Program Highlights

At Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, Fiscal Year 2022 was a year of transition and growth as we welcomed a new President/Chief Executive Officer, Sandra A. Kenoff, and continued to return to in-person events as we emerged from the pandemic.

We remained committed to delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to engage and inspire girls to find their voice, and strived to serve girls in all ZIP codes to help them reach their full potential through participation in Girl Scouting.

In addition to program activities focused on the program’s pillars of STEM, Outdoors, Life Skills, and Entrepreneurship, Girl Scouts held a collaborative event with actor and Girl Scout alum, Kristen Bell, on May 19. Girls who purchased extended-year Girl Scout memberships or renewed their memberships early for 2022-2023, were invited to the Paint Your World Purple event, during which the actress introduced her children’s book, “The World Needs More Purple People,” and discussed the importance of being inquisitive, having a great work ethic, being your true self, and developing connections with others as a “purple person” and a Girl Scout.

As the 13th largest Girl Scout council in girl and adult membership (out of 111), ranking fourth in overall retention, we served nearly 18,000 girl members and almost 10,000 adult members in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Sussex, and northern Warren counties of New Jersey.

To better engage with girls in grades K-5, we held Daisy & Brownie Sparkling Adventure and Winter Wonderland sessions for girls who were new to Girl Scouts and hosted 415 girl participants. As a result, 131 adult volunteers stepped up to be troop leaders from these efforts.