Jean Todd of Portland and Deb Buccian of Falmouth attended the Dec. 4 Women of Distinction event.

Madeline Shields, Kaitlin Rayner, Lizzie Kane, Grace Conant, and Silvana Jackson at the Girls Scouts' fund-raising event.

Risa Bridges Hall of the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, one of the many bidders who raised a hand to donate $500 or $100 for Girls Scouts of Maine—bringing in $22,000 from this single aspect of the gala.

Douglas and Eileen Moore of Winthrop attended the Women of Distinction Gala. The event brought in $125,000 for Girls Scouts of Maine.

Baseball fan Treasa Wheeler and “snow bunny” Devin Dukes drumming up enthusiasm for auction packages to see the Red Sox and ski at Sugarloaf at the Dec. 4 Women of Distinction Gala.

Last year’s Woman of Distinction, Meredith Strang Burgess, with Karen Haskell of Portland. The 2014 event brought in $125,000 for Girls Scouts of Maine.

Dasha Skripchenko and Sarah French of Hurley Travel Experts attended the Women of Distinction event on Dec. 4.

Attending the Women of Distinction event were Sammy Dudley, a Girl Scout from Limerick, with her mother Stacey Dudley, a Girl Scout leader.

Board member Rebecca Daly and husband Marshall, of Pittsfield, at the Women of Distinction event.

Jackie Newell of Cape Elizabeth and Holly Register, the daughter of 2015 Woman of Distinction honoree Gena Canning.

Board members Joann Beaudoin of Wells and Janet O’Toole of Cape Elizabeth at the Women of Distinction event.

Troop leader Rebekah Caouette of Freeport with Kayla Dinsdale, Girls Scouts of Maine membership growth assistant.

Attendees of the Women of Distinction 2014 event included Bill Sipperly of Falmouth, former board member Ellen Niewoehner of Portland, and Rob Small of South Portland.

Former board member Stephanie Anderson with Julie Carey of Yarmouth at the 2014 Women of Distinction event.

Jinger Duryea of Norway, Amy Keating of Portland, and Diane Donaldson of Portland at the Women of Distinction event.

Brownies Rose Wandell, Claire Rancourt, Megan Irish, Alison Smith and Lauren Fredette with moms Laura Rancourt, Brittany Fredette and Pam Irish. The 2014 Women of Distinction event raised $125,000 for Girls Scouts of Maine.

Laurie Palow of Windham; Gena Canning, the Girl Scouts of Maine 2015 Woman of Distinction; and Kate Kelly of Cumberland.

Aphrodite Goulatis of Windham and Anna Zafirson of Saco at the Dec. 4 Women of Distinction event.

Sally Daggett of Portland with Laura and Gregory Unfricht of Freeport at the Women of Distinction event.

Sheila and Dean Bennett of Hallowell after receiving their Harrison Richardson Environmental Leadership Award at the Oct. 2 Evening for the Environment event.

Maureen Drouin, left, Maine Conservation Voters Executive Director; Beth Ahern, Maine Conservation Voters Political Director; Rani Sheaffer, right, Maine Conservation Voters Development Director at the Evening for the Environment.

Whit Ford, Amy Ford and Nelson Mead attended the grand opening for the Stewart Center.

Kay Emory, Jack Emory and Gail McBride, Norway Savings Bank, at Stewart Center’s grand opening reception on Oct. 16.

Kate Putnam, Development Director, SMAA; Tim Stewart, Howsie Stewart and Laurence Gross, Executive Director, SMAA, at the Stewart Center's grand opening.

Julie Pew, Didi Stockly and Holmes Stockly at the Stewart Center's grand opening event.