2025 GSEM Adult Recognition Handbook

Adult Recognition

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri places a high value on recognizing the adults who make a difference in girls’ lives. Awards and earned recognitions provide a means to acknowledge individuals, troops, neighborhoods, districts and community members, in or out of Girl Scouts, for their unique service. This handbook contains all the information necessary to nominate a special person and highlight their accomplishments, including recognition descriptions and criteria, a detailed outline of the nomination process for each level of recognition, and helpful links to online forms and resources. The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Adult Recognition Program reflects: • Quality of accomplishment as the primary determining factor in recognizing contributions • Impact on girls as the leading measure of quality • Acknowledgment of many kinds of contributions (time, talent and treasure) • Support of the Girl Scout mission through policies and procedures outlined in Volunteer Essentials • Understanding and practice of inclusive behavior Recognition reinforces high expectations and encourages continued growth and development. Awards encourage a commitment to greater levels of involvement and support, helping girls develop skills, values and ideals to reach their fullest potential through the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE). The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is the core of Girl Scout program and encompasses everything from the Promise and Law to our activities, badges, and Highest Awards. When girls participate in Girl Scouts, these combined components (variety of activities, supportive relationships, three processes) lead to five important benefits or outcomes: a strong sense of self, positive values, challenge seeking, healthy relationships, and community problem solving. In short, the GSLE is what girls do, who they do it with, how they do it, and what they gain as Girl Scouts. What is Recognition?

Five Girl Scout outcomes =

Three Girl Scout processes

Variety of activities

Supportive relationships

+

+

3

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri