Volunteers of Excellence
For outstanding service providing the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to girls or supporting building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.
- Kelley Hurley
- Penelope Plache
- Melissa Kramer-Caramucci
- Elizabeth Sinkwitz
- Serena Schein
Sustained Service Awards
The Sustained Service Award recognizes individuals for their continued outstanding service for 3 years after receiving the Volunteer of Excellence Award.
The following volunteers were received the sustained service award. We are particularly grateful to these long-serving volunteers of excellence.
- Brandy Altstadter
- Ruthe Aggarwal
- Ashlye White Kennedy
- Lucy Rohani
Innovator Awards
Congratulations to our 2021 Innovator Award recipients. This award recognizes a volunteer who brought the Girl Scout program to her/his service unit in the most creative or innovative way.
Pima recipients are being honored for their leadership on the new community service team or for delivering effective cookie training virtually that continued throughout the cookie sale.
- Jennifer Oh
- Tracey Locke
- Kelli Northey
- Kelley Hurley
- Teresa Dempsey
- Diana Laulainen-Schein
We also want to recognize
Kathryn Neumann
, Lily Stockwell, and Kate Pennington for their work on the community service committee, as well as the following troops for sponsering monthly service projects: 2010, 4307, 4402, 4361, 4339, 2256/4727, 4312 and 981.Go-Get-Her Award
The Go-get-her Award recognizes a volunteers who have put significant effort and creativity into finding and recruiting more girls into Girl Scouts.
In Pima we use this award to recognize volunteers who serve as school organizers or who volunteer at recruitment events but we also recognize leaders who keep the circle of membership open and agree to merge troops or otherwise take new members into their established troops.
Pima's 2021 Go-Get-Her Award recipients:
- Elizabeth Sinkwitz
- Maria McDaniel
- Cheryl Graham
I would also like to recognize the following volunteers for their recruitment efforts during this weird year. Ashlye Kennedy, Katie Honeycutt, Samantha Greeban, Lucy Rohani, Penelope Plache, Rachel Osero, Elizabeth Sinkwitz, Kelley Hurley and our girl recruitment team members Isabel Rohani, Julia Kennedy, Natalie Pietrczak, and Kat Sinkwitz.
Standing Ovation Awards
The Standing Ovation award recognizes a product program volunteer (Fall or Cookie) who has gone above and beyond the expected product sales duties and given service of exceptional benefit which warrants recognition.
Each year Pima uses this award to recognize individuals for their service to the council in working at the cookie cupboard and for those leaders and cookie managers whose troops post high sales numbers in the product sales, as well as those who volunteer for cookie distribution and cookie rally.
Thank you and congratulations to
- Jyoti Pillai
- Nicole Hyde Curren
- Terri Strelish
- Mary Little
- Brandy Altstadter
- Penelope Plache
- Kristen Shroyer
- Anita Rawlings
- Penelope Plache
- Lauren Bengert
- Diana Laulainen-Schein
Rising Star Awards
Rising Star Awards are given to outstanding new troop leaders and recognizes a volunteer during their first three years for service beyond the expectations for the position. Pima's 2021 Rising Stars are as follows:
- Cheryl Graham
- Anita Rawlings
- Jennifer Prior
- Jennifer Dent
Outdoor Pathfinder Awards
The Outdoor Pathfinder award recognizes volunteers who make outdoor experiences in Girl Scouts possible and provided creative, recreational, and educational outdoor opportunities for girls.
This year Pima recognizes the following people for their outstanding efforts to provide montly outdoor programming for the neighborhood.
- Melissa Caramucci
- Elizabeth Sinkwitz
Appreciation goes out to our Outdoor committee girl members Grazia Caramucci and Madison Koetz and to Lee Kline and Sandy Stratton who are previous recipients of the pathfinder award.
Years of Service
The following volunteers received their three years of service pins: Dawn Bayne, Jennifer Dent, Jennifer Nuss, Jennifer Prior, Karalyn Folmes, Kelley Hurley, Patrick Schoenling, and Serena Schein.
The following volunteers received their five years of service pins: Emily Sullivan, Katie Honeycutt, Maria McDaniel, Melissa Celaya, and Cheryl Florendo.
The following volunteers received their 10 years of service pins: Ashlye Kennedy and Catherine Bell
The following volunteers received their 15 years of service pins: Susan Butler, Jodi Weaver, and Michelle Johns.
Last but certainly not least, Pima thanks Sherrie Noll for her 20 years of service to Girl Scouts.
Numeral Guards
Numeral guards are awarded for every five years of membership (girl + adult years). The following members received guards:
Five-year guards: Cheryl Florendo,
Anita Rawlings
, Laura McNelis, Katie Honeycutt
, Maria McDaniel
, Dorothy Jokerst
, Marni Steinberg
and Miranda McCuistion
Ten-year guards:
Catherine Bell
, Ruthe Aggarwal, Lucy Rohani
, Terri Strelish
, Kendra Vaughn, and Kelley Hurley
15-year guards:
Ashlye Kennedy
, Jodi Weaver
, and Serena Schein
20-year guard:
Michelle Johns