Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Girl Scouts of the U. S. A.
Mission: To build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place through informal education programs designed to help girls put into practice the fundamental principles of the girl scout movement.
Programs: Supplemental activities, council events and camps benefit our 18,525 girl members. Ohio's heartland council offered over 444 separate events/workshops attended by 15,255 girls age 5-17 between october 1,2016 and september 30,2017.Over 12,700 girls participated in our cookie program, with girls selling nearly 2.3 million boxes of cookies, resulting in a per girl average of 181 boxes. Over 51,900 boxes were donated to operation salute and delivered to the men and women serving in our military. Over 3,700 girls participated in our fall product program, selling over 70,100 nuts and candy items and over 5,700 magazine subscriptions. Through the product programs, girl scouts learned five skills essential to success in life - goal seeking, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.
girl scouts of ohio's heartland council served 2,040 girls through a wide variety of targeted series pathways in numerous nontraditional settings in all geographic areas of the council. Series pathway programs include bonds beyond bars, in-school scouting, lunch bunch, after school and programs with the community centers serving low-income, high minority, and/or rural populations through community bridge troops and work with the ohio reformatory for women. More than 600 girls were served through our in-school scouting collaboration with columbus city schools. Other outreach initiatives provide in-school, latch key, summer programs and after-school girl scout programming for just over 1,400 additional girls.
volunteer recruitment, development, enrichment, support and recognitions for 4,852 direct service volunteer members. Volunteers participate in core required courses of gs101, safety essentials, volunteer essentials, cpr/first aid and troop camp certification. Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in over 240 different enrichment courses annually. These are delivered face to face, online, online facilitated and home study. Courses are offered throughout the council jurisdiction. The events include, but are not limited to, adult camporee (1), autumn adventure (1), gs 101 (12), and various other events held council-wide targeting special needs and recognitions. The courses are designed to provide organizational knowledge (both national and local), and educate about the girl scout leadership experience.
Mission: To build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place through informal education programs designed to help girls put into practice the fundamental principles of the girl scout movement.
Programs: Supplemental activities, council events and camps benefit our 18,525 girl members. Ohio's heartland council offered over 444 separate events/workshops attended by 15,255 girls age 5-17 between october 1,2016 and september 30,2017.Over 12,700 girls participated in our cookie program, with girls selling nearly 2.3 million boxes of cookies, resulting in a per girl average of 181 boxes. Over 51,900 boxes were donated to operation salute and delivered to the men and women serving in our military. Over 3,700 girls participated in our fall product program, selling over 70,100 nuts and candy items and over 5,700 magazine subscriptions. Through the product programs, girl scouts learned five skills essential to success in life - goal seeking, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.
girl scouts of ohio's heartland council served 2,040 girls through a wide variety of targeted series pathways in numerous nontraditional settings in all geographic areas of the council. Series pathway programs include bonds beyond bars, in-school scouting, lunch bunch, after school and programs with the community centers serving low-income, high minority, and/or rural populations through community bridge troops and work with the ohio reformatory for women. More than 600 girls were served through our in-school scouting collaboration with columbus city schools. Other outreach initiatives provide in-school, latch key, summer programs and after-school girl scout programming for just over 1,400 additional girls.
volunteer recruitment, development, enrichment, support and recognitions for 4,852 direct service volunteer members. Volunteers participate in core required courses of gs101, safety essentials, volunteer essentials, cpr/first aid and troop camp certification. Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in over 240 different enrichment courses annually. These are delivered face to face, online, online facilitated and home study. Courses are offered throughout the council jurisdiction. The events include, but are not limited to, adult camporee (1), autumn adventure (1), gs 101 (12), and various other events held council-wide targeting special needs and recognitions. The courses are designed to provide organizational knowledge (both national and local), and educate about the girl scout leadership experience.
1700 Watermark Dr, Columbus, OH 43215
614-340-8820
Children & Youth
Columbus
