Poolesville Day Patch
2017 Patch clebrating the 150th anniversary of Poolesville designed by Abigail Antonishek.
$2 Each Available at the GS Booth at Poolesville Day
Since 2012 the Girl Scouts of Service Unit 32-11 have designed and sold a custom embroidered patch in celebration of Poolesville Day. The patch is available for sale at $2, with profits going to the Service Unit to support our local Girls Scouts in Poolesville, Dickerson, Beallsville and Barnesville.
The patch is on sale at the Girl Scout booth on Poolesville Day. Click here to see the Poolesville Day website for details about the event.
The patch is on sale at the Girl Scout booth on Poolesville Day. Click here to see the Poolesville Day website for details about the event.
The patch is designed by a Girl Scout in the Service Unit and is chosen by the Service Unit leadership team among that year's Design Contest entries.
Do you have a complete set?
Do you have a complete set?
2012 Patch
Old Town Hall Designed by Marilyn Mense
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2013 Patch
Poolesville Water Tower
Designed by Amelia Hobart
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2014 Patch
Falcon - PHS Mascot
Designed by Abigail Antonishek
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2015 Patch designed by repeat winner Abigail Antonishek.
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2016 Patch - Sunflowers at the McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area Designed by Zoe Antonishek
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Abigail Antonishek created the winning design for the 2014 patch!
Amelia Hobart, the 2013 Design Contest winner, was featured in a Gazette article.
Girl Scout creates patch for Poolesville Day
Design will be on sale during town’s festival
By Krista Brick Staff Writer
Tom Fedor/The Gazette
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Design will be on sale during town’s festival
By Krista Brick Staff Writer
Tom Fedor/The Gazette
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
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Girl Scouts can earn a range of badges — such as for trailblazing and money management. Now, Girl Scouts in the Poolesville area will have one that’s unique.
Eight-year-old Scout Amelia Hobart designed it in honor of her hometown.
Hobart won the first-ever Girls Scout Service Unit 32-11 Poolesville Day patch contest. The patch is in honor of Poolesville’s annual festival, called Poolesville Day. It is scheduled for Sept. 21.
The third-grader at Poolesville Elementary School is a member of Girl Scout Troop 3380 now and has been in Scouts since kindergarten. Her mom, Nicole Hobart, is her troop leader.
“My mom suggested I enter the contest and I did,” Amelia said. The contest was open to any member of the service unit.
Amelia immediately focused on the town’s iconic water tower.
“I just starting drawing in crayon, but I used marker to write the words ‘Go Falcons’ on the tower since I didn’t have a black crayon,” she said. The design includes a sun and sky and the words “Poolesville Day 2013.”
This is the second year the service unit has created a patch for Poolesville Day, but the first year the group offered a contest to design it, according to Marilyn Mense, service unit manager. Mense designed last year’s patch.
Hobart’s entry was one of six in the contest this year.
“Girls Scouts love to sew patches to the back of their uniform vest or sashes to remember activities they participated in as Girl Scouts,” Mense said. “Boy Scouts collect them as well. Since the Girl Scouts march in the Poolesville Day parade and have a booth at Poolesville Day, it seemed like a great fit.”
Last year’s patch was inspired by the old town hall and said “Poolesville Day Parade” on it.
Amelia found out she won just days after her birthday in May.
“I think it turned out really nice,” she said of the final product. Her original drawing hangs on the refrigerator at her house.
Valaree Dickerson, who was a Poolesville Girl Scout in 1975, presented Amelia with a certificate for her patch idea on May 22.
“This year’s patch has such a heartfelt meaning. So many things in Poolesville have changed over the years to include the name on the water tower, but certainly the water tower itself is a landmark for Poolesville and Poolesville Day has become an everlasting event that everyone looks forward to as a mini reunion and an excuse for a ‘homecoming,’” she wrote in an email to The Gazette.
Dickerson suggested incorporating the patch into a Poolesville Day T-shirt.
The service unit had 300 patches made and each will be available for sale at $2, with profits going to the service unit to support local Girls Scouts in Poolesville, Dickerson, Beallsville and Barnesville.
The patch will be on sale at the Girl Scouts booth on Poolesville Day. To reserve a patch in advance and pick it up at Poolesville day, email Mense at misdiver@aol.com with a name, email address and the number of patches being requested.
kbrick@gazette.net
Eight-year-old Scout Amelia Hobart designed it in honor of her hometown.
Hobart won the first-ever Girls Scout Service Unit 32-11 Poolesville Day patch contest. The patch is in honor of Poolesville’s annual festival, called Poolesville Day. It is scheduled for Sept. 21.
The third-grader at Poolesville Elementary School is a member of Girl Scout Troop 3380 now and has been in Scouts since kindergarten. Her mom, Nicole Hobart, is her troop leader.
“My mom suggested I enter the contest and I did,” Amelia said. The contest was open to any member of the service unit.
Amelia immediately focused on the town’s iconic water tower.
“I just starting drawing in crayon, but I used marker to write the words ‘Go Falcons’ on the tower since I didn’t have a black crayon,” she said. The design includes a sun and sky and the words “Poolesville Day 2013.”
This is the second year the service unit has created a patch for Poolesville Day, but the first year the group offered a contest to design it, according to Marilyn Mense, service unit manager. Mense designed last year’s patch.
Hobart’s entry was one of six in the contest this year.
“Girls Scouts love to sew patches to the back of their uniform vest or sashes to remember activities they participated in as Girl Scouts,” Mense said. “Boy Scouts collect them as well. Since the Girl Scouts march in the Poolesville Day parade and have a booth at Poolesville Day, it seemed like a great fit.”
Last year’s patch was inspired by the old town hall and said “Poolesville Day Parade” on it.
Amelia found out she won just days after her birthday in May.
“I think it turned out really nice,” she said of the final product. Her original drawing hangs on the refrigerator at her house.
Valaree Dickerson, who was a Poolesville Girl Scout in 1975, presented Amelia with a certificate for her patch idea on May 22.
“This year’s patch has such a heartfelt meaning. So many things in Poolesville have changed over the years to include the name on the water tower, but certainly the water tower itself is a landmark for Poolesville and Poolesville Day has become an everlasting event that everyone looks forward to as a mini reunion and an excuse for a ‘homecoming,’” she wrote in an email to The Gazette.
Dickerson suggested incorporating the patch into a Poolesville Day T-shirt.
The service unit had 300 patches made and each will be available for sale at $2, with profits going to the service unit to support local Girls Scouts in Poolesville, Dickerson, Beallsville and Barnesville.
The patch will be on sale at the Girl Scouts booth on Poolesville Day. To reserve a patch in advance and pick it up at Poolesville day, email Mense at misdiver@aol.com with a name, email address and the number of patches being requested.
kbrick@gazette.net
