2015 Annual Report
Girl Scout Mission
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
Girl Scout Law
I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and Girl Scout Promise responsible for what I say and do; On my honor, I will try: and to To serve God and my country, respect myself and others, To help people at all times, respect authority, And to live by the Girl Scout Law. use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
On the cover: For thirteen Girl Scouts from our Council, a love of the outdoors took them on an amazing adventure to one of America’s most incredible national parks. Honorary President of Girl Scouts of the USA First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed fourth-grade Girl Scouts to the ultimate campout on the White House South Lawn. Girls practiced orienteering with the First Lady, stargazed with NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and summited a rock wall. President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance and joined Girl Scouts in a few rounds of campfire songs that ended in a group hug.
Letter from the President and CEO Dear Girl Scout Family: Oh the places Girl Scouts go, and the people they meet. 2015 was an amazing Girl Scout year. In addition to serving the community and earning badges and awards, our Girl Scouts attended the first-ever campout on the White House lawn. Girls also discovered they have what it takes to pursue science, technology, engineering and math at our first-ever Maker Day. Beyond this, 33 Girl Scout delegates traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah for the 53rd National Council Session and Convention and delivered our camping manifesto, “leave no girl inside.” We were delighted to see the Girl Scout Movement respond with new outdoor badges. It was a great year for Girl Scouts. We redesigned our website employing responsive design and simpler navigation. The new website positions us to launch innovative technologies next year. New members will be able to join quickly and volunteer online, and a new Volunteer Toolkit will allow our troop leaders to spend more time where it counts—with their Girl Scouts. Amazing! Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital worked diligently to recruit and retain our members. We continue to be the largest Girl Scout council in the nation with 88,591 girl and adult members. This was all possible thanks to you, our amazing volunteers, Girl Scout families, supporters and staff. As we look ahead, we are committed to bringing even more amazing opportunities to our members. We remain focused on supporting our volunteers in order to deliver a high-quality program experience to girls, helping them discover nothing is out of reach when you are a Girl Scout. Sincerely,
Faye Fields President of the Board of Directors
Lidia Soto-Harmon Chief Executive Officer
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Amazing to be a Girl Scout Girls jump for joy with amazing opportunities to try new things, discover their strengths and help their community. All with their best friends by their side! Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital serves girls in Kindergarten through 12th grade in the Greater Washington Region, which includes the District of Columbia and 25 counties in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
Grades K-1
Grades 2-3
Grades 4-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-10
Grades 11-12
At a glance 5,000
62,265
26,326
adults, volunteers & lifetime members
88,591
total membership
girls grades K-12
total troops
85%
of girls affiliated with troops
10,000+
active adult volunteers
$15.6 M
operating budget
$600,000+
financial assistance awarded
118
full-time staff
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Amazing to mentor girls “As a Girl Scout leader for over eight years, I’ve seen amazing changes in my girls. Now my teenage Girl Scouts are striving to achieve new opportunities, get involved in community activities, and explore new challenges. I feel proud knowing these girls will be amazing future leaders.” –Girl Scout Volunteer Girl Scouting is delivered by over 10,000 women and men who help girls gain confidence and discover their passion. Throughout the year, we formally recognized 1,017 amazing volunteers for sharing their time and talent with Girl Scouts. For the first time in our Council’s history, a man earned the highest volunteer recognition, the Knox Award. George Bain has been a Girl Scout volunteer since the 1980s, working on Council-wide taskforces, keeping our Council responsive to volunteer needs, and encouraging girls to explore adventures in the outdoors. Dedicated “men in green” like George are paving the way for more men to get involved, proving they’re Man Enough to be Girl Scouts!
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Our 988 acres of camp property, which includes lodges, glen shelters, woods to explore, rivers to kayak, rocks to climb, pools to swim and fields to master archery, were well maintained. Last year, the everpopular Conestoga Wagons, a feature at Camp White Rock, were added to accommodate overnight camping at Camp Coles Trip. A new pavilion was built at Camp Aquasco and new roofs were installed at Camp May Flather and Camp White Rock.
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When girls unplug and venture outdoors, they discover an amazing world of adventures. We fulfilled our mission to “leave no girl inside� this year, with 50,804 girls and adults participating in outdoor learning at Girl Scout camps. 4,013 girls tested their limits at summer sleep-away camp, and 9,071 girls explored nature at day and evening camps.
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Amazing to go for the Gold The Gold Award is the highest award in Girl Scouting. Last year, 196 Girl Scouts in our region earned the Gold Award, developing projects that created sustainable change in their community. They planned and executed projects and in the process emerged as leaders. Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital awarded 16 scholarships to graduating high school Gold Award Girl Scouts, including Melody from Gaithersburg, MD. Melody captured the stories of the Vietnamese boat people in a documentary film to preserve her heritage and teach others about the value of overcoming adversity. Get ready to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Gold Award in 2016.
Amazing to discover your inner scientist “I love learning about STEM and hope to one day become a scientist working for NASA. I love all the wonderful opportunities that Girl Scouts has given me.” –Girl Scout Cadette Priya We believe in every girl is a future engineer, mathematician, computer programmer—even an astronaut! Girl Scouts encourages girls’ natural curiosity for the world around them, giving them greater confidence to pursue a path to the fascinating world of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). We held the first-ever Girl Scout Maker Day, which proved there’s no shortage of innovation among our girls. More than 300 Girl Scouts turned out to see incredible STEM projects designed by girls, including veggie-powered batteries, mechanical grabbers to pick up litter, natural cosmetics, robots that transported cookie boxes and a virtual reality video game made with code. The amazing Girl Scout robotics team from Morgan County, West Virginia debuted “Rosie,” a robot they programmed to navigate a LEGO obstacle course. Girls also sawed, cut and glued their way to constructing buildings and furniture out of cardboard.
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Amazing to be an entrepreneur “When I sell Girl Scout Cookies, I’m running my own business! I know that it helps my troop and we have fun and do amazing things in our community.” –Girl Scout Junior Alayzia Girl Scouts had another amazing cookie season. Nearly 4.2 million boxes of cookies were sold, and troops earned over $2.9 million to finance some of their amazing work. Girls also brought smiles to our troops and local hometown heroes through our Gift of Caring programs. They filled the warehouse at the USO Metropolitan Washington and pantries at local firehouses and foodbanks, donating a total of 135,657 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. Even more amazing, with every box sold, Girl Scouts learned business ethics, decision making, goal setting, money management and people skills.
2015 Year in Review
A full copy of the financial statements of Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital as audited by independent public accountants, BDO USA, LLP, will be available on our website, gscnc.org, by early 2016.
All revenue stays in the Greater Washington Region to serve Girls Scouts.
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$755,000 5%
REVENUE
Product Sales $10,550,000 70%
Program Fees $1,747,000 11%
Development $2,050,000 14%
Girl Programs & Camps $11,955,000 79%
Adult Volunteer Development $997,000 7%
EXPENSES Supporting Services $2,150,000 14%
The figures above represent unaudited numbers.
We are proud that 86% of our expenses go directly to support our girls and volunteers
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Amazing to invest in girls
Girl Scouts thanks all of our donors for their generosity, from corporations, foundations and major gifts, to individuals and Girl Scout troops. Over 32,000 Girl Scouts participated in grant-funded programs. We could not deliver the best leadership experience to girls without you. Girl Scout Congressional Aide participants and members of Congress gathered at the UPS Townhouse to celebrate Sweet Success: 104 women in the 114th Congress. Local chefs Max Albano (Good Stuff Eatery), Jason Gehring (Mason Dixie Biscuit Company), Matt Parrilli (National Democratic Club) and Ris Lacoste (Ris) whipped up delicious desserts incorporating what else, but Girl Scout cookies! UPS designated Girl Scouts as the charity, raising over $100,000 for our girls.
Corporation, Foundation, and Government Grants $50,000 and Above
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation • Capital One • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Google • Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation • Leventhal Kline Management Philip L. Graham Fund • UPS
$25,000–$49,999
Acacia Foundation Anonymous Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Dell General Dynamics Mission Systems James M. Johnston Trust for Charitable and Educational Purposes The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Nauticon Imaging Systems
Pepco William S. Abell Foundation
$10,000–$24,999
Comcast Dove Ernst & Young LLP GEICO HersheyPark George Preston Marshall Foundation The Meltzer Group Prince Charitable Trusts
The Purple Promise Foundation to End Melanoma State Farm U.S. Forest Service, Conservation Education Washington Gas
$5,000–$9,999
Abacus Benefit Consultants of Maryland, LLC d/b/a Gorrelick, Tievy & Associates The Boeing Company Ecolab EQT Foundation ExxonMobil Inter-American Development Bank International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lockheed Martin Corporation MorphoTrust USA Strategic Resolution Experts Inc. TD Bank Washington Forrest Foundation The Philip and Janis Miller Wertheimer Fund managed by The Community Foundation of Frederick County, MD
$1,000–$4,999
American Airlines AmerisourceBergen AT&T BB&T Ben Barnes Group
The George J. Barthel Scouting Fund managed by The Community Foundation of Frederick County, MD Burness Communications, Inc. Chevron City National Bank of West Virginia CNB Bank Inc. Deloitte LLP Dimick Foundation Dominion Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation Fierce, Isakowitz & Blaloc The Grants for Girls Fund managed by The Community Foundation of Frederick County, MD The U. Mehrl, Margaret T., and Sharon Hooper Fund managed by The Community Foundation of Frederick County, MD Honeywell International HMS Technologies Inc. Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort Johnson & Johnson Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC Kraft Foods Group Miller’s Office Products, Inc. Nationwide Insurance Navy Federal Credit Union Newton B. Shingleton Trust
Polinger, Shannon and Luchs Company Potomac United Methodist Church Robert E. Lutz Charitable Trust Rotary Club of Martinsburg Shentel Foundation Spectrum General Contracting, Inc. Verizon Wild and Wonderful PAC
Individuals Major Gifts
$25,000 and Above The Brandt Family
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous Faye Fields Roland Hawthorne Anita Riddle and Steven Schmidt Lynne Seibert-Steptoe, Philip Steptoe and Eva Woolridge
$5,000–$9,999
Adegboyega and Mozella Ademiluyli Charitable Fund Kathy Albarado Sandra Alexander Pedro and Kim Alfonso Suzanne Amsbaugh and Dana Proulx Vicky A. Bailey Sheryl and Henry Bonilla Calvert S. Bowie
Amy and Daniel Cohen Berniece and Craig Collis Elaine Crider Susan Ducey Sharon K.G. Dunbar Shirley A. Edwards Jeri Fellerman Natalie M. Lorenz-Anderson (Givans) Marilyn T. and David R. Heebner Foundation Inc. Mildred Heimer Joseph and Virginia Holinka Huebscher Family Foundation Barbara Krumsiek Laura Lane Stephen Lane Barbara Lowis Lehmann Maureen Lewis Emily and Griffith Lindsay Natalie Ludaway Abby Mackness and Edward Poore Patricia Mathews Kathy and Richard McKinless Barbara K. Ostrom Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore Francis A. Randall Mary A. Sheehan and Anthony Marra Mary Gay Sprague Stacey Stewart Camp Tag-a-Long Diane Tipton and David Bradt Patricia Titus Judith Walter
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John M. & Gina G. Wasson Charitable Trust Wendelin White Wendy Wysong and Tracy Rickett
Silver Members $2,500–$4,999
Carin Gendell Penny Halpern Elizabeth L. Lewis Lisa and Paul Page David and Linda Purcell Judith Reinhardt Will Ris Lidia Soto-Harmon and Robert Harmon Margaret and Robert Stillman Jennifer and Jake Tapper Betsy Thurston
Founder’s Circle $1,500–$2,499
Anonymous Marjorie A. Auer Laura Bassett Kathleen Beernink Catherine Bertin Christine Brennan Gail and Shawn Cali Mary Rose Chappelle Isaac and Carrie Christoffersen Colleen K. Cibula Sara Collins Carol Cross Becky and Ron Crouch
Kathy and Frank Deffer Jean Farrell Ann Goulette Susan and Robert Hansen Frank and Salli Hartman Barbara Hunter Mahan and Mike Mahan Laura Inniss Angela Lancaster and Cantwell F. Muckenfuss, III David and Becky Legge Deborah Moomey Jodi and Darren Morton Dr. Lawrence Newell Melissa Nicholas Amy O’Donnell Robin and Kavin Owens James Pritchert William Roberts Jean and Craig Sansonetti Rhea S. Schwartz and Paul Wolff Harleigh ‘Tom’ Seely Margaret Siegel Debra Silimeo Kathleen Simpson Jane Storero Jean and Larry Turner Jan Verhage Denise Vowell Debbie Walls Kathryn Zonghetti
President’s Circle $1,000–$1,499
Nancy Adams Rosie Allen-Herring
Kathryn Ambrose Susan Anderson Anonymous Mary Azcuenaga Shannon Babe-Thomas Kay Behall Suzanne Belt Kathryn Benison Cindy Bennett Susan Blair Mary Brady Donella Brockington Broadine Brown Teresa Calhoon Julie and Bill Carlson Martin Carr Eugenia Carroll Jennifer Clausen Christopher Cutler Darlene and Fielden Dickerson Shireen Dodson Kathleen and Chris Duda Valerie Dykstra The Honorable Bert Edwards Gina Ekanger Tara Ford Kent and Jennifer Francois Jane Genster and John J. Buckley, Jr. Elizabeth S. Gere Jenn and Tim Glahn Dale Glass Elizabeth Hager Finley Polly Hall Eric and Monica Hanson Vivien Harris
Council Member Andrea C. Harrison, District 5 Shari Harvey Victoria Hazard Katharine and Edward Heberg Pat and Vico Henriques Debra Hershberger Hadley Hines Leslie Horne Lisa Hughes Marie Johns Deborah Johnson Courtney Johnston Linda and Steve Kelly Thomas and Renè Kemp Christopher Larson Kate Lauderdale Elaine Leavenworth Judith Lokerson Laura Loomis Linda Loranger Sandi Lippy Jenn Macios Deborah Mark Harriet Martin Phyllis Martin Melanie Mason Patricia McGuire John Mutarelli Stanley Myles Anna Nevius Abigail Nichols Katherine Offutt Anne and Don Parrish Karen R. Penn Frances J. Phoenix
Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov Jacki Rizzo Dr. Ann Robertson Lisa Robinson Jean Schiro-Zavela and Vance Zavela Gretchen Schreiber Esther Streusand Merritt Thomas Harriett Thompson Stephanie Tsacoumis Joanne Wadsworth Judith B. Ward Melanie Wexler Lisa and Dennis Wokeck Kathleen Yannopoulos
Angela Cleveland Paul Dienel, Liz Greer and Khursheed Khine Amy Donovan and Jackie Camerlinck Marcella Fezza Faye Fields Carys Amelia Gilligan Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital staff Mrs. Lesa Greiman Emma Jordan Junior Girl Scouts Taylor and Samantha Lane Madeleine Lebeau Rita Monner Catherine Moore Ciara O’Brien June O’Dell Porco Kendra Reinmann Troop 542
Troop 2795 Ashley Turner Laura VanDemark’s Gold Award Judith Walter Jacqueline Yue Gladys Bellamy Janet Bigley McIntyre Elaine K. Brandt Patricia Collins-Wolff Vashti Copland and Dorie Kelley Marguerite E. Cyr Sheila Danner Lucille Davis Robin Charlene Foreman Susan Hager Mildred “Midge” Heimer Olivia M. Hyde Gertrude “Bobby” Lerch
Juliette Low Legacy Society Members 2015
Board of Directors FY 15
Assistant Treasurer Judy Walter
Council Staff
President Faye Fields 1st Vice President Barbara Krumsiek 2nd Vice President Harriett Thompson 3rd Vice President Pedro Alfonso Secretary Jane Storero Treasurer Jeri Fellerman
Members-At-Large
Shirley A. Edwards Jordan Giles Natalie Givans Sue Hansen Chloe Harris Laura Inniss Badria Kafala Laura Lane Abby Mackness Karen R. Penn Mary Sheehan Stacey Stewart Joanne Wadsworth Debbie Walls
In Honor Of
Changamire Anderson Anne Bartow
October 1, 2014–September 30, 2015
Mozella Perry Ademiluyi Kathy Albarado Rosie Allen-Herring Marjorie Auer Cal Bowie Broadine Brown Berniece Collis Leslie Crabill Kathy Duda Sharon K. G. Dunbar
In Memory Of
Deborah S. Olsen Margaret Palmer Melissa Rizzo Yvonne and Emily Selke The Right Reverend Onell A. Soto Elaine Washburn
Kathy Albarado Pedro and Kim Alfonso Marjorie A. Auer Kathryn Benison Colleen K. Cibula Barbara J. Krumsiek Laura Lane Stanley Myles Sharon Scarce Debra Silimeo
Chief Executive Officer Lidia Soto-Harmon Chief Operating Officer Colleen K. Cibula Director of Information Services Laura Bassett Director of Membership Kathryn Benison Director of Development Betsy Thurston Director of Communications Nancy Wood
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