2015 GSLE Annual Report

ls r i G n I Believe

2015 report to the community

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

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.

The Girl Scout Mission Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

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a message from the board chair and ceo

Founder

Dear Friends and Supporters of Girl Scouting:

Juliette Gordon Low Founded March 12, 1912

“You can be anyone you want to be,” was the message at our council’s first Believe in Girls (B.I.G.) event in September, and a core belief that resonates in everything we do in Girl Scouting. Our belief in girls and the volunteers who lead and guide them is a driving force for the council, and directs us as we strive to provide the premier leadership development program for girls in southeast Louisiana.

Board Officers

Providing quality programming and services is not without its challenges, but with over 50 collaborative community partners across our 23 parishes, three Girl Scout camps that offer an array of fun and exciting activities, a team of dedicated volunteers, staff, and funders who support us, Girl Scouts Louisiana East continues to forge ahead in our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Julie LeBlanc Secretary

Please take a moment to review highlights from 2015 in our annual Report to the Community, along with our financial information and the names of those who support us and our mission financially. It is the efforts of many that give us the opportunity to think BIG, and it is the passion and unflagging dedication of our committed adult volunteers that continues to inspire and encourage us each and every day. Please know how much we appreciate your time, energy, and financial support to Girl Scouting.

Robyn Merrick Chair

Joan Mollohan First Vice Chair Veronica Osby Second Vice Chair

Kelly McKinney Treasurer Jacqueline K. Alexander Chief Executive Officer

Members-At-Large Allison Augustus-Wallace Jacquelyn Daniels Angela Elly Lyndia Jones Erica Murray Maurice Sholas Raquel Square-Ayles Kelder Summers-Jones Betsy Stoner Darnell Waites Jameeta Youngblood

Board Development Committee

Betsy Stoner, Chair Lyndia Jones Jacqueline Alexander, Chief Executive Officer

Robyn Merrick Board Chair

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Jacqueline K. Alexander Chief Executive Officer

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2015

highlights

Over 14,100 girls and 5,300 adults in southeast

and one Cookie Mogul

Louisiana were active Girl Scouts, committed to living by

– Girl Scout Cadette

the Girl Scout Promise and Law.

Elise Vickery of New Orleans who sold

The fund development team got creative with its

2,501 boxes!

fundraising efforts, holding its first Cookies & Cocktails gala in February, at which guests and celebrity judges sampled

Nearly 300

an array of delicious selections, voting on their favorite

Girl Scouts and

appetizers, desserts, and cocktails made with Girl Scout

family members

Cookies.

participated in Girl Scouts Louisiana East’s third annual Thin Mint Sprint 5K and

Girl Scouts celebrated the opening of the new trefoil-

1 Mile Daisy Dash in April. The non-competitive run is one of

shaped swimming pool with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in

the ways local Girl Scouts are supporting our Healthy Living

March. The 2,000 square foot pool includes a handicap

initiative, designed to encourage healthy living among girls.

ADA-lift, swim-out (ledge for sitting), with

Approximately 1,330 girls became Girl Scouts

two entry sites into the

through innovative outreach programs held in housing

pool.

developments and schools in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, thanks to funding from Capital Area United Way and the Joe W. & Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation.

At the council annual meeting, nine volunteers, three

Girl Scouts proved their sales ability once again, selling over 1 million boxes of cookies in the council’s 23 parishes. For the first time ever, Girl Scouts were able to sell cookies over the Internet, using personalized websites. A total of 211 Girl Scouts entered the council’s Cookie Hall of Fame for selling 500+ boxes of cookies, including 15 girls who sold over 1,000 boxes,

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school principals and two religious leaders received council-level recognitions.

Council board member Jackie Daniels received her 45 years of volunteer service pin.

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2015

highlights

Victoria Pham of Baton Rouge became the first

Over 5,000 individuals

Girl Scout Gold Award recipient to receive the Kelly C.

participated in council-

O’Mahoney Gold Award Scholarship. The scholarship

sponsored programs

is being offered annually by the non-profit, Kelly Kicking

held across the council’s

Cancer, named for Kelly O’Mahoney who was a council

23-parish jurisdiction,

Gold Award recipient

including 1,500 Girl Scouts

in 2012 and who died in

at the Believe in Girls

2014 from a rare form

(B.I.G.) event at Southeastern

of brain cancer.

Louisiana University.

In 2015, 2 Girl Scout Seniors/ Ambassadors earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, 32 Girl Scout Cadettes earned the Girl Scout Silver Award, and 90 Girl Scout Juniors earned the Girl Scout Bronze Award.

Resident camp was a highlight for the 627 campers

The council’s first B.I.G. event kicked off the Girl Scout membership year with a day of hands-

who enjoyed summer resident camp programs at Camp

on activities

Marydale, Camp Whispering Pines, and Camp Covington.

and presentations designed to expose girls to science, technology, engineering, math, healthy and safe living, a

Nearly 450 campers

love of the outdoors, and leadership development.

attended six summer day camps located

Savahna Kolb, a Girl Scout

across southeast

Brownie in Covington Troop

Louisiana, which were

30199, received one of the highest

directed solely by

honors a Girl Scout can receive:

volunteers.

the Medal of Honor. Kolb, who was six at the time, helped save the life of her grandfather, as he was having a seizure, in July 2014.

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2015

highlights The council announced it will be joining Girl Scouts of the USA and councils across the nation in the launch of the Customer Engagement Initiative (CEI), which is a new way of engaging and communicating with volunteers, caregivers, and girls. CEI consists of three online tools: a refreshed website which debuted in December 2015, an all-new membership registration system and Girl Scout member community, and a ground-breaking Volunteer Toolkit, which will become available in

Over 450 Girl Scouts and family members didn’t let

summer 2016.

the threat of bad weather dampen their spirits at the J. Low Fall Festival and Duck Derby fundraiser held at Camp Whispering Pines on Halloween, Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday. Participants enjoyed the camp’s many amenities as well cheering on their duck(s) in the race held in the camp’s new swimming pool.

Girls spent more time outdoors, with over 7,000 individuals utilizing the council’s three camp properties for troop and service unit camping. A total of 18 service units received a free service unit encampment, for achieving their unit’s goal in the council’s Annual Family Giving Campaign.

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2015 financials Financials General Operations 2015 (audited) Public Support and Revenue Contributions and Grants Gifts in Kind Cookie & fall product program

$

274,529 29,441 2,693,654

(net of cost & troop bonuses) United Way (Capital Area, Southeast Louisiana,

112,995

St. Charles, and St. John) Program Service Fees

283,966

Sale of Uniforms and Insignias

140,584

Other (misc. and investment return) TOTAL

7,613 $ 3,542,782

Expenditures and Uses of Cash Program Management and General Fund Raising Funds Reserved for Operation

$ 2,936,292 499,640 163,350 <56,500>

TOTAL $ 3,542,782 Where Your Dollars Go… Program Delivery—81% • Girl recruitment/outreach; innovative program research and development; events; maintenance and repair of three camps; troop and resident camp.

• Training and development for each volunteer leader.

• Recruitment, supervision, support and recognition (including publications, adult learning and workshop materials) for 5,300 adult volunteers and 40 full- and part-time employed staff.

Fund Development—5% • Adult volunteer training, materials and donor recognition for annual giving • Preparation and presentation of United Way allocation requests and reports and of grant proposals.

Management and General—14% • Occupancy expenses, and management of fiscal, human and physical resources throughout 23 parishes.

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Friends of Girl Scouting Thank you for your commitment to Girl Scouts.

You’re making a difference for the girls in our community.

ambassador

cadette

The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation Capital Area United Way United Way of St. Charles

Arts Council of New Orleans Baptist Community Ministries Mary Jane & John Becker Capital One Associates Entergy Louisiana, Inc. Lyndia M. Jones Kelly McKinney The Greater New Orleans Foundation United Way of Southeast Louisiana

$30,000 or more

senior

$5,000 to $29,999

Albemarle Foundation Baton Rouge Area Foundation Best Buy Children’s Foundation City of New Orleans GPOA Foundation Girl Scouts of the USA Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA) Microsoft Store Lakeside Shopping Center Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Shell St. John United Way Valero Energy Corporation

$2,000 to $4,999

junior

$1,000 to $1,999

Jacqueline Alexander Coal Brick Oven Pizzeria, Inc., dba Grimaldi’s Pizzeria Enterprise Holdings FM Properties Inc. The Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation Deanna Lafont Myrle LeBlanc Louisiana Art & Science Museum Pat Mackey Robyn Merrick Mary Stringfellow The Thomas H. and Mayme P. Scott Foundation, Inc. Travel Central American Express Whitney Bank Catherine Yost

brownie

$500 to $999

Aaron Bene Jane Blackledge Margaret H. Brockman Luz Campos Chevron Humankind Employee Funds

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Linda Law Clark Corks N Canvas Greater King David Baptist Church Robin M. Guillmette Jefferson Volunteers for Family and Community Inc. Robert Jordan Keystone Engineering, Inc. Francis E. and Betty V. Lauricella Family Fund Julie Z. LeBlanc Mardi Gras World, LLC Marrero Land & Improvements Association, Ltd. Veronica Osby Otto Candies, Inc. RBB & B Combined Shows, Inc. Elizabeth Stoner Josh Terry Williams Donna Woitha Mary-Patricia Wray

daisy

$100 to $499

A Spoonful of Sugar Jackie Abdo

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Friends of Girl Scouting Marianne D. Addy Alpha Kappa Alpha - Gamma Eta Chapter Robert Antin Angela Arneal Ashley Arnolie Rick Aromy AT&T Employee Giving Beth Aucoin Allison C. AugustusWallace Brenda L. Babin Michele Z. Bache Janet L. Barbee Doris A. Barbee Lisa Barbiero Bayou Country Children’s Museum Melanie Becnel Regina F. Benner Bookoo Bounce Melinda L. Bourgeois Inez Bowie Shawn Bray Carolyn Breaux Brinker International Chili’s Alyssa Brosky DeNeil Brown David Brown Toya Brown-Robertson Trina Butler D. Camardelle Kathryn Camp Brian J. Champagne Hillary Christiansen Celeste Clark Judy Claverie Amber Clement Curtis Colden Lisa Collins Priscilla S. Cummins Kendall Daigle Jennifer Daly Jacquelyn S. Daniels Sarah Danielson Susan N. Danielson

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Matthew Dauphin Germaine Davillier Suzanne DeCorte Anita Demps EJ and Betty Deubler Maggie DeWitt Renee Digiovanni April Dixon Michelle Dorfmueller Margaret Dykes Lynn Edwards Angela Elly Patricia A. Flint Warren J. Fortier Melissa Fouchi Alisha Frederickson General Maritime Transportation Services, Inc. Greater Mt. Olive Girl Scouts Mionne Gooch Camille Graffeo Greater Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Mary Griggs Christine Haley Liz Hampton Twahna Harris Erin Haupt Lindsey Hayes Kim Hennegan Victoria Henry Michael L. Heyd Nzinga Hill Wineta Hitchens Sherry K. Hymel Patti Hymel IBM Employee Services Center J. B. Levert Foundation Aline Jacobs Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court Laurey Jones Terry Jones Mary Jordan

Adrienne Joseph Kellogg’s Jim Kelly Elizabeth Kelly Kendra Scott Angie King Christy Lama Learning Express Toys of Mandeville Me-Me LeBlanc Maurice LeBlanc John Lee M. L. Lemmon Ingrid Lindquist Helen Loos Shannon Mangiapane Bobby Marcello Rhonda Martinez Beverly Matheney Terry Matherne Meghan Matherne Maria Matherne Anita S. McField Chelsea Messa Mile High United Way Maya Miller Nathalie R. Mitchell Joan K. Mollohan Blaine Moncrief Kristy Montalbano Alisha Moore Ashlee Moring Melvyn J. Naquin Corey Neuberger New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation Linda T. Norton Nancy L. Nussbaum Jessica Oddo Melinda Ordoyne Kristi Oxford Painting with a Twist Eric Parnell

Kimberly Patorno Jill Pollard Yvette Porte Laura Porter Donald Potts Max Prather Premier Lanes Entertainment Lesley C. Prochaska Raising Canes Marguerite Redwine Joice Reese Nancy Robichaux Dianne W. Rose Ronnie Saladino Kayla Schouest

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Friends of Girl Scouting Diana Shaw Kevin Shipp Brenda Shuff Mary Simmonds Gina McBride Sledge Rachele Smith Kari Spencer Splendor Farms Erica Spruille Raquel Square-Ayles Gloria B. St. Pierre Jeanne St. Romain Stanley W. Ray Jr. Philanthropic and Civic Trust Rita Storey William W. Sutton Jennifer Swan Jenny Tagert Julianne Thomas Carrie Thomas Jill Tufaro Nellie Y. Underwood Andrea Van Burkleo Laura Vickery Joanne Wagner Juanita Waldron Wesley United Methodist Church Steven Youngblood

friends

Dawn C. Allen Megan Anderson Linda Anderson Melissa Arcenaux Nola Aromy Linda Ashton Andrea Aucoin Caroline Avegno Rose A. Barbee Sunjay Barber BJ’S Restaurants, Inc. Melissa Booth Heidi U. Boyanton Tanesha Braxton Alida Brimmer Sarah Brock Deirdre Carter Committee to Elect Lauren Lemmon for Judge Christy Cressend Laura Damico Shelley Davies Michelle Davis Kristen DeAngelo Lindsey Del Bosque Bridget DeSilva Caleb Didriksen Stacey Dorsey Lorrie A. Erario Mary Flynn

$50 to $99

Jennifer Ackoury Susan Adam

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Carrie Gagliano Gay M. Gauthier Valerie Greenaway Danielle Gremillion Bettie Guy Nicole Harris Tara Hatteberg Natasha Haynes Amena Henville Donna K. Hightower William Hill Jeanette Hofler Stephanie Hull Ceatrice Johnson Tara Kennon Krugler, Inc. dba Ground Pati Karen Lambert Kathleen Lavigne Thuy Le Amber Mandina Denise G. Matherne Suellen Maureau Kristie Melancon Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt Amanda Nations Thu Ha Thi Nguyen Stephanie Osborne Alison Paz Megan Picone Valerie Pugh

Gina Raby Reginelli’s Pizzeria Goodwood Kathryn Reid Laura Rogan Lisa Schell Jeff Schiro Tracy Schlotterer Adriana Schneider Jennifer Schwin Allison Seamon Marny Stein Janelle Swanson Deborah Tender Aimee Terrio Chris Toth Caitlin Triche United Way of Central Alabama United Way Suncoast Veterans of Foreign Wars Rebecca Walden Margaret G. Wall West Baton Rouge Museum Jessica White Zoe Williams Florence G. Williams Karen Wilson

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Friends of Girl Scouting pony up!

Shana Duke Justin and Lori Lynn Frost Cherie Hilbun Kelly McKinney Donald Potts Rachele Smith Scott Smith

gifts in kind Clara H. Ashley Audubon Nature Institute Blue Bayou Waterpark/Dixie Landin’ Family Theme Park City Park Cox Communications Jackie Daniels Design the Planet, LLC Domilise’s Po-Boys Elmwood Fitness Center Final Girls Productions, LLC GW Fins High Hat Cafe Homewood Suites by Hilton IP Casino, Resort & Spa Kendra Scott Sheila Smith Kimbro Liberty Storage Loews New Orleans Hotel Louisiana Children’s Museum Joan K. Mollohan New Orleans Ballet Association The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc The New Orleans School of Cooking & Louisiana General Store Oak Alley Plantation Oceana Grill Outerwall Panera Bread Rock ‘n Bowl Softouch Permanent Makeup & Laser Technologies

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Splendor Farms Total Graphics & Printing, Inc. Winn Dixie Stores Foundation Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Camp Resort

tribute gifts In Memory of Barbara Afis: Peggy Bond In Honor of Nellie Barsoza: Nancy Nussbaum In Memory of Sterling “Red” Dolese, Sr.: Kelly McKinney In Honor of Alisa J. Duke: Shanna Duke In Honor of Cameron Embry’s 7th Birthday: Justin and Lori Lynn Frost In Memory of Myron Falk and Roberta Falk: Baton Rouge Area Foundation In Memory of Sarah Ann Joubert: Ana Maria D. Mitchell In Memory of Sonali Peters: Coretta LaGarde In Memory of Elizabeth Romero: Jayne Petrucelli Nancy Robichaux In Memory of Diane Roy: Nathalie R. Mitchell In Memory of Leatrice Hubbard Sutton: Sheryl Smith

Thank you for your support!

juliette gordon low society Girl Scouts Louisiana East recognizes the following members who have made planned gifts to ensure the future of Girl Scouting in the council:

Mary Jane and John Becker Jacquelyn S. Daniels Candace Davey Myrle LeBlanc Patricia LeBlanc Martha J. Long Pat Mackey Joan Mollohan Laurence “Laurie” Neeb Jill Pollard Marguerite Redwine

employee giving society Girl Scouts Louisiana East recognizes these employees for their annual support and financial commitment of $200 or more:

Marianne Addy Jacqueline Alexander DeNeil Brown Jason Brown Luz Campos Amanda Crettet Lisa Guillmette Robin Guillmette Kim Hennegan Mike Heyd Alisha Moore Jill Pollard Kevin Shipp Gina Sledge Erica Spruille

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Girl Scouts Louisiana East P.O. Box 10800 New Orleans, LA 70181-0800 (504) 733-8220 â&#x20AC;¢ (800) 644-7571 www.gsle.org

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www.gsle.org (800) 644-7571 Corporate Headquarters 841 S. Clearview Parkway New Orleans, LA 70121 (504) 733-8220 Regional Service Center 545 Colonial Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 927-8946

Girl Scouts Louisiana East serves the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. It is funded by voluntary philanthropic contributions, the cookie and fall product sales, fees for services, and the United Way in selected parishes.