2021 Impact Report by Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland

2021 Impact Report Girl Ambition Shines Through

Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland

Dear Girl Scout Family and Friends, In 2021, we entered the second year of delivering Girl Scout programming during a pandemic. Our girls learned once again that there is no stopping Girl Scouts. We were excited for the return of some of our in-person events, even if they did look a little different. Day Camp came back with the theme “It’s More Than S’mores,” running 24 different sessions, thanks to the help of more than 475 volunteers. And while we enjoyed our time in person together, we continued to offer Camp in a Box for those campers who wanted to participate virtually. It was a busy year for girls dreaming big and making a difference in their communities through their Take Action projects! This year, we’re celebrating 271 girls earning their Bronze Award, 65 girls earning their Silver Award, and 13 girls earning their Gold Award. Our Gold Award Girl Scouts received a special celebration to honor all they’ve achieved. In September, we were thrilled to host our annual fundraiser, Urban Campout at Camp Ken-Jockety. Guests enjoyed a fun-filled evening of racing paper rockets, soaking in the atmosphere of the AEP Music Garden, touring “old camp”, playing with LEGO robots, and taking aim with slingshots. Thanks to the support of our guests and sponsors, we raised $99,000 that went toward leadership programs for girls. As pandemic restrictions were lifted, it allowed for deeper connections through more in-person events. These connections are important because studies show that people who feel more connected to others have lower levels of anxiety and depression. The pandemic has shed a new light on mental health awareness, and we continue to look for opportunities to support the well-being of our girls. Girl Scouts sets girls up to be the leaders of tomorrow and it’s here where girl ambition shines through. Our programming gives girls opportunities to learn skills that will help them become leaders in our ever-changing world. We are so grateful for our girls, volunteers, staff, and donors for everything you’ve done this past year. Yours in Girl Scouting

Amy Franko Board Chair 2

Tammy H. Wharton President & CEO 2021 Impact Report

Membership Over the course of 2021, we served:

12,835

Girls

3,655 Volunteers

Grade Level Breakdown

3,138 Daisies 3,686 Brownies 2,874 Juniors 2,042 Cadettes 678 413

Seniors

Ambassadors

We also welcomed

3,282 New Girls to Form 109 New Toops

974 Total Troops

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Girl Scouts in STEM At Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland, we focus on programming that develops girls’ courage, confidence, and character to prepare them for a lifetime of leadership. Our experiences help girl ambition shine through! We accomplish this through experience in the four program pillars of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), the outdoors, life skills and entrepreneurship. Studies show that girls develop their STEM identity by third grade, and their confidence peaks by age 9. Some of our unique STEM partner programs we were able to offer girls included:

Model Rockets

Tree Tappers

AEP Foundation

Honda

Spanish Language Programming GSUSA through AT&T

These partnerships with companies in our community gave us the ability to provide girls unique hands-on experiences. They could see and talk to women in fields where they are under-represented. These wonderful partner programs help spark girls’ interests and open a world of opportunity for them to dream big for their future. Our partner programs help: • Engage girls in STEM, the outdoors, life skills, and entrepreneurship. • Spark girls interest early and often. • Develop girls’ leadership skills that will last a lifetime. • Provide unique programs focused on in-demand jobs. • Create a safe place of learning.

2021 Impact Report

We’re Dreaming Big

Today women make up nearly half of the national workforce yet are drastically underrepresented in many fields - including STEM, Ohio In-Demand jobs, and leadership roles:

18%

15%

Just 18% of STEM leadership roles are held by women.

Women represent 15% of engineers and architects.

12% Only 12% of computer science degrees are earned by women.

Less than a third of women students choose to study higher education courses in subjects like math and engineering.

With these facts in mind, Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland has been Dreaming Big for girls’ futures by embarking on a project called the Dream Big Transformational Initiative. Through the project, our 220-acre Camp Ken-Jockety will become a STEM immersive campus. With access to cutting-edge programs, a safe place to learn new skills, and mentors encouraging them along the way, our girls will have hands-on programs designed specifically for them, providing them skills and confidence needed to be our leaders of tomorrow. While this will be powered by Girl Scouts, this immersive campus will be a resource for Girl Scouts, youth and the community as a whole. When the campus is available, this space will be accessible to school groups, other non-profits, and community partners. You will be hearing more about this initiative in the coming months, and we hope you will join us in dreaming big to change our workforce of the future!

The Transformational Initiative will: • Be a place of learning that is accessible to our diverse community. • Provide robust, unique training focused on in-demand jobs. • Be an immersive learning campus for our youth and community. • Engage girls and youth in STEM and leadership learning. Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland

Highest Awards Gold Award Ceremony Gold Award Girl Scouts are rock stars, role models, and real-life heroes. How do they do it? By using everything they’ve learned as a Girl Scout to help fix a problem in their community or make a lasting change in their world. While the 2021 Gold Award Ceremony might have looked a little different, it was important to President and CEO, Tammy Wharton and Board Chair, Amy Franko to deliver an experience that was just as special and a little more personal than years past.

271

Gold Awards

Silver Awards

Bronze Awards

Highest Awards Spotlight Gold Award recipient Christina Sayre earned a national scholarship from Girl Scouts of the USA for her extraordinary project, “Let’s Play! (With Robots).” Christina’s project was designed to inspire students in the Wooster area to get involved with STEM by creating a robotics curriculum, hosting workshops, and making workshop kits for a local makerspace. Way to go, Christina! 6

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Badges and Patches In 2021, our girls earned

771

758

633

Daisy Journeys

Brownie Journeys

Junior Journeys

581

141

Cadette Journeys

Senior Journeys

Ambassador Journeys

2,955 Total Journeys Earned

229 My Promise, My Faith Awards

30,722 Badges Earned

Girl Scouts Giving Back Girl Scouts Grow: Our girls planted and maintained a vegetable garden at Camp Ken-Jockety! 89 pounds of produce from the garden was donated to local pantries including the Hilliard Food Pantry. Day Camp: Many of our older Girl Scouts helped out at Day Camp during the summer as Program Aids and Leaders in Action giving our younger girls positive role models and our older girls hands-on leadership experience.

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Summer Fun!

In-Person Programs Make a Comeback! In 2021, we celebrated the return of Day Camp with 1,531 campers thanks to the help of more than 475 amazing volunteers. Girls were able to explore the outdoors once again, celebrating the “It’s More Than S’mores” theme at twenty-four different Day Camp opportunities around the council. Camp Molly Lauman featured overnight programming with a variety of fun activities. Other family and troop programs included Float and a Flick, Model Rockets, Outdoor Cooking, Outdoor Survival, and Family Fun Days.

Girl Scouts on the Go Despite the pandemic, GSOH still found opportunities to help girl ambition shine through with fun activities to do Girl Scouting at home. Make Zone Kits: These STEM focused kits help girls complete engineering challenges and earn a badge or part of a journey. Camp in a Box: Based around some of our favorite resident camp themes, Camp in a Box gave girls an opportunity to do everything from learn how to make turmeric tie dye to exploring fossils. Thanks to generous partners like The Columbus Foundation we were able to provide a variety of free kits to Girl Scouts in underserved communities. Badge in a Box: These kits provide the necessary materials for girls to complete each step of a badge.

1,175 Kits Distributed 8

2021 Impact Report

Product Programs Girls Participating

2,644

7,037

Cookie Program

Fall Product Program

69,081 Cookie Packages Donated through Operation Salute

5,600 Magazine Subscriptions Sold 79,109 Nut & Candy Units Sold

590,669 Digital Cookie Packages sold with 6,144 girls participating virtually

Cookies Sold by Variety 419,370

272,863

248,458

174,962

Thin Mints

Samoas

Tagalongs

Dosidos

106,962

102,405

91,958

48,341

Trefoils

S’mores

Lemon-Ups

Toffee-tastic

105

Stellar Sellers

Cookie Program Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland

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Rising to the Challenge Stronger Together While some programs returned to in-person at limited capacity, our staff continued to work diligently to create new experiences and reimagine existing programs to keep girls engaged. While so much was changing, Girl Scouts was there when our members needed us most. Through virtual programs, our staff connected with girls in a way they never had before, keeping girls connected even from home.

State of the Girl 2021, a Virtual Conversation Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland’s State of the Girl went virtual in 2021 to ensure that this important community conversation continued despite the pandemic. This year’s discussion was focused on how the pandemic impacted our girls this past year. Panelists included Allie DePoy, a behavioral health clinical educator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Brooke Johnson, a Girl Scout alum who attends Virginia Tech, and Ella Basile, who was a senior at Olentangy Liberty High School and is a Gold Award Girl Scout. Each panelist brought a unique perspective, and conversations included important issues on education losses, mental health, and racial injustices. A special thank you to our sponsors: AEP Foundation, Nationwide, DHL, CGI, Glen and Shakila Ahrens Family Foundation, PNC, Platinum TDM, and our collection of Host Level sponsors. With their support GSOH was able to offer virtual seats free of charge. Donations from State of the Girl helped girls gain experiences in leadership, STEM and the outdoors so that they have the grit and resilience needed for tomorrow.

Girl 10 Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland

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Urban Campout

Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland (GSOH) was excited for the return of hosting the fourth annual Urban Campout event in person on September 24. Urban Campout is GSOH’s signature fundraiser, where guests enjoy a fun-filled evening at Camp Ken-Jockety. Throughout the evening, the 250 guests enjoyed racing paper rockets, playing in the AEP Music Garden, touring old camp, playing with LEGO robots, and taking aim with slingshots. L.A Catering provided an array of gourmet camp-inspired appetizers, and craft cocktails were created by Middle West Spirits. And of course, guests enjoyed Girl Scout cookie inspired desserts and made s’mores by the fire. A big thank you to our Presenting Sponsor Corna Kokosing; Gold Sponsors, Glen and Shakila Ahrens Family Foundation, Bath & Body Works, and all of the sponsors, in-kind contributors, and attendees. Your support raised $99,000 to support girls on their leadership journey.

Thank you to our 2021 sponors! Presenting Sponsor: • Corna Kokosking Gold Sponsors: • Bath & Body Works • Glen and Shakila Ahrens Family Foundation Silver Sponsors: • AEP Foundation • The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company • Medical Mutual of Ohio Bronze Sponsors: • Bob & Robin Harriman • DHL Supply Chain • JPMorgan Chase • OhioHealth • PNC • Rockbridge • The Champion Companies

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Friends of GSOH Sponsors: • BBCO • Dave & Amy Franko • Michael & Dana Isaacs & Fairway Independent Mortgage Comp. • G2 Planning & Design • Mutual of America Financial Group Campfire Circle Sponsors: • Jerry Batt, CEO QuickInsured • Nancy and John Cardenas • Cramer & Associates • Homestead Companies • Ed Keener • Oswald Companies • Annette Whittemore

Meet Drs. Ann & Doug Teske Drs. Ann and Doug Teske have always been passionate about Girl Scouts because of the unique blend of programming it provides to girls, and Ann’s three-generation involvement. Her mother Dorcas served as an adult Girl Scout volunteer and then as Ann’s troop leader for 12 years. Ann became an adult Girl Scout during college, and then served as troop leader for her daughter Amy. The profound impact that Girl Scouts has had on girls and on Ann’s family prompted Ann and Doug to make a very special planned gift: “We chose a planned gift to extend our support for Girl Scouting in the future as we continue to support Girl Scouts now. We are honored to become members of the Juliette Gordon Low Society,” said Ann and Doug.

Juliette Gordon Low Society The Juliette Gordon Low Society members include those who have designated legacy or planned gifts to Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland. Shakila Ali • Erik and Eva Anderson Girl Scout Movement-Wide Challenge Planned Gift • Anonymous (two individuals) • Dianne Belk and Lawrence Calder Girl Scout Movement-wide Challenge Planned Gift • Wayne and Ruth M. Cook • Nancy Cruickshank • Tracy A. Elich • Amy Franko • Eileen S. Goodin • Julie Holbein • Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz • Anne Powell Riley • Heidi Hansen McCrory • Ann E. and Douglas W. Teske Tammy Wharton • Annette L. and Lyle Whittemore

We’d like to honor the following individuals whose commitment to Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland is being recognized for their realized planned gifts. George H. Alber • George H. and Dorothy T. Alber • Emma Barr • Melvin Busch Jr. • Betty Clark • Sara H. Cowgill • Ruth L. Crumrine • Susan Dunlap Marr • Jesse Eyeman • Anna G. Ferguson • Rosemary Flowers Emmett J. France • Rebecca F. Fraundorfer • A.L. Gregg • Nellie Hatfield • Logan Holl • Walter E. Hoover Imogene G. Howland • Louise Kling • Thelma and John G. LeBrun • Arline and Clay Littick • Anna J. Lytle Theodore R. Magnuson • Marcella Niehaus Mahrt • Louis McClain • Mary Jane and Donald McClurg • Phyllis Milks • Mary Ann Moeffert • William B. and Norma Moore • Donald Robbins • Della Selsor • Barbara P. and Larry Smith • Burton Stevenson • Merry E. Texter • Buell F. Webster • George Wooster • Mabel Wurster

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Alum Alum Brunch 2021 More than 30 Girl Scout alum gathered on August 14, 2021, for the 4th Annual Alum Brunch to enjoy connecting and sharing Girl Scout memories. During the brunch guests heard from Gold Award Girl Scout Christina Sayre, who’s Gold Award project focused on creating a robotics curriculum, hosting workshops, and making workshop kits for a local makerspace, so others can use her curriculum in the future. Deb Seckel was presented as the 2021 Alum Engagement Awardee. Deb is a lifetime member, was a Girl Scout as a girl for 11 years and has been an adult Girl Scout for over 40 years. Throughout the years, Deb has served on the Highest Awards Committee, as a troop leader, service unit team member, service unit delegate, Girl Experience Committee member, and Adult Camporee Committee Chair. To learn more about next year’s Alum Brunch or other GSOH Alum activities and connect with other Girl Scout alum join the GSOH Alum Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/GSOHAlum or sign up to receive newsletters at: gsoh.org/en/about-girl-scouts/alumnae-association.html.

Pearl Society The Pearl Society members include those who have given a cumulative gift of $1,000 or more between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021. • Glen and Shakila Ali Ahrens • Anonymous Donor

• Donald and Suzanne Cruickshank • Deirdre DeWeese

• Hillary Bates

• Tracy Elich

• Bhakti Bania

• Amy Franko

• Michele Bertoia

• Eileen S. Goodin

• Jacquie Bickel

• Bob and Robin Harriman

• Karrie Braganza • Darren Cherry • Molly Crabtree • Michelle D. Cramer

• William G. Heffner • Brenda Hendricks • Lisa Hinson • Julie Holbein

Girl 13 Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland

• Joyce and David Johnson

• Kathy and Don Reuter

• Stella Keane

• Elizabeth Seely

• “Casey” Kerr

• William Sullivan

• Susan Krantz • Cathy Lanning

• Ann E. and Douglas W. Teske

• Su Lok

• Molly E. Watts

• “Tak” Lowe

• Tammy Wharton

• Sarah H. Martin

• Annette L. Whittemore

• James Monkmeyer • Anne Powell Riley • Melinda Prickett • Jennifer Reimer

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Financials 38.3% Product 3.1% Program Fees

Revenue Breakdown

1.5% Other

1.3% Retail 55.8% Contributions

5.5% Management & General

8.8% Fund Raising

Expense Breakdown

85.7% Program Services

Total Assets: $21,701,573 Liabilities: $2,042,726

Total Support Revenue & Gains: $15,133,932

Net Assets: $19,658,847

Operating Expenses: $6,294,107

Total Liabilities & Net Assets: $21,701,573

Change in Net Assets: $8,839,825 Net Assets beginning: $10,819,022 Net Assets End: $19,658,847

Note: Donor restricted funds (largely Dream Big) comprised just over $5.9M of the change in net assets and just over $6.5M of total net assets for fiscal year 2021. 14

2021 Impact Report

Board Members 2020-2021 Board Chair Amy Franko First Vice Chair Jennifer Reimer Second Vice Chair Cathy Lanning Secretary Molly Crabtree Treasurer Sarah H. Martin Members-atLarge Shakila Ali Bhakti Bania Michele Bertoia Jacquie Bickel

Karrie Braganza Darren Cherry Audra Christie Tracy Elich Cailin Falato Lisa Groff Dan Hunt Stella Keane Susan Krantz Matt Pieper Elizabeth Seely Teresa Smith President & CEO Tammy H. Wharton Girl Members Ryann D. Diva S.

2021-2022 Board Chair Amy Franko First Vice Chair Shakila Ali Second Vice Chair Cathy Lanning Secretary Molly Crabtree Treasurer Sarah H. Martin Members-atLarge Marshell Arnold Bhakti Bania Darren Cherry Lisa Groff Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland

Stella Keane Melanie Kolp Susan Krantz Su Lok Jennifer Reimer Elizabeth Seely Leslie Vesha President & CEO Tammy H. Wharton Girl Members Alana E. Grace K.

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