GSSEF 2019 Silver Award Showcase

October 13, 2019 Presenting October 13,Sponsor: 2019 Gina Rose Montalto Presenting Sponsor: Memorial Foundation

Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation

WELCOME TO THE GSSEF

Silver Award Showcase

This new event is proudly sponsored by the Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation. With the support of Gina’s parents Tony and Jennifer, Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida presents today’s Silver Award Showcase to celebrate the GSSEF Silver Award Class of 2019 and honor Gina’s legacy.

Gina was an extraordinary person – her smile lit up a room. Her laughter was infectious, and her warm heart invited new friends wherever she went. With a kind and generous spirit, Gina always lent a helping hand, and led a life full of joy and love. She was a talented artist, loved cooking, reading, playing sports and was a top student. As a lifelong Girl Scout, Gina used all her many talents to make the world a better place.

Gina loved being a Girl Scout and was enormously proud of her accomplishments. As she began the ninth grade, she was actively exploring ideas for her future Girl Scout Gold Award.

Gina was a victim of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas on February 14, 2018. Gina’s loving parents, Tony and Jennifer, knew that even as her life was cut short, other Girl Scouts share her dreams of earning the Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.

It is our hope that each Girl Scout earning the Silver Award will remember Gina and hold a little piece of her indelible spirit within them, forever.

Gina Rose Montalto April 22, 2003–February 14, 2018

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GSSEF SILVER AWARD SHOWCASE We are extremely excited to host this council-wide event and celebrate Girl Scouts earning the Silver Award as the Class of 2019. This is a special gathering for girls, troops and families to meet and share amazing Silver Award projects—as well as honor the passionate Girl Scouts behind them!

Taking photos today? Share them on social media and use #GSSEFSilver2019 and check out our special Snapchat filter. All photos taken by the council photographer will be available on the GSSEF Flickr account.

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Tour the Showcase and meet this year’s Silver Award Girl Scouts Ballroom A Pick up Silver Awards and Official Silver Award Certificates Ballroom A Lobby Visit our Pop-Up Retail Store and shop for award gifts and recognitions Ballroom A Lobby 2:00 p.m. on Stage Welcome and Recognition from Board Chair Tami Donnally and CEO Lisa Y. Johnson Presentation from Tony Montalto, President of the Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation Cake is served in the Ballroom Lobby 3:15 p.m. on Stage Special presentation from Kai Zaragoza, National Gold Award Girl Scout 2019 Gold Award Project Title: “Stringing It All Together” Troop 10700 • Wildflower Service Unit Every year, ten exceptionally inspiring Gold Award Girl Scouts are chosen by GSUSA as National Gold Award Girl Scouts. This year, GSSEF’s Kai was honored because her Gold Award project demonstrated extraordinary leadership, had a measurable and sustainable impact, and addressed a local challenge related to a national or global issue. Kai is our council’s third National Gold Award Girl Scout.

Today, our girls and guests will hear from Kai, as she shares about her time as a Girl Scout, her Gold Award project and all the ways she wants to inspire others— especially Silver Award Girl Scouts!

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The Silver Award is the second highest award of Girl Scouts of the USA, and the highest award that a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. When Girl Scouts decide to work towards earning this award – they set out for meaningful change by identifying an issue, collaborating with others who care about it too, building a team to help and working to improve on that issue in a measurable way. Earning the Silver Award means reaching way beyond what the world knows as “community service” to Take Action projects that literally change the world. Girl Scouts may pursue this award as an individual or in small groups of up to five girls; every girl dedicates a minimum of 50 hours to bring the project “to life.”

Meet the GSSEF Silver Award Class of 2019* and tour the showcase to learn more about their incredible projects!

TROOP 10006 & 10845 Project Title: “Preserving Florida Native Plants” Chloe Barnett, Ashley Marshall, Alexa Naranjo, Nicole Vedder TROOP 10012 Project Title: “Bee Scouts Saving Bees” Fiona Barron, Marissa Clerie, Lynnae Varkala TROOP 10082 Project Title: “American Embassy of Mexico City-CAC Boutique” Danielle Gaitan TROOP 10082 Project Title: “Smile Makers” Mackenzie Cleary, Samantha Penland TROOP 10082 Project Title: “The Road to Super School” Sofia Apraiz, Camille Esin, Laura Manzor, Sophia Manzor

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TROOP 10082 Project Title: “Manatee Mural” Hannah Epstein, Greta Reichenbach TROOP 10082 Project Title: “Sensory Murals for Students with Special Needs” Meghan Cruz, Sienna Epstein, Megan Penland, Annabella Stevens TROOP 10088 Project Title: “Sensory Ocean Mural” Seraphina Hsiao TROOP 10151 Project Title: “Paws 2 Care” Sienna Blakeslee, Matilda Carr-Betts, Katherine Manzelli, Becca Mizrachy TROOP 10151 Project Title: “Be A Part of the Solution, Not the Pollution” Hannah Berkowitz, Alyssa Freckleton, Kaitlyn Lui, Victoria Servideo, Elisabeth Wilson TROOP 10151 Project Title: “Inspirational Garden and Mural at SOS Children’s Village” Isabel da Silva, Ione Frank, Melina McDonald, Ellie Ana Sperantsas, Leah Strachman TROOP 10171 Project Title: “Sea The Change” Heather Koach, Harlow Kramer-Dew TROOP 10259 Project Title: “A Dose of Reality” Hannah Wagner

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TROOP 10376 Project Title: “Buddy Benches” Allison Gross, Grace Jenkins, Skyler Kern, Aeiress Lumpkin, Brianna Smith TROOP 10393 Project Title: “Fun In The Rain” Allison Bonner, Victoria Capparelli, Alana Doobrow TROOP 10393 Project Title: “Storytime in the Garden” Ella Gould, Meredith Niksa, Zoe Savotinsky, Katie Sheahan TROOP 10393 Project Title: “The Bee Project” Amanda Altree, Gabriela Bravo, Carolina Cardozo, Daria Hernandez, Isabella Verde TROOP 10442 Project Title: “The Guide to Eating Gluten Free” Morgan Gold, Rebecca Katz, Madelyn Streisfeld, Cassidy Stumer, Lindsay Stumer TROOP 10546 Project Title: “Wonder Bags” Megan McLaughlin, Mia Morningstar, Kiara Rodriguez, Shayna Silverstein TROOP 10707 Project Title: “Stephen Foster Educational Enhancement” Zoe Fazio, Giuliana Silva TROOP 10838 Project Title: “Saving Sage Cat Rescue” Samantha Boles

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TROOP 10847 Project Title: “Sensory Board for Therapy Riding Center” Chloe Schade TROOP 10863 Project Title: “Furry Friends Bandanas” Sophia Jansen TROOP 10863 Project Title: “Reuse. Bark. Repeat” Arianna Nodorfy, Carolina Nodorfy TROOP 10863 Project Title: “Dream Blankets” Emily Nestor, Rachel Nestor TROOP 11023 Project Title: “Reusable Horse Fly Traps” Vanessa Arocha, Sophia Safrin TROOP 11085 Project Title: “Foster Animals for Volunteer Hours” Isabella Correa, Jennifer Vermont TROOP 11139 Project Title: “Why Captive Animals Should Have A Natural Looking Habitat” Cynthia Goldfarb TROOP 14010 Project Title: “Reading Makes A Difference” Ashlee Graham TROOP 20111 Project Title: “Recycle Right for Brevard” Sasha Girard

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TROOP 20111 Project Title: “Wags for Water” Chloe Grisham, Kathryn M. Hummel, Sheala Miller TROOP 20139 Project Title: “Shade Shelter from Sun Exposure” Alice McNally, Alexis Merritt, Arianna Merritt, Sofia Torres, Jazlynn Williams TROOP 20350 Project Title: “A Cause for Paws” Kailee Dunteman, Shailee Patel TROOP 20391 Project Title: “Florida’s Eden at Dreher Park” Sophia Gooding, Dominique Velazquez TROOP 20428 Project Title: “Books for All” Abigail Bertsch, Holly Smith TROOP 20479 Project Title: “Fluff for Ruff” Amber Casey, Ashley Casey TROOP 20479 Project Title: “Flip-Flops for Thought” Isabella Fiorio TROOP 20570 Project Title: “Stand Up and Be an Upstander” Linda Saraniti, Samantha White

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TROOP 20603 Project Title: “Helping Educators Help Others” Abigail Collodow, Margarita Laufer, Sandra Laufer, Malina Perdue TROOP 20609 Project Title: “Little Library” Jenna Buckvar, Giada Tosta TROOP 20649 Project Title: “Adopt Don’t Shop” Laylanny Diaz, Madison Puzder, Jamilynn Vernati TROOP 20810 Project Title: “Project Imagination” Marlowe Hyman TROOP 20912 Project Title: “Breaking the Cycle of Pet Overpopulation” Corrine Hernandez, Ella Howell, Megan Kahn, Olivia Lennihan, Sarah Veller TROOP 21001 Project Title: “Building a Sensory Cart” Allyson Leppert TROOP 21001 Project Title: “Monthly Activity Boxes” Tessie Goron TROOP 24538 Project Title: “Cake Cadettes” Kaylin Bowe, Brooke Muhleisen, Lindsey Silverstone

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TROOP 30028 Project Title: “Greeting Card Bookmarks” Veronica Chaney, Olivia Koehnlein TROOP 30028 Project Title: “Story Stones for Head Start” Andrea Ritter TROOP 30290 Project Title: “HSE Nature Trail Revitalization” Holly Dupuis TROOP 30290 Project Title: “Reading Program” Siena Pollis TROOP 30290 Project Title: “Florida State Park Educational Signs” Abigail Fleischmann TROOP 30822 Project Title: “Encouraging Letters Mailbox” Adrianna Celani, Emma Garon, Erin Mooney TROOP 30822 Project Title: “Free Little Library” Elizabeth Chu Troop 30822 Project Title: “The Foster Book Project” Natalie Belisle, Audrey Mila

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Troop 30822 Project Title: “Compassion House Remodel” Michelle Brunetti, Lauren Cioffi, Megan Morris, Sela Rosen Troop 33200 Project Title: “Screech Owl Nest Boxes” Elizabeth Earle, Heidi Weiksnar TROOP 40182 Project Title: “Have A Heart 4 Haiti” Kassia Janocsko TROOP 50318 Project Title: “Another Book Choice” Lorinda Bailey, Barbra Goldsmith, Mareena Rohrer, Kaylee Rompot Troop 50868 Project Title: “A Place to Unplug & Unwind” Genevieve Presti Troop 50868 Project Title: “Bat Box” Emily Denning, Leann Helpling Individual Member: Hibiscus Service Unit Project Title: “Technology for Oncology” Sara Kaufman

*Please note, the girls and Silver Award projects listed in this program are inclusive of all GSSEF Girl Scouts who earned the award in the 2019 Girl Scout Year, although they may not be present here today. All Silver Award Girl Scouts will receive their award and certificate with GSSEF’s congratulations and at no cost, later this month.

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Girl Scout Promise

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.

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.

Girl Scout Mission

GIRL SCOUTING B U I L D S girls of courage, confidence and character , who make the

world a better place.

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