GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
5601 6TH AVE S NO 150, SEATTLE, WA 98108 www.girlscoutsww.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON'S MISSION IS TO BUILD GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER WHO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. GIRL SCOUTS ALLOWS GIRLS TO DISCOVER THEIR OWN STYLE OF LEADERSHIP BY GIVING THEM ACCESS TO LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE THEM TO DO SOMETHING BIG. GIRLS GAIN SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ATTITUDES, BEHAVIORS, AND VALUES THAT ALLOW THEM TO BECOME LEADERS. THEY UNLEASH THEIR POTENTIAL BY DEVELOPING A STRONG SENSE OF SELF, TRANSFORM THEIR WORLD BY TAKING ACTION ON THE ISSUES THEY CARE ABOUT, AND BUILD THEIR FUTURE BY TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD MAKING THEIR DREAMS A REALITY - FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

GIRL SCOUTING BUILDS GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER WHO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ("GSWW") IS THE LARGEST LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION FOR GIRLS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. IN FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 2019, 24,931 GIRLS IN GRADES K-12 FROM 17 COUNTIES PARTICIPATED IN GIRL PROGRAMMING SUPPORTED BY 13,420 ADULT VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS. IN ADDITION, GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON WAIVED GIRL SCOUT EVENT FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF $472,349.THE MISSION OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON IS TO BUILD GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER WHO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. THE DIVERSITY INITIATIVE AIMS TO ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF, GIRLS AND ADULT VOLUNTEERS REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR REGION'S COMMUNITIES AND LIVE UP TO OUR VISION TO EMPOWER EVERY GIRL, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY, OR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION TO UNLEASH HER POTENTIAL, BUILD HER FUTURE AND TRANSFORM HER WORLD. BOTH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY REACHED WHITE, MIDDLE-CLASS GIRLS WHOSE PARENTS HAVE A FAMILIARITY WITH GIRL SCOUTS AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO VOLUNTEER. AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR REGION CONTINUE TO SHIFT, SO MUST WE. ACCORDING TO A LANDMARK STUDY CONDUCTED BY GIRL SCOUTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF GIRL SCOUTS HAS SIGNIFICANT LONG-TERM IMPACTS ON GIRLS, WITH EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND AVERAGE SALARIES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AMONG GIRLS WHO PARTICIPATED IN GIRL SCOUTS FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS. WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THESE POSITIVE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL BENEFITS SHOULD BE EASILY AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. GSWW ALSO BELIEVES THAT ALL OUR GIRLS WILL BENEFIT FROM INTERACTING WITH AND LEARNING FROM A GREATER DIVERSITY OF GIRLS AND VOLUNTEERS DURING THEIR TIME IN GIRL SCOUTS.THE INITIATIVE'S OVERALL GOAL WAS TO SERVE A REPRESENTATIVE PERCENTAGE OF GIRLS OF COLOR (30%) IN THE 17 WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WE SERVE. WE HAVE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL AND ARE SERVING AN EXCESS OF 39%. GSWW CURRENTLY SERVES MORE THAN 24,128 GIRLS AND 13,769 VOLUNTEERS EACH YEAR OUT OF FOUR REGIONAL OFFICES (BELLEVUE, BREMERTON, DUPONT, AND EVERETT, WA) AND OUR HEADQUARTERS IN SEATTLE. OUR SUCCESS IN WORKING WITH GIRLS MEANS THAT OUR INITIATIVE WILL GIVE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER NUMBERS OF UNDERSERVED GIRLS ACCESS TO THE CONFIDENCE- AND SKILL- BOOSTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HALLMARK OF GIRL SCOUTS: COOKIE BUSINESSES, OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES AT CAMP AND BEYOND AND OPPORTUNITIES TO TACKLE STEM SUBJECTS IN SUBSTANTIVE WAYS, AMONG OTHER PROGRAMS.

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