A helping hand for the next step.
A message to graduating Girl Scout Ambassadors of Girl Scouts of South Carolina–Mountains to Midlands, Inc. from the council’s College Scholarship Committee:
All Girl Scout Gold Award recipients who are Girl Scout Ambassadors in the Mountains to Midlands council and who will graduate from high school in the spring are eligible to apply for scholarships. The applicant must be a registered member of the council, in 12th grade at the time of application, a Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, and reside in South Carolina. Linked below are the application and reference forms used to apply for these scholarships.
The College Scholarship Application deadline is April 1. Be sure to select references who are familiar with you and your accomplishments. References should not be relatives. Please allow them ample time to complete the form. The College Scholarship Committee encourages applicants to pay particular attention to the essay portion of the application. It is often the deciding factor in selecting the scholarship recipient. Review the materials carefully for instructions and deadlines. The Scholarship Application can be found here.
Learn more about the available scholarships below.
Chandler-Burns Scholarship 
This generous gift for girls is made possible by the Chandler-Burns
family, whose women have a three-generation history of Girl Scout
membership. For Christmas 2001, Ron Burns established an endowment at
the Central Carolina Community Foundation in the name of his wife, Kris
Burns, to honor her mother, Bonnie Chandler, and her late grandmother,
Mildred Annis Chandler. Mountains to Midlands awards this scholarship up
to $1,500 annually to a college-bound Girl Scout who has earned the Girl
Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a girl can achieve in Girl Scouting.
Applicants from Richland and Lexington counties will be given preference.
The Sarah Brown Cannon Scholarship
This generous endowment was established in 2021 by Calvin Cannon and family in the name of his wife, Sarah Brown Cannon, in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Cannon spent many years in Girl Scouts, having earned her Curved Bar, the highest award in Girl Scouting at that time, in 1964, participated in a national Wider Opportunity and many other travel opportunities, and served as a leader for two troops, a day camp volunteer, and a board member of the former Piedmont Area Girl Scout Council in Spartanburg, SC.
Each of the Cannons' two daughters earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, and both are troop leaders. One of their granddaughters also earned her Gold Award in 2018.
Mrs. Cannon firmly believes that Girl Scouting equips girls for success, both now and in the future. Mountains to Midlands annually awards this scholarship of $1,000 to a Girl Scout who has earned her Gold Award, the highest honor a girl can achieve in Girl Scouting and is going on to further her education. Girl Scouts in Greenville and Spartanburg counties will be given preference.
Pauline Patterson Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was established in May 2000 to honor the memory of
Pauline M. Patterson, a very special friend and colleague. As a staff
member of one of Mountains to Midlands’ legacy councils, the Old 96 Girl
Scout Council, Pauline served as a Field Director from 1988-1992 and as
the Council’s first Older Girl Program Specialist from 1992-2000. In the
older girl position, Pauline designed programming that was fun and
adventurous, that reached beyond troop activities and provided girls
with the incentive to look beyond themselves. She challenged girls to
see that they can literally do anything if they have the desire and are
willing to work hard. Pauline offered girls choices and challenges,
taught them to accept the world with open arms, and inspired them to
breathe in the wonderment of all life offered them. As a tribute to
Pauline Patterson’s enthusiasm for life and learning, Mountains to
Midlands is pleased to award this $1,500 scholarship annually to a high
school senior for college tuition.
Jordan/Edwards Scholarship
When Jennifer Edwards and Robin Thames saw a need in Sumter, SC, they took action to make the world a better place—in true Girl Scout fashion. Jennifer and Robin started the Jordan/Edwards Scholarship, so girls earning their Girl Scout Gold Award could apply for a scholarship.
They want Girl Scouts in Sumter to feel like they belong to an organization that recognizes their accomplishments. The scholarship is named for two Sumter girls, Kayleigh Jordan and Ivey Edwards who earned their Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards.
An initial $1,500 investment was made. The first $500 Jordan/Edwards Scholarship will be awarded in May 2022 to a Gold Award Girl Scout from Sumter County. Jennifer, Robin, Kayleigh, and Ivey exemplify the hard work, commitment, and sisterly support that is unique to Girl Scouts.
Trefoil Society Scholarship
The inaugural Trefoil Society Scholarship is available to any graduating
senior who has completed her Gold Award. This $1,000 scholarship is made
possible by the Trefoil Society, our council’s most committed and deeply
invested philanthropic giving society. Its members are part of an elite
network of donors who prioritize and recognize the importance of the
Girl Scout Leadership Experience, the preeminent leadership program
designed for and by girls. Committee members will review all submitted
applicants and select the recipient, to be announced at the Highest
Awards Ceremony.
If you have any questions, contact customercare@gssc-mm.org or call 1-800-849-GIRL.
