Girls Scouts honors its own

Girl Scouts of East Meadow earned praise for their achievements and dedication to their communities at Woodland Middle School on May 24, during the East Meadow Association of Girl Scouts’ award ceremony. Scouts were honored with either the 2018 Silver Award, which is the highest honor and eighth-grade Girl Scout can earn, or 2018 Bronze Award, which is the highest honor and Junior Girl Scout can earn.

The Silver Award recognizes girls who have completed their Cadette Journey, which paves the way for their Take Action Project. Some of this year’s Take Action projects included “The Giving Garden,” created by Alexa Scotti, Samantha Schlectman and Gitanjali Pooran, of Troop 1256. In an effort to address the absence of fresh produce at local food pantries, the girls created an online forum by which residents could learn how to garden so that they could give crops back to the community. Another includes the Low Budget Craft Project, created by Jenna Scheingold, of Troop 1061. Scheingold created the DIY craft forum and help service for friends to discover easy and fun crafts to make each other.

The Bronze Award also goes to girls who have completed a Take Action Project in order to better their community. One included “Hats for Hope,” in which several girls of Troop 1727 raised awareness for Pediatric Cancer by conducting research and decorating hats for children undergoing chemotherapy at Schneider’s Children’s Hospital. Another Bronze Award went to the girls of Troop 1847, whose project “Namaste Yogini” had Junior Girl Scouts teaching younger girls how to live healthier through yoga, meditation and proper nutrition.

The recipients of the East Meadow Association of Girl Scouts 2018 Silver Award are as follows:

Troop 1061: Jenna Scheingold

Troop 1256: Alexa Scotti, Samantha Schlectman, Gitanjali Pooran, Emily Graham, Maggie McCabe, Ashlee Sjoholm, Kayleigh Assif, Alexandra Gallo, Lily Senra, Natalie Hernandez, Lauren Rodriguez and Alyssa St. Thomas.

Troop 3174: Hannah Marie Towika

The recipients of the East Meadow Association of Girl Scouts 2018 Bronze Award are as follows:

Troop 1388: Gabriella Goodman, Carly Junger, Anna Kofod, Angelina Mucerino, Holliu Staunton, Kimberly Surillo, Erica Tobias and Jennifer Vasquez.

Troop 1510: Anaya Ali El, Emmie Cassino, Diana Castillo, Ariella Felton, Kaitlin George, Mackenzie Goebel, Aleigha Juliano, Olivia Mason, Katelyn Mooney, Zoe Morris and Victoria Ocampo.

Troop 1727: Marissa Columbia, Lilly Farrell, Sophia Faude, Isabella Habas, Isabella Meichsner and Ashley Rivas.

Troop 1847: Gia Chadha, Abby Cornell, Nicole DeRose, Francesca Gaudio, Brianna Gismondi, Camille Hudak, Sarah Martiello, Heer Mehta, Dakota Panico and Aleeza Sheikh.

Troop 3467: Laila Carpio, Gabriella Debord, Michelle Hand, Alexis Handyside, Gianna LaVerda, Kaitlynn Lindow, Gina Mallilo, Serafina Mazza, Graceanne Melanson, Madilynn Pulice, Varsha Ramrookum, Stephanie Soldner and Amy Velasquez.