ebration Cel July 19, 2020 Mission Welcome! Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, Across Northeast Ohio, members of the community are seeing great changes take place. and character, who make the world a better place. Elementary schools are receiving valuable STEM resources. Places of worship are seeing improvements to their buildings and to the safety of their congregations. Animals have new habitats and resources to support their populations. These things were all made possible The Girl Scout Promise because of Gold Award Girl Scouts! On my honor, I will try: Girl Scouts are creating and implementing many incredible Take Action projects in order to To serve God and my country, effect meaningful and sustainable change to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest To help people at all times, achievement in Girl Scouting. And to live by the Girl Scout Law. For over a century, girls who have earned this distinction have shown that they are not only enterprising and engaged young women—they are also courageous leaders and visionary change makers. This prestigious award is earned by only five percent of eligible Seniors The Girl Scout Law and Ambassadors nationwide. To earn the Gold Award, a girl must meet a clearly defined I will do my best to be set of criteria. Each girl carefully develops her project by evaluating her community’s honest and fair, needs, choosing an issue she is passionate about, and creating an action plan to address friendly and helpful, the issue in a measurable and sustainable way. considerate and caring, Girls who have earned the Gold Award aren’t just creating positive change for others, they courageous and strong, and are also realizing incredible outcomes for themselves. According to the Girl Scout Research responsible for what I say and do, Institute’s report The Power of the Girl Scout Gold Award: Excellence in Leadership and Life, and to award recipients have greater life benefits than non-Girl Scout alumnae; 58 percent of respect myself and others, them are involved in politics, 70 percent are active volunteers, and 94 percent feel they respect authority, have been successful in their educational endeavors. Of those surveyed, 99 percent agree use resources wisely, that Girl Scouts has had a positive impact on their lives. make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout. Yours in Girl Scouting, M. Jane Christyson Judith Matsko Chief Executive Officer Board Chair 2 3 Mary J. Lobo Keynote Speaker Gold Award Celebration Program Mary Jameelah Lobo is the director of the Technology Incubation Welcome and Innovation Office at NASA Glenn Research Center. She is responsible for aligning the center’s early-stage technology Pledge of Allegiance investment opportunities with its long term technology goals, strategic partnering for economic development in the region and the transfer GRC-developed technologies to private industry. She served Girl Scout Promise 1 as the deputy director and acting-director for the office for 1 ⁄2 years prior to being named director in June 2020 Keynote Address After serving many years as a contractor, Lobo began her federal Presentation of Awards career at NASA Glenn Research Center in 2010 first as a test engineer leading multidiscipline teams to perform buildup and testing activities in Turbomachinery Compressor and Flow Physics facilities Closing and then as the Space Simulation Facility Manager where she was responsible for the test coordination and strategic planning in over two dozen vacuum chambers at Lewis Field. Mary J. Lobo Director Of Technology Incubation and Innovation - She later served as the chief of the Test Facility Management Branch NASA Glenn Research Center where she was responsible for managing all the major research and Keynote Address development ground test facilities at Lewis Field focusing on long- range planning, marketing facilities to internal and external-to-NASA M. Jane Christyson customers, advocacy of facility maintenance and enhancements, Chief Executive Officer serving as the principle customer interface, coordinating, prioritizing Welcome facility schedules, maintenance, and facility operations budget Presentation of Awards management. Judith Matsko Throughout her career at NASA, Lobo has been recognized for Chair, Board of Directors exceptional support and her participation in outreach activities. She Presentation of Awards has received multiple NASA Group Achievement Awards and in 2017 received NASA’s Early Career Achievement Medal. Lobo has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University. 4 5 Laura Angle, Akron The Girl Scout Gold Award Make One Take One Service Craft Club Since 1916, Girl Scouts have been making meaningful, sustainable change in their communities Laura Angle is a graduate of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and has been a Girl Scout for 13 and around the world. The Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn, years. Her Gold Award project focused on the children staying in the Akron Ronald McDonald acknowledges the power behind each recipient’s dedication to not only empowering and House. This was inspired by her years of visiting hospitals as a result of a diagnosis of liver bettering herself, but also to making the world a better place for others. disease at age 11, and a liver transplant at age 16. Laura created the “Make One Take One” service craft club at her former elementary school, St. Hilary School, where members could make a These young women are courageous leaders and visionary change makers. They are our future, craft and then package the supplies to be donated to the local RMH. She wanted to provide a and it looks bright! distraction from medical stress as well as personal decorations for children staying at the RMH. Laura also wanted to emphasize to the club members that volunteering can be fun, and that they should find ways to utilize their talents and interests to serve others. Laura enjoyed Russian Club, theater, band, dance, and Peer Ministry at her high school. She currently attends The Ohio Recipients State University and is studying Molecular Genetics. Laura Angle Kellie Gwiazda Isabelle Reynolds Sarah Bursley Elizabeth Holup Olivia Russo Sarah Bursley, Wakeman Peyton Carroll Lilly Jach Kari Schack Blessing Boxes Madison Coleman Samantha Jarvis Denali Selent Sarah Bursley, a graduate from Edison High School, has been a Girl Scout for 13 years. She has Alexandra Corrigan Kyralin Kramp Heidi Smith earned the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards. For her Gold Award Project she decided to April Dale Jacqueline Lee Ilyana Smith team up with some local churches and put Blessing Boxes on each property to make available to the community. Blessing Boxes are miniature pantries filled with nonperishable food items Katherine Danielson Tatiana Lipert Alison Steele and toiletries. These boxes make it possible for individuals to receive items from those who Abigail Donahue Kate Lochridge Kendall Thomas want to donate, and offer it to those who need them. This is open to anyone in the public and Octavya Dottore Samantha Lorenc Elisse Von Duhn will help those in need within the community. In addition to Girl Scouts, Sarah is involved with Gabrielle Doty Madeline McDonald Megan Ward Band Council, Key Club, Show Choir, Drama, Band, Student Council, Stage Band, National Honor Lauren Fricker Katherine McNeil Julia Zaborszki Society, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Early Readers, Speech and Debate, and Drama Council. She plans to attend Kent State University to major in Psychology in order to become a Mental Health Natalie Fullerman Elizabeth Morisak Sydney Zimcosky Counselor in her future. Bailey Gillespie Sydney Ommert Abigail Green Rachel Reese Peyton Carroll, Warren Dog Obstacle Course Peyton Carroll, a graduate from Howland High School, has been a Girl Scout for 13 years. She has earned the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards. Peyton recognized how dog obesity is rising in America and decided to fix that problem starting with her local dog shelter. She received donations from Home Depot to help fund her new dog agility course. Peyton created 5 different obstacles including weave poles, a teeter-totter, a pause table, an agility jump, and a tire jump. Thanks to Peyton's Gold Award project, shelter dogs and fellow Bark Park members are able to use the obstacle course to keep their pups in shape. In addition to Girl Scouts, Peyton is involved in Student Senate, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, National Honor Society, band, and volunteering with a 3rd-grade teacher after school. She plans to attend Youngstown State University where she will major in Biology on the Physical Therapy track. 6 7 Madison Coleman, Avon Lake Katherine Danielson, Avon Lake The Westview Elementary School Pollinator Garden Project Bottle Cap Art Madison Coleman, a graduate of Avon Lake High School, has been a Girl Scout for 10 years. She Katherine Danielson is an upcoming sophomore at Avon Lake High School. She has been a Girl has earned the Girl Scout Silver and Gold Awards. Madison used her knowledge of the special Scout for 9 years, and has earned her Girl Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. Katherine has needs community and beekeeping to establish a thriving flower garden where the kids could always loved arts and crafts and keeping the environment clean has always been one of her learn about different pollinators at their grade level. Madison reached out to local members of many passions. Through many month-long series of collections, she collected thousands of the community to help her to build the garden's foundation. She received an array of flowers and bottle caps in order to make a recycled bottle cap mural. She decided to reach out to the library necessary tools to start. Madison's pollinator garden has encouraged more hands-on learning to place the mural in their Discovery Works center, and assembled a team of the staff there, with the special needs class at her local elementary school and teaching future generations her friends, and various community members to help her along the process.