Annual Report

Girl Scout Promise

On my honor, I will try: To serve God * and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

*Girl Scouts of Utah makes no attempt to define or interpret the word “God” in the Girl Scout Promise. It looks to individual members to establish for themselves the nature of their spiritual beliefs. When making the Girl Scout Promise, individuals may substitute wording appropriate to their own spiritual beliefs for the word “God.”

Mission

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confdence, 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 responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.

Dear Girl Scouts of Utah Members and Supporters,

As we reflect on the 2022 Membership Year, we had many notable achievements. Girl Scouts of Utah came out of the ongoing pandemic and moved closer to normalcy with our camps in full operation, allowing us to get back to the heart of our mission and organization – serving girls.

Thanks to your support we served 5,471 girls and 3,023 adults, increasing our girl membership by more than two percent in 2022. Our families have been excited for all the programming options available to troops and our girls. We rebuilt stronger than ever and look forward to continuing that strength into membership year 2023.

We are grateful to report that the council continues to strengthen our financial health with the balance of the Cloud Rim loan paid off in 2022. Thank you to the Board of Directors and all of their hard work to help us accomplish the payoff of the loan.

Girl Scouts of Utah completed the 2022 Membership Year with an impressive girl retention rate of 69.7 percent, resulting in a 6.3 percent improvement over the previous membership year. We are also happy to report that First-year Leader Retention and Overall Leadership Retention was up 15.4 percent respectively in both categories. Our council has an incredible retention rate and this would not have been achieved without our incredible volunteers. Thank you to our volunteers for their unwavering dedication and service – they are the heart of our organization, and we can’t do this important work without them.

Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all members continues to be a strong focus for our council. We continue to make progress in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, and racial justice. We remain committed to influencing change in our communities through leading by example in our staff structure, volunteer support, and girl membership.

As we launch into our year, we continue to build girls of courage, confidence, and character by enhancing ways to support you, our members.

Sincerely,

Lisa Hardin-Reynolds Leslie Egan Board Chair Chief Executive Officer Board Chair