Girl Scouts honored at Spirit of NH Awards

CONCORD, NH – Five Girl Scout volunteers were honored for their service at the Spirit of NH Awards held by Volunteer NH on Monday, Oct. 26.

Volunteer NH has been hosting the Spirit of NH Awards as an annual celebration of volunteerism since 2003. This event recognizes those who go above and beyond the call to serve throughout the Granite State, shining a spotlight on the often unsung heroes among us in front of an audience of their families, friends, colleagues, and the greater community.

Among the many honored were the following Girl Scout volunteers:

• Madison Duffy – Youth/Young Adult category. Duffy, 18, of Concord, is a Gold Award Girl Scout. She has a passion for raising awareness of melanoma and how to avoid it. She educated the public on the disease’s signs and symptoms through presentations, flyers, and social media posts and distributed sunscreen to students. Along with her Gold Award work, Duffy has provided lunches to school children, donated to a women’s shelter, and laid wreaths at veterans cemeteries. She has earned the Girl Scout Silver Award by providing benches and dog trails for the SPCA, the Girl Scout Bronze Award for providing picnic tables at Broken Ground Elementary School, and earned the Girl Scout Silver Torch, Gold & Silver Torch, and Gold Torch pins for her leadership work at school and in the community.
• Annabelle Moriarity – Youth/Young Adult category. Moriarity, 14, of Amherst, is a Silver Award Girl Scout. For her Silver Award project, she collected and donated books to those in “book deserts.” She also gathered materials to create literacy kits and distributed them to children in Nashua public schools and other community organizations. Along with providing book kits, she hosted story times at Boys & Girls Clubs and her elementary school. She helps her Girl Scout troop running activities and helped plan an organize the Amherst/Mont Vernon Camporee the past two years. She volunteers at summer camp, mentored younger children on her summer swim team, and makes Valentine’s Day cards for seniors.
• Sue Rochford – Adult category.As a volunteer of over 18 years, Rochford of Windham has served in almost every possible role with the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains. She leads four different troops, trains other volunteers, serves as an event coordinator and as a cookie program organizer. With an extraordinary ability to step into challenging situations, Sue is the perfect person to help struggling troops rediscover the joy of Girl Scouting.
• Girl Scout Troop 61345 Troop Leaders Alison Scheiderer & Marcia Fletcher – Group category. Scheiderer, 47, of Epsom and Fletcher, 45, of Concord are the fearless leaders of this close-knit team made up of Girl Scouts from the Greater Concord area. They’ve led the same core group from wide-eyed first- and second-graders up to the young women they are now. Much of the girls’ growth in confidence traces directly back to their dedication to outdoor, hands-on learning.

Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains is pleased to see these dedicated volunteers receive the recognition they deserve for the work with Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts work to make the world a better place. To learn more about how you can join in the mission, see www.girlscoutsgwm.org.

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