TreasureScouting Valley Stars 2017

1 Why we areTable here...... page of Contents 3 Distinguished Guest Speakers...... Pages 4-5 Scouting Star Recipients...... pages 7-13 Gold Award Recipients...... pages 14-15 Pop-A-Prize...... page 18 Text to Give...... page 19

Welcome - Girl ScoutsSchedule of Silver Sage CEO, Pat Pyke Keynote Speaker - Kristin Armstrong, Cyclist Scouting Stars Awards - Pat Pyke and Holli Woodings Pop-A-Prize Gold Awards-Jeannie Pattan Guest Speaker -Tessa Windom Farewells

2 Why We Are Here

Girl Scouts in succeed.

They demonstrate greater high school graduation rates and are 80% more likely to pursue a college education than non-Girl Scouts. They rise to the top in their careers and become civic-minded leaders in their communities.

Today, we’re here to honor local Girl Scouts who have demonstrated extraordinary vision, achievement, and leadership, and to encourage them to continue their paths to success. We’re also here to raise funds for local Girl Scout programs and activities, and to raise awareness about the impact Girl Scouting has on thousands of girls throughout southern Idaho.

Thank you for being here to help us celebrate and grow.

3 Kristin Armstrong Guest Speakers Kristin Armstrong is the most decorated U.S. women’s cyclist of all time and the best time-trialist in sports history. She is a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist, two-time World Champion and has won six U.S. National Championships.

Kristin is the only female U.S. athlete to win the same event (time trial) in three consecutive Olympic Summer Games, taking home the gold medal in Beijing, , and Rio.

Prior to her professional cycling career, Armstrong had been a junior Olympian in swimming, a distance runner in college, and then became a triathlete. She spent many hours perfecting her strokes in the pool at the Downtown Family YMCA, where she also served as Director of Aquatics.

She serves as the Manager of Community Health for St. Luke’s in Boise, Idaho and spends her free time on public speaking engagements.

Congratulations!

Deloitte congratulates the Scouting Stars 2017 honorees. Thank you for being a model of leadership, community-mindedness and setting an example for future Girl Scouts.

Copyright © 2017 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. 4 Guest SpeakersTessa Windom Tessa was born and raised in Idaho. She has been a Girl Scout since 2nd grade and credits her Girl Scout experience with giving her access to friendship, positive guidance, and enriching activities. “Girl Scouts supports independence and a sense of belonging,” she says. Tessa earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award and says she is proud to be a Lifetime Girl Scout. She is enrolled in BSU where she is pursuing a degree in primary education. She has a love for animals, the outdoors, and dance.

D. L. Evans Bank is a proud sponsor of the Girl Scouts Scouting Stars.

www.dlevans.com 5 Scouting Stars Recipients What It Takes Scouting Stars recognizes Girl Scouts who have demonstrated extraordinary vision, achievement, and leadership. Honorees are community-centered individuals who exemplify the key qualities of Girl Scouting: Courage Confidence Character Nominees show courage Nominees conduct Nominees demonstrate by pioneering in a themselves with self- moral and ethical non-traditional field, assurance, strength, strength, show beating extraordinary grace, and tact without leadership through odds, taking up a special ever crossing the line example, and are cause, or speaking the into arrogance. consistently known for truth even when it’s doing the right thing. unpopular.

Current Girl Scouts must also be a Cadette level or higher and have completed a Take Action Project as a leader, and earned Bronze Award or higher, Presidential Service Award or Prudential Spirit of Community Award. At least two nominations are required for each honoree.

6 Emma has been a Girl Scout since kindergarten. She graduated in June from Boise High School and will attend Chapman University in southern in the fall. She plans to study psychology and English and become either an author or a family and relationships counselor. Through Girl Scouts, EMMA she has traveled to Costa Rica, Panama, and Hawaii, backpacked BALLANTYNE in the Sawtooth mountains, zip- lined, biked the Hiawatha trail, white water rafted, sea kayaked, and done high ropes courses. Emma has earned the bronze and silver awards, the volunteer- in-training award, and multiple outstanding community service awards. Her biggest Girl Scout accomplishment has been leading a troop of Daisy and Brownie Girl Scouts for 3 years.

Danielle has volunteered and worked on special projects with numerous local organizations including the City Light Home for Women and Children, Boise Police Association and DANIELLE the Idaho Food Bank. She also has a passion for leadership and realized her goal of serving BAUGHMAN as student body president this past year. Danielle plays basketball and softball, and loves spending as much time as possible on her paddle board. Danielle has been in Girl Scouts since kindergarten and recently completed a 12-day Counselor-In-Training session at Camp Alice Pittenger. Danielle will be entering her freshmen year of high school at St. Mary’s in Meridian this fall and is looking forward to new opportunities in student council, speech and debate.

7 Hannah began her Girl Scout career in the 1st grade as a Brownie and is currently an Ambassador, starting her senior year at Columbia High School. Through Girl Scouts, Hannah has enjoyed leadership opportunities, HANNAH earning her Bronze and Silver Awards, community service, COMBS troop campouts, and lifelong friendships. Her troop has traveled to Harriman State Park, Silverwood Theme Park, Cataldo Mission, and the Wallace Mine. Hannah has a passion for STEM and Cross Country running. Summer training has included team workouts, a Spartan Race, and multiple trail runs – leading to what she hopes is a career best PR and another top 20 finish at the state track meet. College for Hannah will include a degree in engineering and participation in cross country.

Sarah started Girl Scouts in 1st grade as a brownie, joining her sister Hannah, in the troop that her mom started. Sarah has given back to her community through many SARAH volunteer activities like the Hope House, Governor’s Tree Lighting ceremonies, and COMBS cleaning the Boise River. Some of Sarah’s favorite memories include attending Camp Alice Pittenger and going to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho with her troop. Sarah has completed her Bronze and Silver Award and is currently working on her Gold Award. Sarah recently graduated from Columbia High School and will attend the College of Idaho in the fall to pursue a degree in physical therapy while competing on the ‘yotes ski and cross country teams.

8 Maren, a rising sophomore at Wood River High School, has been a Girl Scout since the second grade. She since has earned a Bronze and Silver Award and the President’s MAREN Volunteer Service Award and is currently working on her Gold Award project. Maren FELTMAN is part of the advanced high school chamber orchestra and placed third with her quintet this year at state. She also loves to compete in swimming and strives to be an excellent student. Her community service projects resulted in 800+ pairs of shoes and 80 lbs of school supplies to be sent to Haiti, and a donation of wood for almost 100 bluebird houses that will help preserve the wildlife in the Wood River Valley. Maren aspires to work in the medical field.

Sarah, a rising sophomore at Wood River High School, is passionate about acting, writing, singing, and technology. She has been a Girl Scout since 2nd grade and SARAH has earned her Bronze and Silver Award. Currently, she is pursuing her Gold Award. FELTMAN She earned the Presidential Volunteer Award at the Bronze level, for the past 3 years in a row. Sarah helped to host the Winter Special Olympics (Winter Olympic State Games), where she handed out 800+ donated Girl Scout cookies and hosted a breakfast for 400+ athletes. In the future, Sarah hopes that her good grades and people skills will help her travel and make a positive impact in the world.

9 Heather will be entering 8th grade at Emmett Middle School and has been a Girl Scout for 8 years. She is part of 4-H – experimental learning program for youth HEATHER to develop citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills and is a host sibling HALL for Japanese delegates. She has earned her Bronze and Silver Award. In 872 hours spent on her Silver Award project, she was able to combine her passion for Girl Scouts and 4-H to create a lasting community impact. Heather can’t wait to be able to work on her Gold Award, but will spend the next year helping some of her sister Girl Scouts on their projects.

Kaitlyn joined Girl Scouts as a Brownie in 2nd grade and is now a rising sophomore at Wood River High School as a Senior scout. Troop #230 is a very important group of KAITLYN girls to her and together they have earned the Bronze and Silver awards. Kaitlyn has a HAYES kind and caring personality, and violin is her passion. She spent her first year of high school helping the younger orchestra students and enjoyed every minute of it. Kaitlyn loves to go horseback riding and is an avid reader. For a ‘Take Action’ project, Kaitlyn made over 75 bracelets as an inspiration to girls who competed in a 5K race.

10 Kendra joined Girl Scouts in 2006 at the age of 7 as a Brownie and is currently an Ambassador. As a member of Troop 44, she has participated in various community service KENDRA events including participating in the Veterans Lantern Parade, volunteering during HOLLAR Rake Up Boise, and restoring the Minidoka National Historic Site, to name a few. After being introduced to community service through Girl Scouts, Kendra now volunteers on an individual level at organizations such as the Idaho Humane Society and Zoo Boise. She is also working towards her Gold Award by creating the Waggin’ Tales Reading Program at the Garden City Public Library which provides young children the opportunity to read to registered therapy dogs. Kendra recently graduated from Capital High School and plans to continue her education in the field of pre-veterinary sciences at Boise State University and remain a lifelong member of Girl Scouts.

Taylor will be a sophomore at Eagle High School this fall. She has been a Girl Scout since kindergarten and plans to continue throughout the rest of high school. Taylor TAYLOR enjoys playing lacrosse, which she has played for nearly six LARK years. She also has an interest in STEM and currently goes to a math and science magnet school, with plans of becoming an engineer. In eighth grade, Taylor was part of the National Junior Honor Society at her middle school. That year, 260 hours of community service earned her the Presidential Gold Service Award. This past year, she focused her attention on a project making Morse code bracelets to raise money for the Women and Children’s Shelter. Taylor loves doing anything she can to help the community, and hopes to make a big impact in the future.

11 Anne has been a Girl Scout for 11 years. Anne is a sophomore at Boise High School and a distance runner. Anne used her passion for running to help Refugees in our community. Anne As part of her Gold Award project, “Running Shoes for Refugees,” she collected Nygard gently used running shoes and distributed the shoes to Refugees and also hosted a running event for Refugee students. She also started a nonprofit corporation, “Running for Refugees, Inc” and continues to collect and distribute running shoes. As a result of her Girl Scout dedication, Anne earned the President’s Volunteer Service Award. She is co-President of the Teen Advisory Committee, board member for the Silver Sage Board of Directors, and a National Delegate for Girl Scouts National Conference.

Sydney has been a Girl Scout since first grade. She graduated with the Boise High School class of 2017 and will continue her education at Southern Oregon University studying Environmental Science. During her years as a Girl Scout, Sydney has been STUART fortunate enough to camp in northern Idaho, backpack in the Sawtooth’s, and travel to Costa Rica, Panama and Hawaii. Sydney has received multiple community service awards for the many hours she has put into her community. One of her most memorable experiences has been leading a Brownie Girl Scout Troop for the past three years. Girl Scouts has opened Sydney’s eyes in so many ways, and for that, she is grateful.

12 Hallie has been a Girl Scout since Kindergarten. She’ll be a Sophomore at the Wood River High School next year. She enjoys spending time doing service with her Girl HALLIE Scout Troop and church group. Hallie is a part of high school orchestra. As TAYLOR a seasoned violinist, she started playing the piano a year ago to add to her music experience. Hallie also enjoys drawing and sketching and has recently started painting with watercolors. She has earned her Bronze and Silver awards and was part of the “Shoes to Haiti” project. This year, she will be working on her Gold Award, to help raise awareness for mental illness through music.

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13 Christina is a sophomore at Gold Award RecipientsMeridian Technical Charter High School and has been in Girl Scouts for 9 years. For her Gold Award, Christina made self-watering container christina gardens for the elderly and created a recipe book for the Meridian Foodbank to help their ankeny clients prepare healthy meals with items available. Christina competed in SkillsUSA in 2017 and won the Bronze Medal for Interactive Application and Video Game Design. Christina’s future interests are to pursue the Design and Development pathway at Meridian Technical.

Megan started Girls Scouts as a Brownie. She was a member of her high schools Honor Society and graduated from Wendell High School. Currently, Megan attends the megan College of Southern Idaho to become a RN. Megan’s Gold armstrong Award project addressed the emotions children face when in hospital environments. She was able to brighten children’s days, especially patients battling cancer, by creating handmade recycled crayons and coloring books that discuss emotions they may face. Anne Nygard See Scouting Star Bio 14 Meredith is 16 years old and Gold Award Recipientswill attend Boise High School next year as a senior. She has been involved with Girl Scouts for 11 years and has served as a member of the Teen Advisory MEREDITH Council for the past 2 years. A member of National Honor Society, she also serves as a COVEY president and co-founder of the Conscious Consumer Club at her school. Meredith plays for Boise’s Girls Lacrosse team and loves to ski, backpack, and explore the great wilderness Idaho has to offer. Meredith received her Gold Award this year after noticing the disconnect between teens and parents when talking about mental illnesses. She put on a workshop for teens and parents so they could learn how to better communicate and help one another. She is very excited to have received this prestigious award and looks forward to finishing out her high school career with her troop. She hopes to continue volunteering with Girl Scouts after graduation.

Bailey graduated from Capital High School and Treasure Valley Math and Science Center, and will attend Babson College in Massachusetts this fall to study business. She started Girl bailey Scouts in 6th grade and was always an active member of her troop. She is also passionate wolfe about robotics and choir. She has been part of a world-class competitive FIRST robotics team since 9th grade. She started participating in Opera Idaho Children’s Chorus in 4th grade and has loved it ever since. She is excited for the future and hopes to make a positive mark on the world. 15 President’Abouts Volunteer Servicethe AwardAwards The President’s Volunteer Service Award recognizes, celebrates and holds up as role models Americans making a positive impact as engaged and deeply committed volunteers. The Award enables community leadership organizations, such as Girl Scouts to amplify their gratitude by joining with the President of the to thank their most dedicated volunteers.

Girl Scout Gold Award

Girls use their vision for change to complete a service project that reaches beyond the Girl Scout organization and provides lasting benefit to the girl’s community. A minimum of 80 hours of work is required for planning and completing the project. All hours must be completed by the Awardee and it is encouraged that the girl use others from the community to help her. Plans must be developed with the aid of an advisor, a project proposal must be approved, and a final report submitted and approved after the project’s completion. The Gold Award is the highest, most prestigious award in Girl Scouts.

16 Great things happen when we work together. St. Luke’s supports Girl Scouts of Silver Sage and its mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Healthy communities help our kids achieve their dreams.

17 Pop-A-Prize $25Must be present per to win Balloon - Limit 2 per person Buy a balloon and pop a prize! 3 lucky winners only 40 balloons Prizes include: Marquise cut diamond ring in 14k gold ($1,000 value) 50 min. indoor cycling class for up to 48 people from Cyclebar ($1,000 value) $100 Gift Card to Boise Towne Square Mall Thank you

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