Today, I attended the Annual Meeting of the local Girl Scout Council in Vinton. It’s the first council-wide event that I’ve been to in years. The meeting included a 50th anniversary celebration for the Council and the keynote speaker, Kate Geniatis, was the CEO of the Council when I was active. It was so wonderful to see her and to get back in touch folks.

During the afternoon, special awards were given out. It’s been so long since I attended a Council function that I was very behind on my years of membership and years of volunteer service pins. I have been a Girl Scout since I was a second-grader (that was the earliest you could join when I was young). That is 44 years of being a Girl Scout! When I graduated from high school, I moved directly to being an adult volunteer. I have racked up 33 years of adult volunteer service, and the lovely pin is my reward.