Class of 2024: Earned During 2023-24 Member Year
Scholarship Recipients
2024 GSUSA Gold Award Scholarship Recipient: Olivia Barnhart
Class of 2024 Girl Scout Olivia Barnhart of Manlius, N.Y., was named our council’s 2024 GSUSA Gold Award Scholarship recipient for her project Informing & Educating My Community on Mental Health & the Resources Available.
Olivia addressed the stigma around mental health and the lack of knowledge of services in her community through the creation of an online document as well as a pamphlet. She made these materials accessible by tabling at events where she also distributed mental health awareness bracelets. Olivia’s favorite Girl Scout memory is attending Camp Woodland overnight as a Brownie. Olivia's project earned her a $5,000 scholarship from GSUSA.
Six Class of 2024 Girl Scouts were selected for Council Scholarships because their projects demonstrated the highest level of the award’s core standards.
A total of $12,850 was awarded in memory of special GSNYPENN Girl Scout sisters we lost in 2019 and several more scholarships.
Marie Hepworth Scholarship in the amount of $3,500 to Alexis Drozdowski from Binghamton, N.Y.
Ms. Hepworth dedicated her life to supporting girl development through her 20-plus years serving as executive director of GSNYPENN legacy council Indian Hills and various volunteer activities in her community of Johnson City, N.Y.
Kelly Perkins Scholarship in the amount of $2,500 to Dariyan DeWeese from Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Ms. Perkins, a lifelong Girl Scout and GSNYPENN summer camp staff member, impacted the lives of campers and younger Girl Scouts in her community of Newark Valley, N.Y.
Kerrie Black Scholarship in the amount of $2,500 to Elizabeth Cordeiro from New Hartford, N.Y.
Ms. Black, a lifelong Girl Scout, was a GSNYPENN Regional Support Manager for Broome and Delaware counties who served her volunteers with excellence and was always willing to lend a hand to her colleagues.
GSNYPENN Staff Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 to Madison DelCostello from Memphis, N.Y.
Our GSNYPENN Staff Scholarship recognizes council staff fundraising efforts, including participation in events such as the Boilermaker 15K and other personally designated donations.
Women of Distinction Donor Scholarship in the amount of $1,500 to Morgan Adamson from Macedon, N.Y.
Our Women of Distinction Scholarship recognizes the generosity of donors to our annual event honoring a woman in the Greater Binghamton community whose outstanding leadership embodies the Girl Scout mission.
Women of Distinction Donor Scholarship in the amount of $850 to Lucille Walker from Ithaca, N.Y.
Our Women of Distinction Scholarship recognizes the generosity of donors to our annual event honoring a woman in the Greater Binghamton community whose outstanding leadership embodies the Girl Scout mission.
Class of 2024 Gold Award Girl Scouts
Morgan Adamson
Macedon, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Recycling Awareness and Recycled Art
Olivia Barnhart
Manlius, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Informing and Educating My Community on Mental Health & the Resources Available
Carly Chapman
Marion, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Church Backroom
Emily Chilson
Sayre, Pa.
Take Action Project: Drama Department Costume Closet
Elizabeth Cordeiro
New Hartford, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Beat the Heat
Julia DeGroot
Victor, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Action in Environmentalism
Madison DelCostello
Memphis, NY
Take Action Project: Play On: Inspiring Continuity in Band
Olivia Derouin
Sackets Harbor, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Go Green
Dariyan DeWeese
Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Paws for Soldiers and Sailors
Alexis Drozdowski
Binghamton, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Music Through Deaf Ears
Kara Fitch
DeLancey, N.Y.
Take Action Project: K-9 Health
Gabrielle Kallin
Nichols, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Mental Health Website
Norah Keeney
Ontario, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Walworth Bark Park
Ella Larry
Floyd, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Camp Amahami Farm Program and Composting System
Angelina Masotti
Newfield, N.Y.
Take Action Project: NYSSMA Sheet Music Collection
Mikayla Morris
Manchester, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Sensory Garden
Erika Newcombe
Macedon, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Restoring The Old Baptist Cemetery
Madison Plonka
Dolgeville, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Dolgeville Cemetery Fence and Grief in the Community
Taylor Ratliff
Syracuse, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools
Norah Ritter
Fayetteville, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Reset and Regulate for Mental Health
Nicole Szalay
Clifton Springs, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Increasing School Pride Through Outward Building Appearance
Veronica Tavolette
Victor, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Giving More Food Options to Those in Need
Aanya Verma
Manlius, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Beat Hemorrhage: Youth for Maternal Health
Lucille Walker
Ithaca, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Preparing Teens for Professional Communication
Katherine Wojcik
Victor, N.Y.
Take Action Project: Creating Community Through Fiddle Music
GSNYPENN's Change Maker Award
Change Makers are Girl Scouts who’ve accomplished the incredible feat of earning all of Girl Scouting’s highest awards: Bronze, Silver & Gold!
We honored our inaugural group of Change Makers at our Gold Award Girl Scout Celebration on November 19, 2022.
Class of 2024 Gold Award Girl Scouts who earned the Change Maker Award
