2018-2019
Annual Report Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
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We saw another incredible year at Girl Scouts of Connecticut. In 2018-19, we served over 25,000 girls and nearly 12,000 adults, ensuring that girls continue to build the skills they need to prepare for a lifetime of leadership. Despite the current challenges and impact of a global pandemic, as a movement, Girl Scouts has continued to remain a strong force. Never has there been a more important moment for us to provide girls with the tools they need to remain active and engaged – truly owning the girl leadership space as only we can. As a modern, 21st-century experience for today’s girls, we are the best leadership development organization designed to help girls learn to take initiative in today’s world.
Mary Barneby CEO
Sheryl Sleeva Board President
Throughout the past year, we have remained dedicated to ensuring that our members receive the support they need to have a successful experience in Girl Scouting. We are seeing the trend in membership begin to stabilize, and we’ve reorganized the structure of our council and invested in technology to provide the best programming and resources to our girls and volunteers. This past year, we supported the renewal of 15,930 girls (72% retention) and 9,684 adults (78% retention). This is an incredible increase from the previous year. We are also focusing on reaching more girls in underserved areas, serving over 3,500 girls in cities such as Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven, New London, Bridgeport, and Stamford. This past year, we provided over $300,000 in financial assistance to girls throughout Connecticut who otherwise could not participate. We also made the decision to create an event to truly celebrate the contributions of our dedicated volunteers. The inaugural Volunteer Development Conference and Recognition Ceremony hosted nearly 200 volunteers, featured 17 different training sessions, and over 20 awards were presented. Girl Scouts of Connecticut continues to work with our volunteers and staff on our Long Range Property Plan. Our vision is to enhance and improve our properties to provide a better outdoor experience for our girls and raise the bar on the quality of the amenities available at our camp properties and service centers. The same with our programs. In the past year, we completed an assessment with Deloitte to evaluate our programming, ensuring that girls continue to experience the best girl leadership programming in the world with the intended impact and outcomes. This past year, girls also learned relevant skills from nearly 42 new badge opportunities in STEM and outdoors. And, we cannot forget our iconic Girl Scout Cookie Program. Our local Girl Scouts earned almost $2 million and used their proceeds to fund impactful take action projects, troop activities and amazing trips. Seventy-seven Girl Scouts earned their Gold Award last year, making a sustainable impact in the communities we live in, with projects ranging from taking care of our environment to bridging the STEM gap. In total, well over 900 Girl Scouts in our state achieved the highest awards in Girl Scouting—Bronze, Silver, and Gold, making a real impact in our communities. Girls also participated in an amazing bridging ceremony with the introduction of the first annual Bridge Over Connecticut event. Hundreds of girls and their families gathered at the Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford – making it the largest “bridging” event in Connecticut history. Since 1912, Girl Scouts has provided every girl the access to research-backed, time-tested programming. In today’s world, we remain committed to meeting girls where they are, addressing their diverse interests and watching them thrive as they immerse themselves in our four core pillars: STEM, outdoors, entrepreneurship, and life skills. We hope you are as inspired as we are when we look through all of Girl Scouts’ successes this past year. On behalf of Girl Scouts of Connecticut, we thank all of our supporters – volunteers, families and donors-throughout the state who help build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Yours in Girl Scouting, Mary Barneby CEO, Girl Scouts of Connecticut
Sheryl Sleeva President, Girl Scouts of Connecticut Board of Directors
MEMBERSHIP
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Membership at a glance: Girls are our future. And as a Girl Scout, every girl has access to the best leadership experience in a safe, girl-led environment designed just for her. Since the beginning, Girl Scouts of Connecticut has valued diversity and inclusiveness, giving every girl the opportunity to be a Girl Scout. Girl Scouting unlocks new adventures where girls can choose their own path. Girls immerse themselves in STEM, discover the outdoors, take action in their community, make new friends, and create memories to last a lifetime!
Girl and adult membership:
25,182 12,145 adults girls
Supported the renewal of
15,930 9,684 girls adults 5
Council Properties: • An-Se-Ox • Aspetuck Candlewood
• Carlson • Clatter Valley • Katoya Land-Torrington
• Laurel Merrie-Bee Cabin • Merrie-Wood Pattagansett Rocky Craig Yankee Trails
(78% retention)
Offices: HARTFORD Service Center: 340 Washington Street Hartford, CT NORTH HAVEN Service Center: 20 Washington Ave. North Haven, CT WATERBURY Service Center: 171 Grandview Ave., Suite 102 Waterbury, CT WILTON Service Center: 529 Danbury Road Wilton, CT
STEM
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Girl Scouts unveiled
42 new STEM and outdoor badges, including:
9 Cybersecurity Badges (Funded by Palo Alto Networks) 3 Space Science Badges (Funded by NASA and led by the SETI Institute) 18 Coding for Good Badges
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Girl Scout teams participated in FIRST LEGO League and Junior FIRST LEGO League robotics
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Partnered with
Year-long after school
8 colleges/universities, 8 corporations, and 11 organizations
STEM programs for Cadettes in Norwalk and Waterbury, including hands-on activities, speakers, and field trips)
In partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences, GSOFCT offered three levels of STEM programming: • STEMagination in which 207 girls and adultsparticipated; • After School Mentoring Program served 3 schools in two communities and the programs were so well-received that the schools asked that they be expanded to full year in 2018-19 • 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures Virtual Mentoring Program connected 34 girls to STEM mentors around the world. • GSOFCT collaborated with 46 community partners who brought their STEM expertise to GS programs.
GSOFCT participated in a
Cybersecurity mystery program with renowned UNH Cybersecurity professor Abe Baggili and students
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OUTDOORS
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Girl Scouts wouldn’t be Girl Scouts without the GSOFCT Operated 7 day camps and
1 resident camp Over 150 staff were trained and hired to work at our camps.
great outdoors!
12 NEW Outdoor High Adventure Badges
for backpacking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, rock climbing, and tree climbing were earned. Girls participated in archery, letterboxing, canoeing, and horseback riding. Girls made new friends and experienced an outdoor adventure – all while building skills and memories to last her a lifetime!
3,315 girls participated in
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CAMPERSHIP:
$208,578 �anks t� our donors!
3,920 TOTAL CAMPER WEEKS
LIFE SKILLS
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2019 GOLD AWARD GIRL SCOUTS: Hosted a Baskets of Love drive to collect basic supplies for the homeless—which will now become an annual fixture. Targeted the problem of pollution on beaches and galvanizing clean-up crews and orchestrating programs to educate communities.
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Girl Scouts earned the Gold Award last year.
Created an income-generating activities program in Nakaseke, Uganda to help caregivers earn money to send their children to school. Sewed reusable sanitary pads for girls and women in developing countries and creating educational kits to provide those countries with information on the menstrual cycle and personal hygiene. Founded their own STEM program to help break down the barriers of gender and background and give more girls in high school the opportunity to participate in STEM activities.
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326
reported Silver Awards and
506
reported Bronze Awards were earned by younger Girl Scouts completing their Take Action Projects
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Girl Scouts of Connecticut hosted Nigerian Girl Guides in August 2019. GSOFCT hosted 13 girls and adults from Nigeria through its Nigerian Girl Guides program. The Nigerian girls attended residence camp, did a homestay, hosted an international friendship day, and went on a variety of field trips around the state with Connecticut Girl Scouts.
Gold Award Girl Scouts were awarded scholarships: • Raised $7,000 for GS Gold at the 2019 Hartford Marathon and awarded six Gold Award recipients with scholarships: Allison Brea – Old Greenwich Melody DeBlasio – Seymour Abigail Morris – Ridgefield Athena Savvides – South Windsor Kennedy Williams – Glastonbury Madelyn Yu – Old Greenwich
Elks Scholarship— Emily Linton, Vernon
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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2.1
million packages of Girl Scout cookies sold
Fiv� skills:
1. Money management 2. Goal setting 3. People skills 4. Business ethics 5. Decision making
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Girls across the state earned more than
$1.9 million
which they used to give back to their communities through girls take action projects, community service projects, and more.
Over
100,000 packages of cookies
sent to service women and men at home and overseas as well as veterans through Cookies for Heroes.
Through our Digital Cookie® platform, girls sold over
330,000
packages to online customers. This year, we saw a 64 percent increase of the total number of packages cookies sold through the Digital Cookie® platform.
GOVERNANCE
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Progress Toward Achieving 2019-2020 Board Objectives. Over the last two years, we have set specific annual Board objectives. This year our objectives were threefold: increase Board effectiveness; ensure the ongoing financial sustainability of GSOFCT and build for the future.
Board Effectiveness - Baseline Board effectiveness metrics were established and communicated throughout the year, further aided by the introduction of a new GSOFCT-specific Board dashboard designed to raise awareness and track progress.
Financial Sustainability. The launch of the Board’s new Resource Development Committee this year was an important step toward creating a sustainable financial future. New avenues for Board iving were also introduced by the Fund Development team, including the welcome addition of multi-year troop sponsorship and days of giving campaigns.
Building for the Future. Inclusion and diversity (I&D) has also been a major focus for us, driven by a Board-led cross-organizational initiative and new I&D Board committee. Outdoor adventure and experience remains a solid pillar in our program portfolio. We know that girls benefit in many ways when they are exposed to confidence building experiences in the great outdoors. During Fiscal Year 18-19, Girl Scouts of Connecticut continued to make strides towards achieving a long range property vision that would result the development and upkeep of outdoor properties to conform to our members’ needs and expectations. In accordance with the plan approved by the Board in 2014, the Wilton Service Center continues to be on the market, along with remaining parcels at Camp Iwatka and Maria Pratt. An unsolicited option to purchase Camp Pattagansett was accepted with Board approval, although the potential buyer will have until December 2020 to exercise his right to buy. Should he decide not to go through with the purchase, the property will be taken off the market and re-evaluated with respect to a possible sale. In anticipation of a possible Capital Campaign to fund the development of certain properties identified in the original Long Range Property Strategy, the Board authorized a Feasibility Study to assess the level of funding that might be raised for property development and improvement. While there was certainly interest on the part of prospective funders, the Board concluded that such a campaign be postponed until we can be assured of its completion and success. We continue to seek ways to make these property enhancements a reality by shoring up our major gifts capacity. During the past fiscal year, we were pleased to bring the following improvements to our outdoor properties: • Camp Laurel Renovations: – Amphitheater Phase 1 Completion including fence install, fire pit, and platform – Shower house interior renovation – New Wetlands Lab Pavilion, dock, and storage facility – Waterfront updates – Including: New swim area and boating areas • Camp AnSeOx – 2 new covered archery platforms
Through a grant from Deloitte Consulting, we received a complete assessment of Council Enterprise Risks. This comprehensive report looked at a broad spectrum of risks to the organization as a whole and helped us to prioritize and address the highest operational risks, along with the degree of our vulnerability to these risks. We will work to address our highest and most vulnerable risks and make sure that our plans and priorities address them.
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INNOVATION
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Supporting Our Members with Care: The GSOFCT Customer Care team has made a major impact on how we support our membership.
The Call Center received
15,030 In 2018, callers were waiting in the phone queue for an average of 47 seconds compared to 2019’s average wait time of
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seconds
calls/approximately 64 calls per day. As a council, we closed a total of 15,322 cases. Of those cases, Customer Care closed 6,672 cases (nearly half of the Council’s total.)
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SPECIAL EVENTS 2018 Breakfast Badge Award: Women Who Innovate: Kate Emery, CEO and founder, The Walker Group; Founder, reSET; Jackie Mandyck, Managing Director, iQuilt Partnership; and Cristina GuzmanToro, Senior Engineer and President of the Hispanic Leadership Forum, Pratt & Whitney for their successes in innovation, problemsolving, and making sustainable changes in our community.
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Our annual “Conversation With” series honored New York Times’ bestsellingauthor Jennifer Palmieri. Palmieri wrote Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World, based off her experiences working in the White House as well as her experience in running communications for the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. The inaugural “Legacy of Leadership Luncheon” celebrated women paving the way for the next generation of leaders. GSOFCT honored President and CEO of Stamford Health, Kathleen Silard, and Managing Director of the Northeast Division for JPMorgan Chase, Racquel Oden, with the 2019 Legacy of Leadership Award. Our “Bridge Over Connecticut” event joined together hundreds of Girl Scouts and their families at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford for the largest “bridging” event in Connecticut history.
Financial Assistance
$ 339,890
The inaugural “Volunteer Development
Conference and Recognition Ceremony” hosted 192 volunteers who attended 17 different training sessions led by GSOFCT staff, volunteers, and other friends of the organization. Sessions included Let’s Talk About Mental Health, Troop Travel Tips, Using the VTK, SWAPS, Songs & Traditions, and more. Over 24 awards were presented:
of financial assistance for camperships, membership, events, dues, books, and uniforms.
Council level Recognitions given out were Outstanding Service Team Member, Spirit of the Dragonfly, Light the Way, Council Staff Appreciation, Family Appreciation, New Volunteer Go-getter, New Volunteer Risk Taker, New Volunteer Leader, The Pride of the Trefoil, and Daisy’s Dream – Outstanding Troop. GSUSA level Recognitions awarded were Volunteer of Excellence, Appreciation, Honor Pin, and President’s Award (two Service Units!).
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Financial Highlights Revenues Contributions & Grants United Way Product Sales Program Fees Investment Income Miscellaneous Income/ Fund Development Events Total Revenues
Total $ Activity 924,919 28,810 7,138,322 1,791,646 273,211
Total % Activity 9% 0% 68% 17% 3%
363,668 10,520,576
3% 100%
8,979,393 1,509,833 10,489,226
86% 14% 100%
Expenses Program Services Supporting Services Total Expenses *
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Change in Net Assets Net Gain from Operations $31,350 Depreciation (493,222) Investment Income (47,503) Sale of Property 0 Uncollectible Accounts (23,768) Change in Net Assets (533,143)
Net Assets Undesignated 4,323,858 Board-Designated 5,245,630 With Donor Restrictions 1,362,249 Total All Funds 10,931,737
*Of which approximately $700,000 is for pension liability.
Revenues
l 69% Product Sales l 17% Program Fees l 11% Fund Development and Miscellaneous Income l 3% Investment Income
Expenses
l 87% Program Services l 13% Supporting Services
Donors We extend our deepest appreciation and gratitude to each and every donor to Girl Scouts of Connecticut. Your generous contributions have enabled us to provide life-changing programs to approximately 25,000 girls across the state of Connecticut. The gifts recognized below were received between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 and represent gifts to our Annual Fund, given directly or through donations at Special Events. Note: Every effort has been made to accurately acknowledge all gifts. We sincerely apologize for any inaccuracies or omissions. Please contact the Fund Development Department at donate@gsofct.org or (800) 922-2770 to bring any errors to our attention. INSTITUTIONAL GIVING $100,000+ The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, Inc. $20,000+ Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee Hartford Foundation for Public Giving SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. Stamford Health Webster Bank $5,000+ Accenture LLP Advisors Asset Management Carolyn Foundation Central Connecticut State University The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Connecticut Natural Gas Company Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Elizabeth Carse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Eversource Energy Girl Scouts of the USA Bruce N. Griffing Trust The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company The Hospital for Special Surgery J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Inc. Joseph F. Stackpole Trust JP Morgan Chase & Co. Kaman Corporation Liberty Bank Foundation M&T Bank Katharine Matthies Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee Middlesex United Way People’s United Bank People’s United Community Foundation Pitney Bowes Foundation Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company State Street Global Advisors Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation Susan for Connecticut TD Charitable Foundation United Way of Greater Waterbury United Way of Milford Voya Foundation Women and Girls’ Fund at Connecticut Community Foundation
$1,000+ Aerospace Alloys, Inc. Aetna, Inc. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Barnes Group Foundation, Inc. Berkshire Bank Foundation BlackRock Financial Management, Inc Boehringer-Ingelheim Branson Ultrasonics Corporation The Bravitas Group Briad Restaurant Group Bridgeport Ladies Charitable Society Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP Chelsea Groton Foundation, Inc. City Missionary Association of New Haven Inc. Community Foundation of Middlesex County Concord Healthcare Development, Inc. Connecticut Community Foundation Deloitte Derby-Shelton Rotary Club Dime Bank Foundation, Inc. Eastern Connecticut State University Enbridge Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Farmington Bank Community Foundation Federated Investors Mr. & Mrs. William Foulds Family Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee Lily Palmer Fry Memorial Trust, Bank of America, N. A., Co-Trustee George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee The Grainger Foundation GSOFCT Clatter Valley Service Unit GSOFCT Troop 60362 Hartford Hospital Hartford Wolf Pack Community Foundation, Inc. Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare Foundation Harvest Development Group, LLC Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company JP Morgan Asset Management The London Company Main Street Community Foundation Marcum LLP MBS Charitable Remainder Unitrust F/B/O Rhoda Naidus The Albert Wadsworth & Helen Clark Meserve Memorial Fund Middlesex United Way Women’s Initiative Mutual of America Natixis Investment Managers Norwich Youth Fund at Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
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Donors continued Petit Family Foundation Refinitiv Rotary Club of Torrington-Winsted Areas Rotary Club of West Hartford Shipman & Goodwin Siracusa Moving & Storage The Sontheimer Foundation The Soundview Complex at Morgan Stanley Stop & Shop Companies, LLC - New England Division Sublime Communications Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation, Inc. Trinity College United Personnel United Way of Northwest Connecticut Valley United Way Women & Girls’ Fund at the Main Street Commmunity Foundation WTNH Yale New Haven Health
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$250+ Albertus Magnus College Amazon Smile Foundation B.P.O. Elks Lodge Derby #571 B.P.O. Elks Lodge Wethersfield-Rocky Hill #2308 BlumShapiro CohnReznick ConnectiCare, Inc. Diserio Martin O’Connor & Castiglioni LLP Durham Manufacturing Company Freed Marcroft LLC Glastonbury Rotary Club The Goldstone Family Foundation GSOFCT Amity Service Unit GSOFCT Weston Service Unit
Killingworth Lions Charity Loyal Order of Moose Danbury Lodge Special Sealed Ticket Mark Fusco Foundation MFS Investment Management Monroe Lions Charities, Inc. NewAlliance Foundation, Inc. Northeast Area Women & Girls Fund at the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut The Old Saybrook Rotary Club Persante Healthcare Rotary Club of Enfield The Rotary Club of Hamden Rotary Club of Milford, CT, Inc. The Rotary Club of the Stoningtons Saint John’s Parish Seymour CT Lions Inc. Stamford Woman’s Club Stew Leonard’s The Town and County Club Wapping Fair $100+ Big Y Foods, Inc. Clauss Orthodontics GSOFCT Montville Service Unit GSOFCT Troop 60788 GSOFCT Troop 67044 Hartford Larrabee Fund Association Haverford College Ion Bank Foundation Knowledge Designs to Change LLC Network Electric and Security St. Joseph Catholic Church Corp. University of Saint Joseph Waterford Group Charitable Foundation WCGCS Federated Church of Christ INDIVIDUALS $40,000+ Estate of Alice Hubbard Kelsey $10,000+ The Estate of Lily, Sarah and Grace Badger Virginia and Joel Giuffré Joseloff Trust Fund Eleanor H. Smith and Donald R. Smith Charitable Fund Thomas & Carolyn Witt Foundation $5,000+ Mary and Kirk Barneby David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation Cynthia Goldstein Julia Denise Jackson Bill and Shari James Diana Mahoney Liz McGovern and Judy Eckert Dawn and Shannan Morris Herbert J. Reeves Trust Nicole Sandford Sheryl Sleeva
$1,000+ Richard Abrams Adams Family Foundation Anonymous Anonymous Shalu Arora The Barden Foundation Chris Boland Katherine Brophy Christopher Brown Carol Buchanan and Tom Reimer Mary and Edward Budd The Irene Buynoski Revocable Trust Meghan Cioffi Teena Conquest William J. & Julia K. Czapor Trust The Dayton Trust Sondra Dellaripa Elizabeth and Robert Ellis Kate Emery Dolores Ennico The Etzel Family Erica Evans Gioffre and Michael Gioffre Doon and John Foster Ida and Jerry Franklin Judy and Keith Frey Frey-Hershey Foundation Fund Valarie A. Gelb Paula Gilberto The Maurice Goodman Foundation, Inc. The Cyrus W. & Amy F. Jones & Bessie D. Phelps Foundation Kari and Jere Kaplan Pamela Kiernan Estate of Ruth I. Krauss Marta Jo Lawrence Jo-Ann Little Linda and Vincent McMahon Margaret Monaco Mule Family Foundation Carol and Paul O’Connell Phyllis Palm Adrienne Parkmond Theresa Roddy Friend A. Russ Fund, Inc Pamela Scagliarini Karen Sheehan Joseph Sileo Joseph T. and Helen M. Simpson Foundation Carolyn Surgent and Jacques A. Friedman Lida Tingley The Ernest & Joan Trefz Foundation Frank Vallario Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Van Leeuwen Maddy and Larry Weinstein Caroline E. Wilke Kari J. Williams Frances T. Woody $250+ Marie Allison Jeanne and Antonio Ambrosio Dr. Jaen Andrews and Mr. Robert Kelly
Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Linda M. Autore Janet Bailey Faude Judith Bankowski Bassett Family Fund Barri and Thad Belfanti Sharon and Brett Bellinger Rose Marie Bepko Dr. Margaret Bia Jeanne and Eric Bickford Patricia Bowen Debra Bremer Louise and Maurice Bridge The Brock Family Foundation Tamara Bross Marla and John Byrnes Virginia Case Christine Chivily Midge Clegg James Congdon Eric Cordi Charles Cornell Emily Dawkins Monica Di Costanzo Dana and John Donaldson Marianne Downie Lisa Edwards Louise England Peggy Erlenkotter JoAnn Farrell Beth Ferrari Gregory Fischer Geraldine Frankel Edith Gengras Jonna Gerken Marie C. Gervasini Elizabeth G. Gianesello Judd Lynn and Thomas Goldberg Nancy and Paul Greeley Marion Griffin Annemarie Gucwa Irene Haines Denise Hebner Linda and Sherman Henry Jeannette Hicks Margaret Hirsch Terri Hochdorfer Karen G. Hodge Debra Holcomb Carol James Juanita James Jennifer and Robert Jasminski Linda and Mark Kalish Tracy Knofla Sara and Jason Kroon Rachel Kushel Evelyn and Arthur Lawhorn Donna Marie and Robert Lellis Stephen Lewis
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Donors continued
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Agustin Lopez Linda and Peter Lubinsky Joyce Marston Juliann Martel Kathleen Matteau Kathy Meyer Deborah and Gil Midford Maria Milanez-Miller and Jeffrey Miller Carl Miller Marlee and Thomas Mooney Laurine and Bryan Nazworth Roy Newman Amber Ng Vivian O’Meara Caitlin O’Meara Michele Orris-Modugno Delphine and James Overby Rosemary Padin Joan H. Piercey Susan and James Pratt Carol Quinn Toomey Martha Radford Angela Raimondo Michael D. Rastelli Jordan Rhodes Nicholas Ricard Mildred C. Richard Karen and Walter Riemer Dante Roccasecca Patricia and John Russo Deborah Sabia MaryLynn and Tom Santa Patricia and Tod Schaefer Elizabeth Schmitt Laura M. Sheldon Kathleen Silard Caroline F. Sloat Shannon and Bryan Smith Tara Spain Pamela and Jon Stenman Betty H. Stevens Sunshine Society of New Britain
Louise and Pierre Theriault Katherine and Neal Thomas Dorothy Trefts Lisa Vaillencourt Ana Valentin-Jackson Michele Velez Kerry Wagner Erica Wardle Caroline Wetzel Michele Willis Patricia Zoccolillo $100+ Nadia Alikhan David Allan Dan Anderson Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Joe Arcari Erica Asaro Laura C. Aubuchon Meg Avery Christine Baker McGrath Angela Baldi Laura F. Baldwin Shirley Barber Barbara and John Barbieri Charlene Barnes Cindi Bates Kim Batterson Biglow Melissa Bellanceau Beth Bemis Dorothy L. Berger Meghan Bianco Lucy Bowden Barbara Briggs Scripps Susan and Joseph Brosseau Sandra Brown Suzanne Brown Peters Mary Brunner Joyce and Harold Buckingham Betsy Buckley Abedin Bujupaj Samar Bush Marisa and Dwaine Butler Carolyn Bystrak Rie Poirier-Campbell and Michael Campbell Eleanor N. Caplan Matthew L. Carden Kim Carney Deborah Caruso William Caswell Melanie Cecarelli Leslie and James Chapman Nancy Ciesla John Ciulla
Patrick Clark Priscilla Codere Marie Connors Martha and Carl Coppola Lila M. Cross Lorie Darrow Laura Devens Donna Diagostino Judy DiMaio Leander and Raymond Dolphin Alice Dorn Jay Duffner Jonathan Earle Judith Eaton Wendy Elberth Anne Elvgren Michele Emond-Breen Kristen Engblom Geraldine Fallon Jolyn Farber Stephanie Fielding Janet Fleishman Susan Freimuth Paula and William Fromm Bridget Gallagher The Gallegos-Leahy Family Marie Garcia-Abrines, Ph.D. Carol Garlick Cathy Geib Mary M. Gelinas Jack Genther Anne and Jeffrey Godsey Esther and Albert Goetz Gregory Goodstein Maureen Gorman Marsha and Harold Graves Sharon Greenfield Briann Greenfield Andrew Grose Elaine Guglielmo Susan Haggstrom Jessica Halprin Virnette and Bruce Hamilton Elaine and Lynwood Hammers Anne I. and George F. Hayes Sherri Haymond Bill Hennessey Charles Herbert Patricia and Tim Herlihy Ana-Christina Herrick Nancy Hetmanski Fiona Hodgson Sophorn Holjes Marie Holman Susanna Hong Kathleen V. Jackson Nanette Jerige Judith Johnson Phyllis Johnson Kathleen Kelliher and A.P. Obelnicki Kristen Kennen Patty Key Kim Kollar Ellen Komar
Marsha R. Kono Rocky Kopylec, Jr. Patricia T. Kurtz Corky and John Larew Maria Lasala Barry Lastra Jennifer Leahy Helen and Dick Lodmill Shannon Longo Elaine T. Lowengard Kathleen Lynch Janice MacKesson Bonnie Malley Jackie Gorsky Mandyck Kassondra and Ian Mangione Ashley Martella Donna Martino Eileen and Jim McDonald Linda McDowell Kimberly and Geoffrey McLean Maria McMunn Denise Merrill Suzanne Messina Sandra Meyer Pam G. Miller Joyce Mini Marcy Minnick Cathy A. Monckton Marjorie Morrissey Anne and David Moskal Augusta Mueller Jennifer Muggeo Karen Nelson Minot Nettleton Cynthia Newby Ann Nunn-Hacku Erin O’Meara Jennifer Openshaw Nick Paindiris Heather Panton Keri Paradis Fengler Susan Peacock Robert and Vivian Pearson Luci Pellegrino Sean Peoples Melissa Perkal Cynthia Potter Kaile Redmer Bobette Reed Kahn and Jeffrey S. Kahn Joseph P. Regan Libby Richardson Estate of Sali G. Riege Clint Roberts Keith Robertson Gladys Romero Lynn Rondano Elizabeth Roth Christina Roughan Dooti Roy Bill Sandow Cynthia Sanstrom Barbara T. Santa
Karen Santucci Ellyn Savard Vanessa and Matt Schickler Marion Schmeelk Emilee Scott Clair and Thomas Sharpless Colleen Sheehy-Lynch Kathryn and Mark Sherrick Anita M. Silvestro Pam Sloane Josephine Smalls Marianne Smith Sarah Smith Lubarsky Marian K. Sorbo Mark Sprankel Pamela G. Standley Barbara Stauder Jennifer Steadman Laurie Stefanowicz Beth Stephenson Elizabeth Jane Stewart Lori Ann Sucic Nancy L. Suydam Robert Thurling Sam Tingley, Jr. Lois Tolis Joy Tolonen Cassandra Toscano Beverly and Paul Truebig Dawn Tutje Dr. Michael P. Twist Susan Underwood Maureen R. Vagnini Louise Varanelli The Veilleux Family Carolyn Vincenzo Sharon Walsh Johnetta Washington Karen and Markus Weinseiss Ronnie Weiss Mathew Wentland Carol and Lee West Mary Liz Wheelis Josephinea Wilber Alice Wilcox JoAnne Williams Latoya Wilson Amy and Matthew Wininger Kam Wong Brian Wright Ann Yost Sheena Young Linda Oleksiak Zembron Heather Zoeller Holly Zurich
Members of the Juliette Gordon Low Society Jennifer Ahern Jeanne and Antonio Ambrosio Erik and Eva Andersen Girl Scout Movementwide Challenge Planned Gift Anonymous Jeannette J. Archer-Simons Mary Barneby Dianne Belk and Lawrence Calder Girl Scout Movement-wide Challenge Planned Gift Sharon Bellinger Helaine Bertsch Patricia Bowen and Stanley Guzek Linda Bresky Alice Bruno Deirdre H. DiCara Michele and Tom Etzel Erica Evans Gioffre Doon Foster Geraldine Frankel Judy Frey Kathleen M. Genaitis Virginia and Joel GiuffrĂŠ Anne Godsey Sherrilyn A. Granberg Margaret Hansen-Kaplan Anne I. Hayes Pam Hyland Peggy Jerrell Kari Kaplan Barbara and William Lawrence Elaine T. Lowengard Liz McGovern and Judy Eckert Deborah Midford Jennifer Moore Libby Richardson Janet Ridenour and Kimberly Johnson Nicole Sandford Karen Sheehan Sheryl Sleeva Caroline F. Sloat Hilary Sullivan Mary Tesla Carol and Lee West Lea Gina White Teresa C. Younger
Special thanks to all of our generous in-kind donors for their support in helping girls in Connecticut prepare for a lifetime of leadership.
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Examples of the Girl Scout Impact by County Hartford County:
Litchfield County A First Lego League team from Winsted participated in its fourth year of robotics competitions.
Expanded the Girl Scout Leadership Experience with new programming for girls participating in Girl Scouting through our Community Outreach programs.
Tolland County New Axe Throwing area was built at Camp Yankee Trails and GSOCT hosted its first ever Axe Throwing fundraising event.
Windham County Five girls earned their Silver award focused on getting more people outdoors. They highlighted the natural resources of the Last Green Valley by creating an Instagram page, speaking with other troops, and setting up tables at community events to share information with the general public.
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Middlesex County New Haven County
Fairfield County 51 girls participated in STEMagination in Bridgeport.
Offered new snow adventure to Camp Anxeox, Snow Shows, to help girls and adults explore a new outdoor skills and earn a snow adventure badge.
A new funder provided nine girls with the opportunity to attend summer camp.
New London County Over 300 girls and families participated in Girl Scout Day at Mystic Aquarium.
Board of Directors Officers Sheryl Sleeva, President Wendy Elberth, 1st Vice President Liz McGovern, 2nd Vice President Virginia GiuffrĂŠ, 3rd Vice President Susan Brosseau, Treasurer Leslie Karen Hammond, Secretary Mary Barneby, CEO Members-at-Large Elizabeth Biederman Rebecca Cohen Michaela McCormick Victoria Rozario
Board Development Committee Pam Scagliarini Yasmin Blackburn Nicole Sandford Elise Sinha Desiree Wolfe Jeanne Ambrosio Marie Kulesza Janet Lewis Jade Melvin
May 2018-September 2018 Officers Sheryl Sleeva, President Wendy Elberth, 1st Vice President Liz McGovern, Second Vice President Virginia GiuffrĂŠ, Third Vice President Susan M. Brosseau, CPA Treasurer Leslie Karen Hammond, Secretary Members-at-Large Richard Abrams Elizabeth Biederman Alice Bruno Susan Bysiewicz Becca Cohen Michele Etzel Jonna Gerken Erica Evans Gioffre Bill James Diana Mahoney Lisette Martinez Michaela McCormick Dawn Morris Adrienne Parkmond, Esq. Carol Quinn Toomey Victoria Rozario Nicole Sandford Pamela Scagliarini Zulma Toroa
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Girl Scouts of Connecticut (800) 922-2770 gsofct.org
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. 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. La Promesa de Girl Scouts Por mi honor, yo trataré: De servir a Dios y a mi patria, ayudar a las personas en todo momento, y vivir conforme a la Ley de Girl Scouts. La Ley de Girl Scouts Yo me esforzaré por: Ser honrada y justa cordial y servicial, considerada y compasiva, valiente y fuerte, y responsable de lo que digo y hago, y por respetarme a mí misma y a los demás respetar la autoridad usar los recursos de manera prudente, hacer del mundo un lugar mejor, y ser hermana de cada una de las Girl Scouts.