Recognition of Excellence
Recognition of Excellence
On May 19, Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois honored outstanding Girl Scouts and volunteers at our third annual Recognition of Excellence ceremony. Girl Scout families, volunteers, staff, and supporters gathered together at DoubleTree in Mt. Vernon to celebrate these achievements.
Meet Our 2024 Honorees
Awards Presented at Recognition of Excellence
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 Scouts
Girl Scout President's Volunteer Service Award
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois Top Sellers
Girl Scouts of the USA Adult Awards
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.
