As a former Girl Scout, and daughter of a former Brownie leader, I had a great time attending the annual Take the Lead Berks County event on April 3. The Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) honored four local Berks County women leaders at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Reading, celebrating their commitment to exemplifying courage, confidence and character to help make the world a better place. Through this program, four Girl Scouts were matched with the honorees to learn more about how they navigate their careers as women and how they better the Berks County community in diverse ways.
The four women leaders that were honored this year included:
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- Auria Bradley M.S., Associate Vice President of Workforce & Continuing Education, Reading Area Community College
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- Glynis A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., President, Alvernia University
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- Amanda Hornberger, Chief Operating Officer, Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks
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- Christi Sychterz Terefenko, Co-Founder & Executive Director, VOiCEup Berks
Congratulations to all these deserving women! And congratulations to all of the Girl Scouts participating in the ceremony. Your hard work did not go unnoticed and your courage, confidence and character shone through!
This Take the Lead event was transformed to represent the Girl Scout Program’s Pillars of STEM, Life Skills, Outdoors and Entrepreneurship, and the night was filled with activities, networking, and, of course, Girl Scout Cookies. Yum! The Take the Lead ceremony serves as GSEP’s signature fundraising event – helping to provide hundreds of Girl Scouts throughout the Berks County region with financial support so they can experience all that Girl Scout Camp has to offer.
For more info on the Girls Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, visit gsep.org.
