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General
Information
Girl
Scouting is embarking on an exciting evolution
to better meet the needs of girls in today’s
fast-changing world. In Southeastern Wisconsin, Girl
Scouts – Great Blue Heron Council**, the Girl
Scout Council of Kenosha County, Girl Scouts
of Milwaukee Area, Girl Scouts of Racine County
and a portion of Girl Scouts of Manitou Council are
beginning the journey to form one high-capacity
council in April 2007. With a strong structure,
this new council combines the best practices
in girl programming, volunteer development, and
management to improve service and create greater
opportunity for girls.
Reorganización
Las
Girl Scouts están emprendiendo una transformación
muy positiva para satisfacer las necesidades
de las niñas en este tiempo de cambios tan rápidos.
En abril de 2007, las Girl Scouts del sureste
de Wisconsin; Girl Scouts – Great Blue
Heron Council, Girl Scout Council of Kenosha
County, Girl Scouts of Milwaukee Area y Girl
Scouts of Racine County comenzaron el
proceso de formar un concilio de alta capacidad.
Con una estructura más fuerte, este nuevo concilio
va a integrar las mejores prácticas para proveer
programas contemporáneos para niñas, entrenar
a voluntarios y administrar eficientemente la
organización. Así vamos a mejorar los servicios
y a crear mejores oportunidades para las niñas.
**SEE
BELOW for more information about the realignment
process and specific communities within Great
Blue Heron's jurisdiction.
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We
will continue the Girl Scout tradition of using
resources wisely to build strong girls by coming
together as one council to serve Washington,
Waukesha, Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha and a
part of Ozaukee counties.
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Unified
under leading-edge management strategies, with
improved efficiency and effectiveness in non-formal
educational programming, the new high capacity
council will combine the key strengths and
valuable resources of each existing council
to offer increased opportunities for girl members.
The
new high capacity council will continue
to deliver the best youth leadership
development program in the nation to
build girls of courage, confidence
and character who make the world a
better place. The Girl Scout program,
guided by our girl-centric philosophy,
will be community-based and close to
all girls throughout the service area,
resulting in increased access and choices
for girls.
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The
Girl Scout organization in southeastern Wisconsin
will continue to be volunteer-run. Adult volunteers
will remain the core strength of our movement,
vital to the success of the Girl Scout program.
With
increased resources and combined strengths,
the new organization will utilize best
practices in volunteer development to
equip our volunteers with stronger tools
to successfully mentor and guide girl
member.
New Name
Girl Scouts of the USA established the following guidelines for
new council names:
- The
council name should start with the words Girl
Scouts. This is
intended to help build a unified national
identity for the Girl Scouts as a whole.
- The
council name should include a state or regional
reference. This is intended
to help the external market better understand
each council and the jurisdiction that is served.
- The
council name should be new to councils involved. This
is intended to make it possible for bridging
councils to work together to build a shared
future of new experiences for all.
Amid
the exciting progression of Girl Scouting in Southeastern
Wisconsin, the bridging councils are eager to embark
upon the new council’s trademarked identity as:
Girl
Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE)
The
entire Girl Scout organization personally thanks
you for your commitment to Girl Scouting. We look
forward to continued communications with you throughout
the realignment process. We hope you will continue
to engage with us through this process to ensure
that the Girl Scout movement remains the authority
in empowering today’s girls with the courage, confidence
and character to become tomorrow’s leaders.
Southeastern Wisconsin Realignment
FAQ's
**Girl
Scouts – Great Blue Heron Council and Girl Scouts of Manitou Council
both have geographic areas within our jurisdictions
that will become a part of other new, high-capacity
councils in Wisconsin. For Great Blue Heron
Council, those members who attend the schools
listed in the table below will be served
by a new high-capacity council that will
include the central southern and southwestern
parts of Wisconsin. As we move into realignment,
girls attending these schools will have the
choice of when, from April 2007 to October
2009, to become members of the new high-capacity
council serving south central and southwestern
Wisconsin. Until that time, nothing will change for our
members.
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Dodge
County
Herman School District
Horicon school district (public and private)
Hustisford school district (public and private)
Lebanon Elementary
Lebanon Lutheran
Mayville
school district (public and private)
Neosho School
Saylesville School
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Jefferson
County
Palmyra Elementary
*Palmyra-Eagle Middle School
*Palmyra-Eagle High School
Sullivan Elementary
*Girls attending these schools who are currently
registered with Girl Scouts –
Great Blue Heron Council (GS-GBH) can continue their
Girl Scout experience with GS-GBH through middle
and high school. |
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Girl
Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence,
and character,
who make the world a better
place.
Girl
Scouts ayuda a las niñas a desarrollar la confianza
en sí mismas, el valor y los principios para
hacer del mundo un mejor lugar.
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