IMPACT REPORT
LETTERFROMTHE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dear Friends and Supporters,
We’ve had an incredible year at USA Girl Scouts Overseas! From spearheading impactful service projects and managing their own successful cookie businesses to diving into a broad range of STEM activities and careers, thousands of girls around the world have positively influenced their communities and paved the way for their future successes.
I am immensely proud of our Girl Scouts and deeply grateful to our donors, volunteers, program leaders and everyone who has contributed to these remarkable achievements. Your unwavering support not only enhances the lives of girls today, but also secures a brighter future for us all. Thank you for your commitment and dedication to empowering our Girl Scouts. Together, we are building a stronger, more vibrant tomorrow for girls everywhere.
KELLYBULLARD Executive Director USAGSO
WhoWeAre
With deepest gratitude, Kelly Bullard
Executive Director, USAGSO
USA Girl Scouts Overseas (USAGSO) brings Girl Scouts to the daughters of military, foreign service and American expat families around the world and to girls in American or International schools. An operating unit of Girl Scouts of the USA, USAGSO ensures that no matter where American families move, they will have access to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
2023FactSheet
9,860
Total Membership
86 countries volunteers
343 girls earned a Girl Scout Highest Award, which includes the Girl Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.
USAGSO members reside in military bases with 876 in the West Pacific and in the North Atlantic.
USAGSO serves 38 Military communities
Packages of Girl Scout Cookies sold or donated 288,357 conducted that served 22 girl members live on This number represents a 4.67% growth increase.
2,241
56 attended our newly launched in-person volunteer retreats.
Camp USAGSO returned for the first time since Covid and 76 campers enjoyed Our Chalet in Switzerland.
1,365 virtual programs
967 live attendees and received 572 recorded views from girls in all corners of the world.
MEETOURMEMBERS
USA Girl Scouts Overseas total membership was at 9, members during MY 2023. This was an increase of 4 percent over the previous year and includes a 3.2 perc increase in girls and 9 3 percent increase in adults
New member numbers for MY 2023 also had a 3.7 incre in girls and 7 percent increase in adults, totaling 3,971 n members. Our renewal membership were also up by percent from the previous year.
Total girl membership was 6,300 members and total ad and Lifetime Members was 3,560. Membership by
Program Level
USAGSOHIGHLIGHTS
STEMinist
Our USAGSO STEMinist: Adventures in STEM with Everyday Superheroes continues to be an incredibly popular program! For four years, we’ve offered monthly virtual program sessions, providing hands-on, enriching and age-appropriate STEM activities for our Girl Scouts Overseas! Since launching the STEMinist series in 2020, we’ve reached more than 500 Girl Scouts around the world! New in 2023, we launched inperson STEMinist experiences with our first event hosted in the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) for 75+ Girl Scouts We also hosted at SHAPE with 50+ Girl Scouts attending and plan to expand these in-person offerings to Brussels, Camp Zama and Okinawa later this year and into 2025.
CampUSAGSO
USA Girl Scouts Overseas was excited to bring camp back for the first time post-COVID in 2023. We welcomed 76 campers to Our Chalet in Adelboden, Switzerland for a week of outdoor adventure.
Programming throughout the week was a mixture of WAGGGS and GSUSA content- girls completed steps for multiple badges, Journeys and the Girl Scouts Love the Outdoors Challenge.
Number of Campers
Number of Countries in Attendance CAMPBYTHE NUMBERS
76
6
Number of Photos Taken
1,000+
In 2023, 343 USAGSO girls earned one of Girl Scouts Highest Awards. These awards require extensive planning, dedication, passion and determination and leave lasting changes to communities and groups across the globe.
The hours of service combined between the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold Award Girl Scouts for 2023 is more than 9,980 hours.
CookieProgram
Europe Asia COOKIESBYTHE NUMBERS
1,321 Girl Scouts sold 147,260 packages of cookies.
USAGSO operates a limited cookie program, mainly due to the restrictions around the importation and sale of American food products outside of the United States. During the 2022-2023 cookie season, with the guidance of GSUSA’s legal team, USAGSO was able to expand the Digital Cookie sales to all Girl Scouts in the European Union and pilot a Troop Link in Madrid. This expansion contributed to 19 percent of the USAGSO Digital Cookie sales.
864 Girl Scouts sold 114,428 packages of cookies.
U.S. Virgin Islands
107 Girl Scouts sold 26,669 packages of cookies.
Almost 500 Girl Scouts in military communities, including Yokosuka, Hohenfels, Camp Foster, Vicenza, Spangdahlem. Sasebo, Osan, Atsugi, Camp Humphreys, Camp Zama. Misawa, Baumholder and Iwakuni, came together virtually for a Cookie Rally that featured pop singer/songwriter, Kristina Lachago, the Girl with the Big Pink Heart.
MonthoftheMilitaryChild
Month of the Military Child is celebrated every April
Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Apex Clean Energy, USAGSO was able to host a patch design contest. The winning entry came from Girl Scout Daisy, Penelope H. in Iwakuni and her patch was distributed to hundreds of military-affiliated Girl Scouts during 2024.
Special programming during April 2023 included:
A military career panel, featuring six women in the military. A special Taste of the World virtual program with Staff Sargent Ricardo Cabrera taught girls how to make MRE glow-ups.
In partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USAGSO hosted two programsWomen in Space! and College & Career Exploration.
VolunteerTraining&Development
TRAININGBY THENUMBERS
During 2023, USAGSO hosted four Overseas Committee Management Team (OCMT) retreats.
These included:
Pax Lodge (United Kingdom): 10 participants
Our Chalet (Switzerland): 16 participants
Camp Tama (Japan): 30 participants
Virtual (Zoom): 22 participants
We also launched in-person Volunteer Retreats in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan that were attended by 56 volunteers, and an additional 65 volunteers virtually
Refreshed online onboarding courses for our troop leaders and Overseas Committee Management Team (OCMT) in the summer of 2023.
Completed Outdoor Training Certificate Course
277
Completed USAGSO 101 Course
Completed Troop Leader Onboarding Learning Path
187 volunteers volunteers volunteers
1,105
In addition to the newly overhauled onboarding processes, a new series of mental health trainings for volunteers was offered that included:
Youth Health Mental First Aid
Resiliency Mindset in Times of Change
By adding these improvements and courses, we are ensuring that our volunteers are better served and equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver the Girl Scout program to our girls.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
2023 Revenue
THANKYOUTOOURSUPPORTERS
USAGSO Donor Honor Roll
Platinum ($7,500+)
Global Impact
World Foundation for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Inc.
Gold ($1,500-$7,499+)
Celanese Americas Foundation, Inc
Juliette Gordon Low World Friendship Fund
Ledyard Harlow Foundation, Inc
Sjoukje Neil
Margaret Renwand
Valerie N. Russell
Eric L. Warner
Silver ($500-$1,499+)
Pulkit Gupta
Nancy J Hackett
Judith Johnson
James & Kelley Kagele
Debra & Steve Kemper
Timothy LaTour
Laurie A. Menzel
Okinawa Rod And Gun Club
Danielle Pierson
Frances J Puente-Bonilla
Diana J Ringquist
Marissa Scott
Sandra J. Thomas
Jeffrey & Lane Wallace
Jason & Angelia Zielke
Bronze ($200-$499)
Richelle Barbin
Hadley Barth
Katherine Nolan Brown
Vanessa Gonzalez
Margaret Ruth R. Miller
Mindy Posoff
Andrea Ronkowski
Kelly Roy
Barbara Grant Schliebe
Sabrina Simpson
The UK Online Giving Foundation
The Juliette Gordon Low Society
These individuals have included USAGSO in their estate plans
Victoria L. Adams
Erik & Eva Andersen Girl Scout Movement-wide Challenge Planned Gift
Dianne Belk & Lawrence Calder Girl Scout Movement-wide Challenge Planned Gift
Liza Boffen-Yordanof
Katherine Nolan Brown & Jonathan C. Kaplan
Amanda Chehrezad
Kathleen Fitzsimmons
Catherine Gritz
Kelley Kagele
Laurie Menzel
Stefanie Ortiz-Cidlik
Cynthia Panzani
Margaret Renwand
Melissa Riederer
Ron Rooney + Carlo Menor-Rooney
Valerie Russell
Lane D. Wallace
Ráchel Roché Walton
Eric L. Warner
Carol Weiss Pouchol
Mary Edna & Alan Wuertenberger
Daisy Circle Members
These individuals give a monthly gift of support to USAGSO
Victoria Adams
Katherine Nolan Brown
James & Kelley Kagele
Sabrina Simpson
Lane D Wallace
Eric L. Warner
Jason & Angelia Zielke
A special thank you to Apex Clean Energy who made a donation of $3,500 and sponsored our Month of the Military Child programming in 2023.
INVESTINGIRLS GLOBALLY
Help us bring the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to girls around the world for the next 100 years. Your gift and commitment makes a difference in helping us champion today’s girls, building them into tomorrow’s leaders.
JoinourDaisyCircle
Daisy Circle members give a monthly gift of any amount to support the Girl Scout program across the globe.
JointheJulietteGordonLowSociety
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