2021 Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Volunteer Awards Program

2021 Adult Recognition Ceremony

Event Program Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Boyd Pledge of Allegiance . . . . . . . . . . . . .Junior Troop 60157 Millstone Township Opening Ceremony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Klose and Betty Trivisone Girl Scout Promise . . . . . . . . . . . . Brownie Troop 60507 Millstone Township Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eileen M. Higgins, Chief Executive Officer

Award Presentations Good Neighbor Community Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Zakar Years of Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudine Krosnowski Numeral Guards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Baldino Alumnae Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine Gregory and CY Wong Outstanding Achievement Awards

Robyn Catalano, Jill Wallace, Gina Kubis, Mary Rosenberg, Stephanie Boyd

Board Chair Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teri O’Connor, Board Chair Appreciation Pins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vivian Di Lella Shining Light Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Klose Honor Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gina Kubis and Mary Rosenberg Meritorious Service Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Trivisone Waves of Gratitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelley Madensky Thanks Badge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donna Tornich Trefoil Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evelyn Strain and Nancy Peterson

2021 Good Neighbor Community Awards AT&T Program Partners t Margaret Hungerford spearheaded a collaboration with GSJS & AT&T

t Shannon McCormick

wrote a program for older girls about Cyber Security. Once COVID hit, Shannon pivoted to deliver the program virtually

t Linda Meeks Linda has been supportive of the collaboration with AT&T & GSJS since its inception

Business, Organizations, and Facilities t Farley’s Ice Cream has provided space for booth sales, recruitment events and troop tours t Farmingdale Community Center has offered space for troops to hold meetings and events over the last 15 years t Freehold Area Open Door has supported the Marlboro community in our annual backpack challenges and semi-annual food drives for the past five years

t Fulton Bank Sean Murray and his team support Howell Farmingdale cookie depot day as a community service day for the bank t Plumsted Presbyterian Church

and Carol Robb are always so welcoming and have provided meeting space for the past five years t Waretown Volunteer Fire Company #1

has provided their facilities for the past five years for cookie delivery and distribution for the Waretown/ Barnegat Community

Girl Scout Cookie Relief Fund t Grossman’s Deli Dirk Grossman, owner was an outlet to relieve Girl Scouts of extra cookies t Monmouth Medical Center

Southern Campus Auxiliary / The Fairways t Women’s Club / The Fairways

both groups supported cookie sales and donation of the cookies to healthcare workers at Monmouth Medical Center

t Heather Schultze from ReStore by Coastal Habitat for Humanity sold cookies and gave troops the opportunity to hold a booth sale anytime the store was open t Vesuvio’s Pizzeria

Mary Scotto, owner bought out Millstone troops’ extra cookies and distributed them as a ‘thank you” to customers

Community Supporters t Tom Hayes New Jersey Natural Gas

t Barbara Truscinski

serving as Chair of the Gala committee for many years, and major supporter of GSJS fund development events t Patricia Leahey

Ocean County PIC

Caring Hearts Food Pantry invited Girl Scouts to learn about running the food pantry in Millstone. The girls donate supplies from food drives and helped organize the shelves with the donations.

served on the GSJS Strategic Planning Analysis Team

t Janice Warner, Provost

t Andrea Plaza

served on the GSJS Strategic Planning Analysis Team

Andrea Plaza, LLC served on the GSJS Strategic Planning Analysis Team t David Stout, President Brookdale Community College served on the GSJS Strategic Planning Analysis Team t John Sullivan Shop N Bag let Girl Scouts sell cookies every

Georgian Court University

t Denise Wegeman MSW LCSW When COVID-19 hit, Denise drafted an article to help support the value of camp for children’s emotional, social and mental well-being from the viewpoint of a social worker.

Most recently, Denise is making herself available to leaders and troop members who experienced loss due to COVID-19.

weekend at his store during our time t John Zicha, Howell First Aid of crisis

and Rescue Squad #1

for providing their facility for monthly meetings and fall depot deliveries for the past 5 years

2021 TopCookie Dessert Competition Supporters t David Burke Celebrity Chef t Amelia Caverly baker and co-owner of Booskerdoo t James Costello owner of Ohana Grill in Lavallette and the 2020 TopCookie champion t Kacie Duesterdick SeastheDish, food and restaurant influencer

t Kimberly Kravitz Senior Producer/Anchor – Me-TV, Emmy Award winning journalist t Jacki Sharpe owner of Purple Glaze Donuts, Asbury Park t Matthew Simonik SeastheDish, food and restaurant influencer

2021 Council Award Honorees Outstanding Achievement Awards General Alicia Corbett, Colonial Lauren Holman, Board Mike Kzirian, Board

Dr. Jackeline Mejias-Fuertes, Board Joan Scocco, Shore Pines

Fundraising Danielle Hacker, Sunset Shores Theresa Nielsen, Shore Pines

Annette Soucy, Shore Pines

Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) Karen Adam, Shore Pines Theresa Calsetta, Sunset Shores Megan Connolly, Sandy Hook Wendy Gismondi, Sandy Hook Valerie Joyce, Sunset Shores Lynda Keller, Sunset Shores Kaitlyn Martins, Shore Pines Barbara Napolitano, Colonial

Diane Paquet, Sandy Hook Kevin Reck, Colonial James Risden, Colonial Kellie Ritter, Sandy Hook Joe Sobrinski, Colonial Jason Sommers, Colonial Jennifer Sommers, Colonial

Product Sales Amy Birns, Colonial Susie Grau, Colonial Susan Kisthardt, Sunset Shores June Marinaccio, Sandy Hook Staci Primmer, Shore Pines

Recruitment

Elizabeth Ellis, Sunset Shores Brianna Kaminskas, Sunset Shores Maureen Kovach, Sandy Hook Hayley Malland, Shore Pines Sarah Moore, Shore Pines

Jill Schmid, Colonial Lindsey Sellmer, Shore Pines Kim Tuvey, Sunset Shores

Susan Pontoriero, Sunset Shores Brittany Rabinowitz, Shore Pines Megan Rafferty, Sunset Shores Joette Van Ness, Shore Pines

Volunteer Support Christina Barton-Thrift, Sunset Shores Stephanie Boyd, Shore Pines Robyn Catalano, Shore Pines Lisa Costa, Sunset Shores Cara Davis, Sandy Hook Tammy Drewes, Shore Pines Michelle Forero, Colonial Stacy Frontera, Colonial

Dirk Klose, Sandy Hook Gina Kubis, Sunset Shores Eileen McDonald, Colonial Nancy Mueller, Colonial Rebecca Palamara, Shore Pines Kathleen Pearson, Sunset Shores Mary Rosenberg, Sunset Shores Rosemary Salvia, Sandy Hook

Marketing and Communications Laurie Burbank, Shore Pines Christopher Street, Shore Pines

Shailashree Vadali, Colonial

Alumnae Award Jackie Garbe, Alumnae

Appreciation Pin Danielle Asbjorn, Shore Pines Lindsey Carver, Colonial Lisa Combs, Sunset Shores Meghan Gerrity, Colonial Susan Gordon, Sandy Hook Bob McLane, Board Chrissy Risden, Colonial Jacqueline Shea, Board Rachel Singh, Colonial Kim Torres, Sandy Hook Kelly Wahl, Sandy Hook Natasha Wardell, Shore Pines

Honor Pin

Chrissy Fiorenzo, Shore Pines Jill Wallace, Shore Pines

Meritorious Service Pin Jackie Garbe, Alumnae

Waves of Gratitude Pin Nancy Peterson, Sunset Shores Nancy Suszko, Sunset Shores Samantha Willmot, Sunset Shores

Thanks Badge Christine Filosa, Colonial

Trefoil Award

MaryEllen Gibbon, Sunset Shores Pat Heaney, Colonial

Board Chair Award Denice Gaffney Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Bob McLane Jersey Shore BlueClaws Joan Basilotto Director of Outdoor Program and Facility Brie Montella Director, Office of the CEO

Shining Light

Michele Adamski, Sunset Shores Christina Bucco, Sandy Hook Shannon Carisdeo, Sunset Shores Karen Damerau, Sunset Shores Cynthia Dwyer, Sunset Shores Elizabeth Ferrise, Shore Pines Allison Filosa, Colonial Megan Peterman, Colonial Cynthia Streeter, Colonial Nikki Weeks, Colonial

Outstanding Achievement (Multiple Areas) Alumnae

June Chernetz

Fundraising, Volunteer Support

Colonial Christina Baldino Product Sales, Recruitment, Volunteer Support Jennifer Brown GSLE, Volunteer Support Vivian DiLella GSLE, MarComm, Product Sales, Volunteer Support Catherine Dzubaty General, Volunteer Support Dolores Dzubaty GSLE, Volunteer Support Michele Fee GSLE, Volunteer Support Dawn Jacobson Fundraising, GSLE Claudine Krosnowski MarComm, Product Sales, Volunteer Support Valerie Mahon MarComm, Product Sales Evelyn Strain Fundraising, Product Sales, Recruitment, Volunteer Support Donna Tornich General, MarComm, Product Sales, Volunteer Support

Sandy Hook Cheryl Cortopassi Jennifer Dumaresq Joanne Kelsey Linda Klose Kristin Lee Mary Anne Linder Meredith McGee Sherrie Prout Kelly Tatarka Betty Trivisone

Product Sales, Volunteer Support MarComm, Volunteer Support GSLE, Volunteer Support General, Volunteer Support GSLE, Product Sales, Recruitment Product Sales, Volunteer Support GSLE, Product Sales, Recruitment GSLE, Volunteer Support GSLE, Recruitment, Volunteer Support GSLE, MarComm, Volunteer Support

Shore Pines Nadine Foreman Sarah Jeffers Kelley Madensky Carla Mangum Thomas Moore Pat Zakar

MarComm, Volunteer Support MarComm, Product Sales, Volunteer Support Recruitment, Volunteer Support Recruitment, Volunteer Support GSLE, Product Sales General, Fundraising, Volunteer Support

Sunset Shores Kathleen Caines

Brandy Collins Michele Henry Diane McQueen Regina Vassilatos

GSLE, MarComm, Product Sales, Recruitment, Volunteer Support GSLE, Recruitment GSLE, Volunteer Support GSLE, Volunteer Support Product Sales, Recruitment, Volunteer Support

Membership Numeral Guard 10 Years

40 Years

Heather Coburn, Staff

Mary Anne Linder, Sandy Hook Pat Kurz, Sunset Shores Pat Zakar, Shore Pines

20 Years Sandy Abdelaziz, Sunset Shores Erica Cedar, Colonial Brandy Collins, Sunset Shores Melissa Halk, Staff Jodi Macomber, Shore Pines Holly Pietruska, Shore Pines Liz Schrader, Sunset Shores Penny Shank, Staff

25 Years Nancy Peterson, Sunset Shores Colleen Renzulli, Shore Pines Samantha Willmot, Sunset Shores Chelsea Masterson, Shore Pines

30 Years Catherine Dzubaty, Colonial Lindsay Ipock, Shore Pines Gretchen Schucht, Staff Stephanie Smida, Sunset Shores

35 Years Susan Bond-Masterson, Staff Debbie Wiedow, Shore Pines

45 Years JoAnn McCann, Alumnae

50 Years Joan Basilotto, Staff Kathleen Pearson, Sunset Shores

55 Years Barbara Dudek, Alumnae Martha Nace, Alumnae

60 Years Elaine Gregory, Alumnae Ann Petronaci, Alumnae Robin Woods, Alumnae

65 Years Jacquelin Woods, Alumnae

70 Years Andrea Rittenhouse, Alumnae

Years of Service (15 + years) 15 Years

40 Years

Christine Brys-Yee, Sandy Hook Maureen Brzozowski, Sunset Shores Jill Wallace, Shore Pines Heather Dlugosz, Sunset Shores Karen Garbayo, Sandy Hook Michele Henry, Sunset Shores Kristin Lee, Sunset Shores Diane McQueen, Sunset Shores Donna Porpora, Sunset Shores Colleen Walter, Sunset Shores

Ann Petronaci, Alumnae Pat Zakar, Alumnae