December 15
Empower Her Girl Scouts Wrapped
Support Girl Scouts. Champion the next generation’s dreams. As we wrap up 2023, celebrate today's Girl Scouts as they build leadership skills and realize their bright, bold futures.
2023
What's Inside
From Our CEO, Maggie Elder Dear Friends and Champions, The pages of this issue of Empower Her are filled with stories from a wonderful year at Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana. Our council is growing. Hundreds of dedicated volunteers—in partnership with our talented staff—delivered moments of memories, adventure, and leadership skills that will last a lifetime for our Girl Scouts.
Thank You for Investing in All Girl Scouts!
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Pool Replacement Capital Campaign Update
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Via Colori® Street Painting Festival Recap
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Girl Scouts Give Patch Program
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Festival of the Arts was a Great Success!
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Give the Gift of Camp
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Coming Soon: Girl Scout Cookie Season
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Coining History: Juliette Gordon Low Takes Her Place on the Quarter
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Ways to Support Girl Scouts The numbers demonstrate the impact, but the true result is the growth and development for the lives of thousands of girls in hundreds of communities across the 64 counties we serve. It’s all made possible by the generous gifts of donors like you.
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Our family of donors is a special community of people who invest in girl leadership. We honor your involvement, and we won’t stop innovating new ways to grow our impact and deliver on our mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. As this calendar year draws to a close, I wish you a warm holiday season with loved ones. We are grateful to you! Thanks for all you do, Maggie Elder
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Thank You for Investing in All Girl Scouts! The Impact of Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana in 2023 and Beyond Generous support is making a tangible difference for girls across the 64 counties of Kentucky and Southern Indiana we serve.
MAKE WAVES FOR FUTURE GIRL SCOUTS
$464,066
ESTIMATED TOTAL RAISED IN 2023: $578,982
Thank you to all of our donors, artists, musicians, vendors, community partners, and volunteers for your amazing contributions to our 2023 fundraising event, Via Colori Street Painting Festival. This event was completely community built and the proceeds of the event directly benefited Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana. Check out the wonderful video here, which was produced as a gift from our friends and festival partners at ThoughtFly.
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Save the date for next year, when Via Colori returns to showcase Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana on October 19-20, 2024. Once again, we'll celebrate positive change with a little bit of colored chalk and 48 hours of fun.
$535,934 needed
Pool Campaign results as of 12/11/23
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Girl Scouts Give Patch Program We believe Girl Scouting is for every girl, regardless of her circumstances or her family’s financial situation. The purpose of the Girl Scouts Give patch program is to help you understand the importance of supporting your Girl Scout sisters through investments of your time, talent, and treasure. Girl Scouts learn: Ways to be a philanthropist How to be a sister to every Girl Scout Why donating to Girl Scouts is important How to use things you’re doing every day to create good in their community The Girl Scouts Give patch program is open to all Girl Scout grade levels–Daisy through Ambassador.
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Troop 1968: Promise to Give We wanted to give a very special shout out to Troop 1968 for completing the Girl Scouts Give Patch Program! Troop 1968 is a multi-level troop of Brownies and Cadettes from Harrison County, Indiana. Thank you for promising to be a sister to every Girl Scout!
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Thank you to our sponsors
Hazel and Walter Bales Foundation
The 51st Festival of the Arts was a great success! 2,230 Girl Scouts and adult volunteers participated in this day-long celebration of the arts on November 11th. The Festival is the largest and longestrunning program at GSK. The Festival featured 65 programs at various locations in Louisville and Southern Indiana. Save the date for next year's Festival of the Arts which will be held on November 9, 2024!
Camp is the best gift you can give your Girl Scout!
Unwrap the ultimate gift this season!
Resident Camp and Louisville PLC Day Camps are open for registration, with 10% earlyregistration savings on camp registration!
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The Girl Scout Cookie Program is just around the corner! Your cookie purchase helps Girl Scouts do amazing things like trek through the forest, learn how to code, build a playground in their community, make lifelong friends at camp, and so much more. Did you know that the Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world? Not only is the cookie program fun, but it also helps Girl Scouts learn life and leadership skills: Goal Setting Girl Scouts learn how to set goals and create a plan to reach them. Decision Making Girl Scouts learn to make decisions on their own and as a team. Money Management Girl Scouts learn how to create a budget and handle money. People Skills Girl Scouts find their voice and build confidence through customer interactions. Business Ethics Girl Scouts learn to act ethically, both in business and in life.
Beginning January 15, kick off the 2024 Girl Scout Cookie Season & support local Girl Scouts on their mission to make the world a better place. Find Cookies
Coining History: Juliette Gordon Low Takes Her Place on the Quarter We love a Thin Mint, and now love the U.S. Mint...Get ready to celebrate because a Girl Scout is making history again! Our very own trailblazer, Juliette Gordon Low, is about to make her mark on our nation's currency. The United States Mint will soon produce money featuring our unstoppable founder. She has been selected to appear on the American Women Quarters™ series in 2025. Now in its fourth and final year, the program features the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women.
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Juliette's passion and commitment have always been an inspiration, and now she'll join the ranks of incredible women who have made a difference and will continue inspiring generations for years to come.
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Invest in Girls. Change the world. Give the Gift of Girl Scouts! Girls who participate in Girl Scouts exhibit numerous positive outcomes, including increased confidence, teamwork and relationship-building skills, and improved grades and engagement in school. Likewise, Girl Scout alums credit their experience in Girl Scouting as part of what has motivated them to pursue leadership roles and become involved in volunteerism, community, and civic endeavors.
Ways to Support Girl Scouts:
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana would like to ask for your support as we continue to provide girls with girl-led, girl-only programming in the core areas of STEM, the outdoors, life skills, and entrepreneurship.
Promise 365
Join us in a campaign that ensures that we can provide Girl Scouting to all girls 365 days a year. For just $1.00 a day you can be a partner in building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
Create your legacy with a planned gift
The first planned gift in the Girl Scout Movement came from our founder, Juliette Gordon Low. After converting the carriage house of her home into the first Girl Scout national headquarters, she gifted the property to Girl Scouts in her will. Become a member of the Juliette Gordon Low Society and carry on her legacy by making Girl Scouts a beneficiary of your estate plans.
For more information, please contact Dusty Siravo, dsiravo@gskentuckiana.org.
Corporate & Civic Partnerships
Our partners make it possible to help girls thrive today—and set the stage for their future success. Opportunities to partner with Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana vary and can be customized to meet your organization’s impact, engagement, and marketing objectives. Join the distinguished community of those who are committed to supporting girls, or learn more about giving opportunities by reaching out to us today. 6