The Girl Scouts of
North-Central Alabama (GSNCA) celebrates is five-year anniversary today,
November 1, 2012. GSNCA is a result of a merger from four councils covering the
top half of the state into one council in a move led by the Girl Scouts of the
USA in 2007.
“While our council is
young, Girl Scouting began in our area as early as 1917 – just five years shy
of the founding of the national organization,” said Trish Coghlan, GSNCA’s CEO.
“Whether we celebrate our five-year anniversary, 95th anniversary or 100th
anniversary, we are still providing quality leadership programs to girls that
are fun and relevant in a safe environment.”
GSNCA also boasts a 9
percent membership increase during the 2012 fiscal year as the organization
crosses the five-year mark.
“Serving 15,081 girl
members is a major accomplishment. We serve these girls in many ways – through
camps, events, series, traditional troops, travel opportunities and we can even
serve girls virtually,” said Coghlan.
In 2011, GSNCA had
13,700 girl members, and served another 1600 through outreach programs. Thanks
to scholarships, GSNCA has been able to make more girls served in outreach
programs members of the organization.
