United Way
Community Partnerships The Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails is fortunate to be supported by United Ways across New Mexico. Donor designations and grants from United Way of Northern New Mexico, United Way of Eastern New Mexico, San Juan United Way, and United Way of Central New Mexico help support programs and activities that allow GSNMT to help girls across New Mexico develop the courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place.
United Way of Eastern New Mexico Serious instances of bullying are making headlines across the nation and the middle school grade levels are particularly affected. The consequences for bullying can be devastating and can affect a young person throughout their life. Be a Friend First (BFF) addresses the problems before they happen by helping girls develop positive skills so that they can change the way they understand relationships and behave towards others. The BFF pilot program in Clovis was held at two schools for 6th-8th grade girls. School administrators were encouraged to be engaged in the week-long program so they could better understand relational bullying and support the students when they returned to school in the fall.
What the girls learned: First Impressions. Identify possible relationship obstacles,
identify peers and adults who provide key support, and explore the impact first impressions have on relationships.
Navigating Friendships. How stereotypes impact relationships. Cliques and Conflicts. Identify types of peer pressure, practice
strategies for managing peer pressure, talk about the hurtful behaviors that can happen in cliques, practice positive conflict resolution.
Caution - Bullies Straight Ahead. Practice strategies to address bullying behavior and relational aggression, set boundaries and develop strategies for building safe online relationships.
Let Peace Begin with You. Girls explore definitions of leadership and apply it to their lives, understand how leaders use relationship skills to improve the world, and create and plan a Take Action Project to solve relationship problems in their schools or communities.
We help girls develop the skills to stop bullying in its tracks... when girls learn to communicate, talk through disagreements and stand up for each other, instances of bullying decrease. 8
2013 Annual Report