61 WARM Girl Scouts Receive Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards

On September 7, Girl Scouts of the WARM Association held their Annual Bronze, Silver and Gold Award Ceremony at the Mineola Community Center.

The WARM Association encompasses all of the Girl Scout Troops in the Williston Park, East Williston, Albertson, Roslyn, & Mineola communities.

To earn these awards, each of the scouts must go above and beyond the normal troop activities and spend additional hours completing a project with lasting impact.

The Bronze Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout Junior in grade 4 or 5 can achieve; the Silver Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout Cadet in grade 6, 7 or 8 can earn and the Gold Award represents the highest achievement in all of Girl Scouting, only given to Girl Scout Seniors or Ambassadors in grades 9 to 12 and challenges girls to change the world-or at least their corner of it.

Each successive award level requires a larger commitment of individual time, effort, and impact of their project.

There were 49 Bronze Award Recipients, including members from

• Troop # 1848 - Leader, Maria Ganley
• Troop # 1806 - Leader, Jennifer Wing
• Troop # 1446 - Leader, Agnes Kirschner
• Troop # 1074 - Leaders, Jennifer Trested and Patricia Schneider 

There were 5 Silver Award Recipients, including members from

• Troop # 1297 - Leader, Lisa Stroud
• Troop # 1240 - Leader, Eileen Sullivan 

There were 7 Gold Award Recipients, including members from

• Troop 1118 - Leader, Eileen Viola
• Troop 1859 - Catherine Morse 

The Girl Scout Gold Award has gained recognition by numerous universities as a distinguishing factor among college applicants, just as their Boy Scout counterpart – the Eagle Award – has in the past.

The WARM association salutes all of its Girl Scouts, Leaders and their families for their support in achieving this milestone.

In attendance were local dignitaries including Senator Jack Martins, Nassau County Clerk Maureen O'Connell, Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss, Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar, East Williston Mayor David Tanner, East Williston Deputy Mayor Bonnie Parente and East Williston Board Member Caroline DeBenedittis.

The WARM Association was honored to have each of the local representatives take time out of their busy schedules to honor each of these girls and to present them individually with personalized certificates from each office. The association also expressed its thanks to the Village of Mineola for allowing use of the community center for the ceremony.

If you have a girl in grades K - 12 who is interested in Girl Scouting please visit the Girl Scouts of Nassau County website and/or call your local council office at 516-741-2550.