Annual Impact Report 2023-2024

Annual Impact Report 2023-2024

A Message from the Board Chair & CEO Dear Friends of Girl Scouts, What an incredible year it has been for Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey! As we reflect on Fiscal Year 2024, we are filled with pride and gratitude for all that we’ve accomplished together.

This year marked 112 years of Girl Scouts preparing girls for a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success. Thanks to the dedication and generosity of our volunteers, Board of Directors, staff, donors, and members, more than 19,000 Girl Scouts across our five counties benefited from the Girl Scout Leadership Experience through activities across our four pillars of STEM, the outdoors, life skills, and entrepreneurship.

To ensure our Girl Scouts and volunteers have the tools and support they need to thrive, we focused this year on executing on our Property Master Plan, investing in human resources to support our diversification of membership and growth strategy, and announcing the exciting future opening of a Girl Scout DreamLab at our Paramus Service Center.

These efforts will allow more girls to explore, grow, and connect with each other in meaningful and memorable ways.

With your continued support, we know we can keep moving forward in our mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

It is our pleasure to present this 2024 Annual Impact Report, and to thank you for believing in girls and standing with us as we shape the next generation of changemakers.

With appreciation,

Shanna Jafri Chair, Board of Directors

Sandra A. Kenoff President/CEO

Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey Board of Directors Shanna Jafri Board Chair Germaine Lacqua 1st Vice Chair Matthew Lamb, Pharm.D, R.Ph. 2nd Vice Chair Leslie Franklin Treasurer Nashira Spencer Secretary Sandra A. Kenoff President/Chief Executive Officer Leslie Achter Elisa Buckley Danielle Furze Julia Helliesen Damon L. McDade Christina Tso Metz Christyl Lucille Murray Catherine P. O’Hern Tracy Schoenberg Nikki Sumpter Dr. Janelle Hall Pia House Walker Karen Worthy Girl Scout Representatives Emily Ruzicka Julia Thompson Ellie Wapner

Program Highlights At Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, during Fiscal Year 2024, we remained committed to delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to girls in grades K-12 to help empower them to find their voices, build skills, and further explore their world.

As the 10th largest Girl Scout council in girl and adult membership out of 111 nation-wide, we held a 12% market share, which was the second highest in the nation. We served more than 19,100 girl members and 10,200 adult members and formed 1,873 Girl Scout troops in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Sussex, and northern Warren counties of New Jersey.

Throughout the year, we provided a variety of staff-led program activities and excursions that helped girls explore the four pillars of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (STEM, Outdoors, Life Skills, and Entrepreneurship), and discover a wide range of cultures beyond their own communities.

Noteworthy fun patch and badge-earning activities included Intro to Camping: Glamping at our camps; STEM Investigators at Richard Rodda Center in Teaneck; Ultimate STEAM at Urban Air; STEM in Action (held during Black History Month and highlighting women of color in STEM fields); Sensational Stars in our traveling Star Lab; Apple Cider Making; Earth Day Hike and Tree Planting; Wild Habitats; Fancy Dance Native American Heritage Celebration (featuring dancers from the Redhawk Native American Arts Council); and our Hispanic Heritage Month Festival, to name a few.

Wildly popular with our members were unique and engaging programs developed with the support of community partners.

These included: • • • •

Financial Literacy Workshops and Career Conversations for Girl Scouts (in Finance) presented by Morgan Stanley Career Networking Day hosted by BD in Franklin Lakes Morning Chores on the Farm at Fosterfields Living Historical Farm in Morristown Broadway Bound (a week of attending Broadway shows and sessions with cast members in New York City).

Staff-led excursions this year included our Martin Luther King, Jr. Continuing the Dream Tour in Washington DC; a visit to the United Nations to explore the topic of National Human Rights;

Program Highlights a Brooklyn Bridge & Sidewalks of New York Walking Tour; a visit to Juliette Gordon Low’s Birthplace in Savannah, GA; a weekend in Salem, MA; and our Philadelphia: Life and Liberty tour.

To enable more girls to complete their Girl Scout Journeys, we hosted 2-day workshops at our camps, including the Life’s aMaze Journey Weekend and Media Journey Weekend, and we developed the Think Like an Engineer Journey in a Box, of which 162 boxes were distributed to troops to complete at home.

We celebrated the 112th Birthday of the Girl Scout movement during Girl Scout Week in March with a councilwide day at the DreamWorks Water Park at American Dream.

On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 (the 112th Birthday of Girl Scouts), the dome of the New Jersey State Capital was illuminated in the iconic Girl Scout green, symbolizing the state’s support of the Girl Scouts’ mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. This illuminating gesture was a tribute to the more than 67,000 Girl Scouts and 35,000 Girl Scout Adult volunteers across the four Girl Scout councils in New Jersey, who bring Girl Scouts’ impactful programming to life.

We continued to mentor our year-round Girl Scout teams in: •

Robotics: Our FIRST TECH Challenge Team Steel Magnolias and several FIRST LEGO league teams learned to think like engineers to design, build, and code competitive robots using a variety of levels of Java-based programming.

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Hiking and backpacking: Our Trailblazers group learned outdoor skills such as hiking, camping, primitive camping, equipment selection, outdoor safety, and fire building.

They hiked the Appalachian Trail in New Jersey and explored other state destinations such as Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, Wildcat Ridge, Pyramid Mountain, Ramapo Mountain, Norvin Green Forest, and more.

Program Highlights •

Media relations: Our Media Girl Scouts represented our council at events and provided communications support in sharing our stories with the media throughout the year. They hosted monthly news broadcasts and shared their own video content on our social media channels. We extended the age range for the program during FY24 to include Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies as our younger Media Sprouts. This year, our Media Girl Scouts attended MLB’s PLAY BALL Weekend kick-off in Times Square with GSUSA’s CEO Bonnie Barczykowski and GSNNJ Board Chair Shanna Jafri.

We served 4,834 Girl Scouts through our in-person program activities (individual members may have attended more than one program activity).

To recruit more volunteers and better support our existing members, we provided more turnkey membership materials. Our council participated in a national pilot program to develop the Girl Scout Daisy free monthly meetings in a box initiative, which provided easy-to-follow plans and supplies for new troop leaders to help them lead meetings with confidence. This was further developed to become the Girl Scout Leadership Experience Boxes (now for Daisy and Brownie level troops). New Troop Year Plans for every Girl Scout level were also introduced nationally to facilitate meeting planning.

In addition, our council provided Troop Camper Training weekends to teach volunteers the necessary safety measures and skills for camping with Girl Scouts.

And Major League Baseball provided new

GSNNJ by the Numbers

10th Largest Council out of 111 in girl & adult membership

4,834 girls participated in program activities*

114 girls earned the Girl Scout Gold Award

334 girls earned the Girl Scout Silver Award

1,572 new girls served through Community Engagement programs

680 girls earned the Girl Scout Bronze Award

1,002 girls attended GSNNJ camp

1,506,453 Girl Scout Cookie packages sold 95,311 cookie packages donated

*Individual members may have attended more than one program activity.

Membership by County Bergen County 8,746

Morris County 6,427

Sussex County 793

Passaic County 2,899

Warren County 242

Membership By Program Level Served over 19,000 Girl Members and 10,200 Adult Members.

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Fall Product & Girl Scout Cookie Programs By participating in this year’s Fall Product Program and Girl Scout Cookie Program, Girl Scouts learned valuable sales and business skills, while they raised funds to support their troop’s activities and take-action projects. Exciting new products such as Tervis® Tumblers and Bark Boxes (for dogs) were introduced in the Fall Product Program. We held a “Bling My Cookie Booth” Contest and more than 300 photos were submitted by troops. All participants earned a free patch and were entered into our giveaway for a chance to attend special program activities at our camps for free. Also popular were the new Build-a-Bear® rewards for Girl Scouts and troops reaching specified sales levels, with more than 900+ Girl Scouts earning a free buddy through the Fall Product and Girl Scout Cookie Program. Participation in the Fall Product Program and use of the Digital Cookie platform both increased from the previous year.

Fall Product Program • 3,950 girls participated • Troops earned a total of more than $101K in Troop Proceeds Girl Scout Cookie Program • 13,958 girls participated • 11,907 girls utilized the Digital Cookie platform • 1,506,453 total Girl Scout Cookie packages sold (974,327 packages were sold via Digital Cookie as shipped, donated, and girl-delivered orders) • Per Girl Average for FY24 was 108 packages • Troops earned a total of more than $1.45M in Troop Proceeds

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Gold Award Girl Scouts The Girl Scout Gold Award is the mark of the truly remarkable and proof that not only can Girl Scouts make a difference, but through their Gold Award projects, they already have. Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors who earn the Gold Award tackle issues that are dear to them and drive lasting change in their communities and beyond. The Gold Award is a key that can open doors to scholarships, preferred admission tracks for college and military service, and amazing career opportunities.

The following are the GSNNJ Girl Scouts who earned their Gold Awards this year.

Amy Acres Sabrina Adam Erica Adu Anushka Agarwal Rhea Agarwal Annie Alden Arianna Allonardo Mackenzie Armstrong Anika Arora Maria Arostegui Selena Bahl Ruari Bamrick Olivia Barragan Samantha Bassin Emily Beltrani Gabriella Biamonte Olivia Biondolillo Madison Booth Grace Bosco Cara Boyce Alicia Brownstein Lindsay Bush Eva Calderon Isabelle Cammarata Diana Carbone Samantha Cebulski Michelle Cheng Kalia Cheung Ella Delatush Michela DeRosso Carley Dumaresq Athena Ferrentino Eloise Field-Deneen Norah Findley Ava Finkelstein Shaeleigh Fleidner-Book Sydney Fojas Savannah Fragetti Ariel Franzone

Angelina Galiano Sara Garg Grace Gilbert Elizabeth Gillen Sophia Gillen Gianna Gross Katelyn Hoffelder Ciara Horgan Kathryn Hunsinger Riya Jain Nidhi Karnik Emily Keizer Sarah Keppler Isha Korgaonkar Kathryn Kriz Kaitlyn Kwan Samantha Landolfi Olivia Laszcz Victoria Lizardi Aurora Luer Kiersten Macri Sarah Mainwald Johnna Marcus Kaitlyn Markley Madison McBride Angela McDonough Anastasia Milliman Sophia Minnich Lindsey Mirda Adi Mittler Miloni Modi Audrey Monks Katheryne Morales-Ward Eva Morrison Lauren Moss Alessandra Mulvey Emma Nagler Erin O’Shea Olivia Pantano

Danielle Penny Katelyn Petak AnnaKira Poneros Rebecca Prowse Lilian Putrino Shannon Quigley Manaal Qureshi Ishika Ranka Erin Rebecca Meehan Abbey Riina Mackenzie Rivier Miya Roberson Ashley Roughgarden Naya Saker Maya Schlessinger Anna Schunke Samantha Seeber Manasvi Shah Tiya Shah Maggie Shaw Kelsey Snellen Sofia Sorvino Madi Stitz Aldila Spada Sofia Squizziato Amelie Syto Ashleigh Tasnady Lily Tobachnick Dana Treier Maddie Tybur Addison Viscardi Madeline Voinov Hadley White Ava Wynkoop Elizabeth Zeman Kelly Zeman Brooke Zidle

Girl Scout Adventures In December 2023, we held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome our fleet of Build-ABear® fuzzy friends to our council facilities.

In attendance were members of our Board of Directors, staff, and our Media Sprouts. In partnership with Build-A-Bear® Workshop, GSNNJ installed a bear-building workshop in our Riverdale location. Girl Scouts and others could now create their own friend dressed in a matching Girl Scout uniform or purchase a GSNNJ Shop Gift Certificate for the experience. This new revenue-generating initiative for our Council Shop has not only promoted the Girl Scout brand through add-on accessories, but has also served to provide us with a means of offering desirable incentives to girls for the Girl Scout Cookie Program, membership recruitment, and camp registration.

In September 2024, we hosted a free, bilingual interactive financial empowerment event for new and already registered Girl Scouts and their family members. Our Girls Make Dollars & Sense: Family Financial Empowerment Event was held in partnership with the City of Paterson Financial Empowerment Center at Philips Academy Charter School of Paterson, where we brought together bilingual families from several of our under-represented communities for a unique learning opportunity.

Participants learned the tools needed to make smart money choices. Girl Scouts earned financial literacy badges as they discovered how to practice and develop healthy financial habits, learn about managing money, and build financial skills.

The program was made possible by FINRA Investor Education Foundation.

As one of our Annual Corporate Sponsors, BASF enabled more than 270 Girl Scouts from our Community Engagement Program to spend time in the Spark! Lab at the Morris Museum throughout the year. Spark! Lab, the flagship educational initiative of the Smithsonian, is a hands-on invention workspace where children and their families can learn about and engage in the history and process of invention. It offers an informal approach to igniting ingenuity with compelling and openended challenges, and inspires visitors to create, collaborate, and innovate.

Gold Award Girl Scout Katelyn Liloia of Randolph was awarded the 2024 National Gold Award Girl Scout scholarship from Girl Scouts of the USA. One girl per council is awarded this annual honor, and as our council’s recipient, Katelyn received a $5,000.00 scholarship for her take-action project, Katelyn’s Pages. Inspired by her time spent as a young patient at The Valerie Center in Morristown and the great care and interaction she had with the Child Life Professionals, she wanted to give back through her Girl Scout Gold Award work to this incredible profession by making their jobs a little easier.

Katelyn created a website (www.katelynspages. com), where she curated an abundance of downloadable activities and videos for children that could be used in hospital settings. “I created this website because I wanted to contribute to the child life profession since they made such a lasting impact on me, as well as find my own way to bring joy to kids who are going through similar situations,” Katelyn said. “There are over 1000 activities on my website, including printable coloring pages, games/ trivia/activity pages, book readings for the children to listen to, printable birthday cards, Spanish lessons, and weekly sheets each with a quote, fact, joke, and power word. Everything there is free to be used by Child Life Professionals and for the children to enjoy,” she adds.

Lake Rickabear & Jockey Hollow Camps During Summer 2024, girls engaged in hiking, boating, swimming, riding horses, zip lining, archery, nature exploration, cooking, sports (pickleball/basketball/ volleyball), arts & crafts, and more at our Jockey Hollow Day Camp in Mendham and Lake Rickabear Day Camp in Kinnelon.

Campers who were also registered Girl Scouts were able to earn Girl Scout badges and patches for various activities.

In April 2024, Newsweek released its list of America’s 500 Best Summer Camps for 2024, and our Lake Rickabear Camp in Kinnelon was among them. Newsweek stated that choosing a summer camp requires aligning its offerings with the personality and interests of the camper, as well as the safety and financial concerns of the parent. To help parents choose wisely, they published America’s Best Summer Camps 2024 and based on their criteria, Lake Rickabear Camp received a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars.

• 1,002 girls participated in our summer camps • 517 girls attended Jockey Hollow Day Camp • 485 girls attended Lake Rickabear Day Camp We saw an increase in usage of our camp properties by our members (including troops, Service Units, and families) and outside groups (such as schools, churches, and towns) and we brought the camp experience to more visitors, including those who were not in our summer camp sessions. More than 5,500 Girl Scouts enjoyed the great outdoors through overnight camping and daytime badge-earning skill-building fun (individual members may have attended more than one camp activity). Several troops held weekend encampments that included learning archery, ziplining, outdoor cooking, and pickleball with our staff. And, more than 600 children and adults from local schools and community groups enjoyed our camp properties as the site for their own events.

Community Engagement Our Community Engagement outreach initiative provides a staff-led Girl Scout Leadership Experience to girls from under-resourced communities within our jurisdiction.

We continued to expand the impact and reach of Girl Scouting in under-represented communities such as Clifton, Englewood, Hackensack, Morristown, Passaic, Paterson, and Teaneck. We led program activities throughout the school year during lunch hours and after school, as well as hosted events with the support of sponsors such as BASF, Morgan Stanley, BD, PSE&G, and FINRA Investor Education Foundation. A special focus this year was on exploring STEM careers, improving financial literacy, discovering how to work for a just society, practicing mental wellness, and creating positive change in the community. In addition, through collaborative programming, we strengthened our long-standing relationships with the Boys and Girls Club in Clifton, Neighborhood House in Morristown, and the City of Paterson Recreation Center.

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1,572 girls were introduced to Girl Scouting More than 270 Girl Scouts spent time in the Spark! Lab at the Morris Museum with the support of BASF 250 Girl Scouts participated in the STEM in Action Black History Month event at American Dream Bi-lingual Girl Scouts and their families participated in financial empowerment workshops with the support of FINRA Investor Education Foundation Girl Scouts attended career networking seminars with Morgan Stanley and BD Social Justice badges were earned with the support of PSE&G

Annual Meeting & Adult Recognition and Women of Achievement Events The 17th Annual Meeting & Adult Recognition event was held at The Meadow Wood in Randolph on May 15, 2024, with approximately 400 people in attendance. New GSNNJ Board Members, Girl Scout Representatives to the Board, and Board Development Committee Members were installed, and outgoing members were recognized.

Among the information reported were the results of the 56th National Council Session and Phenom Girl Scout Convention held during July 2023 in Orlando, which our National Council Delegates attended. A key highlight of the meeting was the amendment to the preamble of our constitution, which now states, Girl Scouts advance diversity, pluralism, and anti-racism, and actively identify and oppose racism by removing systemic barriers to participation in our movement and in the communities in which we live.

GSNNJ Girl Scout Peyton Iaderola was presented with the Girl Scout Medal of Honor, which is one of the highest honors in Girl Scouting. In 2024, 461 adult recognition awards and 148 membership year pins were presented to our dedicated volunteers at the event and in their service units. We were honored to celebrate their special accomplishments and collective years of service to our organization.

Women of Achievement 2024, our largest fundraiser of the year, was celebrated at the Venetian on April 24, 2024. There were more than 300 guests in attendance and an active silent auction online. The event raised over $200,000 to help expand the impact and reach of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience in northern New Jersey. We honored the following extraordinary local women: Catherine P. O’Hern Litigation Associate, Schenck Price Smith & King Veronica Ross SVP/Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Kearny Bank Kristina Tiralosi Senior Software Engineer, Crestron Electronics, Inc. Elinor J. Ferdon Young Woman of Promise LaKreisha “Kree” Jean Community Curator, Office of the Bergen County Executive, Service Unit Treasurer and Troop Leader Mitzi Golbek Spirit of Girl Scouting Award

Thank You to Our FY24 Corporate Partners ($5,000+)

For a listing of our current Corporate Partners, visit: www.gsnnj.org/CorporatePartners

Thank You to Our Donors The following is a comprehensive list of our Donors in alphabetical order. We are grateful to all contributors and salute their choice to invest in the girls and volunteers of Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey.

Every dollar makes a difference, but for the purpose of this report, we are listing the names of donations greater than $100. The list below represents contributors whose gifts were received from Oct. 1, 2023 - Sept. 30, 2024. Thank you to all of our donors for their continued support.

In FY24, we introduced a monthly giving program known as our GEM (Give Every Month) Society. Donors who make recurring donations of $10 or more to Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey through our monthly giving program, become one of our GEMs! This special community of supporters are committed to building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Your monthly gift to Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey can help us expand the reach and impact of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience on an ongoing basis.

The Juliette Gordon Low Society recognizes donors who support the mission of Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey even after their lifetime through planned giving. It was established to thank and honor friends of Girl Scouting who choose to make Girl Scouts part of their legacies and a beneficiary of their estate plans. View our listing of JGL Society Donors.

The Circle of Friends Giving Society was founded in 2017 by generous champions of Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey who made multi-year pledges of $5,000 or more to ensure the long-term sustainability. View our listing of Circle of Friends Giving Society Donors.

Donors ($100+) A Melanin Life, LLC Theresa Abarno Accurate Proclean Acu-Data Business Products Inc. Ginny Adams-Kafka AJ O’Connor Associates Alfred N. Sanzari Foundation Jill Andersen Annaliesa Anderson Anselmi & Carvelli, LLP Anserve, Inc. Emily Aprea ASCO / Emerson Atlantic Health System Hyung Bae BAE Systems Cari Balderama Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gregory Barber Chiquita Barnes Bonita Barnhart Frank Barra

Lisa and Roland Barral Edwin Barreto Carol & Bill Barrett Barrington Press BASF Corporation Bayer Fund BD Behnke’s Paramus Building Supply Kelly Belanger Benevity Community Impact Fund Bergen County Executive, Jim Tedesco Tymara Berry Dorothy & Spotsel Bing Raquel Bini Margaret Blewett Bloomberg Barbara Abney Bolger Denise Boyer Louanna Branca Bressler, Amery, & Ross, P.C. Kate Breyer Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation David Brotman Lynnferd Brown

Jacob Buchanan Elisa Buckley Kristin Buffardi Caitlin Burns Meris & Christopher Butler Sean & Hilary Calhoun Karla Camean Judith Carey Annelise Catanzaro Rachel Cawley Lucy Chen Natasha Chinn Aashna Choudhary Citizens Bank Clyde Paul Insurance Agency Cathy Coloff Community Chest of Rutherford Community Foundation of New Jersey Karen Connelly Katie Cook Debby J. Cooke Amy Cooke Dahlia Cooper Shannon Cornine

Corporate Essentials Salvatore & Gina Corrado Matt Corrado County College of Morris Crestron Electronics Claire Crowder Natalie Cullen Carmen Dacosta Amrita Dalal Darmofalski Engineering Associates Martha De Young Deacon Family Foundation, Inc. Jennifer Delbroccolo Amanda DeMouthe Diane Deveau Nicole Devonshire Shakira Dixon Donegal’s Holding, LLC Justine Donnelly Michele Dreiblatt Driscoll Foods Barbara & Andrew Dunn Gerry and Monica Eichman Esther and Robert Endres Ernest Schacht Fund Zachary Esposito F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Facebook Frank and Kay Failla Caroline Fairchild Myrna Fajardo Jennifer Farino Hui-Ping Fatzler Renee Feldman Wendy Feldstein Fidelity Charitable Ginger Fiore Joy Firshein First Managed Care Option, Inc. Heather Flowers Trish Flynn Tevra Francis Melinda Frangulova Leslie Franklin Franklin Mutual Insurance Company The Frelinghuysen Foundation Danielle Furze Carol Gabel Dara Garcia Betty Garger GFWC Brockettes Kate Gilfillan Girl Scouts of Central Southern NJ Glitter and Glam Global Installation Resources, LLC Amanda Gregory Jessica Griffin

“I have been a GSNNJ donor for 20 years and recently joined the GEM Society as a monthly donor. The work that Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey does touches so many girls, helping them to build crucial leadership skills, courage, confidence, and character. GSNNJ empowers girls to try new things and have an impact on their communities. Every donation, no matter the size, makes a difference.”

- Tracy, Gem Society Member

GSNNJ Butler/Bloomingdale Service Unit GSNNJ Florham Park Service Unit GSNNJ Goffle Brook Service Unit GSNNJ Hanover Twp. Service Unit GSNNJ Ho Ho Kus Service Unit GSNNJ Maywood Service Unit GSNNJ Morristown Service Unit GSNNJ New Milford Service Unit GSNNJ Pequannock Service Unit GSNNJ Ramsey Service Unit GSNNJ Saddle Brook Service Unit GSNNJ Washington TWP Service Unit GSUSA Nina Guercio Caroline Gundeck Maureen Haggerty Linda Hanlon Shoshanah Haricha Kathie Harrington Essence Harris Jennifer Hawley Leslye Heller Julia Helliesen Jessica Hoffman Stephen and Bonnie Holmes Pia House Walker InGroup Inserra Supermarkets Inc. Kimberly Iozzi IT-Radix Michelle Jadro Shanna & Rafi Jafri John and Margaret Post Foundation Beth Johns Jessica Joyce Junior Woman’s Club of Sparta Emily Kahn Robert & Cathy Kaiser Harlynne & Joshua Kaplan Kearny Bank Elizabeth Keat Keil Oil Robert & Peggy Keith Sandra & Eric Kenoff Melissa Kiesche Bob & Debbie Kirsch Stephanie Kivett Ohnegian Kiwanis Club of the Chathams Justin & Krista Korinis Anna Krepps Carmen Krol Jane Kurek L3Harris Technologies Germaine Lacqua Lakeland Bank / Provident Bank Matthew & Jessica Lamb

Virginia Laughlin David Lee Jessica Lee Susan & Stephen Leeds Erlisa Levin Mary-Ann Lewis Nicole & Christian Licciardi Lillian P. Schenck Fund Carol Lindsay James Loeffler Marisa Lonardo-Xu Luminar Solutions Megan Lunde Rosie & Harold Lunde Darlene Lyden Cooper M&T Bank Chelsea Ma Karyllan & Joe Mack Bridget Macklin Cristen Mackwell Madison Area YMCA Nona & Thomas Maher Sandra Major Kim Manfredo Joann Manicone Kathryn Marsh Steven Martin Angela Mason Jennifer Mazawey Damon & Christina McDade Emily & John McDevitt Tracy Merwede Lori Miller Susan & George Miller Mellanice Miller Mimi Washington Starrett Foundation Erin Miro Mia Mischuk-O’Brien LaKreisha Montique Jean Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Jeanne Morris Cheri Morris Morris County Economic Development Alliance Sharon Mullen Mutual of America Jean Myers Lydia Nadeau Helene Nagurka Janine Napierkowski Reena Narula Joseph & Sharon Nazzaro Thomas and Carol Neilson Tonia Nesheiwat New Jersey Natural Gas Michele and Robert Newhouse

“As a former Girl Scout, I know first-hand how impactful being a Girl Scout can be. I support GSNNJ to ensure that every girl has access to programming that shapes girls of courage confidence and character.

- Krista, Juliette Gordon Low Society Member

NJM Insurance Group Northeast Podiatry Group Nygala Corp/FLOMO Linda O’Sullivan Catherine & Jim O’Hern Kristin O’Callaghan Adriana Oliver Kissel Ortiz Serena Otazu Palmer & Cay Bhavani Parameswar Kimara Patton Kevin and Beth Paul John Pavlik PediatriCare Associates Joe & Karen Pennisi PepsiCo Foundation Arliss Perfetti Delia Perretta Helgard Perretta Ira Petric-Buchberger Pfizer’s Vaccine Research & Development Loren Pierce Alexis Amanda Piskunov PKF O’Connor Davies Advisory LLC Samantha Plotino PNC Bank Leanna Porter-Harris Matt Potter Presbyterian Women PSEG Foundation Nicole Psota Mary-Jane Rader Ana Ramirez Laura & Gautam Ranji Carrie Rauschenberger Regeneron Riverdale Police Department Annabella Robb Mary Roberts Rockefeller Group Lauren Rodriguez Cynthia Rohde Karen Rojas Alan Rollow Courtney Rosenkrantz Veronica Ross Christopher Rotella Ann Rowan Susan Rugnone-Sadler Doris Sanders-Headley Diana Sari Leigh Anne Sauchelli Schenck Price Smith & King, LLP Scott & Margaret Scheuber Tracy Schoenberg Dawn Schultz

“Girl Scouts has been helping young girls explore their world and build leadership skills for over 100 years.

As a science major, I care deeply about the Girl Scouts’ STEM pledge and am proud to support GSNNJ as they grow and shape our future leaders.”

- Karyllan, board member & Assistant General Counsel, BASF Corporation

Ingrid Scully Margaret Sfraga Brett Sharpton Kaitlin Shinholster Mikele Simkins Bette M. Simmons, Ed.D. Lynelle Slivinski Jennifer & Xue Song Raymond Soroka Nashira Spencer Joseph A. & Linda Spencer St Joseph’s Health Nikki Sumpter Target Corporation Tarpey Group TGI Office Automation The Flavor Lab The Paton Law Firm, LLC The Tudor Foundation Thorlabs, Inc. Tilcon New York Inc. Olivia Timmons Kristina Tiralosi Cecilia Tiralosi Kevin Torluccio Lisa Torres Tri-Tech Energy Inc Jillian Frances Trinidad Amy Trochanowski Troop 96304 Troop 96611 Christina Tso Metz Brian and Lissette Tufaro Mari Tuohy Regina Ulrich US Charitable Gift Trust Julie Vales Myriam Velez Visions Federal Credit Union Margaret Walk Camille Walker Gina Waluk Waste Management Stephen Watson Rose Anne Weissel Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Aaron Wexler Wiley, Malehorn, Sirota & Raynes Melissa Williams Wilson Family Law, LLC Katherine Wnek Wonder Group Inc. Karen Worthy YWCA of Northern New Jersey Dr. Katherine Zatz

“Due to a challenging situation, I was faced with getting my daughter into a new troop so she could start to build new friendships.

She was welcomed with open arms, but the costs for her participation started to mount. When I reached out to my troop leader, she told me that there was help.

Little did I know, the process to apply for financial assistance was so easy and not embarrassing at all. We were able to begin to heal because of generous donors.

We really do appreciate everyone at GSNNJ for giving us our normalcy back.”

- Nicole, Mom of Girl Scout

GEM Society

Juliette Gordon Low Society

Erica Adu Jill Andersen Emily Aprea Bonita Barnhart Janet Barnes Chiquita Barnes Elisa Buckley Rachel Cawley Aashna Choudhary Katie Cook Dahlia Cooper Shannon Cornine Claire Crowder Angelina Cuadrado Carmen Dacosta Monica Eichman Caroline Fairchild Jennifer Farino Leslie Franklin Danielle Furze Lauren Gallo Dara Garcia Tearah & Jose Goncalves Melissa Harris Jessica Hoffman Shanna & Rafi Jafri Sandra & Eric Kenoff Krista & Justin Korinis Germaine Lacqua Matthew & Jessica Lamb Carol Leo Darlene Lyden-Cooper Joann Manicone Steve Martin Damon & Christina McDade Tracy Merwede Mia Mischuk-O’Brien Cheri Morris Jeanne Morris Jennifer Norato Catherine & Jim O’Hern Adriana Oliver Linda O’Sullivan Matt Potter Courtney Reinfried Rebeca Rios Annabella Robb Leigh Anne Sauchelli Diana Scanlon Tracy Schoenberg Mikele Simkins Olivia Timmons Christina Tso Metz Lailu Walls Karen Worthy

Anonymous Eva & Erik Andersen Janet Slater Anderson* Ann C. Smart Charitable Trust Janet Boetticher Wendy and Richard Bongo Paulette Brauch Denise Cannizzaro Garcia Diane G. Cifelli Casey Croes Esther and Robert Endres Joy Firshein Adrienne Fulcher Betty Garger Virginia Gibson Kathie Harrington Susan Harwood Dawn Hopper Rose Mary Iannone Shanna & Rafi Jafri Sandra & Eric Kenoff Maria Lorene Kirschner Krista & Justin Korinis Virginia Laughlin Darlene Lyden Cooper Meral Malady Barbara McNally Lori Miller Sarah Molnoski Danielle Nebres Michele and Robert Newhouse Rebecca & Michelle Newhouse Margaret Nicolais* Jessica Panagiotou Lori Pimenta Beth Purdy Veronica Ross Terry Schile-Morales Candy Shanks Bette M. Simmons, Ed.D. South Shore Outdoor Store, Inc. Helen Wronski *deceased member

Circle of Friends Giving Society Jill Andersen Emily Aprea Carol & Bill Barrett Kristin Buffardi Leslie Franklin Bonnie & Stephen Holmes Shanna & Rafi Jafri Sandra & Eric Kenoff Krista & Justin Korinis Germaine Lacqua Matthew & Jessica Lamb Virginia Laughlin Harold & Rosie Lunde Karyllan & Joe Mack Susan & George Miller Veronica Ross Bette M. Simmons, Ed.D. Nashira Spencer

Independent Auditor’s Letter

Statement of Financial Position

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Liabilities and Net Assets

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

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, * Members may substitute for the word God in accordance with their own spiritual beliefs.

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