December 2022 Our Promise

Gifts for Girls Annual Fund

At Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, we believe in every girl’s potential to meet today’s problems with bold solutions and create a better, brighter tomorrow for her community and the world. Each year, more than 41 percent of Girl Scouts in the region need financial assistance to make their full participation in Girl Scouts possible. Your annual contribution to Gifts for Girls directly supports their leadership journeys! Gifts for Girls is a fund designed specifically to make sure every girl in eastern Missouri has the chance to show that she is an innovator, a change-maker, a dreamer, and a doer! A gift to Gifts for Girls provides: • Membership & Uniform Assistance : A gift of $50 can make all the difference, supporting one Girl Scout’s membership and uniform fees for one year. • Scholarships: Program scholarships for girls help them explore ALL that the Girl Scouts has to offer including: Camp, Live from Girl Scouts, Robotics, travel experiences, Council-led programming, and much more. A gift of $375 can cover a week at summer camp. • Equitable Program Costs: Your support allows GSEM to significantly underwrite program costs, reducing member pricing and making these experiences accessible to girls across our region. All gifts are welcomed and appreciated. Donors who make a gift of $1,000 or more will be recognized as a member of GSEM’s 2023 Giving Circles. To make your gift today or learn more about GSEM’s Gifts for Girls Campaign and Giving Circle levels and benefits, visit supportgirlscoutsem.org/annual-giving .

A special THANK YOU to our July—October grant funding partners for bringing the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to life!

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AT&T

Blues for Kids Foundation

Charles Schwab

Cuivre River Electric Community Trust Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation Enterprise Holdings

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E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Grant Charitable Trust Gertrude and William A. Bernoudy Foundation ICL Specialty Products Jefferson Foundation Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis Tracy Family Foundation

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Memorial and Tribute Gifts

With sincerest appreciation and gratitude, we recognize those who made a memorial or tribute gift to Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri from July 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022. In Honor of Bonnie Barczykowski Susan Barley Laurel “ Buff” Burkel Julie Cubbage Donna and Eric Doerhoff Laurna C. Godwin John Hoesli In Honor of Kathy Costello Jeffrey and Sue Mason Laura Gubera Joe Gottlob Cheryl Haney Linda and Thomas Reis Nancy and John Russo Frances Kister In Memory of Dorothy J. Krehbiel (cont.) Barbara Griffin Cathy & Gary Gutjahr Melissa Hoskins Linda Kammerer

In Honor of Carolyn Losos Ann Ruwitch and John Fox Arnold

Barbara Jacobsmeyer Julie and Glen Leverenz Carolyn W. Losos Shertina Mawuenyega Susan McCollum Kim and John McCurdy Kathy Osborn Penny Pennington and Mike Fidler Regional Business Council Sarah Siegel

In Honor of Kathy Crown Kathy Dabrowski

In Memory of Suzanne V. McSwain Gloria H. McSwain

In Memory of Ruth Johnson Nancy Stough Hillhouse

In Honor of Mary Roth Michael Naccarato

In Honor of Jo Ann Taylor Kindle Logan and Adela Finerty

In Memory of Elsie Jean St. Cyr Katherine St. Cyr

In Memory of Dorothy J. Krehbiel Gwen Behrens Dorothy Brennecke

Alicia and Ellie Skroska Annie and Joe Schlafly Katherine St. Cyr Jessica Willingham