Congratulations to the Honor Pin recipients!

The Honor Pin is awarded to a volunteer or staff member providing exemplary service in support of delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE), whose service has measurable impact on two or more geographic areas, and helps Girl Scouts of Maine (GSME) reach or surpass its mission delivery goals in those areas. The service performed by the candidate is above and beyond the expectations for the position held and made an impact on two or more geographic area within GSME’s jurisdiction.

Ashley Martin | Saco Bay Service Unit
Ashley was the service unit program coordinator for many years, and the reason programming continued during the pandemic. She was thoughtful about appropriate levels of programming and pushed for older girls to be part of the planning committees. Saco Bay and Machigonne Service Units both benefited from Ashley’s instrumental work planning their combined World Thinking Day event in 2022. The list of events she helped plan is long, and Ashley was exactly what her service unit needed during the pandemic. While many people were burnt out, Ashley bolstered people and got them active and excited about volunteering and providing great content to the service unit, throughout the pandemic and beyond.

Gail True | Sandy River Service Unit
Gail is a team player and always willing to help on several different committees. She values the appreciation of leaders and their efforts to make Girl Scouting important to all and continues to contribute since her daughter graduated high school. Gail organizes the Aquaboggan Scout Day that Girl Scouts participate in, and she has great ideas to offer for cookie rallies and CAARE workshops. Gail has served the role of volunteer recognitions for the past several years and has done a great job at recognizing and showing appreciation for our leaders and graduating seniors.

Jessica Willey | Winding Rivers Service Unit
Jessica is an enthusiastic advocate of Girl Scouts. She has encouraged her girls from Daisies to Ambassadors to branch out in their journey, aim high and mentor others in the Girl Scout program. Jessica is supportive and caring, she has built girls of courage and confidence while gaining it herself. She shares her knowledge and ideas with other troops, like her troop’s drive thru cookie booth model when the pandemic hit. At a time of Zoom meetings and worry, Jessica supported her entire service unit. Jessica’s impact goes beyond her service unit, as the girls she leads have become leaders themselves at summer camp, Transforming Leadership, and more—Jessica inspires younger girls to continue participating.

Rebecca Estes-Francis | Winding Rivers Service Unit
Rebecca started as a parent volunteer, pitching in wherever she saw a need, eventually joining her service unit as a treasurer. She jumped into planning activities and supporting the event chair and manager with her ideas and her helpful hands. When her daughter fell in love with Camp Natarswi, she did too. Rebecca has attended Helpful Hands each spring and clean up each fall for the last few years. She’s even taken her vacation to spend time at camp running programs. Winding Rivers Service Unit is grateful for all she has done.