2015 Annual Report - Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways

Annual Report
2015
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
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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.
A letter from our
CEO
Dear Friends,
It is a privilege to be able to write you this year as the new CEO of the Girl Scouts
of NYPENN Pathways. While I’ve spent many years working with children and their
families, I am particularly pleased to join GSNYPENN as the mother of an 8-year old
Girl Scout. I’ve seen firsthand the dedication and hard work of our volunteers, the
creativity and enthusiasm of our girls, and the passion and devotion our alumnae and
lifetime members have for our mission. It’s truly inspiring, and I couldn’t be happier to
join you as we work together to build girls of courage, confidence, and character.
I have joined the Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways at an exciting time. In January, we
launched our long-planned Customer Engagement Initiative, which was designed to
improve the volunteer experience and to make it easier than ever for girls to join the
Scouts. With a new website, online volunteer toolkit, and a staffing structure intended
to serve our wonderful volunteers and girl members in the most effective and
efficient way possible, the Customer Engagement Initiative is a significant change for
our council, but one that we believe will increase our membership, more effectively
engage our volunteers, and increase member and volunteer retention. I’d like to thank
all of you for your patience during this exciting transition!
I’ve had the opportunity to visit several of our camps and am excited by the potential
of each one. I’ve been particularly impressed with the rich sense of history at each
camp, not to mention the natural beauty of each landscape. Our new Director of
Outdoor Initiatives, Liz Schmidt, comes to us with a wealth of experience from the
Rosamond Gifford Zoo and great ideas for fun and engaging programs at each of our
camps. I think you’ll be pleased with our new offerings—be sure to stay tuned for more
information!
Over the coming months, I will be traveling throughout our Council and can’t wait to
see all of the wonderful work we do in person. I look forward to meeting you in my
travels, but in the meantime, I hope you will share your thoughts and feedback with
me or my staff here at the Girl Scouts. We are here for you and our girl members, and I
can’t wait to see what we can accomplish together!
Yours truly,
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Julie Dale
Gold Award Achiever
Shares Her
Story
By: Linnea Kolanda
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I have lived in Binghamton my whole life
and am now a senior at Susquehanna
Valley High School. I love staying actively
involved in many different activities. I am
currently in National Honor Society, the
treasurer of yearbook, and a member
on the local Susquehanna River Raiders
Girl Scout Canoe team. But the most
significant and biggest part of my life is
Girl Scouts. I have been a Girl Scout for
12 years and have had lots of amazing
opportunities because of scouting. I was
able to go to England, visit the Women’s
Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, and
meet many new friends and mentors. I
have gone to the Amahami Adventure
Center, as well as volunteered for the past
three years as a junior counselor.
At camp I have worked with many girls who
have influenced my life and inspired my
Gold Award project choice. When working
at Amahami, I came across a girl with
special needs who had struggles at camp,
but had an amazing time. I wanted to give
girls like her the same chance and make
it as amazing and comfortable for them
as possible. I knew first hand as a camper
how camp could change a girl’s outlook
on life and I wanted to share that same
experience with others.
For my Gold Award Project I decided to run
a three-day, day camp for girls with special
The Gold by Any
Other Name . . .
“...the most significant
and biggest part of my
life is Girl Scouts.”
These girls had quite the adventure. After
my camp was over, the girls had so much
fun; they started their own Girl Scout
troop that is still running strong today. I
hadn’t even realized the impact I had on
these girls until that moment. It made me
so proud of them that they gained that
independence and strength and had the
time of their life. Some of the girls have
told me they want to volunteer one day
because of me. Words cannot describe
this powerful feeling of helping someone
and giving them a wonderful camp
experience that they will never forget.
*Excerpted from a presentation given by Linnea
Kolanda at the 17th Annual Women of Distinction
dinner in Binghamton, NY on April 12, 2016.
The Girl Scout Gold Award
has been called many things
over the years. We honor
all the women that have
achieved Girl Scouting’s
highest honor!
1916-18
Golden Eaglet
of Merit
1919-38
Golden Eaglet
1938-40
1940-63
First Class
Curved Bar
1963-80
First Class
1980-Present
Girl Scout
Gold Award
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needs ages 7-13 at Camp Amahami. I called
it the ECEC project, meaning Everyone
Can Enjoy Camp. Once I got the idea, I
presented my idea and got approved!
I got right to work. I started recruiting
volunteers, finding the girls and trying to
make this camp happen.
While planning ECEC’s programming,
I made sure to make the camp as fun
as possible while incorporating STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math) activities, self-esteem building, and
outdoor appreciation.
Girl Scout
Gold Award
As we celebrate the Girl Scout Gold Award’s Centennial
in 2016, we salute the 2015 Gold Award Achievers!
Amber Bower Sabrina DeVos
Krystyna Hurd
Created wheelchair/
walker bags and blankets
for the elderly.
Started a camp for kids
with celiac disease.
Created a unique space
for children at her church.
Elizabeth DiGennaro
Cheyanne Bowker
DeWitt, NY
Silka Jacobson-Evans
Vestal, NY
Marion, NY
Walton, NY
Held a Hair-a-Thon to
Built a butterfly garden at collect hair donations for
her BOCES campus.
wigs for women in cancer
treatment.
Rebecca Brown Roaring Branch, PA
Hannah Gaston
Bluff Point, NY
Created hands-on
history exhibits for a local Wrote “Cooking with Kids”
museum.
for users of the local food
pantry.
Samantha Bush Ontario, NY
Painted a mural of
historical buildings in her
community.
Arynn Cooper Wellsboro, PA
Constructed a
composting site at
the Tioga County
Fairgrounds.
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Megan Cuff
Auburn, NY
Crafted a cookbook
of healthy recipes and
distributed at area
farmer’s markets.
Rosaland Gatto
Sidney, NY
Painted a jungle mural at
the Sidney Library.
Camden, NY
Beaver Dams, NY
Her “Cornucopia
Project” provided potted
vegetable plants to needy
families.
Marsaili Knapp
Oswego, NY
Shared her experience
with others of watching
her mother battle breast
cancer and created a
brochure.
Erin Koral
Endicott, NY
Painted murals in her
high school to improve
Manlius, NY
Taught weekly dance and morale.
exercise classes for the
Danielle LaGrange
Little Falls, NY
elderly.
Gathered “Vials for Life”
Michelle Huffaker
for community welcome
Phoenix, NY
Design and constructed baskets.
Ava Giglio
a foot bridge to cross a
local creek.
Cassandra Lawson
Clyde, NY
Led a team to refurbish
buildings at the local fire
department.
McKayla MaComber
Emma Rogus
Amanda Van Allen
Painted the school’s
press box with a detailed
outline of the school
mascot.
Renovated her school’s
library courtyard.
Created the Central NY
First Tech Challenge
robotics team.
Sarah Mandanas
Mapped and organized
the records of the local
Hope Cemetery.
Oswego, NY
Created a hummingbird
garden at the Derby Hill
Observatory.
Alexis Michael
Heuvelton, NY
Connected the local
Amish heritage with the
local community by
writing a 50-page booklet.
Hannah Morris
Cortland, NY
“Kinder-Garden” aimed
to teach children how
to grow their own
vegetables.
Morgan Pevear
Ontario, NY
Organized a group of
youth to paint rooms in
homes of less fortunate
families.
Abigail Proctor-White
Macedon, NY
Created the game
“Chatterbox” for both
Spanish and English
speaking people to learn
each other’s languages.
Corning, NY
Natalie Rogus
Corning, NY
Josephine Scherer
Manchester, NY
Lead a team to create a
fitness trail for all ages.
Malana Scott
Hannibal, NY
Redid her school’s
sectional signs the
welcome visitors to her
town.
Christina Sikes
Cicero, NY
Produced dozens of
blankets for Hospice to
give people of all ages
experiencing loss.
Kiana Sleight
Central Square, NY
Cortney Vaughan
Dewitt, NY
Interviewed veterans and
their families, creating
biographies for them.
Valerie Waters
Vestal, NY
Developed an antismoking campaign and
shared with various
venues.
Sara Zuwiyya
Vestal, NY
Constructed a therapeutic
rock climbing wall for the
developmentally disabled.
Additional
Awards
Achievers
Canaseraga, NY
Made a quilt and plaque
to honor students in her
high school achieving
basketball scoring points
of 1000.
604
bronze
Julia Soroka
Freeville, NY
Worked with Wolf
Mountain Nature Center
to build a viewing
Charlotte Rogus
Corning, NY
platform. She also visited
classrooms and made
Produced videos and
a documentary about
a kid’s cookbook, and
taught classes on healthy wolves.
eating.
183
silver
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Dryden, NY
A Gold Award
Feature
By: Kim Dunne
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It was 1958 and Gail Sergio needed to
complete one more badge in order
to earn the Curved Bar. It was the
homemaker badge.
“My mother was on my case and my
troop leader was on my case,” Gail
recalls. “I wasn’t interested in cooking
and homemaking. If I could cook I was
going to do it outside, at camp, and over a
campfire.”
She eventually did finish the
requirements to earn the badge and
earned the Curved Bar, the equivalent
to what the Girl Scout Gold Award is
now. The Curved Bar was what girls
earned from 1940 to 1963 and as Gail
explains, it was more of a ranked award
and earned by girls in 7th and 8th grades,
or Intermediate Girl Scouts. There were
no highest awards for Senior Girl Scouts
(or girls ages 14 through 18) because the
focus was on service to all areas of the
community.
Gail still has her handbooks from when
she was an Intermediate Girl Scout and a
Senior Girl Scout. The handbooks explain
what needs to be done to earn the
Curved Bar and it started in fourth grade
when you earned the rank of Tenderfoot.
After you received the Tenderfoot Rank,
you would work towards the Second
Class Rank and then the First Class Rank.
After you received all three ranks you
could then work towards the Curved Bar
requirements which was earning four
badges in one of the following groups:
Arts, Citizenship, Homemaking, or Outof-Doors.
“All of the ranks taught you life skills.
They were activities to develop the
individual’s knowledge and abilities so
that you could be ready to take care of
your home and family and give service to
others in the community,” Gail explained.
“At this time most girls were expected
to find a husband, have children and join
the PTA. There was no Title IX and no
interscholastic sports for most. Juliette
Low expected girls to be able to take care
of themselves and others, and this is
what the program did.”
Fast forward to today where Gail, from
Oxford in Chenango County, worked for
45 years with troops, just retiring last
May. She now serves on the Gold Award
committee, holds Gold Award trainings
and will do new leader trainings and
interviews.
do. I attended an International RoundUp when I was 16 and that was by far the
most amazing experience I’ve ever had.
That and being able to be a Girl Scout
counselor, that’s where I developed all my
leadership skills.”
What started as the Golden Eaglet of
Merit in 1916 by Juliette Low in hopes
that girls would learn to be proficient in
a variety of tasks has evolved to the Girl
Scout Gold Award, which requires girls
to demonstrate their leadership abilities
and take on a project that is sustainable
in the community.
“The Gold Award is awarded to girls in
a different era. Although women have
a ways to go before they will be treated
as real equals to men they have moved
far away from the world I grew up in,”
Gail says. “You can Skype with someone
around the world, the Internet is there
for all you need to know, and women
are in the work place designing their
own startups, running for President, and
affecting lasting change. Juliette Low
would be proud.”
*The Girl Scout Award 100th anniversary is being celebrated at time of the this report’s printing, 2016.
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The Curved Bar was all about badges.
The Girl Scout Gold Award is all about
journeys and a project that affects lasting
change. Gail sees the changes in the Girl
Scout awards as a progression that was
needed.
“The world wasn’t as big as it is now. In
the Gold Award you have to demonstrate
that you understand how your project
fits into a more global look at things
where as the Curved Bar, our world was
much smaller, community-oriented and
not widespread,” Gail says. “The basic
fundamentals of Girl Scouts, the Promise
and the Law, have not changed. The
expectations and the areas that girls and
women can develop in, and be successful
in, has to change.”
Gail says that if it wasn’t for her
experience earning the Curved Bar and
participating in Girl Scouts, she wouldn’t
have been able to experience some
amazing opportunities.
“It really was the most important thing in
my life, besides my parents. It gave me
opportunities to do things that I wouldn’t
ordinarily have had the opportunity to
Making Amahami Adventure Center
a Better Place
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The Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways has
been the very grateful recipient of grants
from the United Ways across our Council.
In the past year our United Way partners
donated nearly $250,000 to support
our programs for girls in New York and
Pennsylvania. Every day, their support helps
girls make the world a better place.
Over the last two years, one United Way
has not only helped our girls make the
world a better place, they helped make the
Amahami Adventure Center a nicer, more
beautiful place. All of our camps require
a lot of maintenance, keeping the cabins
and activity spaces safe and comfortable
for the many people who use them every
year—not just Girl Scouts! As our largest
camp—sitting at over 400 acres—Amahami
has a lot of space to maintain. In 2014,
the United Way of Broome County made
a very special grant to the Girl Scouts—
committing $68,000 over three years
to complete a number of projects at
Amahami.
Here are just a few of the renovations the
United Way of Broome County helped
make possible:
• The construction of new roofs on many
of Amahami’s buildings, including three
cabins
• The demolition and construction of a
new grill and shelter at Pioneer
• The repair of the grill and shelter at Viking
Like all our community partners, the United
Way of Broome County has been very
generous, not only in support of Amahami,
but all that we do. “In 1933 the Character
Chest was established in Broome County.
Girl Scouts was one of five original charter
organizations at the time,” said Phill
Ginter, Director, Community Impact &
Engagement. “Since 1933, Girl Scouts
has been receiving continuous program
support from United Way of Broome
County and its predecessors. United Way
has long recognized the important role Girl
Scouts plays in providing opportunities
for girls to develop the skills needed to be
successful in life and has been proud to
be able to offer program support for more
than 80 years.”
We are so grateful to Phill and our friends
at the United Way of Broome County
for supporting our important work. Liz
Schmidt, our new Director of Outdoor
Initiatives, says it best: “Making sure that
every girl has access to camp and the
outdoors is a priority for us at the Girl
Scouts. Improvements to Amahami, one
of our most rustic and beautiful camps, will
help broaden our reach, from younger girls
just starting out in the wild to older girls who
are experienced in camping and outdoor
skills. With these improvements, the girls
who attend camp at Amahami will be able
to explore every aspect of their outdoor
experience, from creating beautiful works
of nature themed art, to learning how to
cook an entire meal outside on an open
fire, to making friends for life in their cozy
cabins. The possibilities are endless at
Amahami with the support of the United
Way of Broome County!”
Thank you to all our United Way partners:
United Way of Bradford County United Way of Broome County, Inc. United Way of Cayuga County, Inc. United Way of Central New York, Inc.
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette United Way for Cortland County, Inc.
United Way of Ontario County United Way of Greater Oswego County United Way of Greater Rochester United Way of Northern New York, Inc.
United Way of Northern Yates County United Way of Rome & Western Oneida County United Way of Seneca County, Inc.
United Way of Schuyler County, Inc. United Way of Sidney, Inc.
United Way of the Southern Tier
Tioga United Way, Inc.
United Way of Tompkins County
United Way of Wayne County Financial Report
Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets
for the Fiscal Year October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
Operating Revenue
Contributions Special Events Product Sales Program Income, net to membership
Product Sales Program Income, direct to troops
Program Fees
Sales of Merchandise, net
Total Operating Revenue
Operating Expenses
Program Services, direct to troops
Program Services
Supporting Services:
Management and General
Fundraising
Total Operating Expenses
$ 811,079
$ 33,965
$4,725,627
$1,305,151
$239,162
$ 196,284
$7,311,268
$1,305,151
$4,688,619
$1,223,424
$307,895
$7,525,089
Changes in net assets from operating activities
Non-Operating Activities
Investment Activities
Miscellaneous Income
($213,821)
($295,349 )
$815,577
$520,228
Changes in Net Assets
$306,407
Net Assets, beginning of year
$15,213,489
Net Assets, end of year
$15,519,896
2015 Operating Revenue
2015 Operating Expenses
Fundraising
5%
Management
and General
Boutique Sales
20%
Contributions
14%
3%
Product Sales
Program
Income
79%
Program
Services
75%
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Program Fees
4%
Membership
Numbers
For the Year-Ending 2014-15, the strategic plan was to focus on recruiting/
retaining girls in grades K-3. At year’s end there were 8,143 girls in this grade range.
Total Girls
15,953
Total Adults
6,962
61% Retention 70% Retention
8.8%
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1,412 Troops
of the population of girls in
our 26-county jurisdiction
were Girl Scouts!
Programs
for Girls
by GSNYPENN and Our Partners!
A few highlights in 2015 ►►►
Service
STEM
Youth Homeless Experience.
117 girls and 34 adult
participated in this now annual
event to give area youth a small
glimpse into the life of what it
might be like to be homeless.
A fun STEM program provided by
our partnership with Herkimer
Diamond Mine. The mine hosted 182
girls and 40 adults at its Fall Geology
Weekend.
A look at the numbers►►►
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PROGRAMS
HELD AT OUR
PROGRAM
CENTERS
9,327
3,414
TOTAL GIRL
ATTENDANCE
219
TOTAL ADULT
ATTENDANCE
41
51
PARTNERSHIPVOLUNTEER- TOTAL SERIES
LED PROGRAMS LED PROGRAMS
220
DAISIES
PROGRAMS
258
BROWNIE
PROGRAMS
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312
PROGRAMS
HELD
Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways , Inc.
Donors
Listed here are donors who made a contribution between October 1, 2014 September 30, 2015. We have strived to ensure the accuracy of these listings,
but if you should find any errors, please contact the Advancement Office at
(315) 698-9400, ext. 2018.
Donors $5,000
and up
Corporations
M&T Bank Microsoft Saralux, LLC
WSKG-TV Public Television
Operation Sunshine
Visions Federal Credit Union
Foundations
The Stanley W. Metcalf
Foundation, Inc.
Individuals
Ms. Pamela Hyland Foundations and Trusts United Way
Central New York Community
Foundation
The Dewar Foundation
The Gifford Foundation
Gordon Hager Trust
Anonymous
The A. Lindsay and Olive B.
O’Connor Foundation
The Harriet Ford Dickenson
Fund
Triad Foundation, Inc. Individuals
Jean E. Bice Estate United Way
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United Way of Bradford County United Way of Broome County,
Inc. United Way of Cayuga County,
Inc. United Way of Central New
York, Inc.
United Way of Greater Oswego
County United Way of Ontario County United Way of Schuyler County,
Inc. United Way of the Southern
Tier
United Way of Tompkins
County United Way of Wayne County
Donors$2,500
to $4,999
Corporations
National Grid Stewart’s Foundation The Observer Dispatch/
Tioga United Way, Inc.
United Way of Northern New
York, Inc.
Donors $1,000
to $2,499
Corporations
Inc. The Goldsmith
Foundations & Trusts
Allyn Foundation
The Walter J. and Anna H.
Burchan Charitable Trust The D.E. French
Foundation Walter Lowe
Harlow G. Farmer Memorial
Fund Hardinge Anderson Evans
Foundation
Oliver Benedict Charitable
Trust The Ironman Foundation
Zonta Club of Cortland Individuals
Ms. Kim Frock-Weeks Benevity Community Impact
Fund
Ms. Karen Hegeman Binghamton University
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingraham
The Bonadio Group CPA’s,
Mr. Carl Anthony McLaughlin Consultants & More
Mrs. Judy Prosser Broome Community College
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sabo Chemung Canal Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sphon Company
Chobani
United Way
Humor Advantage, Inc Alfred-Alfred Station
Dining Services by Sodexo
Community Chest
Levene, Gouldin & Thompson, United Way for Cortland
LLP County, Inc.
Hancock Estabrook, LLP
United Way of Seneca County,
Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP Inc.
United Way of Sidney, Inc.
IBM Jefferson County Youth Bureau Donors $500
Leonard & Cummings, LLP
to $999
Market Street Trust Company
Mercury Aircraft Foundation
Corporations
NBT Bank
America’s Charities Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Anonymous Friend of Girl
Hospital, Inc. Scouts Productivity Leadership
Anoplate Corporation Systems LLC
Bates Troy
Pyramid Brokerage Company
Binghamton Senators Hockey
QSP/Time, Inc. Ashdon Farms Club Southerntier Custom
Burrows Foundation
Fabricators, Inc.
Country Propane, Inc. SRCTec, Inc. Curcio Printing Syracuse City School District
Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPA,
Syracuse Rotary Foundation,
PC
Foundations
Barnhart Trust The Triangle Fund Individuals
Ms. Sara Ayala Ms. Sarah Balcom Ms. Kathryn Carpenter Ms. Janet Chilson Mrs. Rita Chirumbolo
Ernstrom
Mr. Charles R. Craig Ms. Judi Dixon Mrs. Lisa Ferrero Ms. Katherine Anne Fitzgerald Ms. Susan L. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Bradley R. Grainger Ms. Patricia H. Keefe Ms. Helene (Mitzi) Manning Ms. Cathleen McColgin Ms. Patricia Rountree Melvin Mr. Joseph F. Metz Jr. John and Linda Pelletier Ms. Therese Plizga Mrs. Lynn Potenziano Ms. Ruth S. Riesbeck Ms. Sonia Marie Robinson Ms. Judy B. Suddaby Mr. R. Tony Tripeny United Way
Dundee Area United Fund Greater Little Falls Community
Chest
United Way of Greater
Rochester United Way of the ColumbiaWillamette Donors
$250
to $499
Corporations
Allstate Giving Campaign Black River Systems
Bloomfield Lions Club
Brophy Services, Inc.
City Club of Ithaca CME Associates Dominion Energy Elm Chevrolet Co., Inc.
Exelon Corporation First Niagara Bank Foundation
Give with Liberty GroupAide, LLC Hobart and William Smith
Colleges IBM Employee Services Center Marathon Financial Advisors,
Inc.
Pioneer Warehouse Rotary Club of Norwich Security Mutual Insurance Co.
ISSI Technology Professionals YMCA of Broome County Foundations
The Robinson-Broadhurst
Foundation
Rochester Area Community
Foundation Ms. Sandra Michael Mr. David R. Miller Mr. Dorollo Nixon Jr. Miss Helen Joan Purtell Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rouff Ms. Dorothy Sarvay Ms. Emma Lou Sheikh Helen Kittle and Susan Shove Ms. Joan Sprague Mrs. Dianne Stancato Ms. Susan Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Van Nostrand Ms. Gwendolyn Webber-Mcleod
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Yackel Troops
Marion Service Unit
United Way
Rome Area Combined Federal
Campaign 0631 SEFA for the Valley & Greater
Utica Area United Way of Northern Yates
County United Way of Rome & Western
Oneida County Donors up to $249
Corporations
Acorn Markets, Inc.
American Legion - Brooks-Flick
Individuals
Post 49 Mrs. Gail O. Azerado-Woods American Legion 42
Ms. Kathlyne Beach Sommers American Legion Auxiliary 49 Ms. Catherine Bertini American Legion Post #256
Dr. Linda Biemer American Legion Post 221 Ms. Kathy Burke Barry Apalachin Lions Club
Dr. Gay Canough Beaver Pharmacy Dr. and Mrs. Broome Community College
Russell D. Cranston Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth De Rose Byrne Dairy Inc. Ms. Laraine Dell Cameron Manufacturing &
Ms. Susan S. Duerr Design Mrs. Joan Durant Canisteo Veterinary Hospital
Ms. Tammy Ebert Cives Steel Company Ms. Barbara Ellis Clyde Firemen’s Women’s
Auxiliary Ms. Flo Fender Mrs. Elizabeth Hoogesteger Empire Hardware & Machinery
Co. Division of Auburn Empire Ms. Diane Hughes Delaware National Bank of Delhi Mrs. Mary Kaluza Discover Financial Services C/o
Ms. Shirley Keller Frontstream Mr. and Mrs. Erik Lichter DTCC Giving Program Ms. Bettina Lipphardt The First National Bank of
Ms. Ann Machlin Dryden
Ms. Karen A. Madison GE Foundation Ms. Leslie Rose McDonald Hammondsport Rotary Club 15 | 2015 Annual Report
Eaton Corporation Fidelis Care
First Automotive Inc Kiwanis Club of Elmira
Krado Realty Corp McMead Realty Corp
NYCON New York Council for
Nonprofits, Inc.
Sentry Alarms, LLC
Slocum-Dickson Foundation,
Inc.
Southbridge Wines & Spirits
St. James Episcopal Church
Tioga Gardens Florist
Tompkins Trust Company
Troy Vets Club Home Assoc.
Inc. SGOC Loyal Order of Moose
Wellsboro Lodge No. 1147 Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways | 16
Hastings VFW Post 8823 Ms. Desiree’ Bennett Amanda Dexter Hornell Rotary Club
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bennett Kathryn Dezur IBM Retiree Charitable
Mrs. Grace V. Bentley Mrs. Janis H. Dieringer Campaign Mr. George Bergleitner Jr. Steve Dippolito Kiwanis Club of Canton 11058 Dr. Rajaram Bhat Ms. Lori Beth Dixon Knights of Columbus Council
Ms. Jeannine L. Biehls Ms. Marilyn S. Doersam 229 Ms. Carole Bildstein Mr. and Mrs.
Lake to Lake Women
Michael P. Donovan Mrs. Julie Elizabeth Billings
Lioness Club of Central Square
Dr. Beverly Dorsey Mrs. Laura Blaise Lions Club of Corning
Mr. Richard A. Drahms Ms. Cydney Blakeslee Mirion Technologies
Mr. and Mrs.
Ms. Maria Bocek Corporation Joe P. Dubendorfer Mrs.
Susan
Bock
NBT Financial Group Trust
Mrs. Kimberly Dunne
Dr. Eva F. Briggs Support Services Mrs. Margaret N. Eaton Mrs.
Martha
Buck
New York Sash Ms. Marcia Edel Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bucknam Owego Lodge No. 1039
Ms. Carrie Edinger
Mr. Marvin E. Bunch Pathways, Inc. Ms. Barbara A. Edwardsen Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Burdick SofterWare Inc. Ms. Andrea Edwin-Russo Sons of American Legion Squad Dr. Mimi Bussan Ms. Cynthia Eggleston Ms. Christina Malycha McGlynn
St. Mark’s Vestal #435 Ms. Mary A. Elmer Ms. Rebecca Cain Steuben Trust Company
Mr. and Mrs. George Elwood Mrs. Alicia Calagiovanni Truist Ms. Jennifer English Mr.
Charles
A.
Callari
Jr.
Twin Cities Lions Club, Inc.
Mr. Richard H. Evans Ms. Diane Campbell Utica First Insurance Co.
Ms. Patricia Fanning Ms. Mary Anne Caroscio VFW Memorial Post 44
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Feehan Mr. Thomas M. Chadwick Village of Liverpool Ms. Jean Ferguson Ms. Anita P. Chirco Waterloo Education
Ms. Delight Fisher Association
Mrs. Donna L. Clark Mrs. Blanche Fletcher Waterford Development Corp. Ms. Minnie Clark Ms. Gail R. Flugel The Wensel Agency Ms. Rebecca Clemence
Ms. Cynthia A. Fowler Williams Greengrass Post 730 Mrs. Margaret (Peggy) Coe Ms. Kimberly Fox Ms. Kathleen Cokely Foundations
Mrs. Jessica Foy Mrs. Elizabeth A. Colasurdo AmazonSmile Foundation Ms. Kirsten Fredrickson Mr. Warren D. Cole Mrs. Elizabeth Freese Individuals
Ms. Lucinda M. Collier Ms. Beth Freiji Mrs. Lenita Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Collins
Mrs. Judith Friedman Ms. Terri F. Adriance Mrs. Katherine H. Collins The Honorable Marianne
Ms. Annette M. Agness Mrs. Jean Dwyer Colwell Furfure
Mr. Gregory Alcock Ms. Elizabeth Conklin Ms. Patricia Fyles Nicole Anthony
Mrs. Susan Cooley Ms. Judith E. Gallagher Ms. Joanne Arany Ms. Rebecca A. Corvick Ms. Louise Gardner Ms. Emily Armstrong Ms. Marcia Craner
Ms. Monica Rose Gatto Ms. Ramona Auchinachie Ms. Beverly Crim Mr. Allen R. Gay Mrs. Judith H. Augustine Mrs. Delores S. Cross Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gerbic Assemblyman
Ms. Kate Crowley Ms. Cynthia L. Getchonis James G. Bacalles Ms. Jeanine Curry Ms. Patti Giancola Knutson Mrs. Norma H. Bacon Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dailey Mrs. Linda Gillette Ms. Camie Baker Ms. Kim Dando Ms. Suzanne I. Gladys Mrs. Marion Barbero Mrs. Mary M. Davis Mrs. Kimberley A. Goehner Ms. Rachel Barbour Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Deal Ms. Jennifer Golis Ms. Nicole Barnard Ms. Deborah Calkins Ms. Nancy Golomb Ms. Mary Jo Barnello Virginia Defillippo Sharon Goodrich
Ms. Christine L. Baron Ms. Megan Delamielleure Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gouldin Mr. Daniel Barton Ms. Julie Delos Ms. Sharon Griffin Mr. Eugene R. Bavis Chantalise DeMarco
Agnes Griffith Mrs. Whitney Beach & Christine Garfield Mr. William R. Griggs Ms. Susan Beebe
Ms. Donna Desiato Ms. Sandra Grillo Mrs. Diana Bendz Mr. and Mrs. John and
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kubiak Dr. Frederick Lacey Ms. Kim Lamar-Shelton Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Landers Mrs. JoAnn Lang Ms. Priscilla M. A. Larry Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lawrence
Mrs. Jennifer LeComte Mr. George W. Lee Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Levy Ms. Razi Lissy Michael and Adrienne Little Mrs. Janice Lombardi Mr. William C. Lotz Sr. Mrs. Karen Lubecki Mr. Merrill Lynn Ms. Karen A. Macier Ms. Katie Macintyre Ms. Michelle Maine Ms. Sheri Malik Ms. Catherine A. Maliwacki Ms. Paige Mallen Ms. Diane Maluso
Ms. Amy Manley Mr. R. Scott Manrow Ms. Linda Marquardt Ms. Andrea Mastronardi Ms. Cynthia Mather Ms. Jessica Matt Ms. Ann C. Matthews Connie & Marvin Matthews Mrs. Jackie McCloskey Mrs. Sandra D. McGavern Ms. Barbara F. McLean Ms. Noelani McLean Ms. Constance McNeilly Mr. Richard C. Mendelsohn Ms. Alberta Menickelli Ms. Karen B. Meriwether Mrs. Barbara Miller-Fox Ms. Melanie L. Moon Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mount Ms Cynthia Mower Mrs. Betty Muka Ms. Alesandra Munyan Liam Murphy & Susan Hess Ms. Carol Nabors Ms. Grace Nassar Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neebe Ms. Gloria Nelson Mrs. Cindy Neverette Ms. Georgia Newbury Ms. J. Ann Newman Ms. Krista Newman Ms. Miranda Nieto Ms. Betsy Norton Ms. Faith Norton Ms. Jessica Norton Ms. Carolyn M. Oakes Mr. Robert Ochsendorf Mr. Fred E. Odhner Dr. and Mrs.
Edward P. O’Hanlon Ms. Patricia O’Hara Ms. Dianne O’Reilly Mr. Leonard E. Orlandella Dr. Beth Ann Orlowski Ms. Nancy Osborn Ms. Mary O’Toole Ms. Karen Oxenreider Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Palmer Ms. Susan Marie Panetta Ms. Lynne D. Pascale Mr. Lewis Pascar Ms. Debra Pasch Mrs. Doris Pavlot Ms. Dorothy Payne Mrs. Helen C. Penney Ms. Alice Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Perrone Mr. Michael Peterson Ms. Jane Pfromer Ms. Amy Phillips Ms. Nancy Phillips Mrs. Delphine A. Pierri Dr. and Mrs. Donald Pollock Mr. John Potter Mrs. Bernice C. Prosser Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ptak Ms. Marsha Pulhamus Ms. Kamri Lynn Putman Mrs. Meikuen Ramirez Ms. Rebecca Reed Mr. and Mrs. Willam Reimer Mrs. Anne Reyen Ms. Caeresa Richardson Ms. Toni Risboskin Mr. Graham Ritchie Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Roach Jr. Ms. Devan Robinson Mrs. Edith Robinson Ms. Sally Roesch-Wagner Mrs. Kay Rogus Mrs. Catherine Rohan Mrs. Sarah L. Rohrer Ms. Aletha A. Rollins Ms. Dorothy Rolon Alan and Marsha Roseen Ms. Amy L. Rovelstad Mr. Arnold Rubenstein Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ruddy 17 | 2015 Annual Report
Mr. Michael Gugula Ms. Jennifer Gustafson Mrs Louise A. Guzalak Mr. David F. Gwynn Ms. Julie Hall Mrs. Maura S. Harling Stefl Mrs. Christina Verratti Hawelka
Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Hayden Mrs. Lorraine C. Healy Ms. Tarki L. Heath Ms. Jean Hecht Ms. Janice Hedglon Mr. John D. Helfinstine Mrs. Nancy Hendrick Mrs. Marie Hepworth Mrs. Virginia A. Herrmann Ms. Sheryl Hewitson Ms. Sandy Hey Ms. Charlotte Hill Ms. Marcia Hill Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hipius Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hoffman Ms. Beth Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Gary Holcomb Mr. Gary Homer Mrs. Rosemarie Lynn Hoover Ms. Jean Horton Mrs. Kathleen Howarth Ms. Alice Hoyt Mr. Stephen Hoyt
Ms. Barbara A. Huebner Mr. Donald E. Hunt Ms. Joanne Iman Ms. Barbara Iwinski Ms. Jeanne Jackson Mr. Clinton S. Janes Jr. Jennifer Jones Mrs. Pamela Jones Ms. June Joseph Mrs. Deborah Joyce Mrs. Lisa A. Kaminski Ms. Jan Kather Ms. LeAnn Keim Mr. Steven Ketcham Daniel Keyes Mrs. Nancy A. King Dr. Paul E. Kirsch Ms. Nancy Klaben Ms. Laura J. Knochen-Davis Mrs. Judith Knowlton Renee Kolb Mr. John J. Komaromi Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Konopka Ms. Claire F. Kremer Ms. Julie Krupke Mrs. Doris P. Krysiak Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Rudio Dr. Robert Saidel Ms. Ina Jeanne Salisbury Ms. Crystal Sallazzo Mrs. Colleen Saxby Ms. Leslie Schaus Ms. Jennifer Schlossberg Dr. Kenneth D. Schoonover Ms. Margaret F. Schuhle Mrs. Deborah A. Schwarting Mr. Aul Schweizer Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sciotti Mrs. Ann E. Scoville Ms. Irene Scruton Mr. and Mrs. Murl L. Sebring Javi Seera Ms. Patricia A. Shaw
Ms. Margaret W. Sherwin Ms. Eileen Shultis Ms. Linda M. Shumaker
Mrs. D. Maxine Simons Mrs. Susan T. Slenker Mr. William L. Slocum Ms. Jane Smith Ms. Sara Snitchler Mrs. Diana Sochor Ms. Jessica Sokira Mr. David E. Sonnefeld Mr. John Sopchak Dr. and Mrs.
George A. Soufleris MD Mr. and Mrs. David E. Sparrow Ms. Deborah Spencer Mr. John Andrew Sprague
Mrs. Charlene A. Stackhouse
Mr. and Mrs. John Stage Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Steadman Ms. Carolyn Steinhauer Mrs. Susan Stephens Ms. Helen Stepowany Mrs. Cindy L. Stewart Ms. Tamaran D. Stewart Ms. Karen Strife Mrs. Jane K. Sugawara Mrs. Frances T. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Swan Mr. Robert P. Talda Ms. Eileen Tallmadge Mrs. Carol Taren Mr. and Mrs. Eugene D. Tarolli Nancy and Ann Taylor Ms. Diane B. Tennant Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Thomas Ms. Cathy L. Thurston Ms. Rose Marie Tiedemann Ms. Yvonne Tigue Mrs. Maureen A. Tomeny Ms. Marjorie T. Torelli Ms. Jina Toribio Mr. Juan B. Torres Mrs. Linda A. Trombley Mrs. Paula J. Trudell Ms. Holly Tufenkijian Ms Maureen Tully-Natoli Ms. Lindsey Tupia Ms. Ruth Vail Mr. and Mrs. Elwin VanValkenburg Mrs. Lois Verwys Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vince Mrs. Susan Waby Chad and Sarah Walker Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Walker Mrs. Margaret Denise Walker Mrs. Christine Waltz Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wandell Mr. Larry Warren Ms. Patricia Watchorn Mrs. Margaret Watterworth Dr. Donald R. Weaver Ms. Barbara Weidmann Mrs. Leanna Elizabeth Weinert-Watson
Linda Welles-Neiley Donald White Lucille Wiggin Ms. Karen Wightman Mrs. Erin Marie Wilcher Mr. Jimmie L. Williams Ms. Mary Anne Wilson Ms. Maureen Wilson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Winters Mrs. Mary Jane Woodcock Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Wright Ms. Rhonda Wright Mrs. Barbara A. Yonai Ms. Rosalie R Young Ms. Judi Zeamer Dr. Robert H. Zimmer Mrs. Molly Zimmerman-Callery Ms. Cheryl Zine Ms. Penelope J. Zonneville Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways | 18
Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways, Inc.
Sara Ayala
Chair
Kathy Burke Barry
Dorollo Nixon, Jr.
Casey Crabill
Karen Oxenreider
Megan Curinga
Terry Plizga
Elizabeth De Rose
Caeresa Richardson
Judi Dixon
Sonia Robinson
Karen Hegeman
Michael Sabo
Linda Jolly
Kim Lamar Shelton
Amy Manley
Helen Stepowany
Cathleen McColgin
Judy Suddaby
Carl McLaughlin
Gwen Webber-McLeod
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Board of Directors
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