Legislator Steven J. Flotteron joined Missionettes Rebecca J. Barros of Bay Shore and Joanna Gerdvil of Islip at Smithtown Gospel Tabernacle for their Court of Honor Ceremony where they received their Gold Medal of Honor. Both are members of the Missionettes Girls Ministries Program, a Christ-centered mentoring program for girls through the Assembly of God churches.
Joanna and Rebecca were required to do projects for every unit they completed since middle school, where in High School they completed a total of 20 service related projects such as volunteering with food pantry organizations, donating baby items to a Life Center and filling boxes for Operation Christmas Child in addition to focusing on building character and their spiritual walk.