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Adult Recognition Award Program

GSGLA volunteers are the heartbeat and the core of our organization. Quite literally, Girl Scouting would not exist without the dedication and talents of its volunteers. We couldn’t serve the girls without you, and the untold hours of time that you give define our excellence as a council.

In Girl Scouting, it’s customary to recognize and celebrate our volunteers and their service; therefore, our volunteers always feel connected and appreciated in the Girl Scout community.

Volunteer Appreciation Weeks Volunteer Appreciation Week—the third week in April—is set aside especially for you. Girl Scouts pay tribute to the volunteers who help girls make the world a better place. The week centers on the long-standing National Girl Scout Leaders’ Day (April 22), but expands the definition of volunteers beyond troop leaders, to include all the volunteers who work in so many ways on behalf of girls in Girl Scouting.   Girl Scouts also celebrates Volunteers Make a Difference Week, in conjunction with Make a Difference Day, which is the weekend we set our clocks back in the fall.

GSGLA holds a Volunteer Recognition Ceremony each Spring to honor our outstanding volunteers. Volunteers are nominated for prestigious Girl Scout awards and recognitions.

2012 GSGLA Adult Recognition Handbook

Download the 2012 GSGLA Adult Recognition Handbook (For President's Award Information, click here). The handbook and nomination and order forms below are created as fillable PDFs (most). The nomination and order forms below are also available as fillable Word documents. In general, the awards, which are presented at the council award event, must be received at a service center by the second Friday in December.

NOTE: If you have Adobe Acrobat installed, you can add text to and save PDFs that are fillable. Adobe Reader will only allow you to fill in information, but not save the document.

2012 Nomination and Order Forms

All nomination and order forms are included in the book above or are available individually below. Please see handbook for award descriptions.

• Appreciation Pin - GSUSA  (Word)
• Community Service to Girl Scouts Certificate (PDF) (Word)
• Family Award (PDF) (Word)
• First Year Leader Verification Form (PDF)
• Girl Scout Community Image Award (PDF) (Word)
• Helping Hands Award (PDF) (Word) 
• Honor Pin - GSUSA  (Word)
• Leader with a Heart Award (PDF) (Word)
• Platinum Service Award  (Word)
• President's Award - GSUSA - (Word) - NEW!
• Outstanding Leader (PDF) (Word)
• Outstanding Volunteer (PDF) (Word)
• Service Unit Team Position Awards
  • Service Unit Manager (PDF) (Word)
  • Service Unit Registrar (PDF) (Word)
  • Membership Recruiter (PDF) (Word)
  • Product Sales Chair (PDF) (Word)
  • Special Assignment (PDF)
  • Troop Consultant (PDF) (Word)
• Thanks Badge - GSUSA  (Word) 
• Thanks Badge II - GSUSA (Word)
• Order Form for Council Level Numeral Guard or Years of Service (Word)
• Service Unit Order Form for Leader & Service Unit Awards (PDF)
• Service Unit Order Form for Numeral Guard & Years of Service (PDF)

Due Dates: Always check the handbook for the specific dates for the award you are considering. In general, the awards, which are presented at the council award event, must be received at a service center by the second Friday in December. Other awards may have due dates established by the service unit. If a pin or patch needs to be ordered through the council, then the order needs 30 days to be processed and delivered.