GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOUTH
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Girl Scout Connect Program
The Girl Scout Connect Program provides the Girl Scouting experience to thousands of girls in under-served parts of our council footprint. Activities are supported by council resources, generous donors and wonderful volunteers. The population of girls, for whom this leadership experience is essential for is rapidly growing. Without the support of grant funding, public and private donations and our dedicated volunteers, we would not have the resources necessary to provide Girl Scouts to the girls who need us most.
Membership Program
Girl Scouts is the premier leadership development organization for girls! Girl Scouts unleashes the G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) in every girl, preparing her for a lifetime of leadership – from taking a night-time hike under the stars to accepting a mission on the International Space Station; from lobbying the city council with her troop to holding a seat in Congress; from running her own cookie business today to tackling cybersecurity tomorrow. Our Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a one-of-a-kind leadership development program for girls, with proven results. It is based on time-tested methods and research-backed programming that help girls take the lead. Research shows that girls learn best in an all-girl, girl-led, and girl-friendly environment. Girl Scouts is a place where she’ll practice different skills, explore her potential, take on leadership positions, and even feel allowed to fail, dust herself off, get up, and try again. Girl Scouts is proven to help girls thrive in five key ways as they: develop a strong sense of self, seek challenges and learn from setbacks, display positive values, form and maintain healthy relationships, and identify and solve problems in the community. Girl Scouts works. It’s the best leadership experience for girls in the world for one very good reason: it’s girl-led!
Girl Experience
Girl Experience is charged with recruiting, retaining, and increasing participation by girls. We continue to focus our work on creating Girls of Courage, Confidence and Character through programs in STEM, Life Skills, Entrepreneurship and Outdoors. We have shifted our programming to virtual platforms and partnered with professionals in the areas of interest to bring the Girl Scout experience to more Girls than ever before. Girls are encouraged to expand their horizons by meeting with female experts in their field and explore leadership roles within the safety of their homes. We are transitioning our events to build on our foundation of creating opportunities to learn new skills while showcasing your talents. The STEM program is offered to all levels of Girl Scouts and this includes: cybersecurity, space science, and biology. Our Life Skills workshops teach the Girls how to apply for college, sew on their Girl Scout Badges and safely build structures. Our Entrepreneurship Program teaches girls about safety, marketing, handling money and goal setting just in time for life beyond the cookie sale. Our Outdoor options are plentiful, we host many virtual camps that utilize the indoor/outdoor space that are available to our families, teach our Girls outdoor survival skills and we coordinate two programs that encourage our families to safely explore the outdoors and the California State Parks.
Training Department
The Training Department teaches volunteers about the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. This is achieved through focusing in-depth on the three Girl Scout processes—Girl Led, Learning by Doing, and Cooperative Learning. Volunteers learn to run a “girl-led” program. This means that girls should be in control of all aspects of their Girl Scout experience. Learning by doing is hands-on learning that engages girls in an ongoing cycle of action and reflection. When girls actively participate in meaningful activities and later reflect on them, they get a deeper understanding of concepts and mastery of skills. Cooperative learning is designed to promote sharing of knowledge, skills, and learning in an atmosphere of respect and cooperation as girls work together on goals that can only be accomplished with the help of others. These processes promote the fun and friendship that have always been so integral to Girl Scouting.
Product Programs
The Girl Scout Product Programs, GoNuts and Cookies, unleash the G.I.R.L (Go-Getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) in every girl, preparing her for a lifetime of leadership. Girls learn how to set a goal, budget the costs, create a marketing plan and then go out and make it happen, while earning cool rewards! The Product Programs helps Troops fund exciting girl-led activities! Endless possibilities await, whether it is a trip she will never forget; a STEM activity that opens her mind to a whole new world of possibilities; a service project that will change her community forever; or the opportunity to build a lifetime of memories at camp, the Girl Scout Product Programs make it all happen! Participation in the programs helps girls learn five key skills they can use to be successful today and in the future. The five key skills are: 1. Goal Setting 2. Decision Making 3. Money Management 4. People skills 5. Business Ethics. The Product Programs nurtures that go-getter spirit early on and equips her with the confidence and know-how to dream big and do bigger.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of mentors recruited
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Children and youth, Adolescents
Related Program
Membership Program
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Mentor is defined as a Troop Leader. Each troop is required to have two Troop Leaders. Troops are required to renew every year.
Hours of mentoring
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Children and youth, Adolescents
Related Program
Membership Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Troops meet on average 1 hour per week per year.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We're 2.5 million strong—more than 1.7 million girls and 750,000 adults who believe in the power of every G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™ to change the world.
Our extraordinary journey began more than 100 years ago with the original G.I.R.L., Juliette Gordon “Daisy” Low. On March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, she organized the very first Girl Scout troop, and every year since, we’ve honored her vision and legacy, building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
We’re the preeminent leadership development organization for girls. And with programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
At Girl Scouts, she’ll get to lead her own adventure (it’s her world!) and team up with other girls in an all-girl environment to choose the exciting, hands-on activities that interest her most. Along the way, she’ll gain important skills in four areas that form the foundation of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience: Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), Outdoors, Life Skills, Entrepreneurship.
Our council offers a vast range of workshops and events that fulfill the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
STEM: Furs and Fins Exploring Big Cats & Being Cyber Safe workshops, Elements of Fun event
Outdoors: Outdoor Skills workshops, Girl Scouts Love State Parks event, Girl Scouts Thrive Camporee, Pine Pixies Camp, Journey to the Outdoors Camp, Mountain Do Camp, Hogwarts Day Camp, etc
Life Skills: Cooking/baking workshops, Sewing workshops, AgriNation event
Entrepreneurship: Financial Literacy workshops, Cookie University event
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Girl Scouts is doing a number of things to meet their goals:
Badge & Journey Programs through workshops throughout the year, collaborating with companies and organizations, utilizing as guest speakers, etc.
Transition girls to traditional program through our Girl Scout Connect after school program
Increase Product Sales by increasing girls through membership recruitment
Collaborate with schools, churches, city agencies and private businesses to support the budgetary efforts
Cultivate under represented parent leaders to generate girl membership
Attend events and fairs to expose Girl Scout programs
Provide social media as a way of exposure to promote programs
Utilize Volunteers to represent Girl Scouts as Leaders, Trainers, and Event coordinators.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Key priorities were establish and delivered to ensure better programs, donor and volunteer relations:
1. Utilized branding to educate our community on the value of Girl Scouts as the premier leadership organization for all girls.
2. Increased funding by expanding and diversifying revenue sources, and reducing expenditures through the development of
community partnerships and strategic alliances.
3. Developed and utilize a volunteer management system that supports and responds to the needs and interests of volunteers while
holding them accountable to delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
4. Focused membership priorities on recruitment and retention of girls and adults in identified markets.
5. Delivered the girl leadership program in a fun, challenging and progressive way at all levels
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOUTH
Board of directorsas of 10/25/2022
Mrs. Gayle Yraceburu
Alana Gabrielson
Bean, Hunt, Harris & Company
R. Michael Alexander
Retired: United Way Fresno
David Gilmore, Esq.
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Robert Frausto
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Madelyn Janssen
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Carolyn Pierce
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Dr. Komal Desai
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Raquel Vega
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Virna Santos
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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