2019 Report to the Community

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri shared a strategic plan in 2018, which included the goal of upgrading and diversifying the volunteer experience. Two years later, the organization is making measurable progress toward this achievement. North County n 2019, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri launched a pilot program called the Daisy Drop Box. Explicitly curated to meet the evolving needs of the organization’s new Daisy Troop Leaders, the program is a free, 10-month subscription that includes everything needed to hold successful troop meetings. Each box has a different theme (one tackles diversity and inclusion, and another one dives into money management), but they all contain skill-building activities, crafts and games. Seven-year-old Hailey Kampwerth had been a Girl Scout for a year when her mom, Julie, stepped up to lead. She was determined to ensure her daughter had access to all of the tools and resources the best leadership development program had to offer. When Julie decided to take on the troop leader role, she did so without any knowledge of Girl Scouts, which made coordinating the bi-monthly meetings challenging initially. So, when Julie learned about the Daisy Drop Box pilot program, she immediately registered for the subscription. “I love the Daisy Drop Box,” Julie said. “It’s essentially everything I need in one box. You know, it tells me what we should be doing, what the girls are earning. So, my whole meeting is right there. I would be lost without it.”

+200 new Girl Scout Daisy troops were supported by the Daisy Drop Box +2,100 Girl Scouts are learning essential life skills through the Daisy Drop Box

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