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Last year ended on a high note for the Hibiscus Coast Guides community with both guide leaders and guides receiving awards for outstanding achievement.
Whangaparāoa Brownie leader Julie Burton received her 30-year service bar recognising her lengthy commitment as a volunteer leader. Julie first joined Girl Guiding NZ as a Brownie leader in Hamilton and is already the recipient of several guiding awards, including the Asia Pacific Leadership Award, which she received in 2019, and the Totara Award, presented in 2020.
Fifteen year bars were awarded to Tuatoru Brownie leader Ann Ramsay and Tuatoru Brownie and Whangaparāoa Guide leader Emma Howe.
Meanwhile, Jessica Howe and Zara Wilson were awarded the Queen’s Guide Award, GirlGuiding New Zealand’s highest award for Rangers (up to the age of 17 years), and Evie Cowen and Isabel Erickson both received an Aoraki Award, which is GirlGuiding New Zealand’s highest award for a Girl Guide aged 12-and-a-half.
In working towards these awards, the girls developed leadership, teamwork, communication and life skills and experienced the enjoyment and satisfaction of reaching goals.
Ranger leader Sarah McManaway and Guide leaders Emma Howe and Lisa Olsen were thanked for their guidance and leadership.
