Family Partnership

The annual Family Partnership fund-raising campaign gives you the opportunity to contribute directly to the great learning experiences of the girls in your life. We rely on your support to provide the essential programs and services that make Girl Scouting possible throughout the Merrimack Valley and North Shore.

Your tax-deductible donation will go a long way toward providing: training and ongoing support to leaders, Council-wide programs and activities for your daughter, and outreach assistance to girls in low-income areas. We need your help! Your family can become a partner today!

What Does Your Donation Support?

Training and Support for Leaders

• Free training for 1,727 adult volunteers in 2004: leader skills, outdoor training, first aid, etc.
• Ongoing support for 4,100 adult volunteers
• Result: safe and fun programs for your girls

Programs: Variety, Challenge, Opportunity

• Over 100 programs offered in 2004, including favorites like Halloween Hikes, Flying Squirrel, Adventure Team, Badge Programs, Museum of Science Overnights, and Summer Camp
• Programs open to the 15,623 girls age 5 -17 served by the Council
• Maintenance of our 5 outdoor properties for safe and fun troop outings and adventures

Every Girl, Everywhere

• $45,281 in financial assistance for girls in need
• Camp, program, and membership scholarships
• Girl Scouts Beyond Bars - a program to provide Girl Scouting to girls and their
  incarcerated mothers
• Outreach programs for girls in underserved areas of the Council

What the Girl Scouts are saying...

“I made lots of new friends and I felt right at home even though I went to camp by myself. Next year I'll work hard to make new campers feel welcomed, like other girls did for me this summer."
- Kathy, 2nd grade Brownie Girl Scout

"My whole troop loved Flying Squirrel! Some of us were a little scared at first and didn't think we could do it. But, we worked together and in the end everyone made it. You can't have more fun than this."
- Elizabeth, 5th grade Junior Girl Scout

“Girl Scouting taught me a lot about having a goal and going for it. Our troop wanted to go on a special white water rafting trip in Maine and we needed to set a cookie goal and save our cookie money for 2 years to help pay for the trip. We did it! We had a great time, and now we hope to go to Our Chalet in Switzerland when we're in the 10th grade.”
- Emma, 8th Grade Cadette Girl Scout

"I can't imagine not being a Girl Scout. I've been one for 11 years - it's just part of who I am. Girl Scouting focuses me on the things that are important - taking responsibility, caring for our community, and challenging myself to be a better person every day."
- Sarah, 11th grade Senior Girl Scout