GIRL SCOUTS OF GATE\VAY COUNCJL and BlueCross BlueShield of Florida An lndependenl licenseeof the ....Blue Cto6& and Blue ShieldAssociat,oo presents the seventeenth annual CORRINE BROWN RITA CANNON BETTY P. COOK ANN C. HICKS JANICE G. LIPSKY SUSAN WILDES MARCH 11, 2005 RADISSON RIVERWALK HOTEL JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Girl Scouts. II{�] Girl Scouts of Gateway Council serves 16 counties of North Florida:Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Levy, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee, and Union. WHY the progress we make today will 2004-05 BOARD OF DIRECTORS mean even more tomorrow. BJ Hausman, President James A. Richardson, First Vice President Barbara Goodman, Third Vice President At JEA, we know a community a better Julia Fox, Secretary lot about making place to live-not just George Ross, Treasurer Sandra B Tysver, Chief Executive Officer things happen. Bonnie E. Barnes Like making generations Kimberly K. Barnes sure your to come. Cindy Bevis water is \ That's why Sue Butts Pauline Drayton running we're using Kristin Field, Senior Girl Scout or that your the latest Karen Gordon lights stay on. technologies to Susan 0. Hamilton Charlene Taylor Hill And that the things improve & strengthen Carolyn A. Hogue we do make our your services. Marcia Howard Karl M. Kreutzberger TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR Lynne T. Lorenzo-Luaces PROGRESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, VISIT Susan Adams Loyd JEA.COM OR CALL 904-665-6000. Joanne L. Martin Joy McGrew Marsha Oliver JEl\,m Building Community.,., Carolyn Rentrope E L r R • WA R • WE Baraz Samiian Neera Mahajan Shetty Lydia P. Stewart Azerika Summers, Senior Girl Scout Gerald B. Tjoflat Nancy C. Ulrich JeffWomble Deborah V.Wood SERVICE CENTERS Jacksonville Service Center Gainesville Service Center I 000 Shearer Street 810 N.W. Eighth Street Jacksonville, FL 32205 Gainesville, FL 3260 I (904) 388-4653 (352) 376-3004 (800) 347-2688 (866) 868-6307 Live Oak Service Center St.Augustine Service Center Those who march to a different drummer share our P.O. Box 6065 I I 7 Bridge Street passion for creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. Live Oak, FL 32064 St.Augustine, FL 32084 That's why Bank of America is proud to support (386) 362-4475 (904) 824-3681 Women of Distinction benefiting Girl Scouts of (866) 23 I -85 73 (866) 801-8389 Gateway Council where the innovative spirit and fresh, new ideas are helping expand all our horizons. OTHER COUNCIL PROPERTIES Chowenwaw Program Center, Green Cove Springs Visit us at www.bankofamerica.com. Camp Kateri, Orange Springs Camp Seminole Springs, Orange Springs North Fork Ranch, Middleburg Beaches Little House, Neptune Beach � Fernandina Little House Bank of America VHigher Standards Palatka Little House Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. www.girlscouts-gateway.org Grmm ©2004 Bank of America Corporation. SPN-56-AD 2 (�()()J{ll�S Girl Scouts of Gateway Council in collaboration with Naval Station Mayport is proud to offer Cookies from Home, thanking (and treating) active duty armed forces for 1r\\())I personal sacrifices they make for all of us. 11.())lll Girl Scout cookies are an American tradition and a touch of home often requested by deployed military personnel. You may now purchase Girl Scout cookies that will be shipped directly to active military personnel serving outside of the United States. Cookies cost $3.50 per package. This opportunity ends March 16, so act today! If you are unable to order Cookies from Home directly from a Girl Scout, you may either: • Give us this formas you exit today or mail it to Girl Scouts of Gateway Council, Cookies from Home, 1000 Shearer Street, Jacksonville, FL 32205 • Call us at (904) 388-4653 x 1130 to pay with Visa or Mastercard Method of Payment: o Check (to Girl Scouts of Gateway Council) o Master Card o Visa Number of packages _____ Amount Due ($3.50 x packages) ______ Name as it appears on credit card Contact phone number Address City State Zip Code Credit Card Number Expiration Date 3 Digit Security Code The 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 The 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. WELCOME TO THE 17m ANNUAL WOMEN OF DISTINCTION WELCOME Martha Barrett Vice President of Market Development, Bank of America Co-chair, Women of Distinction Luncheon FLAG CrnrnoNY Fanchon Dingle Troop# 750 Dawson Picket Zip Girl Scout Kayla Watkins Troop# 144 Danielle Cogdell Troop# 719 Katlyn Casey Troop# 305 INsP1RAT1ON Mary Hamm & Laura Pace Girl Scout Gold Award Recipients GREETINGS BJ Hausman Board President, Girl Scouts of Gateway Council LUNC HEON PRESENTATiot\ oF JEssE ELIZABETH MEusE Sandra Tysver D1vERSITY ArPRECIATION AWARD Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Gateway Council PRESENTATION or Teala Milton WOMEN OF D1sT1NcT1ON Aw ARDS Vice President of Government Relations, JEA Co-chair, Women of Distinction Luncheon CLos1NG REMARKS Martha Barrett This event generously sponsored by: BlueCross BlueShield • � of Florida qJI � � l��t�.ice�.�f.the _ P!A CBS AHlll"t"?r�WTEI • J A C I( $ 0 N V I I l F Publix Super Markets Charities Vistakon Winn-Dixie Stores Florida Rock Industries Little Brownie Bakers Mayo Clinic Jacksonville 3 At VISTAKON®, our everyday focus is to achieve continuous improvement in ® people's lives - through ACUVUE Brand contact lenses, the most prescribed "We must be good citizens - brand in the world. support good works and charities ..." For over 20 years, our devotion to innovation has positioned VISTAKON® as the - Johnson & Johnson Credo world leader in vision care, as well as a steadfast leader in community service. Our employees donate thousands of hours and dollars annually for vital • non-profit organizations and cultural initiatives. a,='"• .,.... Ill Making a positive difference year after year is a tribute to the giving nature of our employees. (YISTAKON) ��1:'Vision Care, Inc • 4 2005 JESSE ELIZABETH MEUSE DIVERSITY APPRECIATION AWARD The Jesse Elizabeth Meuse Diversity Appreciation Award recognizes individuals who promote the council's diversity goals. These individuals have demonstrated efforts toward: • developing respectful relationships among individuals or groups differing in background, experience and culture; • getting people to work together to develop awareness of, respect for and a positive attitude towards the difference in others; • developing a common tradition while preserving the right of each group to maintain its cultural heritage. The award honors Jesse Elizabeth Meuse, a pioneer in bringing Girl Scouting to African-American girls in North Florida. Because of her love and dedication to Girl Scouts, she made bold efforts to bring races together in a time of segregation. She was a gentle yet determined woman who worked faithfully and steadily to promote appreciation and respect for all people. Ms. Meuse was a Women of Distinction Award honoree in 1989. Jesse Elizabeth Meuse This year's Meuse Award recipients have demonstrated a strong dedication and commitment to promoting diversity in both Girl Scouts and the community. Laura D'Alisera is an Associate Director with the Florida Center for Public and International Policy at the University of North Florida. Marietta LeBlanc is the Community Education Manager for Community Hospice. Laura and Marietta, who are volunteers with the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission and serve on the Study Circle Steering Committee, have facilitated several Study Circles for Girl Scouts of Gateway Council. The Study Circle Initiative encourages dialogue on race relations. With a small group of diverse people, through open discussion and sharing, they have motivated staff to see and respect each other for what makes them different. Laura D'A/isera Marietta LeB/anc PREVIOUS JESSE ELIZABETH MEUSE DIVERSITY APPRECIATION AWARD RECIPIENTS 1995 - JEAN MUELLER-NEWTON 2000 - CHRIS CLORE 1996 - JACQUELYN SMITH 2001 - JODI BRYANT 1997 - SUE ENC 2003 - CHARLENE TAYLOR HILL 1999 - ROSE SCIPPIO 5 2004 GIRL SCOUT . <:·- ' �. •... -� 1 . ·(,;, _,,,. • • . ~, ' . :fi4•,· :::::•· .:•l•.:••.•• . Tracy Mary Stephanie Amanda Amanda iiKristin Reva 6Marcetta '1Mar...y. ll.... Heather Bennett Hutson Blanc Foster Lewis Catlin Cowart Davis Hamm Heffner Tr acy Bennett and Mary Hutson from Troop #504 in Gainesville held Reva Cowart of Troop #235 in Jacksonville gave Mother Nature a a "Bike Safety Rodeo" at Lawton Chiles Elementary School. The one­ helping hand by installing bat and birdhouses to help control insects day seminar included helmet fittings, a bike check, laws of the road, and at the Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park. Her "Pumpkin Hill an obstacle course. The girls arranged for a bike specialist to check Creek Project" also entailed constructing a butterfly garden and each child's bike for safety and a local police officer to explain laws of casting wildflower seeds to attract hummingbirds. The improvements the road. Their project was so well received that the school plans to Reva made to the preserve will provide shelter for nesting birds and include additional seminars as part of their after school program. bats, as well as provide a more enjoyable experience for visitors. TRACY: "I learned that through determination anything can be REVA:"I had no idea that I had the ability in me to initiate such a project." completed." Marcetta Davis of Tr oop #564 in Live Oak put on a "Turn of the MARY: "We leaned so much about ourselves through the course of Century Carnival" to benefit Vivid Visions Home, a shelter for victims this project." of domestic violence in Suwannee County.