Girl Scouts Appoints Emerald Circle Chair
July 21, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands has appointed Virginia A. “Gina” McCuen as 2014 Chair for its Emerald Circle – Lexington County. The Emerald Circle is a new women’s philanthropic group in Lexington County who annually support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience and is united with Circles in other counties through a common ideal: helping girls become leaders in their families, schools, churches and communities.
A graduate of Barton College, Gina McCuen was named its 2001 Distinguished Alumnus. She received her MEd from Ohio University. Owner and Recruiter of Snelling Personnel Services and Victoria Square Office Park in Lexington, she has served as President of the SC Association of Personnel Services and has worked with the USC Medical School Board of Visitors, the Vector Foundation at DJJ, and Leadership for Young Women at Columbia College. McCuen was honored as a Girl Scout Woman of Distinction in 2007 and has received numerous civic awards for service in her community, including the Kiwanian of the Year, Sertoma Mankind Award, Business Advocate for Women, Columbia Woman of the Year, the National Snelling Award for Community Service, and The Governor’s first I Care – Volunteer of the Year, awarded in 1985 by Governor Richard Riley. Gina also volunteers with the Arbitration Program for youth at risk in Lexington County and Turning Pages as a literacy tutor.
Her dedication to Girl Scouting has endured the test of time. McCuen earned the highest award, the Curved Bar, as a Girl Scout during her youth. She is a former troop leader and has served on the Board of Directors of the legacy Congaree Area Council and Mountains to Midlands Council. A Lifetime Member, Gina’s volunteer efforts were recognized with the highest adult award, the Thanks Badge.
As the first Chair for the new Emerald Circle in Lexington County, she is enthusiastically sharing the mission and message with other visionary women. “Girls need the opportunities Girl Scouting opens to them,” she shares. “They can learn about science and technology or visual and performing arts. They discover unique aspects of their own communities as well as looking wider in the state, nation, and the world. Girls expand their horizons through travel and the international sisterhood that is Girl Scouting.”
For more information on how to support girl leadership-development through Emerald Circle, please contact Lee Ann Maley at Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands at 800.849.4475 x2709.
