Pinnacle Award Application

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The Pinnacle Award honors Ambassador Girl Scouts who have demonstrated outstanding leadership through their Girl Scout experience. These Girl Scouts are inspirational and have embraced multiple opportunities to grow their leadership skills, making them remarkable leaders.

To qualify for this award, Girl Scout Ambassadors must document their experiences by earning at least 7 leadership points. The leadership points can be achieved through a combination of Girl Scout and other extracurricular experiences.

Girl Scouts should be an Ambassador Girl Scout when applying and this award may be earned in their first or second year as an Ambassador.

This application will close on April 30, 2024

Applicants will be notified of their status in Summer 2024 and recognized at recognition events in October 2024. Awardees who cannot attend will have the option to pick up their award or have it mailed.

Questions regarding the Pinnacle Application? Please email Alaina Greene at agreene@girlscoutsgcnwi.org

Your information

First name *

Last name *

Preferred full name as you would like it to appear on certificates or recognition booklets should this award be approved. *

Email address *

Troop # *

Service Unit # (if known)

City and State you live in *

Your leadership experience

I have the following leadership experiences *

I have earned the following number of leadership points: Click to refresh.

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Verification:

An email will be sent to the people you list as references. Please inform your references that they should watch for the email and to check their spam folder if they don't see it. The email will be sent as soon as you complete this form. The verification form will close May 7, 2024.

If they have questions about filling out the form, they may reach out to Alaina Greene at agreene@girlscoutsgcnwi.org for assistance.

Earned the Girl Scout Gold Award

An email has been sent to Jessica Teuber to verify that you have recieved your Gold Award

Please provide a short description of your Gold Award Project, who benefited and when it was completed. *

Earned the Silver Award

You will need to enter the name and email address of a troop leader or parent who can verify your Silver Award experience. We will automatically send them an email on your behalf when this form is submited but please be sure to let them know to expect this email.

Silver Award - First Name *

Silver Award - Last Name *

Silver Award - Email address - be sure to double check for accuracy. *

Please provide a short description of your Silver Award project, who benefited and when it was completed. *

Earned the Bronze Award

You will need to enter the name and email address of a troop leader or parent who can verify your Bronze Award experience. We will automatically send them an email on your behalf when this form is submited but please be sure to let them know to expect this email.

Bronze Award - First Name *

Bronze Award - Last Name *

Bronze Award - Email address - be sure to double check for accuracy. *

Please provide a short description of your Bronze Award Project, who benefited and when it was completed. *

Program Aide

If you did your PA training through GCNWI or Camp, we will send an email to the Outdoor Program Team to confirm your training.

If you did your training through your Troop or Service Unit, please enter the contact information for someone who can verify this expereince and an email will be sent to them.

Where did you do your Program Aid Training? *

Through GCNWI at Camp or a Council Led Program

Through my Service Unit or Troop

PA - First Name *

PA - Last Name *

PA - Email Address *

Please provide a brief description of your experience earning your Program Aide Award.

(Not sure what to say? Share what skills you learned, how those skills have benefited you since, or what was challenging/surprising while earning this award)

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CIT - Counselor in Training

An email has been sent to the Outdoor Program team to verify your CIT experience.

Please share a short description of your experience as a CIT.

(Unsure what to share? You may want to share what Camps you worked at or Programs you assisted with, what skills you learned along, your favorite part or what was challenging)

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VIT - Volunteer in Training

You will need to enter the name and email address of a troop leader or parent who can verify your Volunteer in Training experience. We will send an email to them on your behalf.

VIT - First Name *

VIT - Last Name *

VIT - Email address - be sure to double check for accuracy. *

Please share a short description of your experience as a VIT.

(Unsure what to share? You may want to share what age groups you worked with or program aspects you volunteered with, what skills you learned along, your favorite part or what was challenging)

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Girl Rep to the Board
An email has been sent to Nancy Armstrong to verify your Girl Rep experience.

Please share a short description of your experience as a Girl Rep to the Board.

(Unsure what to share? You may want to share what skills you learned through this process, what topics you informed the board on, or what you learned about non-profit structure)

*

Cookie CEO

An email has been sent to Product Program team to verify your Cookie CEO experience.

Please share a short description of your experience as a Cookie CEO.

(Unsure what to share? You may want to share why you set your specific cookie goal, what skills you learned through the process of participating in the Cookie Program or what strategies you utilized to reach your goal)

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Camp CEO

An email has been sent to Jessica Teuber to verify your Camp CEO experience.

Please share a short description of your experience at Camp CEO.

(Unsure what to share? You may want to share what you learned about yourself or your future goals, what it was like connecting with professionals or reflect on the program as a whole.)

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Served as District Delegate, Delegate-at-large or Alternate District Delegate

An email has been sent to Alaina Greene to verify your experience.

Please share a short description of your District Delegate/Delegate-at-large/Alternate experience.

(Unsure what to share? You may want to share how you engaged with your Service Unit to better represent them as a Delegate or what issues you learned were important to them.)

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Served as a National Delegate or Alternate National Delegate
An email has been sent to Alaina Greene to verify your experience.

Please share about your experience as a National Delegate or Alternate National Delegate.

(Unsure what to share? You may want to share what you learned about governance, what your experience in preparing for the National Council Session was or how you grew during this process.)

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Traveled on a GCNWI council led trip or on a GSUSA Destination Trip or on a Service Unit Trip that is the equivalent

(Service trip must have included Girl Scouts from multiple troops, had an element of girl leadership and taken place over at least 3 nights)

You will need to describe your travel. An email will be sent to Jessica Teuber to verify your travel experience.

How did you travel? *

GCNWI Council Led Trip or GSUSA Destination Trip

Service Unit Trip

You will need to enter the name and email address of a volunteer or parent who can verify your Service Unit Trip experience. We will send an email to them on your behalf.

Trip - First Name *

Trip - Last Name *

Trip - Email Address *

An email will be sent to Jessica Teuber to verify your travel experience.

Location and Date of Trip *

Describe your travel experience and how you experienced leadership and/or independence through this experience.

(You may also wish to share what role you had in planning, what you learned during or what your favorite part of the trip was!)

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Girl-led special interest group

An email will be sent to the Program Team to confirm your experience.

Please indicate what special interest group you participated in so we can notify the correct person for verification.

Please provide a short description of your leadership experience with this interest group.

(You may also wish to share what role you had, how you provided leadership or what you learned through the process)

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Provided leadership in a Service Unit

You will need to enter the name and email address of a SUM/troop leader or parent who can verify your leadership experience. We will send an email to them on your behalf.

SU - First Name *

SU - Last Name *

SU - Email address - be sure to double check for accuracy. *

How did you provide leadership to the Service Unit?

This response will be sent to the person listed above so they know what they are verifying

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Please share a short description of your experience provided leadership to your Service Unit.

(Unsure what to share? You may want to share how your involved benefited the service unit or what skills you developed through this process)

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Provided leadership in a GSUSA Advisory Group, Task Group or Committee

You will need to enter the name and email address of an adult who can verify this experience. It can be a parent, contact at GSUSA or staff member at GCNWI who is familar with your participation.

GSUSA - First Name *

GSUSA - Last Name *

GSUSA - Email address - be sure to check for accuracy *

What GSUSA Advisory Board, Task Group or Committee did you participate in?

Please provide name and year of participation

Response will be shared with the person listed above so they know what they are verifying

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Please provide a brief description of your experience.

(Unsure what to share? Consider sharing what your role in the group was, how you participated and what you learned through the experience)

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Served in a leadership capacity outside of Girl Scouts

You will need to enter the names and email addresses of up to two people who can verify your leadership experience. We will send emails on your behalf.

1) First Name *

1) Last Name *

1) Email address - be sure to double check for accuracy. *

What role and activity is this person verifying?

Response will be shared with the person listed above

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Please provide a description of the activity you participated in, your leadership role within that activity and what skills you utilized or developed while participating. *

2) First Name *

2) Last Name *

2) Email address - be sure to double check for accuracy. *

What role and activity is this person verifying?

Response will be shared with the person listed above

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Please provide a description of the activity you participated in, your leadership role within that activity and what skills you utilized or developed while participating. *

By signing this form, I agree that all the information is accurate and will be verified by the appropriate people. *

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Applications close April 30, 2024.
Verifications must be recieved by end of day, May 7, 2024.

Verification:

An email will be sent to the people you list as references. Please inform your references that they should watch for the email and to check their spam folder if they don't see it. The email will be sent as soon as you complete this form.

Satus of Applications:
Applications will be reviewed after the close dates. Applicants will be notified on the status of their application in Summer 2024. Awardees will be invited to attend our recognition events in October 2024.

Questions? Please email Alaina Greene at agreene@girlscoutsgcnwi.org