Mary is a Committee Member in Troop 161, and has been involved with the Troop and Pack for 17 years.  She is the immediate past chair of the Mother’s Club of Troop 161, a position she held for 8 years.  She is a merit badge counselor, Wood Badge Trained and is an Honored Woman in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say.  She’s also a Bronze Pelican and St. George emblem recipient.

Mary is a religious emblems counselor and works with 2 other scouters to conduct a session every year for Scouts who want to earn their Ad Altare Dei emblem. 

As a youth, Mary was in Girl Scouting and earned the organization’s highest honor, The First Class Award (now called the Gold Award) in 1980.  She served as a Girl Scout Leader for 5 years.

Mary is married and has two grown children, Jamie and Josh.  Jamie was in Girl Scouting and earned the Silver Award.  Josh is an Eagle Scout and a Runner in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say. 

She currently handles the religious emblems for the CCS, and is the co-chair for the Catholic Retreat as well.
 
Mary is a member of St. Mary’s Parish in Independence, is a Eucharistic minister, member of the Altar & Rosary Society and volunteers on several committees for parish events.