Girl Scouts Of Wisconsin Southeast Inc

Programs: Membership is directed to the recruitment, training, support, and retention of girl members and adult volunteers who deliver the girl scout leadership program to girls in grades k-12. The girl scout leadership experience engages girls in discovering self, connecting with others, and taking action to make the world a better place. Girl scouts helps girls develop their full individual potential; relate to others with increasing understanding, skill, and respect; develop values to guide their actions and provide the foundation for sound decision making; and contribute to the improvement of society through their abilities, leadership skills, and cooperation with others. The long-term result, or the leadership destination, is a generation of girls who lead with courage, confidence and character. Girls of color make up more than 15% of the council's girl membership, and 7% identify as hispanic. Girls and adults participating in girl scouts are supported by council-provided financial assistance for membership dues, training fees, and materials. Membership totals for 2017 were 28,283 girls and 8,812 adults with a membership retention rate of 63. 5%.

girl scout leadership experience (gsle) program provides personal leadership development opportunities to girls in grades k-12, with defined outcomes and differentiated by grade-level. The organization offers and promotes flexible opportunities for participation. Events and activities offered span a wide range of options and topics that support and enrich each girl's experience, i. E. , stem (science, technology, engineering and math), camps, travel, environmental stewardship, global citizenship, arts and culture, healthy living, financial literacy, community service, and career exploration. These events and activities also provide opportunities for girls from a variety of different communities to meet, connect, and work together. Staff, tools, resource materials, equipment, awards, and venues including council-owned program properties are available and included in the gsle program delivery. Total participants for all activities and events during 2017 were 25,115. Financial assistance is provided for program fees, camping fees, and transportation costs for regional, national, and international opportunities. Gsle revenues include income from program-related product and supplies sales, program fees, and rentals.

girl scout promise program and latina initiative. For more than 50 years, gswise has been serving girls in economically distressed neighborhoods to give every girl the opportunity to pursue the girl scout leadership experience (gsle) and reach her full leadership potential, regardless of her families' financial means. Through the girl scout promise program, girls in low-income central city neighborhoods and under-performing schools in southeastern wisconsin are guided by girl scout staff and volunteers who inspire them to explore new things, gain practical skills, and prepare for a lifetime of leadership in a safe girl-led environment. The girl scout promise program encompasses many different pathways of participation in the girl scout leadership experience (gsle) curriculum that occur year-round and provides financial assistance, bilingual materials, and customized curriculum. Girls can participate in traditional troops, out-of-school time staff-led girl scout troops, middle school series programs, summer workshops, camp experiences, and girls of summer softball. In 2017, 5,131 girl scout members participated in one or more of these experiences. The latina initiative offers mothers and daughters the opportunity to develop new leadership skills together, aligning with the unique cultural values and language needs of their community. The program was designed to expand leadership development opportunities for women and girls in the region's latina community. In 2017, gswise served more than 850 girls and 100 adult volunteers through the latina initiative. Information reported this year was split out of the membership and gsle program information historically reported in this form 990 section. While this program is supported in various ways throughout the council, expenses reported here reflect only direct program costs.