Ifugao scouter receives Disney Channel’s Isabella Award

By Marcelo B. Lihgawon

ALFONSO LISTA, Ifugao - - A Junior Girl Scout (GSP) from this corn- producing municipality  recently received Disney Channel’s Isabella Award for exemplary performance in scouting.

Aika Mae Aquimba from Pinto Elementary School here  was bestowed the award along with  72  other awardees nationwide, said Fely Gumangan of GSP -Ifugao council.

The Isabella Award is named after Disney Channel’s character Isabella from the animated television show “Phineas and Ferb,” Isabella Garcia-Shapiro is a Girl Scout who leads Fireside Girl Scout Troop 46231.

She always finds innovative ways to help her friends, Phineas and Ferb, in their adventures. She has a positive and charming personality, which are the characteristics of Junior Girl Scouts.

Aquimba was recommended by her troop leader for the award for her active participation in the year-round troop, council and regional activities as evidenced by write-ups and recommendations submitted to the GSP national headquarters, according to Gumangan.

In a related development, Aquimba and fellow junior scouters and school mates Sai Shanley Madamba,  Riza Mae Baodilla, attended the International Goodwill Day celebration at the GSP headquarters in Manila.

The three Ifugao scouters are among the 93 participants from Central, Northern and Southern Luzon regions of the Girl Scouting Movement.