Awards and Recognition

"Volunteers are special people with highly developed sense of responsibility. While pessimists and optimists argue whether a glass is half-empty or half full, the volunteer sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty!" Unknown

Everyone wants and needs to feel appreciated for the work they do. Whether it's in the form of a simple thank-you for a job well done or a formal awar for years of faithful service, such an acknowledgment is a sign to the recipient that she or he is noticed and appreciated.

Appreciation should be an ongoing, everyday process that can be shown to anyone, anywhere anytime. Showing appreciation for what others have done shows respect for them and their abilities. It also helps to build a mutual commitment to Girl Scouting.

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Below is a list of awards given out by Girl Scouts of Maumee Valley Council.  All Award & Recognition forms can be found on the Forms page.  Link to Forms

Years of Membership Pin
This pin recognizes the total number of years, including years as a girl member, that a person has been a registered member of Girl Scouts of the USA. The pin is given in five year increments. 

Volunteer Years of Service Pin
Recognizes an adult member registered with Girl Scouts of the USA for her/his years of volunteer service. This pin is also given in five year increments.

Leadership Development Pin
This award recognizes registered Girl Scout adults serving as leaders, co-leaders or assistant leaders of a troop or group who demonstrate competence and participate in trainings which will increase their skills in working with girls.

Parents Choice
This award recognizes volunteer troop/group leaders who have shown the Girl Scout spirit through their interaction with troop members and parents/guardians.

Outstanding Volunteer
This award recognizes an adult in a position other than leader, or in addition to leader, whose service bendfits a Service Unit in a way that is beyond the expectations for the position.

Outstanding Leader
This award recognizes troop/group leaders and assistant leaders whose performance in working with girls is so outstanding that it merits recognition.

The Wilma Watkins Outstanding Trainer
The award recognizes a trainer who has given outstanding service during the course of training Girl Scout volunteers and has also made a significant contribution to the development of training resources for Maumee Valley Council.

Appreciation Pin
This award recognizes an adult who has delivered outstanding service and dedication within or beyond a service unit level that exceeds the expectations of the position.

Honor Pin
This award recognizes an adult member who has delivered outstanding service to two or more service units.

Thanks Badge
Girl Scouting's highest adult award. It recognizes an adult member whose performance is truly outstanding and benefits the total council or the entire Girl Scout movement.

Thanks Badge II
This award recognizes an adult member who has already received the
Thanks Badge and who has continued to contribute in extraordinary ways that benefit the total council or the entire Girl Scout movement.

Family of the Year
This award commemorates an outstanding family within Girl Scouts of Maumee Valley Council for their significant service of time, talent, effort and/or resources to Girl Scouting.  It recognizes their activity, contribution, growth, enrichment and Girl Scout image as a family unit. A family unit may consist of any combination of adult/child relationships including: single parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc., and Girl Scouts.

Distinguished Community Woman of the Year
This award honors an outstanding woman for her executive leadership and civic involvement. Her achievements should personify the purpose of the Girl Scout organization: inspiring others to the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotisn and service. The recipient of this award should be an exceptional woman whose community service and distinctive executive leadership in a professional or volunteer capacity make her an outstanding role model for girls; a woman who demonstrates the highest of individual accomplishments to which girls might aspire.

GSMVC Community Awards
Honors individuals, groups, organizations or buisnesses within the council's jurisdiction who have given outstanding service or support to Girl Scouting.
Two levels of recognition:
Level 1: Over $1000 monetary value or service/support to girl members.
Level 2: Under $1000 monetary value or service/support to adult members.