2012 Annual Report - The Year of the Girl by Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana

2012 Annual Report

The Year of the Girl

Girl Scout Mission Statement Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. The 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. The 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.

Above photo: As part of 100th anniversary celebrations, girls modeled uniforms from various decades at the 2012 annual meeting. Cover photo: Julia Bache (center) joins Chihiro and Kanami, Girl Scouts from Japan, at the Girls’ World Forum in Chicago. Photo by Elizabeth Magee.

A year of promise and change ...

an exciting new century ahead! Dear Friends, In honor of Girl Scouting’s 100th anniversary, our council—along with our sister councils nationwide—celebrated 2012 as the Year of the Girl. Here in Kentuckiana, we saw this milestone as an opportunity to ask a critical question: As we honor our rich history and traditions, how do we utilize our expertise moving forward to best serve girls and assure their success as tomorrow’s leaders? To answer this question, we sought constructive input from valued volunteers, community partners, donors and other stakeholders. Working together, we made strategic plans and decisions, then undertook purposeful steps to begin our next century with a renewed focus on helping girls develop their extraordinary leadership potential. • We restructured our staffing to eliminate work silos and implement a collaborative Membership-VolunteerProgram-Customer Service model that encourages cross-functional work and cooperation. • We improved our ability to direct limited resources where they are most needed, and where they will ultimately position us to recruit more girls and more volunteers. • We are strengthening our financial position by improving our potential for long-term, fiscal growth and sustainability, while adopting a renewed culture of philanthropy geared at growing individual and major gifts . • We are embarking on an ambitious and important council-wide effort to gather evidence that shows how our programs promote significant positive social and emotional changes in girls. This past year was a momentous time for our girls and for our council. As you read this report, you will see the story of this incredible Year of the Girl unfold through five key sections. As you read highlights from our 100th anniversary celebrations, to Gold Award recipients, to program innovations and outcomes, volunteers and philanthropy, a common thread will become apparent. Underpinning every decision we make and every move we take is one thing: our girls. For 100 years, Girl Scouts has provided girls with more ways to learn and lead than any other organization. We are excited about a new century of helping girls develop and live up to their full potential. We urge you to be part of this important work. We gratefully acknowledge and thank all those who support Girl Scouting. Your generous gifts of time, talents and dollars help make Girl Scouts a “must have” experience for every girl. For those who have not yet had the joy of making a difference in a girl’s life, we issue this call to action. Come join us. Volunteer. Make a donation. Encourage girls you know to join Girl Scouting. We promise…it will be best investment you ever make! Yours in Girl Scouting,

Cynthia Weller Council President Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana

Lora L. Tucker, Col. U.S. Army (retired) Chief Executive Officer Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana

Discover+Connect+Take Action Girl Scouts is, as it always has been, the organization best positioned to offer girls the tools they need to be successful leaders. Nothing exemplifies our “Discover-Connect-Take Action” model of Girl Scout leadership better than looking at how our girls celebrated the Year of the Girl across our 64-county service area...and beyond.

DISCOVER. From experiencing adventure hiking along the Appalachian Trail, to learing how to carve stone, our girls sought out challenges last year that enriched their critical thinking skills while giving them opportunities to celebrate the Year of the Girl. Our council had two girl delegates attend the Girls’ World Forum, held last July in Chicago, Illinois. As shown by this report’s cover photo, this was an opportunity for cultural discovery for girls of all nations.

CONNECT. To mark our 100th anniversary, our camps and offices hosted open houses to celebrate our official

Celebrating Through Leadership TAKE ACTION: The House That Girls Built What’s the best way to celebrate a birthday? Cake, presents and a party are lots of fun, but sometimes you get an incredible opportunity to give yourself a gift that’s far more precious than anything you could have ever imagined. That’s what happened when Girl Scouts joined with Semonin Realtors and Habitat for Humanity to build a home for a local family as a Take Action project to celebrate our 100th birthday last year. “We wanted to mark our centennial by doing something to make a lasting impact and show our girls what caring leadership and service are about,” said Lora Tucker, CEO of the Kentuckiana Council. From cutting and putting up siding, to learning how to run a metal break and precisely bend soffett facings, girls put science, technology, engineering and math to work on the build. Girl members joined with Girl Scout adult volunteers and staff, plus Semonin agents and staff to make the dream of home ownership come true for Toemica McDougal and her family.

100th birthday on March 12th. A special Belle of Louisville Anniversary Cruise drew nearly 700 girls and volunteers, while hundreds of girls took part in parades across the council to honor their special year. Throughout our council, girls and volunteers came together for promise circles, a cherished Girl Scouting tradition built around our Promise and Law. Girls showed their connection to their communites by logging an impressive 1,441 hours of community service, with 800 girls earning the Discovering Our 100-Year History award.

Habitat for Humanity is all about bringing resources and people together to make affordable homes possible for those willing to work to earn them. Taking ownership of their new home just in time for Christmas was a life-changing experience for the McDougal family. It was no less so for our girls, volunteers and staff who were part of this project.

Then...there was Rock the Mall. Imagine a quarter-million Girl Scouts coming together June 9th in Washington, D. C. for the world’s largest sing-along. More than 300 GSK girls and volunteers took part in this trip. Our girls visited Arlington National Cemetery and laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. They enjoyed a variety of tours and sight-seeing, with some groups touring the White House and others visiting international cultural centers.

At the home’s ground blessing, long-time Girl Scout volunteer and current board member Janet Fleck said as tears welled in her eyes, “This has truly been one of the greatest experiences of my life.” “I think I speak for all of us when I say we got a priceless return on what we all invested in this Take Action project,” said Cynthia Weller, board president.

15 Outcomes of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience DISCOVER

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TAKE ACTION

Girls develop healthy relationships.

Girls can identify community needs.

Girls develop positive values.

Girls promote cooperation and team building.

Girls are resourceful problem solvers.

Girls gain practical life skills.

Girls can resolve conflicts.

Girls seek challenges in the world.

Girls advance diversity in a multi-cultural world.

Girls advocate for themselves and others, locally and globally.

Girls develop critical thinking.

Girls feel connected to their communities locally and globally.

Girls develop a strong sense of self.

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Girls educate and inspire others to act. Girls feel empowered to make a difference in the world.

Gold Award, Our Highest Honor

As Girl Scouting’s highest honor, the Gold Award is a shining leadership achievement. Less than 6 percent of Girl Scouts nationwide earn this prestigious award that requires 130 hours of research and hands-on work on a project that makes a sustainable community impact. Earning a Gold Award lays a foundation to qualify for college scholarships or automatic rank upgrades for those who elect to enter military sevice.

History Recorded Is Not Lost for Gold Awardee “We live among heroes who have never been recognized for the roles they played during a time of untold struggle and perseverance,” Cierra Brown notes at the start of a video she made as part of her project to record and preserve the memories and experiences of people in her community. Cierra created the video and other materials to document the experiences of those who were part of the Civil Rights Movement. “History is important so that it is not repeated and we have an opportunity to learn from it,” she adds. Cierra, who joined Girl Scouts in kindergarten and quickly found “a home” with Troop 2024, got the idea for her Gold Award project when she spoke with several African-Americans in Hopkins County as part of a World Thinking Day activity. Ultimately, she decided it was important to record the history of those who experienced segregation. The scope of her project involved talking with dozens of people, looking through their photographs, capturing their thoughts in writing and video, and creating a book she entitled History Recorded Is Not Lost. Copies of the book were given to state and local historical societies, to history teachers, and to those she interviewed. The stories and information she collected were also shared on YouTube. At the end of her video for the project, Cierra wrote: “I hope the testimonies that you have heard will have a positive impact. I believe that listening to the stories of others in our community will help to create a kinder, more thoughtful, and compassionate world.”

Our Gold Awardees Shine Bright Project Horsepower Inspired by a student’s untimely death in July, 2011 in an automobile accident, Haley Renee Howard launched a year-long campaign to educate her fellow 1,000 students at North Oldham High School about impaired driving. Haley received one of only 10 grants awarded nationwide by State Farm Insurance to finance Project Horsepower. She used the $2000 Project Ignition Grant to inspire better driving habits by increasing awareness of the risks of not using seatbelts, distracted driving, impaired driving, and speeding. Key activities included making a video titled In the Blink of an Eye, a wrecked car display, teen-parent safe driver pledges, drunk goggle field sobriety tests, a distracted driving simulator, a grim reaper presentation, and a mock trial for a drunk driver. She also worked with local and state highway safety departments to complete her project, which the school will continue to use annually.

Money Matters... No Kidding You’re never too young to learn about managing money wisely. For her Gold Award project, Jesse Riendeau developed and implemented Money Matters, a curriculum to teach children ages 3 to 5 about units of money, the value of familiar items, when to spend, save and share, and the difference between needs and wants. Jesse worked with Family Scholar House, a Louisville-area nonprofit that works to end the cycle of poverty by supporting single-parent students in earning a college degree. Jesse taught classes and a workshop for young children of FSH students. She created materials to help parents reinforce Money Matters lessons at home, and provided FSH with materials volunteers can use for future classes.

Gold Awards Reflect Girls’ Vision, Impact Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana is proud to recognize the outstanding work of all of our 2012 Gold Award recipients: Bear Creek Area and Pennyroyal Area (Cluster 1) Cierra Brown, History Recorded is Not Lost (Madisonville, KY) Jacquelyn Janae Smith, Free To Be You (Paducah, KY) Caveland Area and Heartland Area (Cluster 2) Darby Beane, The Write Side of the Story (Alvaton, KY) Lauren Buckman, Get Fit Community (Raywick, KY) Megan Vaughn, Native Species Perennial Garden (Radcliff, KY) Louisville Metro Area (Cluster 3) Laura Botner, On a Wing and a Prayer Butterfly Garden (Louisville, KY) Aubrey Bourgeois, Middle School KUNA and KYA (Louisville, KY) Cody Ensminger, Teaching Spanish to Summer Camp Youth (Louisville, KY ) Rebecca Joest, Backpacks for Haiti (Louisville, KY ) Jessie Riendeau, Money Matters (Louisville, KY) Nicole Williams, Spreading Awareness of Asperger’s Syndrome (Louisville, KY) Southern Indiana Area and Northeastern Metro Area (Cluster 4) Haley Renee Howard, Project Horsepower (Goshen, KY) Jennifer Ottersbach, Tackling Invasive Species at Yew Dell Garden (Crestwood, KY) Anne Scherer, A Magical Forest (Goshen, KY) Luella Stonecipher, Backyard Flocks for Sustainable Nutrition (New Salisbury, IN)

Cierra Brown delivers her book, History Recorded is Not Lost, toThelma McNeal, who was featured in the publication. Brown spent the summer before starting college at the University of Kentucky interviewing African-American community members for the book. Photo by Doreen Dennis, The Messenger.

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The Camp Pathway: Girls Build Skills, Self-reliance and A Love of the Outdoors The value of an outdoor experience in a girl’s life is priceless. When Juliette Gordon Low founded Girl Scouts 100 years ago, she knew girls could benefit from the challenges of enjoying nature. As part of today’s Girl Scout Leadership Experience, our Camp Pathway continues to empower girls to build self-reliance and learn valuable skills as they gain a love for the outdoors. We served over 1,200 girls last year through our Camp Pathway and adventure programming, which includes day camps and residential summer camps at our Pennyroyal and Bear Creek facilities.

Transformational Leadership

Girl Scouting has come a long way in 100 years. While fun and friendship still lie at the heart of what we offer girls, today’s Girl Scout Leadership Experience is all about giving girls the tools they need to be successful leaders now and throughout their lives. We know transformational leadership begins in girlhood.

Pathways and Journeys for Today’s Girls

Today’s innovative program options include six Girl Scout Pathways that give girls and volunteers ways to be part of the Girl Scout Movement that fit their specific interests and available time. Established Pathways include: Troop, Travel, Camp, Events, Series and Virtual. Journeys are nationally developed curricula that provide an important foundation for girls and volunteers at each Girl Scouting grade level. They are built into the various Pathway options and reflect our Discover+Connect+Take Action model. Journeys ensure that all girls receive a consistent Girl Scout Leadership Experience and produce standardized, measurable leadership outcomes. Three national Leadership Journeys are currently available: It’s Your World – Change it!, It’s Your Planet-Love It!, and It’s Your Story-Tell It! Along the Journey of their choice, girls earn badges to mark their leadership progress and enjoy many other cherished Girl Scout traditions! When the Journey ends, girls and volunteers can apply what they have learned to everything else they do in Girl Scouting.

The Travel Pathway: Savannah Bound!

Travel Pathway options for 2012 ran the gamut from historic tours to wilderness adventure along the Appalachian Trail, and even a visit to Europe. Several groups, such as Troops 924 and 1656 pictured here, found a trip to Girl Scouting’s birthplace an ideal way to celebrate the Year of the Girl. Their adventures in Savannah included a trolley tour, plus a day at Juliette Gordon Low’s birthplace, with a pinning ceremony in the gardens. The girls hit the beach at Tybee Island and climbed the 178 steps to the top of the lighthouse. They even enjoyed a dolphin tour before heading home with priceless memories and a deeper understanding of Girl Scouts’ past and future.

Linking Leadership to Academic Success

The Troop Pathway: Working Together To Make a Difference There’s much to be said for the traditional troop model’s power to bring girls together with leaders who help them grow over time and discover what they can do and be. When Troop 333 from Madisonville, KY decided to help older people in their community, they never dreamed it would net them a prestigious $10,000 national award and a visit to Washington, D.C. The troop, led by Connie McReynolds and her co-leaders, earned a “Make a Difference” award from the Paul Newman Foundation for reaching out to residents at a local nursing home. They used money they earned by selling Girl Scout Cookies to buy supplies and hand-make cards they personally delivered. The award selection committee was impressed with this personal approach, which gave the girls a chance to get to know dozens of elderly residents and form friendships with them. When troop members traveled to Washington last April to accept the award, it was a first plane trip for most of them. The girls were thrilled to meet actor Kevin Bacon, and to earn the award to do more service projects in their community. McReynolds, who works for Madisonville Public Housing where many Troop 333 members live, says the award and trip were incredible opportunities for the girls. “Most of the girls in our troop have not traveled many places, so this truly exposed them to a whole new world,” said McReynolds, who has been a leader for 16 years.

Gamma Sigma Kappa is a new non-traditional Troop Pathway launched during the Year of the Girl for high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Under the Girl Scout umbrella, this “sorority type” group addresses the importance of academic success, while striving to meet leadership needs for this specific age group. Pilot troops in Bowling Green and Louisville have proven popular with young women looking to meet independently and work collectively on their leadership and critical thinking skills.

2012 Jean Cole Scholarship Recipients

2012 Membership Through all our combined membership and Pathways options, our girl membership for 2012 reached 19,185. Adult membership for 2012 was 6,438 (which includes 970 lifetime members).

The Series Pathway: Following Your Own Passion and Vision Series Pathway programs are linked sessions that relate to a specific theme or purpose and feature cumulative, sequential, experiential learning. More than 2,500 girls have chosen the Series Pathway in recent years to meet their membership and programming needs. The beauty of the Series Pathway is the flexibility it offers girls and volunteers to learn about topics or activities that reflect their specific interests, skills, experience, passion and vision.

The Events Pathway: A Song To Sing More than 1,110 girls and adults came together in song for the 100th anniversary Highlands Songfest. With a focus on promoting sisterhood, this girl-led event drew girls from all across the council who took turns leading songs on stage complete with fun costumes and choreography. The Event Pathway offers a great variety of activities open to all girls by grade level. Girls can choose to participate in as many events as they like, which allows them to explore different skills and interests in themed areas. Topics can range from arts and culture, to healthy living and personal wellness, or to business or science, technology, engineering and math.

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When it comes to vision and leadership one would be hard pressed to find a better role model than Jean Cole, who served the Kentuckiana Council as both president and interim Executive Director. During the 1950s—well before public school integration was mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court—Cole was instrumental in integrating our council’s camps and programs. As a tribute to Cole’s leadership, up to 24 Jean Cole Scholarships for $500 each have been awarded annually to girls across our council since 1970. Stephanie Bear - LaGrange, KY (Oldham County) Lauren Ashley Buckman - Raywick, KY (Marion County) DeAnna Lynn Collins - Depauw, IN (Harrison County) Tammy Nicole Curry - Irvington, KY (Breckinridge County) Zara Dubar - Providence, KY (Webster County) Amanda Nicole Fowler - Cadiz, KY (Trigg County) Jordan Gamble - Louisville, KY (Jefferson County) Natalie May Gantz - Louisville, KY (Jefferson County) Christine Nichole Gilber-Crawford - Louisville, KY (Jefferson County) Morgan Huston - Murray, KY (Calloway County) Mariel Jackson - Murray, KY (Calloway County) Miranda Jane Kaake - Lanesville, IN (Harrison County) Erin Margaret McCallon - Kirksey, KY (Calloway County) Kristina Frances Mills - Waverly, KY (Union County) Colleen Ohler - Radcliff, KY (Hardin County) Abigail P. Orange - Eddyville, KY (Lyon County) Jennifer Ottersbach - Crestwood, KY (Oldham County) Kendra Ann Peel Kennedy - Kuttawa, KY (Lyon County) Samantha Rogers - Louisville, KY (Jefferson County) Luella Stonecipher - New Salisbury, IN (Harrison County) Haylee Taylor - Madisonville, KY (Hopkins County) Madison Wallace Ross - Murray, KY (Calloway County) Miranda Wilson - Louisville, KY (Jefferson County) Darby Woods – Murray, KY (Calloway County)

Girl Scouting Inflences Academic Success While our mission is not about improving girls’ test scores or school grades, a study by Girl Scouts USA provides strong support for the positive influence of Girl Scouting on girls’ leadership and academic success. Significant general conclusions included the following:

• Girl Scouting influences academic success and contributes to girls’ scholastic competence.

• Girls who gain experience solving

problems and seeking challenges in Girl Scouts find greater success in school.

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Some Girl Scout experiences, such as those that involve cooperation and put girls at the helm, are more beneficial than others for outcomes that impact academic success.

Generation STEM: Building a Framework for Girls to Succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Girl Scouts has a long history of engaging girls in STEM activites and encouraging them to pursue STEM interests both in and outside the classroom. The Kentuckiana Council is at an exciting crossroads with STEM programming. We have identified excellent opportunities to work with community partners to achieve our STEM goals and outcomes. Our commitment and progress within this critical programming framework are reflected in several ways, both in programs from last year and upcoming plans.

• Through a partnership with the University of Louisville Campus Society of Women Engineers, we have an opportunity to offer an environmental program called Oil Slick Slurp. With this program, girls explore earth energy from renewable sources like the sun and wind to non-renewable ones like coal and oil. They investigate steps to contain an oil spill while working with women engineers to find solutions. • By partnering with the Kentucky Science Center, we are bringing the Pulse of Surgery to four of our Program Learning Centers across the council. This dynamic program links girls to a live open-heart surgery performed by a medical team at Jewish Hospital. During real-time surgery, Girl Scouts and leaders interact with the surgeon, nursing staff, and others in the operating room, while learning about the procedure, the tools used, and the techniques that must be mastered in order to perform a successful open-heart surgery. • One of our newest partnerships is with The Parklands of Floyds Fork. We will be offering four programs at the Parklands this spring including Brownie Girl Scout Workshop: Bug Adventure, the Girl Scout Community Service Day: Garlic Mustard Pull, Junior Girl Scout Workshop: Pedal Power and Firefly Watch: Citizen Science Projects.

In the works, with more exciting progress soon to come are plans to create a state-of-the-art Maker Space. This will be a space for children and families to make, play and design using “real stuff”—materials, tools, processes and ideas— as a team of skilled makers, artists and educators help “participants” translate their visions into tangible objects.

It’s “aMaze-ing” What Girls Can Do

New Measurement System Tracks Program Outcomes, Demonstrates Impact Girl Scouting Makes in Girls’ Lives For the first time ever last year, staff and volunteers at all levels played a critical role in implementing a comprehensive measurement system to track program outcomes. Successfully putting this system in place required timely and accurate administration of a survey designed just for GSK girls. Next, GSK staff participated in special training to learn how to enter all survey data correctly in a specific database. Results were then submitted to Sprout Insight, a research firm, for analysis and results. Although the Troop Pathway data are still being collected and full results are not yet available, we are excited to report we are definitely making a difference in the lives of girls who participate in aMaze. aMaze is a school-based Series Pathway program that promotes healthy relationships, decision-making, personal communication, and positive attitudes toward diversity and inclusion. Overall outcomes from the aMaze program show remarkable changes can occur for girls who participate in this eight session series. Led by trained GSK staff at Olmsted Academy South in Jefferson County, the Fall 2012 aMaze program involved 243 eighth grade girls who represented a wide range of racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds (38% African-American, 23% Caucasian, 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 17% Other). Our outcomes show that after participating in the program, girls were better able to:

• Use effective communication

• Engage in conflict management skills

• Take responsibility for their own actions

• Stand up for others who are treated unfairly

• Ask for help when needed

There’s So Much More to Girl Scout Cookies Than What’s In the Box

• Make an extra effort to include others who are different from them

Everyone knows how delicious Girl Scout Cookies are, but not everyone may realize what Girl Scouts learn from being part of this girl-led business venture. When girls sell Samoas, Thin Mints and other perennial cookie favorites, they learn valuable leadership lessons.

These changes were statistically significant! Successful leaders need to be able to connect with others and take positive action. GSK now has evidence to show that girls are gaining such skills through the aMaze Series!

By creating plans, interacting with customers, and working as part of a team, girls learn five skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Think for a moment how essential these skills are for success in all walks of life. A total of 13,489 girls participated in our council’s Girl Scout Cookie Program for 2012. Collectively, they sold more than 2.3 million packages of cookies; that’s an impressive average of 166 packages per girl. Girls and troops use the money they earn by selling Girl Scout Cookies for activities such as trips, camp and community service projects. It can also be used to help cover the costs of uniforms, books, badges, member fees and other needs.

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Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Program Priorities Our council established six program priorities that link to the Journeys curriculum, are girl-led, correlate with core educational standards and complement school and community priorities. Moving forward, council programming efforts will fall under one of these six priorities: (1) Healthy Living & Personal Wellness • (2) STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) (3) Business Literacy • (4) Outdoor/Green • (5) Arts & Culture • (6) Taking Action

Delivering The Girl Scout Mission

Volunteers are the lifeblood that makes the work of Girl Scouting possible. They deliver our mission and are the heart and soul of what we do. Ask a Girl Scout volunteer why anyone would dedicate so much time and energy to working with girls and expect this reply: Making a difference in a girl’s life is rewarding and important work. It’s also a whole lot of fun!

Volunteers Inspire Girls To Lead Operation: Be a Sister

Lanesville Leader Helps Troop Take Action To Aid Sister Girl Scouts Hurt by Hurricane Last October, as Connie Bell and her family followed news of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation, 11 year-old Morgan said, “I have ten dollars saved I could send.” Touched by her daughter’s concern, the dynamic leader of Girl Scout Troop 239 saw this as a teachable moment. She asked Morgan, “What more do you think we can do as Girl Scouts and leaders?” They hit upon a plan for their troop to collect donated uniforms, patches, books and other resources from Girl Scouts nationwide to distribute to girls who had lost these items in the monstrous storm. They set up a Facebook page and reached out to fellow leaders and girls they had met during their trip to Rock the Mall in Washington, D.C. and Operation: Be a Sister was off and running. They soon had 1,600 Facebook followers, and donations rolled in as lots of sister councils spread the word through word of mouth, newsletters and social media. More than 3,000 Girl Scouts from 49 states participated in phase one of OBAS, which went well beyond sending uniforms and troop supplies to Girl Scouts affected by Hurricane Sandy. Connie and her girls became close with many of the girls and adults they communicated with. Many girls and volunteers became pen pals and have stayed in regular contact. Plans for phase two of OBAS— based on the idea of a gift registry—are to send new bedroom furniture or other household items for those Girl Scouts whose families are rebuilding their homes after having lost everything.

Morgan Bell shows swap necklaces Troop 239 made for girls they reached through Operation: Be A Sister. Making and swapping small items is a longstanding Girl Scout tradition.

Volunteer Services Updates • Personify’s Volunteer Management Module is now being used to centralize and improve volunteer service tracking and information. • A Volunteer Task Force has been working on rewriting our outdoor and grade level trainings based on key Girl Scout Leadership Experience outcomes.

Innovative Pathways Offer Volunteers Options, Flexibility

2012 Volunteer Awards and Recognitions

We are privileged each year to acknowledge and honor the outstanding work of our volunteers with the presentation of several awards that are well-recognized in our Girl Scout family as true symbols of excellence in volunteering. Appreciation Pin Diana Boone Janet Coleman Anne Downs Becky Durham Mary Jo Grinnell

Betsy Kloke Margaret Nosbusch Racene Patterson Mary Robinson Lori Smith Willie Steen

Ginny Soto Melody Tucker Pat Wooters Beth Probus Leslie Kulig

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Silver Cardinal Diane Bowers

Honor Pin Carolyn McCarthy Margaret Moorman Gold Cardinal Carrie Barnett Sarai Snyder-Gumm Cheryl Dunbar Marilyn Shoots

Thanks Badge Margaret Gore Beth Harbert Dolly Smith

Beyond the traditional troop experience, the flexibility of Girl Scouting’s Pathways model offers many options for busy volunteers to help today’s girls become tomorrow’s leaders. Last year’s Girls Build program is a terrific example of how a series works. The National Association of Women in Construction partnered with us to lead this 6-week series in which girls learned about home ownership, saving for the future, and giving back to their community. The series tied in with our Habitat Home build 100th anniversary Take Action project, which gave girls under the age limit allowed on the build site a way to be part of the “house that girls built.” Through a Series—or other Pathways options such as Events, Travel and Camp—volunteers can help design and deliver defined programs to share their expertise or skills with girls. From business owners to chefs, or even research scientists, doctors, news reporters, airline pilots and beyond…there is practically no limit to candidates who would make a great Girl Scout volunteer.

A Culture of Philanthropy

To our donors, sponsors, partners and other generous supporters, please accept our sincere gratitude for investing in girls. It is only through your gifts of dollars, time, and talents that the mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place is possible. Thank you for your continued philanthropy and generosity.

Alumnae Present Swope Tough Cookie Award On September 26, 2012, we joined with key volunteers from our council’s Heartland area to launch the first Alumnae Celebration in Elizabethtown, KY. Forty women and men came together for a wonderful fundraising luncheon held at the Brown Pusey House. The event raised more than $15,000 and featured the presentation of the first Tough Cookie Award to Betty Swope for more than 40 years of community service and support of Girl Scouting. In presenting the award, luncheon co-chair Ann Kowalkoski said that as an active troop leader and mentor Swope had touched the lives of countless girls. “Betty feels giving back to her community is of the utmost importance,” said Kowalkoski. “When we talk about building girls of courage, confidence and character who make our world a better place, Betty is what Girl Scouting is all about.” A committee comprised of long-time Girl Scout volunteers planned the lunch, which establishes an excellent model for recognizing and working with our valued alumnae. We plan to focus strategically on alumnae engagement in 2013 and beyond. Be watching for information throughout the Council on ways our alumnae can give back. Pictured in the photo above are: Ann Kowalkoski, Girl Scout volunteer and luncheon committee member; Carl Swope; Bill Swope and Betty Swope, the inaugural recipient of Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana’s Tough Cookie Award.

Thanks Badge Luncheon Lots of celebrations took place throughout our council on March 12, 2012, our 100th birthday. The Thanks Badge luncheon was one gathering at which we were able to recognize women who represented many years of Girl Scout experience and service.

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Joyce Seymour Leadership Fund Ignites Alumnae, Community Giving Creating A Legacy for Tomorrow’s Girls Launched in 2011 by a group who wanted to pay tribute to the experiences they shared at Camp Shantituck, the Joyce Seymour Leadership Fund continues to grow. As of December 31, 2012 the fund had reached $585,840 in cash and pledges for this endowment that will support leadership opportunities in camping and travel for the girls in our council. The team of dedicated former Camp Shantituck staff behind this effort has been amazed and delighted with the continued success. A goal of $1,000,000 has been set by this dynamic group of women who wanted to honor former council CEO Joyce Seymour, and continue the important opportunities for the girls in our communities.

Now, as it has always been, Camp Shantituck is the place for girls to find friendship and build memories that set a stage for lifelong positive outcomes.

Joyce Seymour Leadership Fund – Camp Shantituck Donors, through 12/31/12 Sherry L. Anderson Lisa T. Actor Linda K. Arnold Beth V. Aschman Nancy Batten Kathryn D. Bothwell Christina Bouzon Jody Branson Mary Lou Brasher Sandy Calhoun Carol Clevenger Roger Coates Jill Diana

Virginia B. Edwards Denise Ehrler McCoy Kadie Engstrom Madonna Evans Jean Fahr Mary French Jan Galganski Jeane Hanley Kathy Henchey Jennifer Heverkamp Theresa H. Hundley Judy Hunter Mary Kelly

Lillette Krise Peggy Lamont Sue Lion Mary Jo Martin Gaye Marx Corrine Mastey Margaret E. Miller Kim Misegades Georgetta Montgomery Kathy A. Osborne Lorena A. Palm Katherine Redmond Colleen Reeve

Ellen Reeves Betsy P. Reeves Cindy Rosch Mary Sue Ryan Natalie E. Scharre Joyce E. Seymour Becky Sharp Pamela Silverman Jackie Stauffer Mary Noel Stenberg Carol Stevens Andrea Sukow Jim and Ethel Sukow

Debbie Tucker Suzanne Wallace Amy Welch Alice Wells Aaron Whalen Linda Witt Piper Anne Worcester Herb Yates Sherey Zerbian

Joyce Seymour Leadership Fund – Phase II Donors, through 12/31/12 Madeline M. Abramson Dori J. Alius Ann Allen Janet Anderson Anonymous Linda S. Austin Susan Barry Betsey Bell Randy and Christie Coe Barbara H. Conklin Vickie Cook

Diane Cornwell Margaret Davis Kathleen Drummond M. Camille Erwin Frances E. Fach Pamela J. Fleitz Jill Force GE Foundation Laura Gilman Sharon Handy Barbara Harned

D. K. Hayden Patricia S. Hughes Anna Jones Nancy Jurgevich Betty L. Kassulke Kentucky One Health Judy Lambeth Mary Rose Main Janice D. Martin Beverly McCandless Karen M. Modisett

Marcella S. Modisett, M.D. Glynn Morgen Gwen Moser Elaine Cissy Musselman Susan Nicholson Nancy D. Northrop Order of the Silver Trefoil Betty Osborne Becky Phillips Janice Purcell Lula Reynolds

Alex Rohleder Jean Russell Mary C. Sands Margaret Schmidt Judy Steinhauer Charlotte M. Tucker Janet S. Walker Betsy W. West Rebecca Westerfield Mary Gwen Wheeler Judith Windle

Acknowledging Our Donors $100-$249

Adair County Service Unit 703 Allstate Giving Campaign Sherry Anderson Carol Ballard Bank of Edmonson County Karen Baxter Ann Bennett Bouldin Roofing Co., Inc. Angela Bratton Dale Breitenstein Regina Brown Brown Funeral Home Karly Buckner* Al Burke Cardinal Health Foundation Carpenter Co. Carroll County Service Unit 616 Christian Co Service Unit 791 Christian Women’s Fellowship Clark County Service Unit 670 Clark County Service Unit 671 Ed Clere# Martha Cline Debra Copeland# Alfonso Cornish# Crawford North Service Unit 613 Martha Crowley Claudia Crump# Diane Deitel Victoria Diaz Sharon Dueffert Melissa Easley Anna Elder Deborah Faircloth* Beth Freibert G.C. Williams Funeral Home Barbara Gage Kenneth Gantz Laura Goodman* Goshen/Oldham/ LaGrange SU 617 Gravil Funeral Home, Inc. Grayson County Service Unit 681 Jo Haas+ Mary Haylee Hancock Harrison County REMC Helen Heddens# Highview Service Unit 664 Robert Holloway Emily Hundley Intl. Assn. of Insurance Professionals (IAIP) Jefferson County IN Service Unit 600 Mary Jane Jones Betty Kassulke Carie Kimbrough

Kiwanis Club of Glasgow Kathleen Klusmeier Michael Knoy Ellen Leake+ Wesdie Lewis Lewis Transport Logan Service Unit 716 Patrice Lux Magnolia Bank Marion County Service Unit 697 Danyel Martin Kristin Mattingly Jean Maxwell Kay McCollum Daniel McKenna Judith Moore Susan Moremen# Doris Mote# Mouser Custom Cabinetry, LLC Kelly Murphy* Brenda Nalley Nanz & Kraft Florist, Inc. NASCO Emily Nolan Orange County SU 611 Order of the Silver Trefoil Deanna Orendorf Kathy Petrusch Pratt’s Auto Patricia Rathmann Rachel Ray* Reelfoot Bank Catherine Reynolds Rice Drugs Sarah Ring# Patricia Robb Melvin Rone* Russellville Rotary Club Debra Sample Sharon Satterly+ Kathleen Schmidt Scott Schwartz Jorecia Singleton Don and Mary Ann Sodrel# St. Matthews Service Unit 657 Sharon Sullivan+ Janeen Taylor Cindy Thompson Angie Tinch* Town & Country Homemakers Trimble Co Service Unit 622 Troop 1141 Troop 1193 Troop 1229 Troop 1479 Troop 165

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Troop 1767 Gift Key: Troop 188 Council Staff * Troop 212 Board of Directors+ Troop 2173 Investing In Futures # Troop 25 In-Kind Donation^ Troop 689 Troop 741 Troop 82 Troop 871 Ronald Tucker Constance Tur Ventra Plastics Ted Veterano Leslie Vidra# Sivakami Visvanathan* Leslie Wagers# Webster County SU 745 Susan Weiss# Jean Wheatley Robert Wilke Joan Winkler# Woman’s Club of Elizabethtown Susan Yee Emily Zanitsch-Prentice* Ann Zimlich Cathy Zion#

$250-$499

Ann Allen Mildred Allen Anonymous- Council Arch Chemicals, Inc. Mary Austin Kevin Bennett Diana Boone Bowling Green Hot Rods Calvert City United Fund Coffee Creek Conservation Club Community Foundation of Western KY CSM Group, Inc. Tony Dawson Kathy Doup* Elizabethtown Lions Club, Inc. Enterprise Rent-a-Car Group 5899 GE Foundation Suzy Gessner* Jeane Hanley and Patti Bell Kristi Harrison* Hewlett-Packard Kirchdorfer Foundation Inc. Kiwanis Club of Hopkinsville Peggy Lloyd* Logan Telephone Co-op Marion Co. Safe Community Coalition Menisa Marshall* Dorothy Miller

Acknowledging Our Donors Tammy Miller Muhlenberg County Service Unit 735 Steven Nicaise Park Community Federal Credit Union Progressive Casualty Insurance Co Janet Rink Donna Rode Kendra Rogers+ Jason Rutledge Jamie Shockley+ Troop 1087 TROOP 1300 Troop 1304 Troop 2085 Valley Service Unit 640 James Wilkerson Mary Zappone

$500-$999

Colleen Abate Advance Distribution Services, Inc. AIT Worldwide Logistics Allen County Service Unit 713 Area 14 Ann Baumgartle Berger Transfer and Storage Blend Pak Inc. Jane Brubeck Bonnie Bryson Greg Cardwell-Copenhefer* Comfort Systems USA Alison Drury* Frances Fach# Franklin Baker, Inc. Jean Frazier Sarah Fuller GE United Way Giving Campaign Brandy Haas Heuser Clinic Highlands Service Unit 649 Inline Automation Group Intertech Mechanical Services Kerry Ingredients Kruger Merrick-Kemper Co. Metro Packaging & Imaging Inc. Mutual of America Life Insurance Co. Occupational Health Solutions Paducah Southwest Service Unit 749 PetroChem Linda Poteet+ Alex Rohleder Gail Ruga+ Anna Senter Leslie Smart+ Elaine Stevens+

Sweetener Supply Corp. Teamsters Local 783 Toby Travel and Tours, Inc. Troop 1257 Troop 468 VanZandt, Emrich & Cary Velma Vaughan Ware Inc. Western Kentucky Mining Western KY Minerals Roland Williams+

Cynthia Torp+ Toshiba Business Solutions Troop 371 Lora Tucker* U.S. Bancorp Foundation United Way of Hopkins County Wal-Mart Foundation Cynthia Weller+ Wells Fargo Insurance Services Whayne Supply Company Michelle Wheeler

$1,000-$4,999

$5000-$9999

Absolute Networking Systems Advanced Payroll Systems Anderson, Bryant, Lasky & Winslow, PSC Area 10 Arkham Executive^ Best Buy Vivian Blade+ Lynne Bowen-Lowe+ Dawn Byrd Alfred C. & Gladys M. Carter Trust Jeanetta Childress Combined Federal Campaign No. Central KY Computer Services, Inc. Crowe Horwath LLP D. D. Williamson & Co., Inc. Pat Davis Rhoda Faller+ Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Fifth Third Bank Janet Fleck+ Caren Flewellen+ Thomas Gilman+ Kimberly Harned# Barbara Harned InGrid Design, LLC Johann and Maria Agatha Senn Foundation Carla Kiser+ Helen Lang Mary Massey+ Mayfield Service Unit 764 Net Tango^ New Albany Service Unit 606 Councilman James Peden Pennyroyal Service Center Special Gifts Reed Foundation Leslie Schuschke# Marcia Segal+ Joyce Seymour+ Elizabeth Swope

Brown-Forman Corporation CBS Outdoor^ Cox Media Group^ Joe McCarroll Trust Kellogg Company LG&E And KU Services# Louisville Magazine^ Norton Healthcare# Publishers Printing Company, Inc.^ Today’s Woman Magazine^ WAVE3-TV^

$10,000-$25,000

EIGL Consulting^ Estate of Jane Duerr Jeff and Doreen Eckmann Houchens Trust Microsoft^ Republic Bank & Trust Company

$25,000 +

Walter Jacobs Trust

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Note: 2011-2012 Donors Ann Adams Beth Brokaw Derby City Newcomers & Neighbors Club Jean Frazier Louis Giesel Ray Glass Greater Louisville Assn. of Realtors, Inc. Betty Griffin Habitat for Humanity Faye Johnson Nancy Keck Jim King Helen Lang Dolphine Madison Mall St. Matthews Janice Martin James Oakes

Acknowledging Our Donors The House That Girls Built Continued

Elizabethtown Alumnae Pamela Addington Marilyn Ardisson Carolyn Aschman Beth Aschman Judy Banks Edna Berger Rebecca Bishop Kathleen Decker Charlotte Dieckhoff Pat Durbin Kadie Engstrom Barbara Harned Rose Harris Norma Kersey Ron and Ann Kowalkoski Regina Lancaster

Councilman Tom Owen Meredith Parente Bonita Pendleton Kathleen Sayre Natalie Scharre Everett Scheer Joyce Seymour Councilman Glen Stuckel Troop 999 Constance Tur Velma Vaughan Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh Councilwoman Vicki Welch Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc. WHAS TV Elaine Woerner Womens Council of Realtors Virginia Woodward Councilwoman Mary Woolridge

Juliette Gordon Low Society Members of the Juliette Gordon Low Society have either included Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana as part of their estate planning or have made a gift to the Girl Scout Endowment Fund. We appreciate their lifetime commitment to Girl Scouting. Lisa Actor Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Barbara Anne Bruce * Ann B. Campbell * Alfred C. and Gladys M. Carter Trust * Ann L. Coffey Lewis D. and Jean Cole * Mrs. James Conner Carolyn Dean Jane C. Duerr * Doreen Eckmann Virginia B. Edwards Frances E. Fach Rhoda Faller Josephine Feldman * Susan M. Gessner Jean & Dale Grimsley Mary Haylee Hancock Sharon Handy T. Walter Hardy, Jr. Jane M. Heidtmann Kelly Farley Henry Betty Holmes * Houchens Charitable Trust * Walter Jacobs Charitable Trust * Marie Jenkins * Elaine Klein

Joe McCarroll Charitable Trust * Alice Paige Mewhinney * Marcella S. Modisett, MD Margaret Moorman Elaine “Cissy” Musselman Donald Muster * Kenneth C. Owens * Frances T. Peters Mary Gray Ralph * Linda L. Rodman * Cindy Rosch Terry and Anita Rush Mary C. Sands Natalie E. Scharre Alton J. Schneider * Katherine Schwartz Trust * Rosemary Redens Schwartzel* Joyce Seymour Shirley Shelton Virginia C. Steineker * Susan Straw * Zella Switzer * Mary Lou Vaughn Cynthia C. Weller

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* Denotes Deceased

Jo Nell Lee Menisa Marshall Cora Ellen McKinley-Hall Helen Miles Jean Mindock Jennie Prather Margret Short Jeanne Smith Ruth Ellen Stanley Mary Stufflebeam Louva Stufflebeam Elizabeth Swope Carl Swope Betty Tomes David Voglund Tim Walker Cheryl Whitworth

Grants Anonymous Bernstein Family Foundation C. E. & S. Foundation Central Kentucky Combined Federal Campaign Chase Community Giving Daviess County School Board Ft. Campbell Combined Federal Campaign Greater Indiana Combined Federal Campaign Greater Seymour Trust Fund Jackson County United Way Jefferson County United Way Junior League of Owensboro Kosair Charities North Central Kentucky, Southern Indiana, Ft. Knox Combined Federal Campaign Ohio River Valley Combined Federal Campaign Old National Bank Foundation Paducah-McCracken County Combine Federal Campaign Patrick Calhoun Jr. Charitable Trust Schroeder Foundation Tennessee Regional Combined Federal Campaign U.S. Bancorp Foundation United Way of Paducah-McCracken County United Way of Scott County

Have you ever wanted to climb a mountain? In Girl Scouts, girls learn to put their skills, talents and abilities to work climbing mountains...the real ones, and the ones life sets in our paths. With donors and supporters like you, we are able to provide girls today and tomorrow with opportunities that broaden their perspective, strengthen their resolve, and empower them to do great things. Girl Scouts do more than climb mountains…we move them!

Summary Financial Report Revenue and Public Support UNITED WAY ALLOCATIONS RETAIL SALES & OTHER PRODUCT SALES

PROGRAM FEES

CONTRIBUTIONS

INVESTMENT INCOME

Revenue and Public Support Product Sales Investment Income Contributions Program fees Retail Sales and other revenue United Way allocations and designations Total revenue and public support

4,625,149 916,324 416,736 5,958,209

Change in (unrestricted) net assets

(224,240)

Assets Cash Receivables Unconditional Promises to Give Prepaid Expenses Inventories Investments Cash restricted Beneficial interests in perpetual trusts Land, building and equipment, net Total Assets

FUNDRAISING PROGRAM SERVICES

MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL

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President Cynthia Weller

Treasurer Tom Gilman

1st Vice President Marcia Segal

Members-At-Large Lynne Bowen-Lowe Rhoda Faller Joanna Haas Carla Kiser Ellen Bell Leake Alteata McWilliams Karen Morrison Linda Poteet Kendra Rogers Pamela Ross Teather Sanders Anna Pearl Senter Joyce Seymour Leslie Buddeke Smart, CFRE

2nd Vice President Janet Fleck 3rd Vice President Sr. Sharon Sullivan 4th Vice President Gail Ruga Secretary Vivian Blade

Elaine Stevens Cynthia Torp Tina Ward-Pugh Roland Williams Ex-Offico Member Terri Massey Senior Girl Scout Board Members Christina ‘Tia’ Hibbs Caitlyn Moore Kinsey Morrison Shelby Rich

89,784

Program and Learning Centers and Offices 204,440 47,322 328,607 22,159 65,116 5,477,774 10,000 1,724,875 10,262,554 18,142,847

Liabilities Line of Credit Accounts payable and accrued expenses Custodial Funds Deferred revenue Security deposits Long-term debt Total Liabilities

0 160,034 4,602 94,956 3,504 3,505,102 3,768,198

Net Assets Unrestricted Land, building and equipment Total unrestricted

4,251,040 6,757,452 11,008,492

Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted

4,330,749 262,264 444,911 354,585 281,535 59,925 5,733,969

Expenses Program Services Management and general Fundraising Total expenses

Capital Expenditures

Expenses

Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Board of Directors

712,116 2,654,041

Total Net Assets

14,374,649

Total liabilities and net assets

18,142,847

Council Office and PLC 2115 Lexington Road Louisville KY 40206 888.771.5170

Heartland PLC 200 Sycamore St., Suite 124 Elizabethtown KY 42701 888.771.5173

Hopkinsville Office 1100 S. Main St., Suite 8 Hopkinsville KY 42240 270.887.9390

Bear Creek PLC 711 Jefferson Street Paducah KY 42001 888.771.5171

Pennyroyal PLC 140 Salem Drive Owensboro KY 42303 888.771.5174

Seymour Office 113 N. Chestnut, Suite 204 Seymour IN 47274 888.771.5170

Caveland PLC 901 Lehman Ave., Suite 7 Bowling Green KY 42101 888.771.5172

Website: www.gskentuckiana.org Email: webservices@gskentuckiana.org Find a full list of staff contacts on our website - search ‘Staff List’

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