golden leadership focus areas

"At Girl
Scouts,
we create
leaders."
-Anna Maria
Chávez
GIRL SCOUT MISSION STATEMENT
GIRL SCOUTING BUILDS GIRLS
OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE,
AND CHARACTER, WHO MAKE
THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
2013-2014
ANNUAL
REPORT
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
"She turned
her can'ts
into cans,
and her
dreams into
plans."
-Kobi Yamada
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
"One person can make a
difference, and everyone
should try."
SISTER TO EVERY GIRL SCOUT.
-John F. Kennedy
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Reno Nevada 89503
gssn.org
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Focus Areas
Every day, Girl Scouts in your community are sharing with others the benefits of their Girl Scout
experience. They discover, connect, and take action through innovative projects and programs, all
while enjoying new friendships, fun troop activities, and sisterhood when they take part in:
Community Service
Girl Scouts are proud to be do-gooders. It’s not
only fun to give back with your best friends, it’s
making a huge difference in our neighborhoods,
communities, and the world. Girl Scout programs
provide an upward progression of leadership
and community service opportunities for
every girl. In 2014, our Girl Scouts took part in
various community service projects, including
"Connecting with U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan,"
"Coats for the Community," "Homeless Pets Need
Love," and "St. Theresa Playground Project."
Financial Literacy
Financial Literacy helps girls set fiscal goals and
gain the confidence they need to ultimately take
control of their own future. By developing money
management skills early in life, girls learn how
to increase their income, become responsible
consumers, create a budget, build and manage
credit, and save and invest for whatever’s next.
Girl Scouts offer all girls—from kindergartners
to high school seniors—the opportunity to build
their business savvy and strengthen their financial
literacy. Girls do this through the Girl Scout Cookie
Program, the largest girl-led business in the world,
and its engaging and age-specific curriculum.
Golden Leadership
A Girl Scout believes she can lead because she has done it.
Environmental Leadership
& Responsibility
Maggie Albrecht
We care deeply about this beautiful place we call
home, and our future here depends on passing on the
traditions and knowledge of living in such a unique and
diverse environment. Girl Scout programs combine
environmental education with community action, and
give each girl a fun and meaningful way to protect and
conserve the resources we all enjoy.
Through outdoor experiences, like summer camp,
and community action projects, Girl Scouts learn
about wildlife, develop creative recycling projects, and
work toward earning age-appropriate awards on care,
conservation, and environmental responsibility.
Fighting Back - Effects
of Cancer
Kelsey Blotter
Rebecca Berelson
Eco Kids at Glenshire
Elementary School
Danica Bunnett
Financial Basics:
Easy as 1, 2, 3
Tatum's Pain-guins
Healthy Living
Girl Scouting provides a safe environment where girls
are able to develop their own path toward a healthy
lifestyle – a key to leadership success. We know that
focusing solely on nutrition or physical activity will
miss the mark. For girls, being healthy is not just about
eating right and exercising; it is also about feeling
good about one’s self, being supported by family, and
engaging in safe friendships.
Victoria Hagan
Girls Soccer Camp
To develop the knowledge and skills necessary
to lead an overall healthy lifestyle, our researchbased curriculum consists of activities, camps and
workshops around self-esteem, physical fitness,
nutrition, and safety.
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
When today’s girls graduate from college, the U.S. will need three million more scientists and engineers. Girl Scouts
is fueling this pipeline with programs that introduce girls to the wide range of possible careers in the science and
technology fields and help them discover the many ways they can make a difference by building these skills.
From camp programs to badge work and fun activities, girls learn hands-on skills that will translate into leadership
and success in STEM fields.
Cassandra Klein
Earn While you Learn
Remodel
The Gold Award is the highest and most
prestigious award that Girl Scout Seniors
and Ambassadors can earn. The Gold Award
stands for excellence and leadership for girls
everywhere.
The Gold Award project challenges girls to
identify an unmet need or core issue in the
community, research and investigate it, recruit
volunteers, build a team to create a plan to
address the issue/need and to put in place
ways to make the project measureable and
sustainable.
Congratulations to our six local Girl Scout
Gold Award recipients in 2014!
21.5
full time staff
1,404
girls served in schools
with a population of
60% or more free and
reduced lunch eligibility
$45,902
in financial assistance
awarded for camp,
events, travel, dues and
program materials
312
Girl Scouts
attended
Camp Wasiu II
Board of
Directors
305
Boys & Girls Club
members attended
Camp Wasiu II
Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada CEO
Julia Ratti
2,290
$43,455
in cookie
recognitions went
directly to girls
22
Girl Scout
alumnae
3
43
girls earned the
Bronze Award,
the highest award
for girls ages 9-11
17
packages of cookies
donated though the
Cookie Share Program
major community
partner hosted
events
girls earned the
Silver Award,
the highest award
for girls ages 12-14
131
10,800
community
partners
4,319
213
girl members
average boxes of
cookies sold
per girl
769
troop leaders
and co-leaders
foundation
partners
1,884
cookie business
& financial literacy
badges earned
6
girls earned the
Gold Award,
the highest award
in Girl Scouting
96,000
square miles
in our council area
$1.9
million budget
$21,248
in cookie bonuses
went directly to
local Service Units
Officers
President
of the
sierra Nevada
Lois Paynter
1st Vice President
Cookie Bible
2nd Vice President
Marian Lanius
Secretary
Sheryl Westad
Treasurer
Julia Kingston
Members at Large
Carolyn Barbash
Charles Johns
LaVonne Brooks
Marilyn Rappaport
Dr. Lynn Brosy DMD
Sheilah Rund
Debby Bullentini
Gina Session
Cindy Burk
Senator Debbie Smith
Nancy Cummings
Stephanie Tyler
Greg Fine
Jan Watson
Girl Members
Statement of activities for the year ended
September 30, 2014 and ended september 30, 2013.
2013
Contributions
$404,320
$437,953
Noncash Contributions
144,725
13,121
Legacies & Bequests
3,933
4,486
TOTAL REVENUE
$552,978
$455,560
$1,243,703
(8,694)
84,419
49,026
149,984
28,021
19,979
$1,234,430
(9,501)
33,742
50,773
134,117
24,629
8,052
$1,566,438
$1,476,242
$2,119,416
$1,931,802
$1,486,437
396,024
$1,882,461
$1,398,746
455,033
$1,853,779
$236,955
Contribution to Operating Reserve
$2,187,084
Ending Net Assets
$78,023
$1,950,129
+REVENUES Cookie Sales (Net of Cost)
Special Events
Fall Product Sales
Sale of Merchandise
Program Service Fees
Investment Income**
Miscellaneous TOTAL REVENUE Total support & revenue
- EXPENSES
Program Services Supporting Services Total Expenses
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Travel
Eleven GSSN Girl Scouts experienced "Pura Vida!"
on an amazing 10-day trip through Costa Rica last
summer. Making new friends; exploring the exotic
scenery, ecosystems, animals, and history of Costa Rica; and discovering the beauty of the Costa
Rican cultures were all part of this high-adventure
expedition. Kayaking, visiting a local elementary
school, ziplining through and above a cloud forest;
enjoying beaches, whitewater rafting, planting
indigenous trees at a reserve, boating through an
estuary/mangrove swamp complete with crocodiles, and being part of the International Soccer
Tournament playoff excitement are things these
intrepid international travelers will never forget.
Low Income Families &
Neighborhoods Program
In 2014, The GSSN Low Income Families and
Neighborhoods Program served more than 900
girls across the Reno and Sparks area with fun,
high-impact Girl Scout programming. Thanks to
the support of the Ranson and Norma Webster
Foundation at the Community Foundation of
Western Nevada, and other generous donors,
our girls spent the year earning badges, exploring
Camp Wasiu II, participating in Girl Scout traditions, and going on adventures!
Our program works closely with community partners like WCSD’s 21st Century Schools TEAM UP
program, Boys & Girls Club of the Truckee Meadows, Reno Housing Authority, the Reno Family
Shelter, and the Food Bank of Northern Nevada
to ensure that all girls have the opportunity to be
a Girl Scout – regardless of their background or
socioeconomic status.
Sometimes the most simple acts of kindness are
the ones that mean the most.
FINANCIALS
+ PUBLIC SUPPORT
GSSN and Think Kindness partnered up to
curb bullying within our local community by
encouraging families and children to focus on the
amazing acts of kindness that take place around
us each day. To do so, our Girl Scouts created a
campaign called One Kind Cookie.
The campaign had two ways to participate
1) Recognize someone who embodies the word
kindness within their daily lives, and 2) Spot a
stranger in the middle of doing an act of kindness
and give them a box of Girl Scout cookies.
Alexandra Jensen
Kylie Riske
2014
Cookies
You know it when you meet a Girl
Scout. A Girl Scout shines, reflecting
the confidence her troop has ignited
within her. A Girl Scout sees herself
in the stars. A Girl Scout raises her
hand to lead the experiment. A Girl
Scout takes action investing money
from cookie program sales right back
into her community. At Girl Scouts
of the Sierra Nevada, we proudly
encourage girls to do anything
they set their sights on. And we
can’t wait to see how today’s girls will
change our world tomorrow.
Volunteers
Whether they’re exposing girls to the great
outdoors or supporting fellow volunteers through
the Girl Scout Cookie Program, our volunteers
are sharing their time and talents to build girls of
courage, confidence, and character. In 2013-2014,
GSSN had 1,970 adult members, 769 of whom
served as leaders and co-leaders of troops.
Every year, GSSN honors the volunteers who go
above and beyond to promote the mission of
Girl Scouting. In 2014, Margo Mee was awarded
the Honor Pin for her exemplary service. Margo
works hard to ensure that girls have access to fun,
high-quality programs in South Reno and beyond.
She coordinates events for girls and families at
the service unit level, is a key volunteer at Camp
Wasiu II, and has even led a regional Outdoor
Adventure Group, giving girls access to activities
like snowshoeing, high ropes courses, and
canyoneering. Margo’s dedication to Girl Scouting
is evident in everything she does.
Camp Wasiu II & Day Camp
Summer 2014 was full of great outdoor fun.
510 girls attended overnight camp at Wasiu
II and 55 girls attended day camp. More than
100 volunteers generously donated their time
and talent to help set up and winterize camp,
including members of the 152nd CES Unit of the
Nevada Air National Guard.
We are also proud to continue our partnership
with the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows
- 305 of their youth members got to experience
camp at Wasiu II.