Town of Hempstead Senior Councilman Anthony J. Santino and Assemblyman Brian Curran joined members of the Girl Scout's ELLM Association, which represents the girls and adult volunteers of all Girl Scout troops in East Rockaway, Lakeview, Lynbrook and Malverne, for the organization's recent Bronze & Silver Awards ceremony. Bronze Award recipients are 4th and 5th graders who complete their junior journey while Silver Award winners are in grades 6-8 and complete a cadet journey. Proud parents, grandparents and relatives of these future leaders attended the event. The ceremony was for members of Junior Troop 2000 and Cadette Troop 2378 and held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lynbrook. Pictured are Bronze Award winners Sara Bahri, Caitlin Buchala, Elizabeth Calabro, Nicole D’Agostino, Kiera Derrig, Madeline Doyle, Jane Hoeflinger, Casey LaBarbera, Emily Lamoreaux, Emma Lenz, Abigail Loiselle, Elizabeth Murphy, Gemma Ortiz, Sofia Saachetti, Jolie Sebel and Silver Award winners Alexa Beluovich, Jillian Cohen, Colleen Germain, Paige Goldstein, Sara Kellar, Katie Lenz, Annamarie Malik, and Gabriela Urena with Troop Leaders Debra Doyle, Terese Loiselle, Anna Lenz, Donna Belulovich and Andrea Goldstein. They were joined by Nassau Conty Girl Scouts CEO Donna Ceravolo, Senior Councilman Anthony J. Santino, Assemblyman Brian Curran and Legislator Fran Becker.
