Recognition of Excellence
2024 Recognition of Excellence
Honoring our most recent Adult Award recipients and Highest Award Girl Scouts*
Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 2 p.m.
DoubleTree by Hilton
222 Potomac Boulevard
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Professional attire or Girl Scout uniforms encouraged.
*Gold & Silver Award Girl Scouts, Trifecta Award recipients, Outstanding Graduating Girl Scout Scholarship recipients, President’s Volunteer Service Award, and Top Product Sellers
- Event check-in begins at 1 p.m.
- Networking, Council Shop, and light appetizers from 1-2 p.m.
- Awards Ceremony begins at 2 p.m.
- Following the ceremony, please join us for a dessert reception. Additionally, the Council shop, will reopen immediately after the ceremony and will remain open until 5 p.m.
Please RSVP by Monday, April 29!
Thank you for your interest in attending or 3rd Annual Recognition of Excellence Awards Ceremony! To stay within venue capacity, each awardee will be able to reserve a total of 3 tickets for the event. This allows for the awardee and 2 guests. If you would like to request additional tickets, please fill out this form to join the waitlist. If we are able to accommodate your request, you will be notified by Thursday, May 2.
Awards Presented at Recognition of Excellence
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois Council Adult Awards 
Living Her Legacy
The Living Her Legacy award recognizes
a leader, co-leader and/or member of the leadership team (Troop
Treasurer, Troop Product Program Manager- Fall, Troop Product Program
Manager - Cookies) that started a troop as kindergarten Daisies and
continued the same troop until the girls became graduated Ambassadors.
Sustained Service
The Sustained Service Award recognizes
a long-term Girl Scout volunteer who has continued to provide
exemplary service at the service unit level for at least 10 years.
Heart of Gold
The Heart of Gold award recognizes the
long-term impact a volunteer has had on girls and adults in his/her
community through involvement in Girl Scouting. The service of this
volunteer has been an integral part of maintaining and recruiting new
girls and/or adults in one or more areas of the council.
President’s Volunteer Service Award
In 2003, the
President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation founded the
President’s Volunteer Service Award to recognize the important role of
volunteers in America’s strength and national identity. This award
honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in
every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take
action, too.
Girl Scouts of the USA Adult Awards
Girl Scout Highest Awards
Girl Scout Silver Award
The Girl Scout Silver Award is
the second highest award in Girl Scouting and the highest honor a Girl
Scout Cadette can achieve. For their Silver Award, Cadettes focus on
an issue they care about, learn the facts, and take action to make a
difference, they gain the confidence and skills that will catapult
them to lifelong success.
Girl Scout Gold Award
Since 1916, Girl scouts have been
making meaningful, sustainable change in their communities and around
the world. The Girl Scout Gold Award, the most prestigious award in
the world for girls to earn, and only offered by Girl Scouts,
recognizes leadership, effort and impact that Girl Scout Seniors and
Girl Scout Ambassadors have on their communities. Only about 5 percent
of eligible girls take the rigorous path toward earning this
prestigious award, and those who complete the journey change the lives
of others and their own in amazing and significant ways.
Girl Scout Trifecta Award
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois would like to honor girls who have truly reached for the stars and earned the Trifecta Award. The Trifecta Award recognizes Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois who have earned the Girl Scout Bronze Award, the Girl Scout Silver Award and the Girl Scout Gold Award.
Outstanding Graduating Girl Scout Scholarship Award
The Outstanding Graduating Girl Scout Scholarship is awarded to Girl Scouts who demonstrate extraordinary leadership in the Girl Scout movement, in school and in their community. Along with sharing their achievements and contributions, applicants submit an essay entitled “What Girl Scouts Means to Me” along with a reference letter. Outstanding Graduating Girl Scout Scholarships are funded from proceeds from the United We Lead Gala.
President’s Volunteer Service Award
In 2003, the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation founded the President’s Volunteer Service Award to recognize the important role of volunteers in America’s strength and national identity. This award honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take action, too.
