President's Award

The President’s Award recognizes the efforts of a Service Unit in moving its assigned area toward achievement of the Council’s goals during a fiscal or membership year.

Form of recognition:  A nameplate is added to a plaque that hangs in the Council office indicating the Service Unit name and the year awarded.

The 2009 Award recognizes the efforts of the Service Unit during the 2007 – 2008 Membership Year.

Criteria for selection:

• The Service Unit has a functioning Service Team that recruits girls and leaders, and organizes them into troops.
• Team members are registered adult Girl Scouts.
• All team members have completed appropriate training for the positions they hold.
• Delivery of Girl Scout program to the Service Unit is effective, resulting in the retention of 75% of troops/groups or 75% retention of troop/group leadership.
• Overall girl membership for the Service Unit has reached or surpassed the membership goal agreed upon by the team and the Council.
• The composition of the team reflects the diversity of the area or audience.
• Appointment and thank you letters were sent to all leaders.
• The Service Unit Manager or representative attends Council sponsored manager meetings.
• Service Unit Manager signs the check writing authorization card and reviews the bank statement for troops that have a checking/savings account.
• Team members review troop Financial Record Reports for accuracy twice a year.
• Team members cultivate contacts in the community, such as through scheduled talks to civic groups, sponsorship agreements, or community profile updates.
• Council-required reports are submitted on time.
• The team maintains ongoing communications with each troop/group and with leaders utilizing a variety of methods (meetings, mail, telephone, email) that serve the needs of area adults.
• The team maintains ongoing communication with girls registered individually in the area.
• The team encourages adult participation in fund development and has increased annual giving support to the Council.

Nomination procedure:  Members of the Service Team submit the President’s Award Application to the Council’s recognitions task group documenting completion of the criteria and their results by February 15 of the year following their completion of all requirements.

Approval:  The Council’s recognitions task group reviews the application and recommends approval or denial to the Council Board of Directors.  The award is presented by the Council Board Chair at the Council Annual Recognition Dinner.