Organizations Filed Purposes:
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
Our girls are go-getters, innovators, risk-takers, and leaders. (continued on Schedule O)
When a girl participates in our Product Sale Program (cookies, nuts, candy and magazines), she's part of the world's largest financial literacy program for girls, run by girls. She's building a lifetime of skills and confidence. She learns goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. She discovers that selling cookies is more than just a business - that she can do whatever she puts her mind to, that her decisions matter, and that she can make things happen. Our girls change the lives of those in their community through service projects and outreach, when they put the almost $1.307 million they earned in cookie proceeds to work.
Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida's Get Real! Program, supported by the Florida Department of Education and the Broward Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement Trust Fund, is a 30-week, in-school program for at-risk girls at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School. We served 124 girls in the schools. This comprehensive program has a three-pronged approach to target the areas of greatest concern and detriment to the success of the girls. First, Get Real! addresses literacy by promoting a reading program comprised of contemporary literature that opens the door to discussing real-life problems and situations. The second component is a character-building course that develops character and self-esteem and strengthens the decision-making skills and autonomy of the girls. The third and final piece of the program is focused on community service and provides a vehicle to return benefit to the community through community service projects designed and implemented by the girls. These three components together present a multi-faceted advance on the difficult issues and situations the girls face daily. These program elements address individual need as well as societal pressures that are placed on youth today. Through the mentors and this curriculum, the Get REAL! program teaches the girls not only the skills to cope with the issues confronting them but provides vehicles for action in their own lives as well. The program also provides mentoring services in groups and individually to the girls to ensure that their bonds to positive role models are fostered and maintained. Survey data from students, parents, and teachers converge to show positive improvements in the student's life and relational skills, engagement in school activities, and attitude towards school. Girls revealed an overall positive experience as participants in the Get Real! program. Some remarkable comments include: "I learned how to get along with others," "that we should care and protect others even if we don't know them," "I also learned that meeting new people isn't always a bad thing, and "I learned self-esteem." In support of the program, parents stated: "It helped her stay focused more," "It helped her gain more confidence and focus more on her goals," "Helped with things at home, and "She has been stronger ever since she joined and more happy. Tuesday is her favorite day!" On average, 87.5% of the girls surveyed believed, because of their participation in the Get Real! program, their reading skills improved, they established a positive relationship with the mentor, and recognized the things they are capable of doing well.
The Girl Scout troop experience offers girls consistent, age appropriate settings to make friends, learn new skills, be bold, be heard and be themselves in a safe setting with nurturing adults to guide them on the journey. Funding provided by the Children's Services Council allows Girl Scout troops to be located in underserved areas where volunteer leadership is extremely challenging in St. Lucie County. GSSEF delivers an interactive combination of programs to 1,115 girls that includes "PowerUp" (focusing on anti-aggression and bully-prevention), STEM activities (including candy science and career exploration in the technology fields), and healthy living (integrating sessions to boost self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as personal safety, nutrition and fitness).
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Lisa Johnson | Chief Executive Officer | 40 | $135,100 |
| Lori Ebinger-Sullivan | Chief Operations Officer | 40 | $100,755 |
| Cynthia Mcheran | Vice President of Properti | 40 | $93,820 |
| Sara Nunez | Chief Development Officer | 40 | $91,174 |
| Allyson Maharaj | Chief Financial Officer | 40 | $83,646 |
| Dr Marilyn Zaragoza | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Teana Mcdonald | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Kimberly Kisslan | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Beth Galt-Salsamendi | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Kristina Gostic | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Malka Cabral | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Dr Ofelia Utset | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Geri Emmett | Co-Chairman | 5 | $0 |
| Andrea Levenson | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Nancy Proffit | Member at Large | 5 | $0 |
| Linda Strutt | Secretary | 5 | $0 |
| Tula Hudson-Miller | Treasurer | 5 | $0 |
| Tami Donnally | Chairman | 5 | $0 |
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