an entomologist with a daughter in one of the troops, volunteered his time during a workday to bring bees to the event and teach the girls about pollination. With little direction, he put on a wonderful presentation. Given the success of this event, District 19 put on an event for the entire district for Daisies to earn the Daisy Animal Observer Badge. John again offered his time, free of charge, to present two more sessions of his pollination talk, even with his daughter not present at the event. He again brought a colony of bees and used flowers and a whiteboard to teach the girls about pollination, bee colonies, how the environment affects bee populations, and what we can do as Girl Scouts to “Save the Bees.” This district event date was already a busy Saturday for him, with his children’s sporting events happening at the same time. He squeezed in two awesome presentations for us between traveling to and from games. And when the event was over, John asked how he could help again at future “Save the Bees” events. As a district, we are grateful to John Helpful for his efforts to bring an educational new topic to Girl Scouting.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri 19