Board2022-2023Prospectus
We are pleased to share our board prospectus. It highlights our work on behalf of the over 11,000 girls we serve in every zip code of Nassau County and outlines the way our board members provide leadership in making a difference for the girls in this community.
Angela Stanley Chair, Board Development Committee
We are laser focused on our vision—a Nassau County in which every girl feels empowered to lead in her community, in the workplace, and in the world. We are aware that we need help from deeply committed individuals to make this vision a reality. As you read through this prospectus you will see the investments we are making in our girls.
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Since launching our first troop in 1918, we have served over 100,000 girls in Nassau County. Today’s girls are facing new challenges every day and they need Girl Scouts now more than ever. As we celebrate the 110th birthday of our national movement, Girl Scouts continues to be the most successful leadership organization for girls—helping them explore their interests and building a better community.
Yours in Girl Scouting,
We thank you for giving thoughtful consideration to joining our board. The support of our Board of Directors is a critical element to ensuring that our girls are prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century and beyond.
Andrea Elder-Howell, Esq. Andrea Elder-Howell, Esq. President and Chief Volunteer Officer
Dear Friend,
For over 103 years, girls and adults in Nassau County have come together to make friends and serve their community and the world. The values found in the Girl Scout Promise and Law serve as a lifelong road map to guide girls’ behavior and attitudes. Through activities in science and technology, business and financial literacy, and outdoor and environmental awareness, Girl Scouting provides girls with opportu nities for fun and friendship while fostering the development of leadership skills and self-esteem in an all-girl environment. Girl Scouts of Nassau County con tinues to provide girls with programs - safely in person, using the four program pillars of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (STEM, outdoors, life skills, and entrepreneurship). Throughout the pandemic, we also focused on their mental well-being, helped mitigate learning loss, as well as focused on civic engage ment and social change. Our girls rose to unprecedented challenges with grit and determination.
We’re Girl Scouts of Nassau County. We’re over 15,000 strong. Last year, we served 11,472 girls, 2,960 adults, and 1,359 lifetime members who believe in the power of every girl from Nassau County to change the world.
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Girl Scouts of Nassau County (GSNC) is investing in the girls we serve in Nassau County. We work with over 250 community partners across Nassau County to help girls learn and explore how to Discover, Connect, and Take Action. Through our community partnerships in schools, houses of worship, and businesses, girls participate in Girl Scout programs that are age-appropriate and girl-driven, teach life skills, and reflect the interests and needs of today’s girls. Girls who participate in Girl Scouts are not only getting a troop experience, they are also getting enriching experiences such as field trips, the outdoors, environ mental stewardship, sports, community service projects, entrepreneurial skills, STEAM, and more. Girl Scouts helps girls not only grow courageous and strong, but helps them to develop their full potential relating to others with respect and understanding, and builds citizens who make change in their communities.
Girl Scouts of Nassau County at a glance 43,113servicehourswereearnedby1,149GSNCgirls packages798,4206,973ofcookiesgirlssoldparticipated in the 2022 Girl Scout Cookie Program went$629,340backtogirlsastroop proceeds 86,519 packages of cookies were donated through the 2021-2022 Gift of Caring program which includes Operation Cookie and Hometown Heroes girls79earnedtheirGoldAward girls608earnedtheirSilverAward 308 girls earned theirAwardBronzethe11,472girlsenjoyedopportunitiesofGirlScoutswiththehelpof2,960adultvolunteersThereare1,359lifetimemembers girls1,320participatedinvirtualprogramming5,244girlsparticipated in Girl Scouts of Nassau County programs
To become or nominate a board member or a member of the Board Develop ment Committee: differencements/gsnc_referral-to-board-development-committee.pdfhttps://www.gsnc.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsnc/docuMakea
The Board of Directors provides strategic leadership to the council and monitors its activities and finances to ensure that resources are effectively managed. Comprised of up to 35 members with for-profit and nonprofit backgrounds, the board is fully representative of the Nassau County commu nities the council serves. As a member of the board, you will help expand the Girl Scout circle of friends and supporters, bringing additional visibility and funds to Girl Scouting. The full board meets quarterly and operates with in various committees, including Finance and Audit, Board Development, Fund Development, Human Resources, People, Governance, Girl Leadership, and Community Relations. In addition, ad hoc committees are occasionally formed to address specific initiatives.
Board Guidelines
As a member of the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Nassau County, you will make a dif ference in the lives of thousands of girls. You will help open doors to new experiences that build courage, confidence, and character, and help girls develop the leadership skills that will set them on the path of success that will last a lifetime.
Give annually to the Council, which includes:
⚬ Helping us secure support from family, independent, and/or corporate foundations
Board Responsibilities
Members-at-Large Lisa
Lisa Burke* Secretary
⚬ Nominating and helping to secure board members, committee members, and honorees during a board member’s term, especially when it is concluding
⚬ Securing tables and sponsorships from your corporation and/or those corporations in your network for our special events
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⚬ Purchasing a minimum of two tickets to each event
Valerie Terzano* Vice President
⚬ Helping us grow our base of individuals invested in our mission
Provide leadership in making girls and Girl Scouting in Nassau County a philan thropic priority. In order to achieve our exciting vision, the Council seeks board candidates who have a strong interest in helping to advance our mission and vision and the ability to make Girl Scouts of Nassau County one of your top three priorities when it comes to your own philanthropy.
Securing Council support through your engagement in one or more of the following:
Andrea Elder-Howell, Esq.* President and Chief Volunteer Officer
⚬ Providing access and making introductions to a strong personal and professional network in Nassau County
Tonia Bottoms, Esq.* Vice President
Randell M. Bynum Chief Executive Officer
JulieSusanBrigetteVikkiMicheleBarbaraKevinNatalieFlorenceArningBarbourBorneoBoston-HillBrudie,Esq.CusackErnst-ChangDaSilvaGanzStrachanHaiber, Esq. Steven Lindo Susan JohnPawelLeahLaurenAnneMadisonMelanieMelanieLasherelleAlexandraMacDonaldMcCormickMorgan,Esq.PavlidisSinesiSpanodemosMarieSpensieri-FidisSummaWatsonZagajaZhao
Eileen Baker* Executive Vice President
Lisa Gardner, Esq.* Treasurer
Allison Bishop White, Esq.* Vice President
⚬ Personally giving a minimum of $500 to the Annual Board Appeal by December 31 beginning with the year of election
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 respectto myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
Girl Scout Promise
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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.