Congratulations to the Girl Scouts who have made this outstanding achievement during the 2010-2011 Membership Year.

IGS - Audrey Cate & Raeanna Spicer
Audrey and Raeanna coordinated events at the Southbrooke Manor Nursing Home in Edna for residents, their families, and staff members, to increase interaction and fun.  The girls used their event planning experience to create a binder of easy event ideas, and they donated it to the activities director for future use.

IGS – Carolyn Swize
Carolyn refurnished Fort Fun, a children’s park in Goliad, by re-staining the fort and surrounding fence and landscaping the area.  Through these projects she has improved the appearance and longevity of the park.

204 – Rebecca Robles
Rebecca put on an event called “Playing in the Sun” to promote outdoor and physical activities for youth in Edinburg.  She taught them motivational activities and proper stretching and warm-ups to encourage children to get more exercise.

305 – Sarah and Debbie Bearden
With her troop, Sarah and Debbie made planter boxes for the students at St. Paul Lutheran Academy in Harlingen.  The boxes will be used for educational activities and teaching students about plants, gardening, and science.

317 – Ana Waltschew
After the Coram Deo Classical Academy in Brownsville was so damaged by a fire that the school had to find a new location, Ana built bookcases to replace those destroyed in the fire.  She collected over 150 books to fill the bookcases in the school’s new temporary location. 

9113 – Katherine Simms & Chelsea Iruegas
Katherine and Chelsea donated and installed benches and flower gardens at the Laredo Girl Scout office to beautify and provide seating in the yard.  They created an incentive program for local troops to spend time maintaining the flower gardens to ensure the landscaping will benefit future Girl Scouts.

9231 – Paula Zaragosa and Angela Pineda
Paul and Angela researched how girl and adult members of Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas would like to be able to communicate with one another, and created an online forum for Girl Scouts to share ideas, network, and learn.  They designed and promoted the website, which is now available for use by all of the council.

9232 – Leilani Adrian, Veronica Garcia, and Haley Wagner
Leilani, Veronica, and Haley hosted a workshop for girls in grades 3 through 8 to address issues of bullying, nutrition, self confidence, and self defense.  They planned interactive games and conversations to learn to set goals and be successful.

95035 – Jayde Kurtz & Skyler Henry
Jayde and Skyler painted the Pre-K Religion room at the Methodist Church in Shiner.  They put up curtains and cleaned and painted furniture and windows, and created a brighter environment for the children.

95035 – Alexis Rainosek
Alexis improved the safety and appearance of the concession stand for Shiner ISD.  She cleaned, painted, and resurfaced countertops to update the stand to improve sales and sanitation.

9540 – April Jungbauer
April built a bridge for the Victoria Girl Scout office for use in bridging ceremonies.  She built a strong, sturdy bridge and placed it in the back yard and planted flowers around the bridge for all Girl Scouts.

9557 – Danielle Malik, Emma Andruss, Iris Young, and Isabella Aparicio
Danielle, Emma, Iris, and Isabella designed and repaired special event materials for the Our Lady of Victory Cathedral in Victoria.  They sanded, painted, and restored booths, a cake wheel, duck pond booth, stations of the cross, and other materials needed for future events.

9605 – Megan Turner
Megan built book shelves to replace old, damaged bookshelves in the Lodge Library and did a book drive to provide new nature-related books to be a resource for camp and outdoor programs.

96070 – Theresa Sonka
Theresa revitalized the library at Camp Green Hill by organizing the books, games, and objects such as bones and fossils and put them on display where they are accessible to groups who use the camp.  She removed all damaged and unused items, and replaced them with new usable items. 

9618 – Mary Hediger
Mary created a patch program to educate and enlighten girls about the beach, covering topics of biology, chemistry, environmentalism, and having fun while being safe.  The program has been adopted as a council patch program.

9644 – Marissa Leal, Natalie Villarreal, Miranda Moreno, Cristina Hinojosa, and Olivia Hinojosa
Marissa, Natalie, Miranda, Cristina, and Olivia sewed and installed curtains on the windows and sewed and donated bags for the children at the Women’s Shelter in Corpus Christi.

9680 – Holly Cazalas, Caroline Orr, & Rebecca Perez
Holly, Caroline, and Rebecca joined efforts with the Backpack Giveaway coordinated by the Second Baptist Church in Corpus Christi to fill 381 backpacks for needy children with information about dental hygiene and oral hygiene supplies such as toothpastes, floss, and brushes.

9759 – Grace Ann Polasek, Hannah McNeese, Kristen Kunkel, and Sara Kneip
Grace, Hannah, Kristin, and Sara conducted a Geocaching and Letterboxing event for Girl Scouts at Camp Green Hill, teaching the skills to girls and also leaving the letterboxes and geocaches and supplies at Camp Green Hill for future girls and leaders.

9778 – Victoria and Alexis Wahlen
Victoria and Alexis collected over 2300 hygiene care items through drives at schools and businesses and bagged these items for donation to people in Corpus Christi who are homeless.  They worked together with the Salvation Army Food Wagon to get their bags to the people who need them.

9778 – Gabriella Conklin
Gabriella organized a community workday to plant a garden at the Hilltop Community Center in Corpus Christi.  She beautified the area by planting grass and a variety of plants in the area with the help of her community.