The West Windsor-Plainsboro Girl Scouts recently held their annual volunteer awards ceremony honoring adult volunteers from West Windsor and Plainsboro. The following awards were presented:##M:[more]##
Outstanding Leader awards were presented to Kate Henkel and Patti Hoge, both of whom currently lead both Junior level troops and troops of older girls. Both women are also troop consultants at Village and Millstone Upper Elementary Schools.
Outstanding Service Unit Team Member awards were received by Evelyn Turney, the treasurer, as well as an organizer for the annual Thinking Day event; and Becky Huselid, the organizer of the service unit’s camping outing for the last few years, and this year’s talent show.
Outstanding Volunteer awards were presented by Rochelle Stern, who organized a Crafting for the Community event for the holiday season; and Kristen Lane, a troop consultant, troop leader, and creator of a Girl Scout Birthday party event for Daisy and Brownie troops from Maurice Hawk.
Rookie Leader of the Year was awarded to new leaders in their first year including Cheryl Rowe-Rendleman, Shipra Mitra, and Ajitha Gadanji.
Kim Solomon and Kara Benerofe, Troop 70206 Junior Girl Scouts from Millstone River School, recently earned their Girl Scout Bronze award. Using recyclable items they created instruments and completed the Sounds of Music try-it with several Brownie troops from each of the four elementary schools in the West Windsor-Plainsboro school district.
For information about joining Girl Scouts (as a girl or as an adult volunteer), call Louisa Ho at 609-371-2119 or send an e-mail to girlscoutswwp@verizon.net
