GSSGC Recognitions Program

Remember, nominations submitted beginning August 15 th are for the 2020 Membership Year – covering services provided from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. Any mention of current (Membership Year 2021) services will be discarded and the nomination marked null and void.

Make sure that if you nominate a recipient, part of your responsibility is to inform those you’ve asked to show support of the nomination. Remind them that they need to follow up and submit their own supporting nomination for the package to be complete. Again, so many worthy nominees won’t be recognized this year due to a lack of supporting nominations.

Your local recognition volunteers will also be following up with emails. However, nothing beats that personal touch and a reminder of why the nominee is such a fabulous volunteer!

August 15: Nominations open for submission

December 15: Nominations must be completed

January: Council Recognitions Committee review & select recipients

Awards are presented in the Spring!

We realize that we’ve yet to recognize our 2018/19 recipients, never fear our Council is working diligently to create a ceremony that will celebrate all the astounding people in our organization and the exceptional work they’ve done.

In the meantime, we need to look at the epic year we just had – 2019/20. And it has been epic. The year started out like any other – Fabulous! Fall sale, fall rewards, membership drives and recruitment. Celebrations and battles between knights to kick off Cookies & recognize top fall sellers. Efficient Mega Drop and a door busting cookie sale. And then…(cue dun dun duuuun music) life took a left turn. But like great sister Girl Scouts before us, we rallied. Everyone has stepped out of their comfort zone and put on their creative thinking caps to keep our members engaged and connected.

Let’s recognize those amazing people who ran a fantastic program when life was swimming along, and let’s celebrate those out-of-the-box thinkers who haven’t let a little social distancing, never-know-what’s-coming-next virus slow them down.