Girl Scouts earn presidential recognition for volunteer work

Sarah Ein­se­len — Staff

Seven fifth– and sixth-grade Girl Scouts received the Pres­i­den­tial Bronze Award for at least 50 hours of vol­un­teer ser­vice this year. From left, Syd­ney Van­Meter, Ciera Pfeifer, Bri­anna Church, Alyssa Pine, Leira Sat­terth­waite, Sadie Moss and Sarah Camp­bell. All seven also earned their Cadette Girl Scout rank.

By Sarah Einselen

Inquirer Reporter

Cheer­ily hop­ping across a small dec­o­ra­tive foot­bridge, eight Girl Scouts earned their next rank and were rec­og­nized in a tra­di­tional Girl Scout bridg­ing cer­e­mony on Oct. 26.

Seven fifth– and sixth-graders bridged from Junior Girl Scouts to Cadette Girl Scouts under the lead­er­ship of co-leaders Jes­sica Moss, Linda Camp­bell and Mary K. Sat­terth­waite, and second-grader Kennedy Pine bridged into her rank as Brownie Girl Scout after being a Daisy. The girls will keep their new sta­tus, and their new vests, for the next two to three years.

Sarah Ein­se­len — Staff

Leira Sat­terth­waite pins the Pres­i­den­tial Call to Ser­vice pin on mother and Girl Scout co-leader Mary K. Sat­terth­waite. The award from Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s office rec­og­nizes those who have given over 4,000 hours of vol­un­teer ser­vice over their lifetime.

The seven new Cadettes were sur­prised to learn they’d received pres­i­den­tial recog­ni­tion for their vol­un­teerism, too. Sarah Camp­bell, Sadie Moss, Syd­ney Van­Meter, Alyssa Pine, Leira Sat­terth­waite, Ciera Pfeifer and Bri­anna Church received the Pres­i­den­tial Bronze Vol­un­teer Ser­vice Award, con­sist­ing of a cer­tifi­cate and pin. “The girls had to each par­tic­i­pate [in ser­vice projects] and earn over 50 hours,” said co-leader and par­ent Jes­sica Moss.

In return, the girls sur­prised their troop lead­ers with their own Pres­i­den­tial Bronze Awards, for Moss and Camp­bell, and the President’s Call to Ser­vice award for Sat­terth­waite for over 4,000 hours of ser­vice over her lifetime.

Girl scouts Sarah Camp­bell, Sadie Moss and Leira Sat­terth­waite also received the Girl Scout Bronze Award for putting at least 15 hours into a sin­gle ser­vice project. Sarah vol­un­teered for the Humane Soci­ety of Craw­ford County, and Sadie and Leira babysat the chil­dren of Boy Scouts moth­ers while they helped at the BSA camps.

Most of the girls par­tic­i­pated in other ser­vice projects to observe the 21st annual “Make a Dif­fer­ence Day” on Oct. 22 spon­sored by USATODAY Mag­a­zine and the Points of Light foun­da­tion. Sarah col­lected sup­plies for mem­bers of the armed forces; Syd­ney gath­ered and dec­o­rated pump­kins to donate to nurs­ing home res­i­dents; Alyssa donated used items to Good­will; Leira donated her old cloth­ing and toys to Echo Trends; and Ciera donated food and beauty sup­plies to the armed forces, as well, through the Colonel Craw­ford school drive.

Sarah Ein­se­len — Staff

Second-grade Girl Scout Kennedy Pine tra­verses the cer­e­mo­nial bridge to earn her Brownie rank after being a Daisy.

For more infor­ma­tion about Girl Scout troop 1537, call co-leader Jes­sica Moss at (419) 569‑9744.

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