Trefoil Award Luncheon Fundraiser
Honoring women of distinction
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas has annually honored an area woman who has made a significant contribution to the community and represents the ideals and values of a Girl Scout. The Trefoil Award is the highest honor we bestow outside of Girl Scout-related awards. New Trefoil honorees join a long line of inspiring women who have worked to make the world a better place, just like Girl Scouts do.
2025 Trefoil Award
This year, we are celebrating a woman of distinction who has made a difference in our community. The 2025 Trefoil Award recipient is Margie Klesse. Join us Wednesday, September 24, at 11:00 a.m as we honor her and continue to celebrate women in leadership!
Margie Klesse was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the third of eight children. Because of her father’s position with Veterans Affairs hospitals, she moved several times as she grew up. Margie attended the University of Dayton in Ohio, where she met her husband, Bill, and earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. She and Bill married after graduation. Margie worked as a chemist for a short time before they moved to Dumas, Texas, where Bill worked as an engineer for Diamond Shamrock, now Valero Energy Corporation. They moved to San Antonio in 1983.
Margie is a homemaker and has volunteered throughout the years for many organizations including University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s Cancer Council, Ronald McDonald House, San Antonio Junior Forum, the San Antonio Library Foundation, the Southwest Foundation Forum, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, and others. The Klesses, through their foundation, support many activities and numerous charitable organizations that focus on faith, children, and community needs. They are very active with the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Dayton, providing scholarships for students.
Margie enjoys the outdoors, playing tennis and golf, and walking. She has run marathons, climbed mountains, skied and camped, primarily in Colorado.
Margie’s three daughters are all doctors and have provided them with nine grandchildren. Each daughter is active in their community. Today, Margie enjoys travel, outdoor activities, and helping young people achieve a better life.
Thank you to our 2025 Trefoil sponsors!
Presenting
Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust | BMW of San Antonio, Principle Volvo Cars San Antonio and Porsche San Antonio | The Klesse Foundation | Valero
Trefoil Level
Boeing | City of San Antonio | CPS Energy | Frost | H-E-B | USAA | Valero | Wellpoint
Platinum Level
Cece Cheever & Suzanne Goudge | Gamez Law Firm | Firstday Foundation | KSL Family Foundation | Mays Family Foundation | Red McCombs Automotive | Muriel Siebert Foundation | Reach Resilience | Shiner Beer | UT San Antonio
Gold Level
Broadway Bank | CAPTRUST | City of San Antonio, Department of Human Services | GPM Life Insurance Company | Mary Henrich & Debbie Montford | Hidalgo Foundation, Tracy Wolff | Office of Bexar County Judge Peter | San Antonio Water System | Cindy Schneider | Silver Ventures, Inc. | UT San Antonio | Suzanne Wade
Silver Level
Ancira | AVTS | Hope Andrade & Jan King | Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C. | Ernst & Young | Forvis Mazars | Janet Holliday & Joanna Weidman | IBC Bank | The IMG Studio | Palo Alto College | Amy Perry | Re:Rooted | Rosario’s/Lisa Wong | San Antonio Area Foundation | Security Service Federal Credit Union | SWBC | SwRI | theKFORDgroup | University Health | VIA
Special Thanks
The Barron Foundation | Jeannie Frazier | Barbara & Michael Gentry | Pat Johnson | Cyndi Taylor Krier | Kim Lubel | Debbie Morrill | Corinna & JB Richter | The Smothers Foundation | Peggy Walker | Linda Whitacre | Karen Lee Zachry
*Includes sponsors as of September 23, 2025
Trefoil Recognition Award
Each honoree receives the Trefoil Recognition Award at their celebration, designed by artist Gini Garcia of Garcia Art Glass.
Artist’s statement:
“The Trefoil Award brings the friendship bracelet more into front and center, with each bead representing the Past (Courage), Present (Confidence), and Future (Character) and symbolizing the shiny reflection of each recipient into the community and their ability to be introspective and look inward.
PAST: The darker, richer green represents the founding members of Girl Scouts who laid the groundwork of the movement. While the whispers of years past have become darker and more distant with age, it is due to the courage these members had that has given the next generation a foundation upon which to build.
PRESENT: We often hear, “Let’s live in the now.” It is a golden moment, and as the gold reflects outward like a beacon, it is seen by all as the brightest of stars. Yet it is in this reflection that we also see ourselves. At this present moment, we sense that now is the time to live to our greatest potential. Today, collectively and as individuals, we seek to make great decisions with confidence as our guiding light.
FUTURE: Let all the youth play! As young girls bloom into their springtime, they share friendship bracelets with each other. These charms are sowing the seeds of friendship so that one day, the friends will come back together as the flowers of tomorrow with a sense of optimism and character to move forward."
Past Trefoil Honorees 
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