2016 Badgerland Awards Ceremony program

Awards Ceremony Honoring the Exceptional Achievements of Exceptional Girl Scouts March 12, 2016

Appreciations We extend a humble thank you to all the volunteers who have dedicated their time, their talents and their hearts to making possible these young women’s leadership awards.

Troop Leaders. Parents. Mentors. Community Members. Volunteers. You are essential to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. The girls honored today would not be here without you standing behind them.

A special note of gratitude to members of the Gold Award Committee. These women work tirelessly with the girls from the beginning of their Gold journey right through to today. Karen Alderden, Sheryl Barker, Marie Brooks, Claire Kircher, Karen Laufenberg, Mary Onsager, Beth Seebach, Aimee Siegler, Jenny Sliker, Samantha Stewart, Amanda Strobel-Wise, Angie Sundwall and Jackie Thingvold — your generosity and commitment to building girls of courage, confidence and character are deeply appreciated. Today would not be possible without you.

2016 Awards Ceremony Program Sponsors Thank you to these businesses and organizations for helping make today’s program possible: yy American Printing yy Evansville Lions Club yy Fort HealthCare

Girl Scout Mission Girl Scout Promise

Girl Scout Law

Building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

On my honor, I will try: To serve God and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law. I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and Be a sister to every Girl Scout.

Awards Ceremony Saturday, March 12 1 - 4 pm

Presentations

Girl Scout Silver Awards Girl Scout Gold Awards CIT Leadership Awards Scholarship Awards High School Graduates

Today’s Host Nicole Clapp

President/CEO: Grant Regional Health Center, Platteville Member: Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland Board of Directors

Keynote Address Renee Moe

President: United Way of Dane County

Presenters

Sheryl Barker: Chair, Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland Gold Award Committee Maggie Utterback: Chair, Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland Board of Directors Marci Henderson: CEO, Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland

Girl Scout Ice Cream Social

immediately after the ceremony Meet the Girl Scout Honorees and browse the Awards Project Showcase

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! s n o i t a l u t a r g Con 2016 Graduates

Corey Alban Nora Cahill Andie Carlson-Dakes Katlyn Catencamp Anya Christensen Ashton Doll Samara Eltahir Jamie Engelke Nevada Engevold Claire Evensen Lena Figlear Wendy Filla Emma Froelich Amanda Gilbert Krystyna Grzybowski Laurel Heingartner Dominiec Hinkley Lilly Hinz Kaylee Hustad Alisha Ja Doul Gabriella Johansson Sydney Kern

Kylie Klein Mariah Klietz Rowan Koester Jess Mattie Krause Kaylee Larson Samara Lauffer Ashley Lees Caitlin Lees Arielle Likwarz Caroline Locke Marley Malkow Kathleen Mcelmeel Katelynn Moore Danielle Nelson Michaela Nelson Suzanne O’meara Lily Perkel Rana Pluemer Arianna Ranabhat Marissa Rojo Kirsten Ruud Heather Satterstrom

Natalie Schad Nicole Scheffel Kathryn Scholz Cassandra Schreck Leah Sinclair Madelyn Spindler Deanna Starling Megan Stellmach Kathleen Storck Brittney Taylor Jenna Tilton Allison Trask Cassandra Trask Isabel Turner Amanda Venske Abby Von Ruden Carissa Witthuhn Abigayle Wuensch Evalise Yang Sara Zietlow

Truly, ours is a circle of friendships, united by our ideals. –Juliette Gordon Low

2016 Scholarship Recipients

Badgerland Envision Scholarship All graduating Badgerland Girl Scouts are eligible to apply for the Envision Scholarship which is awarded to a girl based on her experiences living by and exemplifying the Girl Scout Promise and Law. “Character, courage and confidence - these three words have become a part of who I am and will lead me into the future as I embark into the world ahead.”

~ Ashton Doll

Loretta Himmelsbach Scholarship This scholarship is available exclusively to Badgerland Girl Scouts who have earned their Gold Award. The recipient is chosen on the basis of community service, extra curricular involvement and leadership.

“Without Girl Scouts, I probably would not have had the opportunity to experience what I experienced and gain lifelong skills.”

~ Evalise Yang

Marshall Scholarship This scholarship is available for graduating Badgerland Girl Scouts living in the community of Marshall. The recipient is chosen based on her experiences living by and exemplifying the Girl Scout Promise and Law. “Girl Scouts allowed me to become confident through community projects, cookie sales and volunteering at many different places.”

~ Katlyn Catencamp 5

Celebrating 100 Years of Changing the World Since 1916, Girl Scouts have been making meaningful, sustainable change in their communities and around the world. The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn, acknowledges the power behind each recipient’s dedication to not only empowering and bettering herself, but also to making the world a better place for others.

Gold Award History

The Golden Eagle of Merit, the highest award in Girl Scouting from 1916 to 1919, marked the beginning of a long tradition of recognizing girls who make a difference in their communities. Over the last 100 years the names have changed, but the meaning and prestige association with the award has stayed the same: yy 1916-1919 Golden Eagle of Merit yy 1919-1938 Golden Eaglet yy 1938-1940 First Class yy 1940-1963 Curved Bar yy 1963-1980 First Class yy 1980-present Girl Scout Gold Award

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Introducing Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland Council

Gold Award Class of 2016

Hannah Butler Tessa De Souza Machado Mariah Doll Jamie Engelke Claire Evensen Mary Gregerson Heather Guzman Asya Her

Abby Johnson Tessa Larson Lily Perkel Auguste Rogstad Mary Rugg Lauren Sullivan Jenna Tilton Evalise Yang

Our Highest Award The Girl Scout Gold Award is the most prestigious award that Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors can earn.

Fulfilling the requirements for the Girl Scout Gold Award starts with completing leadership prerequisites designed to develop the leadership skills needed to accomplish a Girl Scout Gold Award project.

This award represents a girl’s commitment to herself and to her community as she focuses on leadership, career exploration, personal challenges and completes an enduring project that will benefit her community.

It takes many hours of preparation, planning and work to accomplish the goals a girl has set for herself through her Gold Award Project. It is notable that only about five percent of eligible girls earn this award!

A special note to today’s Gold Awardees: As a Girl Scout, you are part of the sisterhood of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, a global movement comprised of more than ten million girls worldwide who are using their talents to positively impact their communities. With your talent and passion, you can make changes in your community that reach people around the world. Congratulations on your remarkable achievement!

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Girl Scout Gold Award

Hannah Butler Troop 4109 La Crosse

Pediatric First Aid Certification First aid is something everyone should know, but not a lot of teenagers do due to the cost. Hannah felt it was especially important for teens to learn first aid because most teens babysit and, as new drivers, they have an increased risk of motor vehicle collisions. To help increase First Aid certification among her peers, Hannah worked with Mayo Health and Gunderson Health Systems to develop a first aid class that teens could take for free. Hannah taught the course with the help of an AHA instructor, demonstrating first aid techniques to save a life or prevent further injury of an adult, child or infant to her peers. It was such a successful program she was even asked to come and teach first aid to a middle school class. “I learned that I can make a difference in helping save lives by teaching some simple skills,” Hannah says. Her efforts will not only help teens be better prepared for an emergency, but could help save someone’s life.

Tessa De Souza Machado

Troop 4309 La Crescent

Tetra Brazil Soccer Academy for Tiny Tots Childhood obesity is a major problem in the United States and Tessa knew that learning healthy habits starts at a young age. To help get kids moving, Tessa developed and taught a soccer program for three to five years olds, which is now run by the Coulee Region United Soccer Association. The kids had fun learning how to play soccer, but also learned about healthy eating habits from Tessa.

After each practice, she would provide a healthy snack and talk to them about the food plate and the food pyramid.

Tessa also provided handouts for the kids to take home so their parents could help continue their education on healthy eating. Tessa says that organizing Tiny Tots taught her to be a better leader by facing challenges along the way so she could accomplish her vision and goal.

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Girl Scout Gold Award

Mariah Doll Troop 5112 Lancaster

Houses for Change

A lot of people think that homelessness is only an issue in large urban areas, a misconception that Mariah wanted to end. She learned that the majority of the homeless population in Grant County are families, and there aren’t enough family shelters in the area to fill the need. Through presentations and awareness events, Mariah helped her community realize that even though they were a rural population, they had homeless families who needed their help. “I learned that kids are more naïve than I ever thought. Many of them didn’t realize homelessness was so close to them,” she says. Mariah worked with her church to start a program that would help provide hospitality for homeless families when a shelter didn’t have enough space. She also worked with Family Promise of Grant County, coordinating donations and creating cardboard houses that businesses could display to collect donations and help increase awareness.

Jamie Engelke Troop 2879 Fort Atkinson

Kits for Kids Jamie aimed to achieve two goals with her project: work with children and help family members spend more time with their loved ones at Jefferson Memory Care. Jamie knew that families with small children would come to visit relatives at Jefferson Memory Care, but would only be able to stay for a short while so the children wouldn’t get bored. To help families spend more time together, Jamie created five kids activities kits, each with a different theme, so children can do different activities each time they visit.

Jamie also created a binder with a variety of indoor and outdoor games that families could play together. Jamie says that knowing families can now spend more quality time with their loved ones at Jefferson Memory Care makes her happy.

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Girl Scout Gold Award

Claire Evensen Troop 2967 Verona

Teen2Teen Claire found that while there are lots of resources available for parents of teenagers with eating disorders, anxiety disorders or depression, very few existed for the friends and siblings of girls affected. Claire decided to change that by building an app called Teen2Teen. The app, available for download at the Google Play store, helps friends and siblings understand how to better support their loved one, because sometimes the hardest thing is knowing what to say or do. “The process I went through to finish the project forced me to put to words all the emotions I had been bottling up while my sister was struggling with her eating disorder,” Claire says. She hopes that her app will help teens worldwide become better informed on mental illness and how they can help their friends.

Mary Gregerson Troop 3086 Evansville

Accessibility for Holy Cross Cemetery Some of the community’s most beautiful views can be seen from the top of Holy Cross Cemetery at St. Paul’s Catholic Church. Unfortunately, due to the steep climb not everyone could enjoy the view, so Mary decided to make it more accessible. Working with area landscapers, friends and family she designed and built a low-step stairway to the top of the cemetery, which has a vista of the lake.

She also added landscaping to make the stairway more attractive. “There is one man that goes to the cemetery every day to see his wife and told me how much what I was doing meant to him,” Mary says. Now with easier access, Mary hopes the cemetery becomes a place where people will want to visit at times other than during funerals.

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Girl Scout Gold Award

Heather Guzman Troop 3086 Evansville

Putting a New Face on Holy Cross Cemetery When the former caretaker of Holy Cross Cemetery became ill with cancer, the grounds and entrance sign fell into disrepair because he was not well enough to do regular maintenance. To help restore the cemetery’s entrance to its former beauty, Heather designed and built a new sign and updated the landscaping. For the landscape, Heather chose perennial flowers that are low maintenance and deer resistant. The flowers also have meanings, such as peonies, which represent healing. “This project taught me the basics of leadership, I had to use a lot of skills I didn’t know I had,” Heather says. Now, when someone is looking for Holy Cross Cemetery, people can look for the large new sign to find it.

Asya Her

Troop 4109 La Crosse

CPR Certification for Teens Early CPR can save a life in an emergency but not a lot of teenagers have the training. Asya wanted more of her fellow teens to have this important life-saving skill, so she worked with the American Heart Association, Mayo Health and Gundersen Health Systems to start offering free CPR classes to teenagers. Asya taught the initial classes herself after becoming certified. According to Asya, the most successful part of her project was inspiring confidence in participants to expand their knowledge and skills. She hopes that having the opportunity to take the class with their peers will encourage more teens to get certified.

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Girl Scout Gold Award

Abby Johnson Troop 2106 Waunakee

Free Little Library With the daily hustle and bustle of life, it’s easy to forget to slow down, pick up a book and read to a child. Abby hoped to change that by installing a Little Free Library in a community park where lots of families visit. After getting permission from the village, Abby spent a weekend building and painting the library. The day she put the library in the ground, there were three families at the park and all very excited to see it being added. Abby is hopeful that through her Free Little Library, the love of reading will be passed down from generation to generation.

Tessa Larson Troop 3086 Evansville

Walking the Stations at Holy Cross Cemetery Cemeteries are not only a place to visit loved ones, but also a destination people can visit to relax and meditate.

Tessa wanted to enhance the beauty of one of her local cemeteries and make it more usable by the community.

Working with a local woodworking group, Tessa built and installed a Stations of the Cross meditation walk in a little-used area. “After adding the stations and enhancing the natural beauty of the site with redwood stain, the cemetery will hopefully become a place more people and parishioners are comfortable going to,” Tessa says. The project turned the area into a place where faith and natural beauty meet.

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Girl Scout Gold Award

Lily Perkel Troop 2254 Madison

K-3 Hebrew Curriculum Redesign As a Sunday School teacher at her temple, Lily was teaching her students Hebrew from the same curriculum she had learned. Recalling how bored she had been when learning Hebrew, Lily decided to update the curriculum, which was over 20 years old. She sorted through the existing lessons, some of which had been lost during a building flood, and developed new lesson plans, vocabulary sheets, flashcards and homework. Lily was also able to teach the curriculum during this school year and correct worksheet typos, change the timing of classes, and modify things the children didn’t enjoy doing. Lily hopes that her updated curriculum will inspire more children to continue their Jewish education.

Auguste Rogstad Troop 4182 Sparta

Promoting Proper Dental Hygiene When Auguste’s little sister told her she was bored learning about brushing her teeth at school, Auguste’s take-action project started to take shape. She wanted to create a fun, educational resource about proper dental hygiene for kids using superheroes. After talking with publishers and illustrators, Auguste wrote and illustrated a comic-style book teaching young kids how to take care of their teeth.

To help spread her message around the community, Auguste did story time readings so kids could meet an author and ask her any questions they had. Through her project, Auguste said she learned a lot about leading a team and the importance of sticking to deadlines.

Proceeds from her book are being used to buy dental supplies for free and reduced dental clinics in the area.

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Girl Scout Gold Award

Mary Rugg Troop 4001 Sparta

Dugout Renewal As captain of her softball team, Mary knows how important dugouts are for player safety. The dugouts at a local field, used by children and adults, were literally rotting, making them unsafe, so Mary decided to repair them. She coordinated a group of volunteers to help tear down the old dugouts and rebuild a new, safer area for players to use. To help the dugouts last through multiple Wisconsin winters, she chose low-maintenance, long lasting building materials. Battling snow and cold weather, Mary made sure that the dugouts were completed in time for spring. “I learned that I can do anything I set my mind to,” Mary says.

Lauren Sullivan Troop 2147 Sauk City

Orientation Video Lauren remembers how nervous she was starting high school and after volunteering with the special education department, she realized that students with special needs were even more so. To help ease the anxiety for incoming special needs students, Lauren created an orientation video that addresses many questions they may have. She also developed a reference binder for the students and teachers to use. Lauren says, “I learned that I can make a difference in a special need student’s life. Something that I thought was small could be huge in another person’s life.”

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Girl Scout Gold Award

Jenna Tilton Troop 3064 Rockton

Paving the Way to Safety Jenna knows that elementary school dismissal time is very busy and chaotic. She has seen and heard stories about many close calls that have happened with kids in the parking lot and the vehicles picking them up. To help create a safer environment, Jenna distributed information to students and parents about parking lot safety, an issue not commonly addressed. She also built a safe area with benches where students can wait safely to be picked up.

The benches are a hit with students, and teachers have told Jenna that the parking lot is much safer.

Evalise Yang Troop 2879 Fort Atkinson

Dress Possible Imagine not being able to attend prom or homecoming because you don’t have the funds to buy the clothes.

This was a reality for some of Evalise’s classmates, so she decided to help by holding a formal wear drive. She collected unwanted and lightly used formal wear from the community, then cleaned and repaired the clothes, which were given away at a community event. Anyone who wanted could come and select an outfit for free. “The most successful part of my project was being able to give girls or boys the chance to go to a dance and feel not only beautiful, confident or handsome, but to relieve them of the stress of having to afford formal wear,” Evalise says.

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Skill Building. Leadership. Personal Growth.

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. The Silver Award represents a girl’s accomplishments in Girl Scouting and in her community as she grows and works to improve her life and the lives of others. Working in a group or individually, girls select projects that help them build skills, explore careers and gain leadership. The girls earning their Silver Awards this year have proven that they are community leaders who are organized, determined and dedicated to improving their communities!

Silver Award Recipients

Troop 1035 Troop 2569 Troop 3430 Troop 2351 Troop 2773 Troop 4050 Troop 2368 Troop 2907 Troop 4054 Troop 2423 Troop 3170 Troop 4550 Individually Registered Girl Scouts

Nicole Biba

Individually Registered Girl Scout, Cuba City Stomp Out Bullying

I presented my project to my school and organized a skit that the students watched. I picked bullying as my project because when I was younger I got bullied and I still see kids being bullied.

Evelyn Coleman Alexis Dudzek

Brooke Hartwig Jenna Lovejoy

Individually Registered Girl Scouts, Fort Atkinson Inspire, Activate, Energize

We created activities encouraging physical fitness for kids attending the Boys and Girls Club. We selected this project because we like working with kids, it’s right here in Fort Atkinson, and it helps kids learn to be active and healthy.

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Valorie Schamens

Individually Registered Girl Scout, Jefferson Jefferson Middle School Butterfly Garden/ Environmental Education Area

My project was planting a garden with two sections of the garden dedicated to butterflies. I chose this project because I am involved in gardening, entomology and the environment. Also, the garden can now be used as a learning tool for the school.

Katie Hesselbein

Troop 1035 , Middleton Cross Plains Ice Skating Rink

Before our project, the ice skating rink was a desolate place with only a few picnic tables. Now it’s cleaned up, inviting and enjoyed by the community.

Girl Scout Silver Award Madeline Brown Maggie Conway Benelli Ganch Ashley Lange Sydney Lawson Nya Lizdas Sonja Rosborough Sara Thompson

Troop 2351, Mount Horeb Youth Literacy in Mount Horeb

Our goal was to see youths read more when they have free time. We placed three Free Little Libraries in accessible locations around town so kids can have access to books anytime they wish.

Mallory Dille

Troop 2368, Madison Sleep Happy

I wanted to help the young patients at American Family Children’s Hospital. I decided to make pillowcases because they can be easily used at the hospital, but also help the patient feel more at home in a strange environment. The pillowcases were simple to make and I was able to benefit a lot of kids.

Jillian Ley

Troop 2368, Madison T-shirts to Toys

It made me sad to see that dogs didn’t have anything to play with while they waited to be adopted at my local Humane Society. So I came up with the idea to make dog toys out of old t-shirts. I ended up making 49 toys to donate the first time. Later, I started teaching other people how to make the toys, and now, we have even more toys to donate.

Lexi Hillebrand Celia Jones

Troop 2423, Cross Plains Cross Plains Ice Skating Rink

The rink didn’t have many places for people to sit, so we decided to make an Aldo Leopold bench. We also donated rubber mats to place around the rink so ice skaters could safely get around when wearing skates.

Amanda Hellenbrand Kate Johnson Troop 2423, Cross Plains Clean Up Middleton

Our project addressed the issue of litter and pollution.

We created a group of clean-up events at different locations in Middleton and invited people to come help pick up litter and other objects that could hurt the environment. It is a good thing to help keep your community clean.

Margaret Brehmer

Troop 2569, Sun Prairie My Free Little Library

I addressed the issue of literacy and the importance of access to reading materials. I built the library in my front yard because I think people of all ages should have access to books all year round.

Haley Johnson

Troop 2569, Sun Prairie Planting and Caring for a Flower Garden

I wanted to take care of our world and make it more beautiful for everyone. To do this, I decided to plant and take care of the flower garden at the Sun Prairie Youth Baseball and Softball Complex.

Nicole Lee

Troop 2569, Sun Prairie Fleece Dog Toys and “Pup-cakes” for ARVSS

I wanted to help dogs at Animal Rescue & Veterinary Support Services. To help celebrate when a dog was adopted, I made dog toys and pup-cakes, which the new owner received. The needs of rescued dogs was addressed, as well as their new owners.

Katherine Smith

Troop 2569, Sun Prairie Tie Blankets

I made fleece tie blankets for two different organizations. I wanted to do this project because I know that Wisconsin winters are cold, and I want as many kids as possible to be warm.

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Girl Scout Silver Award Samantha Downey Autumn Hilt Eliza Lindley Ireland McMahan

Troop 2773, Mount Horeb Project PARK

Our Take Action project was inspired by a Journey we did, and we wanted to help a local place. We built benches, planted a butterfly garden and flowers, and made educational signs for kiosks at the Stewart Lake Park. We hoped to add to a beautiful natural area for people enjoy.

Troop 4050, Cashton Basketball Court

My take action project was adding a basketball court to Cashton Park. The park had courts for volleyball, tennis and softball but not basketball. Since basketball is my favorite sport, and the favorite sport of many other kids, adding a basketball court would make the park more fun for everyone.

Mikayla Fechner Sabine Kalas

Rhiannan Carlock

Troop 4054, La Crosse Blankets of Love

My project is about helping and comforting kids in hospitals who have to wait in the waiting areas. I made blankets for the waiting room as well as a chest to hold them, and a shelf to hold books and toys. I selected this project because I know personally what it’s like to have to stay in a hospital and understand that comfort is important.

Kaitlyn Genelin Christine Hlavacka Katerina Houser Katie Joslyn

Troop 2907, Fort Atkinson Children’s Comfort

Jessica Short

Troop 3170, Albany Save Bowman Park Shelter

No one was using the park shelter because it was dirty and old. To make it look nicer, I pressure washed and painted the sheter. I chose this project because my friends and I have so many memories there as kids and I didn’t want it torn down.

McKenna Kellogg Katelyn Posey

Troop 3430, Janesville Animal Supplies Drive

We worked with the Humane Society to help address the issue of stray and abandoned animals in Rock County. We held a supplies drive to benefit the animals.

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Loren Olson

We worked with the Humane Society to help supply them with items they needed. We made tie blankets and bought supplies to help them and the animals out.

Troop 4550 , La Crosse Toiletry Totes

We noticed that at school we often collected food or money for the poor, but wondered how they got the basic necessities, like shampoo and combs. This is where the idea for Toiletry Totes came from. We asked people to donate toiletry items and sewed small bags to hold the items, which we donated to the Salvation Army and Warming Center.

Madeline Herlitzka Elizabeth Hlavacka Xamong Angel Vang Troop 4550 , La Crosse Birthday Bags

We wanted to help families who have limited resources to have fun celebrating a birthday, especially when money is limited. Each Birthday Bag contained cake mix, frosting, candles, birthday plates, a toy, tissue paper and a birthday card.

Having Fun Through Teamwork The Girl Scout Bronze Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout Junior can achieve. The award is designed to be a leadership adventure and encourage girls to plan and complete projects that help them develop more confidence, meet new people and have the kind of fun that happens when you work with other Girl Scouts to make a difference.

Troop 1109 Madison Let Your Inner Light Shine Elaina Jones Anna Kessenich Paige Roswell Audrey Wagener

Troop 1111 Palmyra Young at Heart

Troop 2234 McFarland Accessible Reading For All Kaitlyn Ackley Ally Borchardt Abbie Cook Alivia Gates Samantha Heckel Sophia Heckel

Rebekah Kopp Kami McGinn Josie Neumann Adriana Nickels Katie Rossman Rory Tierney-Osterloth

Troop 2274 Marshall Operation Terrarium Overhaul

Brynn Emery Logan Fritsch Alexandra Koss

Kasey Guild Alana Heraly McKenzie Jansen Cailya Millard Abby Quamme Caitlin Teneyuque

Troop 2073 Madison All Ages Play Together Claire McLellan Abby White

Tyra Anderson Kendal Coleman Alaina Diedrick Erika Dugan Brynn Frank Keelan Gangstad

Troop 2082 Madison Sending Books to Africa

Troop 2276 Fort Atkinson Friendly and Helpful Hands

Isabella Gunter Becky Honaker Victoria Lenius Haylee Peterson

Troop 2133 Black Earth/Mazomanie Community Garden Food Pantry Natalie Bartel Kiley Beuthin Edie Bollenbach Madeline Henne

Sophie Reader Daryn Schaefer Natalie Strait Emily Weitzel

Rebeca Dominguez Courtney Edwards Sarah Holzli Makayla Krueger Hannah Marquart Sierra Schultz Elee Sharp Jessica Sharp Nevaeh Smith

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Girl Scout Bronze Award Troop 2279 Beaver Dam Park Cleanup Summer Meixner Isabella Sauer Gwen Selken Lily Selken Ashley Theodozio

Troop 2299 Evansville Project Donate/Educate Briar Hall Adelyn Heibler Erica Veit

Troop 2328 Sun Prairie Love The Animals, Too Megan Cumming Ellen Darmstadter Elise Davidson Elizabeth Fancher Kelli Johnson Abby Lamkins Becca Marx

Aleah Mulgrew Mariah Peterson Caroline Renk Lily Schellpfeffer Susan Schutz Lin Sensenbrenner Allie Spredemann

Troop 2330 Waunakee Butterfly Garden Autumn Borstad Hailey Kluck Taylor Knox Claire Mallin Tessa Pauls

Kate Shucha Meghan Skoug Anya Stephenson Tessa Strebel

Troop 2420 Mount Horeb Kid’s Night Out; Parent’s Place Sitters Olivia Burke Sierra Dieck Kamryn Ibinger Jordyn Pasker Chloe Peters Allison Pharo Megan Pharo Jadyn Punzel Kimmy Steinhauer Syndee Swiggum Zoe Thompson Claire Tranel Alexa Weier 20

Troop 2496 Wisconsin Dells Little Free Library Georgia Charley Ashlynn Ewell Bethany Heller

Troop 2593 Madison Awesome Pinewood Derby Workshop Fiona Conner Tarah Delonay Ilianora Roblee-Hammer Emily Thom

Troop 2637 Jefferson Kids Can Help Presley Biwer Liz Carl Ashley Gilbert Anna Koehler

Troop 2697 Madison Gompers Rain Garden/Butterfly Garden Jada Boyton Suazee Chang Jordan Drill Holly Gartner Nikki Hanser Ellie Haselow

Holly Johnson Kadence Legried Sitara Paulson-Ihlenfeld Jasmine Simpson Madeline Sowers Jenna Voegeli

Troop 2797 Stoughton Build and Install Little Free Library Jordan Bittrick Payton Collins Isabelle Dennis Abigail Groleau Madeline Housley Mikayla Howard

Allison Krcma Alexandra Liddicoat Riana Paquette Melanie Regan BreeleighThorpe Isabel Wollangk

Troop 2821 McFarland Keeping Our Community Warm Molly Bailey Rachel Coon Rachel Dorn Natalia Englade Sarah Kopp Carlee Ladwig

Alyssa Putnam Crystal Ruhland Sarah Stolen Ciera Vind Mikayla Walsvick

Girl Scout Bronze Award Troop 2906 Madison Drawing Club Minna Ketcham Elizabeth Reines

Troop 2919 Mount Horeb Giving it Great Breanna Connors Madelyn Lawson Kaitlyn Manchester Sarah Parmley Mia Schoonover

Troop 3014 Lake Geneva Wren Houses for Camp Oakwood Knoll Esther Coltman Mary Gottinger Haley Hibbler Sara Teske Bridget Trybula

Troop 3038 Beloit Book Drive Ellion Heyerdahl Emily Lucian Alyssa Merritt Tatianna Mitchell Madelyn Olson

Elizabeth Halverson Myah Johnson Skye McDermott Malya O’bel

Serena Parmer Alexandra Schmidt Omega Wildt Rachel Wildt

Troop 3320 Elkhorn The Cat/Dog Project Elizabeth Benfield Emily Fishbeck Cheyenne Hinchey Lauren Muetzel Kirsten Siedenburg-Sis

Troop 3514 Genoa City Gardens of Walworth County Natalia Almeida Kaidynn Engel Jadyn Hildebrand Abby Juszczyk

Aryn Patete Raven Regenold Melanie Waelti Kaitlyn Williams

Troop 3147 Beloit Hope for Fairdale Caitlyn Bernier Sarah Mabie Kyli Malmstrom Avery Mitchell

Troop 3218 Monroe Green County Humane Society Devri Bennett Lydia Butler Sally Grenzow Haley Jinkerson Amber Meighan Kaitlyn Murphy Anikah Rath

Troop 3253 Albany GaGa Pits for Our School

Troop 4029 La Crosse Bus Environment Safety and Native Prairie Management Alyssa Byrnes

Troop 4279 Galesville/Trempealeau Autism Awareness Abby Braunreiter Kim Cooper Lucy Jumbeck Jessica Moen Hannah Siegler

Troop 4428 Tomah/Warrens Food Pantry/Neighbor to Neighbor Natalie Griffin Cassie Lenning Shaylee Malinger Nevaeh Martin Grace Rezin Celeste Stockel Carley Zingler

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Girl Scout Bronze Award Troop 4525 New Lisbon Fleece Blankets for Cancer Patients Rozlyn Gerke Haili Roberts

Troop 4586 La Crosse Daisy Day Camp - It’s All About Dogs Katie Arlt Mara Geiwitz Kaitlyn Hutchinson Amelia Northwood Liriel Sarver Codie Strong Madison Weeden

Troop 4589 Westby Beautifying Community Park Baylee Oliver Trista Rumpee

Troop 4650 La Crosse Blessed Sacrament Garden Ellie Kath Lauren Kelsey Emma Miller Ceci Skemp Stephanie Skemp Amber Taggert Lizzie Wintheiser

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Troop 4704 Muscoda Wood Duck Houses Baylee Bearce Mackenzie Drews-Kreul Taylor Johnson Kristin Prochaska

Troop 5337 Platteville Snack Buddies Macayla Abina Rileigh Fansler Michelle Koeller Lexie Ludlum Emma Pennekamp Briana Plowman

Madelyn Sargent Eliza Schmieder Ashley Tyson Renee Vankirk Cassidy Whitney

Troop 7340 Hustisford Project Linus Quilt Donation Ariel Nelson

CIT I Award

To earn this award Girl Scouts complete a leadership course designed by Badgerland Council on outdoor experiences and work with younger girls over the course of a camp session. Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors mentor young girls in a camp setting as they build skills toward becoming a camp counselor.

Elizabeth Bunnell Elizabeth Duellman Jessica Janzen Elinor Kraemer Jessica Merzenich

Claire Molitor Karis Rogers Brittney Taylor Zoe Yoerger

CIT II Award

Girl Scout Ambassadors earn this award by working with younger girls over the course of at least one camp session while focused on increasing their skills in specific areas, such as lifeguarding or the arts.

Jessica Fontaine Hannah Grill

Brytnny Mcgough Colleen McGuire

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Congratulations Hannah!

We are so proud of your accomplishment.

You worked very hard to teach First Aid to teens and earn your Gold Award. You make a difference in your community and in other’s lives. We love you.

Mom and Dad

Congratulations Asya!

The Gold Award is your crowning achievement to your years in Girl Scouts.

We are very happy for you and proud of your accomplishment.

Love Dad, Logan and Julia

Congratulations Troop 2915!

I am so proud of all you and the many things you have achieved during the last 10 years.

It has been a pleasure to see you go from goofy little girls to beautiful strong women. I am truly “The Lucky One� to have been a part of your lives! Continue showing the world what you can do and keep making it a better place to be!

Love, Becky

Mallory’s Silver Award Journey!

Cutting out the patterns

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WOW! Look at all those completed pillowcases!

Congrats Mallory!

Sewing Sewing Sewing!

We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad & Chloe

Mary,

You are our sunshine! We are so proud of the young woman that you have become. We are proud of all the hard work you put into everything you do. The steps you created in the cemetery will be a reminder of your Evansville roots. We can’t wait to see all the wonderful things you will do with your life. We love you!

Mom and Dad

Arielle,

Watching you grow from a little girl to the thoughtful, caring and dedicated woman you have become has been one of the greatest joys of our lives. God has truly blessed you with unique talents and abilities.

Graduation is a celebration, a farewell and a new beginning. A time to set new goals and dream new dreams. Chase your goals and dreams, never stop learning, never stop trying and live life to the fullest, giving it your best.

We love you and couldn’t be more proud of you.

Mom, Tommy, Dad, Lisa and Jeremy

Leah,

Congratulations on your progress through Girl Scouts and school! It’s been great to watch you progress from Brownies through Ambassadors. Great Gold Award and Youth Leadership Council work! Thanks go to you and to Badgerland Council for showing us that ALL girls can shine in Girl Scouting.

Mom and Dad

Cassie,

I have been so blessed to have joined your Girl Scout journey from the time you started Kindergarten through current day. Some of your most memorable GS moments are: Sea World, Disney Sports Day, Washington, D.C., Rapelling, Outdoor Survival, Kon Tiki, Circus Heritage Days, Camporee and Upham Woods.

Congratulations on all of your accomplishments.

We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom

Abby

Congratulations on earning your Gold Award!

We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad and Luke

Lily,

Could not be prouder of all your hard work and dedication to making a difference in the world.

Love, Mom and Dad

Golden!

Claire Evensen 2016

Congratulations on completing this step of your journey Lilly. You have come to the end of a small trail that opens up to a huge crossroad of possibilities. My little Daisy has blossomed into a beautiful woman and I know you will reach your dreams, achieve your goals, and conquer all obstacles along the paths you choose. I have been proud to be your Girl Scout leader, honored to be your friend, and blessed to be your Mother!

Love Mom

Heather Guzman Mary Gregerson Tessa Larson Congratulations on earning the Girl Scout Gold Award!

We are proud of you!!

Your Girl Scout Sisters from Troop 3086: Colleen, Olivia, Aliye, Lauren, Emily, Sami, Katrina, Connie & Ellyn

Thank You for generously printing the Awards Ceremony invitations and programs.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

Girl Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.

-Juliette Gordon Low