Service Unit Awards Reporting & Pin Requests

Service Units may use this form to:

-Report Service Unit Approved Awards to the council for record keeping (Shining Star (formerly Hidden Hero), New Found Treassure and Volunteer of Excellence)

-Request pins for Service Unit Approved Awards

-Report Years of Service Pins that will be handed out to Service Unit Members for record keeping

-Request Years of Service Pins

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this form! Your reporting will allow us to create a better history of awards volunteers have recieved!

Please allow up to 3 weeks for pin requests to be fufilled. 

Additional information on awards, including descriptions and procedures for nomination, can be found at www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/recognition

Questions? Please email adultrecognition@girlscoutsgcnwi.org

This form will close September 1, 2024 for clean up for the new year.
Please select the items you will be requesting or reporting today. (select all that apply - form fields will change based on what you select) *
Service Unit Approved Awards
Service Unit Approved Awards include 
-New Found Treasure
-Shining Star (formerly Hidden Hero)
-Volunteer of Excellence

These awards are approved and presented by the Service Unit or program delivery group. Nomination Forms are available to Service Units at www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/recognition. Nomination forms do not need to be turned into the council but awardees should be reported to the council for record keeping by using this digital form.

Pins are available at no cost to Service Units. If you require pins for Service Unit Approved Awards, please indicate how many are needed below.


Pins can be mailed or picked up from an office.

Please allow 3 weeks processing time for your pins to be mailed or transfered to the location of your choice. If asking for pick up, you will be notified when pins are available for pick up.
Which Service Unit Approved Awards are you reporting and requesting for (select all that apply) *

New Found Treasure

Names of volunteers approved for the New Found Treasure award.

Use the + sign to add additional fields for multiple awardees

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Shining Star (formerly Hidden Hide)

Names of volunteers receiving Shining Star (formerly known has Hidden Hero*)

*Requirements for this award remain the same. Name has been updated to avoid confusion with other awards

Use the + sign to add additional fields for multiple awardees

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We are currently awaiting new pins that reflect the name change to Shining Star. Shining Star pin requests may be delayed and not available with the rest of your initial request. As of February, we anticipate pins arriving in mid to late April.

If you do not wish to wait, we do have a stock of Hidden Hero pins and are able to send those out to be awarded. The requirements for the award remain unchanged, the name has simply been updated.

Please let us know your preference below. If PDF certificates are requested, we will share certificates reflecting both names.

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Volunteer of Excellence

Names of volunteers approved for the Volunteer of Excellence award.

Use the + sign to add more fields for multiple awardees

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Years of Service

Names of volunteers recieving Years of Service Pins at Service Unit Event

NOTE: If you SU has an extensive list of YOS Awardees that is already written in a word document, for ease, you may email that to file to adultrecognition@girlscoutsgcnwi.org. Pin requests should still happen through this form.

Format: First and Last Name - ##YOS, Example: Juliette Daisy - 35 YOS

If emailing list, please put "see email"

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Years of Service Pin Request - please select the years you will be requesting for *

Leader Gifts for Graduating Ambassador Leaders

GCNWI is happy to offer a thank you gift to Leaders and Assistant Leaders of graduating Ambassadors.

The 2024 gift is a Girl Scout keychain. These are available free of charge and may be requested by Service Units who may wish to recognize these volunteers at a Service Unit recognition event. 

Keychains are limited to one per volunteer.

Who qualifies:

Leaders and Assistant Leaders who have a 12th grade Ambassador who is graduating with the Class of 2024. 

Who does NOT qualify:

Parents of graduating Ambassadors who dont hold a leadership role in the troop

Leaders/Assistant Leaders of 8th graders

Graduating Ambassadors themselves

 

Name of Volunteer you will be presenting to

Use the + sign to add additional fields for multiple people

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If requesting pins or leader gifts, please indicate how you would like to receive them

Please allow up to 3 weeks for processing of your request. If selecting pick up, you will be notified when they are ready for pick up at your location of choice. 

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Please provide mailing address

Certificates are available for Years of Service and Service Unit Approved Awards.

These certificates are available as PDF's which can be customized with awardee's names and printed anywhere that is convenient for you. If you would like these customizable certificates to be emailed to you, please let us know.

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Questions? Please email adultrecognition@girlscoutsgcnwi.org