Annual Report 2012
CONTENTS OUR LEADERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 COUNCIL NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 JOURNEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09 CAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 COOKIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RETAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 B.I.G. EXPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 GOLD AND SILVER AWARDS & HONORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 FINANCIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
OUR LEADERS DAWN
MEADE DUFFY
In the past year, a top priority for Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council has been increasing both girl and adult membership to ensure that ALL girls have the opportunity to participate and embrace the Girl Scout experience. Some of the largest concentrations of high poverty and underserved girls in the country live within the boundaries of the San Gorgonio Council. These girls—OUR GIRLS—need the values, ideals and programs that the Girl Scout Movement offers. Our Board of Directors adopted a strategic vision of reaching out and delivering Girl Scout programs to girls who may have never considered Girl Scouting in the past: Latinas, African Americans, and economically disadvantaged girls. We are one of the few Girl Scout councils in the nation with a primary focus of reaching out to minority and high poverty girls. The campaign to recruit all girls has begun and the unprecedented growth of twelve percent in GSSGC membership achieved this year validates the impact Girl Scouts can make on our communities. Today, while cookies, crafts and camp are still a vital part of the Girl Scout experience, we are also preparing girls for a future that hasn’t been invented yet. We are offering experiences and activities that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math; take-action projects that address community needs; programs designed to combat bullying; events and programs that tackle difficult body image and self esteem issues; and a host of other programs that prepare our girls to go out and be the best that they can be. Ours is a trailblazing Council in the Girl Scouting Movement, through our tradition of focusing on what our girls need. We continue our long tradition of lifting girls up and encouraging them to pursue their dreams and goals. When we look back over the past 100 years, we see a long and storied history of inclusiveness, which we fully embrace at GSSGC. We know there are still many girls in the Inland Empire that need what Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio can offer, and we are determined to give every girl the opportunity to live the Girl Scout experience. Our Council has reached a time of stabilization. We look forward to all the possibilities the future holds for GSSGC. Our past supports our driving force to pave the way for all of our girls to participate and grow in the Girl Scout Movement. If the past year is any indication of success, I see a bright future for GSSGC.
Dawn Meade Duffy Board Chair
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CYNTHIA
H. BREUNIG
Fiscal Year 2012 marked a transformative period for Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio. Experienced, skilled and stable employees coalesced to deliver programs and services to our girls and adult volunteers. Senior staff has formed a collegial team, working with transparency, trust and effectiveness. Our Council enhanced its financial stability—the result of unprecedented product sales, fund development initiatives, and careful shepherding of precious resources. Positive changes to the volunteer structure made management of our invaluable volunteer force more decentralized and effective. We are a strong, nimble, responsive organization that is aggressively achieving our Board of Directors’ strategic goals for membership, volunteers, programs and properties.
Our Council encompasses 27,000 square miles, with an ethnically and economically diverse demographic. Service centers in Redlands, Murietta, Victorville and Palm Desert support the girls and thousands of adult volunteers who live in urban population centers and rural communities alike. Without the hundreds of thousands of hours that our volunteers freely give to our girls, Girl Scouts could not exist. The talented and dedicated people who staff our service centers understand this and are committed to meeting our volunteers’ needs. Courage, Confidence Character: these are the building blocks that Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio offers girls, as they prepare to assume leadership roles in their families, communities, workplaces and public life. This annual report describes achievements in membership growth, product sales and program delivery that have placed Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio in the top tier among the 112 councils in the country. We have set the bar high because our girls deserve nothing less than the best. It is part of our commitment to care for our girls, believe in them and help them along the path to lifelong leadership and success.
Cynthia H. Breunig President & CEO
COUNCIL NEWS
CENTRAL WEST
• Opened an outbound office in the Rubidoux Family Resource Center • Girl Scouts and adult volunteers participated in Girl Scout programming at the University of California Riverside Annual Student Conference on Science and Technology • Organized the now-renowned Camporees • Participated for the first time in the Juneteeth celebration • Collaborated with MAS--Mujeres Asociadas por la Salud
CENTRAL
• Participated in the American Girl recruitment adventure • Established a teen advisory group • Began the tradition of an annual Bronze Award celebration • Taught the STEM Journey Program to middle school girls at the Alliance for Education • Developed and established a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the San Bernardino School District through the Creative Before - and Afterschool Programs for Success (CAPS)
SOUTHWEST
• Over 200 girls participated in Operation Christmas Child, two events that provided gift boxes and personalized cards for girls and boys in the U.S. and around the world • Father/Daughter dance was an awesome, evening • Passport to 100 years of Girl Scouting Day Camp a huge success • Twilight horse camp offered unique day camp experience • Play it Safe, taught over 35 girls self defense and anti-bullying tactics • Troop 90’s community service project, supported by other troops from the region, provided Thanksgiving baskets for local families
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LOW DESERT
• Celebrated 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts with an event for over 400 girls and adults at the Desert Adventures western town • Established collaborations and ran series programs with Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Springs, Indio and Mecca • Collaborated with the James O. Jesse Center to present a Series Pathway Program in Palm Springs • Travel opportunities included trips to New York City, Savannah, Georgia, and San Francisco, California • For the sixth year, over 60 girls and adults volunteered to paint faces and host games at the Half Pint Hootenanny at Stagecoach Festival
HIGH DESERT
• Three Series programs were conducted at local schools • Two new troops formed • Over 200 girls and adults attended the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary celebration in the High Desert • Staged a Bridging Ceremony at Lake Havasu, where 50 girls walked over the original London Bridge • Launched an Hispanic coalition with the goal to recruit more Latina girls
JOURNEYS THE NUMBER OF SAN GORGONIO COUNCIL GIRL SCOUT TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE LEADERSHIP JOURNEYS PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO GROW. EACH PARTICIPATING TROOP CHOSE FROM ONE OF THREE AGE-APPROPRIATE JOURNEYS.
IT’S YOUR WORLD – CHANGE IT!
IT’S YOUR STORY – TELL IT!
IT’S YOUR PLANET – LOVE IT! • A girl Discovers her special skills and talents, finds the
confidence to set challenging goals for herself and strives to live by her values. This includes being proud of where she came from as well as where she’s going. • A girl Connects with others, which means she learns how to team up, solve conflicts, and have healthy relationships. These skills help her in school right now and prepare her for any career she chooses in the future. • A girl Takes Action and makes the world a better place, learning a lot about her community and the world along the way. On every Leadership Journey, everything girls do—whether it’s performing science experiments, creating art projects, cooking simple meals, or learning to protect the planet’s water supply—is aimed at giving them the benefits of the to
Girl Scout “Keys
In addition to the Leadership Journeys activities, San Gorgonio Council Girl Scouts performed community service projects, staged and attended events, traveled around the state and country, and collaborated with other groups on learning and leadership activities.
Leadership”: Discover,
Connect, Take Action.
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EVENTS IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL-WIDE EVENTS LIKE THE BELIEVE IN GIRLS EXPO, OUR GIRLS ENJOYED HUNDREDS OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL EVENTS—ALL PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY VOLUNTEERS AND THE GIRLS THEMSELVES. GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN REGIONAL CAMP-OUTS, SKATE PARTIES, BADGE- AND JOURNEY-RELATED EVENTS, HOLIDAY-THEMED DANCES AND PARTIES, BOWLING PARTIES, BRING-A-BUDDY EVENTS, COOKING CLASSES, HIKING AND BACKPACKING, THINKING DAY ACTIVITIES AND DAY CAMPS. JUNIOR JAM ATTRACTED OVER 200 GIRLS AND ADULTS, WHERE GIRLS LEARNED NEW SKILLS AS THEY ADVANCED IN GIRL SCOUTING.
TROOP EXPERIENCE Council during 2012. Ranging in size from 5 to well over 50 girls, troops have unique characteristics like same age, multiple ages, and special needs. They all have three things in common: age-specific Journeys, close friendships and strong volunteer leadership.
TRAVEL
78 8599 GIRLS INTENT TO EVENTS
Nearly 1,000 troops were active in the San Gorgonio
PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENTS
Girl Scouts offers once-in-a-lifetime experiences through travel opportunities. San Gorgonio Council girls are opening doors around the world—literally! In 2012, our girls traveled to hot spots like Washington, D.C. for Rock the Mall; Juliette’s Birthplace in Savannah, Georgia; New York City; Alaska; and the bridging ceremony over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Signups are still open for a service-oriented trip to Costa Rica in the summer of 2013 and for a visit to India’s Sangam Girl Scout World Center in December 2013. Tours of the South Pacific and the world centers of Europe are planned for 2014
EXTENDED TRIP TROOP
38 119 285 TROOPS
ADULTS
GIRLS
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CAMP GIRLS EXPERIENCED DOZENS OF TRADITIONAL AND MODERN ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS ARTS AND CRAFTS, COOKING, ROCK CLIMBING, ZIP LINES, CAMPFIRE ACTIVITIES, DRAMA, MUSIC, ASTRONOMY, AND HORSEBACK RIDING. SAN GORGONIO COUNCIL ENSURES SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL GIRL SCOUTS THROUGH CAMPERSHIPS, FUNDED BY OUR REGIONAL FUNDS, LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS. CAMPERSHIPS ARE AWAREDED BASED ON FINANCIAL NEED.
445
GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN GIRL SCOUT RESIDENT CAMP ADVENTURES AT
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CAMP AZALEA TRAILS
FOSTER GIRLS A T T E N D E D
$9,770 34 RAISED IN CAMPERSHIP FUNDS
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GIRLS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FOR CAMP
COOKIE SALES HOW DO WE SELL COOKIES IN GSSGC? BY TEACHING EVERY GIRL TO SPARKLE!
BRACELETS
7,244
(35 box level)
JEWELRY BOXES
6,371
(100 box level)
2,115,251 BOXES SOLD
WALKABOUTS
1,784
$8,463,712.00
(200 box level)
CALIGIRL (750 box level)
Above Goal
700
COOKIE DOUGH $400
225
(1,000 box level)
CATALINA
160
(1,250 box level)
8% GOAL
CAMERAS
43
¡Mac’s
18
(3,000 box level)
ROCK THE MALL, WASHINGTON
4 12
$635,104
(2,000 box level)
(4,000 box level)
ACTUAL
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
294 PER GIRL AVERAGE
I CARE
146,089
BOXES DONATED
TOP SELLERS
HIGHES T S A L E S B Y G I R L S IN O U R C O U N C I L H I STO R Y ! ! !
CAITLIN LORET TROOP 1114 BOXES SOLD
6219
CAROLINE BIGGS TROOP 364 BOXES SOLD
4001
BRYNN STEPHENS TROOP 593 BOXES SOLD
4131
NAOMI JEFFERSON - GLIPA
TROOP 77 BOXES SOLD
4001
#1 RETAIL
NATIONAL AVERAGE .19 Per Member
$19
SAN GORGONIO .92 Per Member
$37
$304,899
$442,020
2011
$214,254
$166,807
FALL SALE
2012
2011
2012
QSP Sales
First year of fall picnics
Fall Picnics were specifically responsible for the 36% increase to the fall sale. With 2,700 people attending in all regions, this year’s first annual fall picnic was all our sale needed to raise the participation bar.
Nut Sales
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THE 3RD ANNUAL BELIEVE IN GIRLS EXPO celebrated the start of the Year of the Girl. Focusing on our impactful history, the B.I.G. Expo featured milestone program areas, fun and girlfriendly vendors and exquisite performances by Disney and Nickelodeon stars! The B.I.G. Expo on January 14, 2012 had an attendance of 4,677 girls and adults along with over 100 volunteers.
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2012 BIG EXPO EXHIBITORS 45th Field Hospital ABC Interbake – Cookie Rally All About the Bling Alpine Meadows Camp and Retreat Center American Medical Response Ashdon Farms – Cookie Rally Autumn Cornwell Big Horn Mountain Men Blackbird Bows Bold Girlz Bureau of Land Management (CA Desert District) Bureau of Land Management Busy Bee Bowtique California Highway Patrol Camp Booth - GSSGC Can You Imagine That Central West Region - GSSGC Cookie Lee Jewelers Crazzy’s Wasewagan Camp & Retreat Desert Fire Cats Women’s Football Organization Divas in Defense
Educational Travel Services, Inc. EF Foundation for Foreign Study EF Tours El Camino Ranch El Centro Sector Border Patrol Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Fiesta Village Family Fun Park Fifo the Bear Fight like a Girl Fit for a Kid Forest Explorer and Children’s Forest of the San Bernardino National Forest Association Forever Banner Friends of the San Jacinto Mountain Glittertainment, LLC Gold Award Information Booth - GSSGC Hang Gliding with Linda Dunn Hawaiian Lei Bath & Body Heart Gallery Adoptions –San Bernardino County Heritage Makers High Desert Region - GSSGC
OUTDOOR COOKING MILESTONE
DISASTER RELIEF MILESTONE
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS MILESTONE
PAINTING YOUR FUTURE MILESTONE
Explore 100 years of outdoor cooking through the centuries. DOG (Dutch Oven Gathering) members did live demonstrations and taste-testing with the girls.
Girls created semaphore flags out of chopsticks and fabric and learned how to use them to communicate SOS and other messages. They also had the opportunity to use small telegraphs and learn how to send SOS via Morse code.
GIRL SCOUTS ON FOREIGN SOIL MILESTONE
The first Girl Scouts established on foreign soil were in Saudi Arabia, Mexico and China. Girls learned how the promise and law differ from country to country and had the opportunity to work on crafts from each culture. For Saudi, they did tile painting. For China, they worked with symbols from the zodiac calendar. And for Mexico, they made tissue flowers to wear in their hair.
The history of Girl Scouts and the American Red Cross was represented by an old time replica of a Military field hospital run by a female living history war enactment group, the 45th Regimental Field Hospital. Girls learned what it was like to provide medical care on the field in World War II.
Continuing the Girl Scout tradition of creativity and selfexpression, girls were able to create a collective mural of the significance of the movement. Girls were also able to express their own individuality by creating flags specific to their regions, troops and friends.
SPORTS MILESTONE
Girls celebrated health and fitness with an amazing group of both female and male athletes!
COOKIE RALLY MILESTONE
Girls learned entrepreneurial skills and the best business practices in this important Girl Scout milestone. They were able to learn history of the Girl Scout cookie and discovered all the amazing things a cookie can do.
HMJ Home Products Inland Empire 66ers Baseball Team Inland Empire Derby Divas Jewels by Park Lane Joshua Tree National Park Joycrest, Inc Jump “N” Party Inflatables Los Angeles Galaxy La Quinta PREP Program LEGOLAND The Living Desert LNT Booth - GSSGC Low Desert Region -GSSGC Madame Tussauds Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament Miracles in Action Mother Nature Live! Mount San Jacinto Natural History Association Officer Byrd Om Elements One Nation Media Services Operation Gratitude – Cookie Rally
Pacific Park at the Santa Monica Pier Pali Mountain Retreat and Conference Center Pali Overnight Adventures PEAK Climbing and Adventure Co. Pennypickle’s Workshop Piggy Nation Pocket Full of Pozies QSP – Cookie Rally Rawhide Ranch Riley’s Apple Farm Sage – Cookie Rally Santa Ana Watershed Association SCRAP Gallery Shelter Box USA Shimmy Shimmy Boutique Sister Troop Swap - GSSGC Smart and Final Southern California Dutch Oven Society Society of Women Engineers Sparks Youth Girl Football T.Y. Custom Designs The Talk Institute Tandy Leather Company
Team World Peace Teen Advisory - GSSGC TOMS Shoes Trainers Booth - GSSGC Travel Booth - GSSGC USO Veritas Beauty Wells Fargo Bank – Cookie Rally YMCA Camp Surf YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Zeta Comics
Talia B.
Lanaja .P
Ashley B.
Emily .P
Julia .B
Aryane .R
Morgan .B
Angela .R
Laura .B
Danielle .T
Alexis .B
Nicholle .V
Joanna .E
Katie .W
Madeline .L
Skye .W
Jodie .M
Rose .Z
Battery Recycling in Riverside, CA
Marksmanship
Drama Clubs for Elementary School Kids
Quit Horsin’ Around
Operation Backpack Bundle
Stop the Violence, Support Literacy
Restoration of Musical Tradition
RHS Music Library “Rehab”
Operation Bunny Hop
Danyelle .M
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Seizure Smart City
Mufflers for Youth
What “Can” You Do?
Animal Adoption Fair
Hygiene Expo
A Book Drive for Awareness
Helping Hands, Helping People
Barn Restoration
Horse Sense
Animal Adoption Fair
The Girl Scout Gold Award
is the highest
earned recognition in Girl Scouting. Girls who earn the Gold Award make great accomplishments in service and career exploration, thereby acquiring vital life skills. Girls who earn the Gold Award join an elite group of distinguished women. Our local Girl Scouts who earned the prestigious Gold Award represent over 2100 service hours dedicated to their communities.
Silver Awards Star Alcazar Brooke Anderson Jessica Babst Hailey Baggest Hannah Barry Kaitlyn Berry Marlene Blanco Kelsey Bond Natalie Borresen Lauren Bosler Elizabeth Brandon Taylor Britt Hannah Brown Taylor Carlson Abby Jordan Carpentier Chloe Carter Brookelynn Chastain Jacqueline Chavez Alexis Chavez Rebecca Clossick Allison Colon Michelle Copeland Morgan Craig Jasmine N. Daffin Madison Decker Cecilia Diaz-Gallegos Angela Didier Monet Duffin
Katrina Estrada Holly Everson Dana Faria Brooke Fettig Katie Flynn Karlie Foley Sasha Gabriel Taylor Gaetje Chloe’ Gamboa Deanna Garcia Janelle Garland Autumn Gerber Hailey Gonzales Irene Gonzalez Estefania Gonzalez Hannah Goodwin Madison Hales Jazmine Hancock Elizabeth Hansen Ashlynn Hardin Whitney Hetrick Amy Holmes Lyssandra Marie Huertero Natalie Jarmon Kory Johnson Rosalinda Jones Jessica Jones Kara Juhl
Alicia Kawamoto Jessica King Sydney Knieriem Sydni Lambert Kristen Lem Marisa Lizarde Hannah Long Yolette Loredo Cristina Madalo Alicia Manley Celina Martinez Yohana Martinez Kaitlyn Matousek Taylor Mauk Claire Nicole McIntyre Kate Marlene McIntyre Allison McKenzie Danielle Mitchell Kayla Mitchum Emily Morgan Crystal Munoz Katrina Murdock Kimberly Murray Paige Negrete Brooke Nguyen Hailey O’Neil Carissa Pacheco Chloe Patterson
Danielle Pease Kristen Primmer Taylor Probst Alyssa Ramirez Kyana Rampley Lindsey Riley Danielle Robinson Cierra Roy Breanna Ruelas Ashley Ruiz McKayla Rush Julia Seiberling Elizabeth Seter Lauren Showalter Emily Simon Lauren Nicole Smith Laura Snowden Melissa St.Amant Katelynn Stover Melissa Sumners Victoria Valdy Emily Ventimiglia Noel Vicino Analise Warner Chelsea Weldon LaShanee Williams Lindsey Ybarra Samantha Zuniga
Margaret Scout Service Award THE MARGARET SCOUT AWARD RECIPIENT IS AN ACTIVE CADETTE, SENIOR OR AMBASSADOR GIRL SCOUT MEMBER REGISTERED WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND HAS A MINIMUM OF 50 SERVICE HOURS. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS OFFERED OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO COUNCIL AND HER COMMUNITY.
EMMA THOMAS Emma Thomas is an amazing young woman who is destined to lead. For Emma, her greatest reward is knowing that she has accomplished something and is truly making a difference in the world. Even when she is being recognized for her own performance, resulting in reaching outstanding goals, she volunteers to work side by side with leaders and council staff at every turn. A prime example is Cali Girl 2012; she was not just a Girl Scout who earned that incentive. Emma assisted with Daisy check-in as well as with check-out for 700 Brownies-Ambassadors. She volunteers her time at every Mega Drop, weekend cookie cupboards, Operation Gratitude and countless council and regional events. Emma repeatedly assists council staff with long hours of preparation work for incentive distribution and event packing or set up. This year alone, Emma has done 425 hours of service. The greatest thing about Emma’s service is that her altruism is genuine and truly a way of life for her. She is an ideal role model for other girls and adults alike. Emma makes this world a better place with every minute she gives back to the community.
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Girl Scout of the Year THE GIRL SCOUT OF THE YEAR IS THE HIGHEST COUNCIL AWARD PRESENTED TO A GIRL IN GRADES 9-12 WHO EXEMPLIFIES THOUGH HER WORDS, ACTIONS, AND INVOLVEMENT THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF CHARACTER, CONDUCT, PATRIOTISM AND SERVICE.
ALLISON AOUN Allison Aoun is dedicated to many things in life, but most of all Girl Scouts. She has tirelessly been an advocate for scouting through her words and deeds. Participating in every activity her troop has done, Allison has also taken initiative to start service projects and plan activities for her troop and community. Everything Allison does is inspired by the Girl Scout Promise and Law and she truly believes in being a friend to every Girl Scout, often helping new scouts in activities and journeys so they get the best possible experience. Allison is dear asset to program, scouting, and being a friend to those in need, in addition to believing that all girls deserve to have a bright future. She does her part to help in any way she can.
Girl Scout Leader of the Year LEADER OF THE YEAR PROVIDES OUTSTANDING AND MEMORABLE SERVICE TO GIRLS OVER A PERIOD OF 5 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
ELAINE LAMBERT Having been a volunteer for the past 10 years, Elaine has not only been a leader of 29 girls, but a co-leader in another troop and has helped start two new troops in the Barstow area. Elaine is on the product sales team, advisory team, and has taken the time to mentor new troops. Many would agree that Elaine is the miracle worker of the Barstow area, helping recruit and run programs, and starting one of the first multi-grade troops to ensure no girl was left out. She is the kind of Girl Scout who believes in the Movement and shares her knowledge with all her girls through guidance, fun, programming, and dedication.
MEMBERSHIP WHILE THE MAJORITY OF GIRL SCOUT COUNCILS IN THE NATION EXPERIENCED DECLINES IN GIRL MEMBERSHIP FOR 2012, GIRL SCOUTS OF SAN GORGONIO EXPERIENCED A 12 PERCENT INCREASE IN GIRL MEMBERSHIP. GSSGC IS REACHING OUT AND DELIVERING GIRL SCOUT PROGRAMS TO ALL GIRLS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT MAY HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED GIRL SCOUTING IN THE PAST-LATINAS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GIRLS. AS MORE GIRLS ARE RECRUITED, IT IS VITAL THAT MORE ADULT VOLUNTEERS JOIN GIRL SCOUTS TO HELP LEAD TROOPS, MENTOR GIRLS, AND SUPPORT THE GIRL SCOUT MOVEMENT.
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10,762 Total girls in council
1976 Volunteers trained
FINANCIALS
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2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Dawn Meade Duffy, Chairwoman Irene Rodriguez, 1st Vice Chair Andy Avery, 2nd Vice Chair Debbie Gradias, Secretary Kelly Allen, Treasurer
Board Members at Large Richard Aquino Michele Branconier Hardy Brown Kimberly Lessing Kit Mac Nee Cynthia Paulo Michelle Skiljan Mike Smith Jackie Vinkler
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