Young Women of Distinction honors Girl Scout Gold Award, scholarship recipients
Twenty-seven Girl Scouts have earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn!
These girls will be honored for their achievement in community service at the annual Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois' Young Women of Distinction event. It will be Sunday, May 22, at Donley's Village Hall Banquets, 8512 South Union Rd. in Union. Registration and social will begin at 12:30 p.m. with a luncheon program following at 1 p.m. Nine Girl Scout Scholarship recipients will also be honored at the event.
Speaker will be Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky, Miss Illinois 2010. As Miss Illinois, Thorpe-Klinsky tours the state of Illinois speaking about Character Counts and serves as the Illinois goodwill ambassador for Children's Miracle Network. She also promotes her personal service platform, “Breast Cancer: Prevent, Promote, Provide.”
Tickets for the event are $25 Youth; $35 Registered Girl Scout Adult; $40 General Public. For more information or to register, contact Kay Flavin at (847) 741-5521, ext. 7130 or via e-mail at kflavin@girlscoutsni.org. Tickets may be purchased until May 12. More event information is available online at www.girlscoutsni.org.
About the Girl Scout Gold Award: The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award in Girl Scouts, and focuses on a 14- to 18-year-old Girl Scout's interests and personal journey through leadership skills, career explorations, self-improvement, and service. For many girls, these skills, organizational proficiency, and sense of community and commitment that come from "going for the Gold" set the foundation for a lifetime of active citizenship.
About Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois: Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois serves over 20,000 girls and nearly 6,000 adult volunteers in parts or all of Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago counties.
Through the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, girls in grades K through 12 are engaged in discovering themselves, connecting with others, and taking action to make the world a better place. Girls develop leadership potential by participating in age-appropriate activities that enable them to discover their values, skills, and the world around them. Activities in science and technology, business and economic literacy, and outdoor and environmental awareness provide girls with opportunities for fun and friendship while fostering the development of leadership skills and self-esteem.
To find out how you can become part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, call 800-242-5591, or visit www.girlscoutsni.org.
Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with 3.4 million girl and adult members nationwide. Through membership in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), Girl Scouts is part of a worldwide family of 10 million girls and adults in 45 countries. Girl Scouting is the leading authority on girls' healthy development and builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. The organization serves girls from every corner of the United States and its territories. Girl Scouts of the USA also serves American girls and their classmates attending American or international schools overseas in 90 countries. For more information on how to join, volunteer, reconnect, or donate to Girl Scouts, call 800-GSUSA-4-U (800-478-7248) or visit www.girlscouts.org.