2015 Annual Report - Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest

Girl Scouts of the
Desert Southwest
October 1, 2014 September 30, 2015
Continuing
Success
in
2015
What a fantastic year for Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest!
For the second year in a row, GSDSW is leading the nation
in membership growth! In 2015, GSDSW achieved a
12.7% growth in girl membership and 5.7% growth in adult
membership. We truly believe in the benefits of the Girl Scout
Leadership Experience (GSLE) and strive to provide the
GSLE to as many girls within our 94,000 square mile region as
possible.
The Girl Scout Leadership Experience engages girls in
discovering themselves, connecting with others, and taking
action to make the world a better place. Even at the youngest
ages of Girl Scouting, girls can gain leadership skills they will
carry with them throughout their lives. Women who were
Girl Scouts feel better about themselves, are more active as
mentors and community volunteers, vote more regularly, are
better educated, and enjoy a higher household income than
do non-Girl Scouts. By ensuring that we develop the skillset
of every girl that joins us, we build a future filled with strong
female role models to inspire generations to come.
Our new year is well underway and promises to be an exciting
one. We are committed to bringing you even more amazing
opportunities for both Girl Scouts and volunteers. Our focus
remains on supporting our volunteer leadership to deliver the
highest quality program experience that we can offer to our
Girl Scouts to help them discover their true potential.
Wishing you a wonderful year,
Diane Flanagan,
CEO
Laurie Johnson,
Chair, Board of Directors
2015 GSDSW Girl Award Ceremony
El Paso, TX
Membership Growth
GSDSW is number one in the nation in membership growth for two years
in a row! This year, 10,595 girls participated in troops and various program
pathways representing a 12.7% increase in girl membership! The girls were
supported by 2,213 adults including 569 lifetime members. This year
4,860 girls experienced Girl Scouting beyond the troop during the school
day, at local program events, and attending resident and local day camps.
Collaborations with other local youth serving agencies continued to provide a valuable service
delivery model to reach girls new to Girl Scouting. Funding from our United Ways has provided the
valuable financial resources to support these “outreach” program opportunities.
GSDSW Partners with
National Parks Service
From left: Carrie Hamblen, Green Chamber Las Cruces,
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Diane Flanagan, GSDSW CEO
In May 2015, the Organ Mountains celebrated their
one-year anniversary of becoming a National Monument.
In conjunction with the Las Cruces Green Chamber of
Commerce and the Bureau of Land Management,
Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest created a unique
Organ Mountains Desert Peaks achievement patch to
reward girls who explore the mountain range.
Encouraging our Girl Scouts to go outside and enjoy the great outdoors is fundamental to the
Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Whether Girl Scouts are discovering outdoor experiences in
one of our summer day camps, with their troop or at resident camp at Camp Mitre Peak, we offer
a variety of ways for girls to enjoy outdoor education. Girl Scouts provides opportunities for girls
to discover, connect, and take action out-of-doors in ways that build courage, confidence, and
character. These experiences increase girls’ understanding and curiosity about the natural world,
and shape girl leaders who are conscientious with regard to the world around them.
The Girl Scout Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Open only to girls in
high school, this prestigious award challenges girls to change the world—or at least their corner of it.
Highests
Award
2015 Recipients
Allison Denny
Allison worked with the Museum of Nature and
Science in Las Cruces. She created a scavenger hunt
to take people through the different sustainable
features of the museum via a website she learned
how to program herself.
Carmen Dragun
For her project, Carmen matched parishioners of
St. Ann’s Catholic Church with clients of the
St. Vincent de Paul Society and CASA of West Texas.
This project provided parishioners with an organized,
supervised method to help underprivileged families.
Lailah Fournier
Lailah’s project was to promote the care of our senior
citizens and our environment by beautifying their
gardens. Lailah gathered a group of young people
to achieve both goals by planting trees, flowers and
grasses at retirement homes that require minimal care.
Hannah Lamb
For her Gold Award project, Hannah partnered with High
Sky Children’s Ranch. She established an organizational
system for sorting and preparing donations in a
donations house. Hannah also created a procedural
manual for use by volunteers who work in the center.
Hailey Peck
For her project, Hailey trained a Guide Dog to lead a
visually handicapped person. His name is Elton and
he is an 11 month old Labrador Retriever. To satisfy
the sustainability requirement of her project, Hailey
created a blog about her daily experiences with Elton.
Miriam Shayeb
Miriam’s project established a source of book donations
for hospital inpatients. She conducted training
programs for Medical Center Hospital volunteers
on how to include reading and book distribution to
patients, and also conducted a book give-away.
Sally Anne St. Jacques
Sally Anne developed a program to help retired
residents and pediatric patients have the most
pleasant stay as possible through a reading program
that promotes literacy and community involvement.
The Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards
are the highest honors a Girl Scout
can earn. All three awards give girls
the chance to make a huge impact
in their communities, and beyond,
while working on an issue that is
important to them.
Numberaronfed
Awards E
7
31
86
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Scholarships
Betty Jo Green Morgan
Graduating Senior Scholarship
- Jacqueline Martinez, Roswell
Grace Rocha Graduating Senior
Scholarship
- Ariel Sanchez, Midland
Megan Churchman Gold Award
Scholarship
- Sally Ann St. Jacques, Midland
Mary Wynn Hinkle Gold Award
Scholarship
- Allison Denny, Las Cruces
Janice Eleanor Hill Matthews
Gold Award Scholarship
- Hannah Lamb, Odessa
FINANCIAL
LITERACY
Through our Product Sales Programs such as the
annual Girl Scout Cookie Program and Fall Product
Program, girls receive their first introduction to
business, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Girls
develop five lifelong skills: goal setting, decision making,
money management, people skills, and business
ethics, all key 21st century business and finance skills.
All of the funds raised in product sales support girl
program. A portion of the money earned through the
product program stays with the troops for funding their
year-long Girl Scout activities.
977,484
Total Boxes of
Cookies Sold
46,945
Total Fall Product
Items Sold
How the Cookie Crumbles
A Breakdown of Each Box of Girl Scout Cookies
Girl Scout Leadership
Experience - $2.25
Cost of Cookies - $1.01
Troop Proceeds - $0.60
Girl Recognitions - $0.12
Raquel Garcia
Service Unit - $0.02
Proceeds
2015 Top Cookie Seller
Gift of Caring
For many years, Girl Scouts of the Desert
Southwest, in partnership with Fort Bliss, have
sent donated Girl Scout cookies overseas to
deployed soldiers. The Gift of Caring Service
Project is a wonderful way to show our soldiers we
are thinking of them. After all, Girl Scout cookies
are not only tasty, but a great American tradition.
In 2015, we sent over 12,347 boxes of cookies to
deployed soldiers overseas!
12,347
Total Boxes Sent to Soldiers Overseas
Volunteer Service
Our wonderful volunteers make magic happen all across our council
and their direct service helps guide girls of all ages along the Girl Scout
Leadership Experience. In 2015, volunteers gave more than 870,000 hours
of their time to mentor girls in their communities.
Girl Scouts also gave back by dedicating over 3,000 service hours through
Take Action projects in their communities. From leading food drives for the
needy to literacy to community clean-up efforts, Girl Scouts took part in
serving their communities in a variety of ways!
2015 Volunteer Conference at Camp Mitre Peak
Our Volunteer Conference at Camp Mitre Peak is a
marvelous way to escape the hectic hustle of city life into
the beautiful Fort Davis Mountains while also developing
the skills necessary to deliver the Girl Scout Leadership
Experience to girls. This annual event presents our
volunteers the opportunity to experience workshops,
trainings, and educational exercises that they might
otherwise have a chance to participate in during one
jam-packed weekend. This event is almost always
guaranteed to fill to capacity and is a unique adventure only
found with Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest.
Our 2015 Volunteer Conference took place the weekend of
September 11th through the 13th. This year, volunteers also
had a chance to enjoy our first pre-conference session,
Outdoor Blitz! This event placed a focus on outdoor survival
skills such as fire building and rappelling and was a big hit!
Statement of Activities
For the Year Ended September 30, 2015
Revenue and Support
Contributions from individuals
Government grants
Gifts and foundation grants
Net profit from product and
merchandise sales
United Ways
Camping fees and other program
services
Return on investment
Other revenue
Gifts-in-kind
Contributions from individuals
Government grants
Gifts and foundation grants
Net profit from product and
merchandise sales
United Ways
$
127,890 Camping fees and other program
61,761
141,467
$
services
257,475 Return on investment
(7,335)
128,422
Other revenue
2,327,056 Gifts-in-kind
98,657
181,390
Total net revenues and support $ 3,316,783
Expenses
Girl Scout Leadership
Experience (GSLE)
Training
Management and general
Fundraising
Net assets, Beginning of year
Girl Scout Leadership Experience $ 2,337,262
226,871
Training
395,062
Management and general
124,465
Fundraising
Total expenses
$ 3,083,660
6,531,865
Income from Operations
$
233,123
Loss on Disposal of Assets
$ (524,706)
Net assets, End of year
$ 6,240,282
Memoriums & Honorariums
Kindness from friends, volunteers, and alumni
In Memory of
Betty Jean &
Jack Billingsley and
Laura Goodall
By: Janie Slagle
Agatha Culpepper and
Jennifer Culpepper
Coleman
By: Carlene Jones
Shannon Eckhart and
Greg Mauzy
By: Anonymous
Marilyn Hanson
By: Sharon &
Wilson Heidelberg
Janie Slagle
Joe Hassell
Ethel Sowl
T.M. “Buddy” Hawkins
Daffy Tabor
By: Sandy Culpepper
By: Anne & Doug Mackey
By: Wanda Mitchell
By: Jane Gray
Eloise Horton
By: Margaret Wade
Eloise Horton
By: Dan & Sharon Knorr
Ann Stromberg
Rudi Volti
Sara Stromberg Jones
June Stromberg
Harry & Nancy Newlon
Judy Yates
Claire Jessee
Edna Carper
Roxanne & Fred Yates
In Honor of
Sherry Bell
Kathy Hassell
Carmen Dragun
Karmen Bryant
Laurie Johnson
Cathy McKelvain and
Anne Mackey
By: Christine & Fred Newman
By: Melissa & Charles Beach
Sarah Lauritzen
Edna Carper
By: Martha Lamkin
Diane Davis
By: Daffy Tabor Family Estate
Carmen Dragun
By: Cecilia Prehn
Beth Francell
By: Liz & Lance Jackson
By: Daffy Tabor Family Estate
By: Carole Wayland
Nancy Johnson
By: Joe T. Johnson
Jennifer Stringer
Allene King
By: Sandy Culpepper
Eileen McClintock
Sarah Peet
Lynda Wheeler
Celia Malin
By: Daffy Tabor Family Estate
By: Cecilia Prehn
By: Renee’ Earls
Schatzie Tighe
By: Sarah Lauritzen
Donors
Thank you to our many generous supporters!
$10,000+
Abell-Hanger Foundation, Inc.
El Paso Human Services, Inc.
The Fasken Foundation
J. C. Ferguson Foundation, Inc.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper &
Gold Foundation
Paso Del Norte Health Foundation
Permian Basin Area Foundation
Scharbauer Foundation
United Way of El Paso County
United Way of Carlsbad
United Way of Chaves County
United Way of Lea County
United Way of Midland
United Way of Odessa
Wayne & Joann Moore Foundation
$5,000+
Tambi & Richard Arnold
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of
Texas
Karmen Hendrix Bryant
Chaparral Foundation
Sunnye & John Dinger
Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust
Our Fathers Foundation
PNM Resources Foundation
Schatzie & Charles Tighe
United Way of Andrews County
North Eddy County United Way
Patricia Long Weaver &
David Weaver
Yarborough Foundation
$1,000+
Lois & Derrick Booth
Mary Lou Cassidy
Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Dragun
Katherine Bell Ehlers
Susie & Don Evans
First Basin Credit Union
Beth Francell
Rosalind Redfern Grover
GSDSW Emerald Service Unit 739
Henry Resources
Laurie Johnson
J. Robert Jones Charitable Trust
Edward Jones Investments
Judy Leibrook
Junior League of El Paso, Inc.
Key Energy Services, Inc.
Anne & Doug Mackey
Midland College - Students in
Philanthropy
Optimist Club of Las Cruces
Roswell Kiwanis Club Foundation
South Odessa Community
Foundation
Town of Silver City
Lisa Sutton-Housman
Daffy Tabor Family Estate
United Way of Big Spring
United Way of Southwest
New Mexico
Johnny & Anne Weisman
Bonnie Welch
Mary B. Wilkinson
Xcel Energy Foundation
$500+
Thomas & Carolyn Beall
Carlsbad Medical
Community National Bank
Mary de Compiegne
Complex Community Federal
Credit Union
Don & Martha Cooper
Jody Coy
Cherie Creech
Sandy Culpepper
Lisa Crenshaw Estes
Diane Flanagan
Casa Ford
Frost Bank
Davina Hosick
Josefina Hooker
Full Bloom Pediatrics
GECU
Girl Scout Troop 38823
Nancy Johnson
Mary Lacy
Sarah Lauritzen
Toni & Larry Lindley
Merrill Lynch
Stacy Mack
Cathy & Harold McKelvain
Jose Molina
Moose Lodge 2050
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Odessa Regional Medical Center
Christi Patton
Sarah Peet
PEO Chapter DD
Pilot Club of Odessa
Donna & Dan Robertson
Grace & Jose Rocha
Rita Stopa
Rosa’s Cafe
Gary Sapp
Tina Sevin
Sitel
Lura Sivalls
Southwest Bank
Southwest Sport & Spine Center, Inc.
State Employee Charitable
Campaign
Joe Torres
Louis A. Torres
Wal-Mart Foundation
Kathleen Williams
$100+
Amy L. Abrams
Valerie Acosta
Thais Ahlstrand
Alpha-Omega Printing, Inc.
Stephen & Judy Alton
Lynn Van Amburgh
American Legion Post Bar Account
Jessie & Kenneth Anderson
Martyn L. Apley
Val & Tom Beard
Mary & Barry Beck
Benevolent & Protective Order of
Elks #2750 Lodge
Mary Beringer
Big Bend Banks
James & Isabelle Blair
Mara Asya Blatt
Jo Tice Bloom
Bob-O’s Family Fun Center
Suzie Boyd
Robert L. Bowling
Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac
Mrs. G. W. Brock
C&R Distributing, LLC
Clifton & Shirley Caldwell
Edna Carper
Frances Casstevens
Clark Construction, LLC
Leroy & Linda Cockrell
Lael Cordes-Pitts
Teresita Corral
Currier Abstract Company
Betty Dale
Janna Daniels
Charles & Helen Davis
Diane Davis
Constance B. DeMasi
Brenda Denton
$100+ (continued)
Gayle Dodson
Desert Southwest CFC
Jeanette Duer
Joe & Lanna Duncan
Renee’ Earls
Maria Ehlers
Ellen House
Anita Elms
Espy Family Ranches LLC
First New Mexico Bank
Fort Davis State Bank
Marnell Fox
Laurie Gates
Richard Gillham
Ronda Gipson
Girl Scout Troop 27681
Mona Goldberg
Jane Gray
Janet Greathouse & David Taylor
Sarah & David Grimes
Kelly Grimsley
Guaranty Title Company
Richard Haldeman
Janet Hampton
Maxine Hannifin
Marilyn Hanson
Kathy Hassell
Lady Chachi Hawkins
Tom & Tammy Hawkins
Havens Construction
Lauralee Kellar Hayes
Claudia Hayslip
Heather Fullerton
Sharon & Wilson Heidelberg
Liz & James Henderson
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hendrickson
Rick Herrman & Margaret O’Donnell
Edna & William Hibbitts, M.D.
Deirdre Hisler
Danny & Carla Holeva
Mary Jane Holmes
Ann Huey
Susan Hughes
Impulse Electric, Ltd
Liz & Lance Jackson
Monica Jasso
Johnson Feed & Western Wear
Kim & Mark Johnson
Bradley & Kimberley Jones
Carlene Jones
Jana Jones
Martha & Daniel Kallus
Sandy Kautz
Catherine Kellner
F. Allene King
Grace King
Nancy & Milton Kirby
Sally Kvasnicka
Martha Lamkin
Trudy & Tyron Lewis
Judy Licht
Lions Club of Alpine
Lolly Lockhart
Victoria J. Lowe
Rosalinda Lozano
Linda Lybrand
Linda Velarde Lynch
Suzanne E. Maddox
Edwin H. Magruder, Jr.
Sue Mahood
Celia Malin
Donette Marble
Julie Marshall
Jim & Jackie Maxon
Eileen McClintock
Marvin & Anita McCorgary
Gregory & Myra Meads
Jackye Meinecke
Midland Northside Lions
Mr. & Mrs. James Mims
Paula Mitchell
Moose Lodge 1718
Mary Jane Morgan
Morrison True Value
MOWW - El Paso Chapter
Beverly & Forrest Muire
Christine & Fred Newman
North American Energy Services
D’Ann & John Norwood
Nicolette Oppermann
Linda and Gene Ott
Jane Park
Nancy Patterson
Jerry & Susan Pittman
Shelley & Mike Pool
Betty Ann Prentice
Steven & Debbie Pruett
Shirley Qualia
Rosie Ramirez
Suzanne Redfern-Campbell
Drs. Richard & Debbie Reese
Chris & Carla Repman
Carol Reynolds
Barbara Richerson
Stephanie Rivas
T&G Rodriguez, Inc.
DBA Kwik Kopy #147
Elizabeth Rogers
Sue Roseberry
Ellen Saige
Marge & Tom Savage
Jim & Lindy Severns
Kathryn Shelley
Helen Reaves Shook
Debbie Figueroa Singleton
Charlotte Slack
Janie Slagle
Sue Solari
Sandra & George Staley
Teri Stephens
Morris Holmquist Tidwell and
Company
Scott & Jenny Turner
United American Veterans
Organization of El Paso
United Way of Otero County
Julia & Eric Vickery
JoAnn & Shelton Viney, M.D.
Ann Stromberg & Rudi Volti
Margaret Wade
Karen & John Walker Jr.
Carole Wayland
Jacqueline Welsh
Perrie & Tim Whalen Jr.
Cindi Wiehle
Jane Meredith Wolf
Sue & Gary Wood
Judy Yates
Roxanne & Fred Yates
Brad & Bertha Young
$25+
Sylvia Acevedo
Irene Aguilar
Alamo Industries, Inc.
Albertsons 8th St. Market
Albertsons WCR Market
Bryce and Kristen Andersen
Ann Andrews
Jan Artley
Barnett Harley-Davidson
Christine Barr
Gregory Bartha, M.D.
Melissa & Charles Beach
Frances F. Boldt
Nelita Brown
James & Dianna Brundage
Alice Buck
L. G. Byerley, Jr
Sue Cain
Cassie Calloway
Jennifer Candelas
Elizabeth Caster
James D. Caufield
Maria Cervantes
Blanca Chavira
Jeremy & Tabitha Clark
Joe & Kay Clark
Mary Cowan
Beulah Crabb
Ricky & Teresa Crawford
Patricia Cutler
Paul & Betty Rae Davis
Desert Sun Roswell
Sharon Temple Dickinson
Rheta Duncan
Rita Duncan
Laura Lewis Duty
Sylvia Durcholz-Wilhelm
Lana Eckman
Susan Lynne Eidson
Susan Emery
Connie Glenn & Ron Emick
$25+ (continued)
Loreli English
Bob & Sheri Eppenauer
Kathleen Foley
Joann Foster
Scott Frankowski
Phyllis Franzoy
Clarissa Funk
Pamela Gaddis
William & Jeanne Gilbert
Patricia Gonzalez
Debbie Greenlee
GSDSW Cotton Valley Service Unit
GSDSW Deming Service Unit
Guy Chevrolet Buick GMC
Xiao Han
Marilyn Harrison
Mary Lou Hartman
Jan Havens
HEB
Nathan & Glenny Heidelberg
Misty & Mike Hendricks
Patty & Tevis Herd
Belinda & James Hollowell
Elsie Hugly
Rebecca L. Hunt
Shirley Ireland
Claire Jessee
Cindy L. Johnson
Denyse Johnson
Joan Johnson
Joe T. Johnson
Gene Keyser Jones
Linda Kana
Dan & Sharon Knorr
Edna Krueger
Joan Kuyper
Gloria & La Doyce Lambert
Maria Escamilla Landrie
Laura Leinewedder
Catherine Lindsay
Manuel & Priscilla Lucero
Julie Massey
Darla Matthew
Ann McCullough
Janet McQueen
Edward & Rori Jan Measure
Janet Medina
Anita Merrifield
Military Officers Associaton of
America
Wanda Mitchell
Sarah Moffett
Yolanda Molina
Angelica Monge
Mountain Pass Coffee Company
Edith C. Nelson
Harry & Nancy Newlon
Kathy Newtson
Karen Nicholson
Sue Phillips
Cecilia Prehn
Ray’s Auto Sales
Marie Reilly, Ph.D.
Agueda Reyes
Ruth Roberts
Susan Rutherford
Deana Savage
Patricia Schneider
Cindy & Don Shelton
Karin Smith
Patty Smith
Society of Military Widows,
Chapter 30
Darrick & Tami Stallings
Patricia & Herbert Stanley, Jr.
Jennifer Stringer
Sun Spot Solar
Frank & Kim Stowers
Edwin & Judith Stringer
Kay Susin
Lois Templeton
Annette Toney
Linda A. Valentine
Gabriel Vasquez
Jeannine G. Vigerust
Lety Vinalay-Alva
Freda Walker
Yizhou Wang
Hiram T. or A. Judith Ward
Marilyn Watson
Cookie Wetendorf
Lynda Wheeler
Sally Williams
Karen Woods
Regina & David L. Yarbrough
Mary Jane & B.P. Young
Girl Scouts of the
Desert Southwes
October 1, 2014 September 30, 2015
Board of Directors
2015-2016
Chair
Laurie Johnson
1st Vice Chair
Jackye Meinecke
2nd Vice Chair
Karmen Bryant
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
We need your support to help girls reach their potential.
Help us reach more girls and deliver the Girl Scout
Leadership Experience.
Ways you can help us expand our mission:
Visit us on the web at gsdsw.org
Spread the word through social media.
Join our monthly e-Newsletter at gsdsw.org
Donate to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience or
help us connect with potential donors.
Every bit helps!
Reconnect with Girl Scout Alumnae.
Volunteer with girls, even if it’s just with one girl or
one meeting.
Secretary
Beth Francell
Treasurer
Davina Hosick
Director at Large
Board Members
Mary Beringer
Lester Brown
Mary Lou Cassidy
Don Cooper
Debbie Figueroa
Phyllis Franzoy
Jan Hampton
Ivette Hinojos
Sarah Lauritzen
Judy Leibrook
Tracey O’Neil
Serina Pack
LaPorchia Tate
Damariz Valenzuela
Julia Vickery
Board Development
Committee
Julia Vickery (Chair)
Thais Ahlstrand
Don Cooper
Debbie Figueroa
Jan Hampton
Amy Hendrick
Mary Lacy
Jackye Meinecke