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Message from Board Chair & CEO

The choices they make start with you.

As we celebrate our 100th anniversary, the Girl Scouts proudly ring in 2012, the Year of the Girl. It marks the launch of our boldest long-term initiative ever, to level the leadership landscape in a single generation. Yes, it’s an ambitious goal. But it’s also urgent, and one we hope captures the imagination of girls of all ages everywhere.

Women have played a vital role in the advancement of our nation and world. Enabling girls of today to have an equal voice in decisions affecting our economy, environment and society is essential in overcoming tomorrow’s challenges and ensuring continued advancement. Balancing the scales will require the efforts of us all. It means opening doors, as well as instilling girls with the confidence to walk through them.

It all starts with you. By supporting Girl Scouts, you help provide a safe, encouraging environment in which girls can learn, grow and excel. You’re supporting peer groups in which female leadership is encouraged, even celebrated. Ultimately, you’re helping make the world a better place. Because when girls succeed, so does society.

Join us as we embark on a truly momentous journey. Your support is invaluable in helping us motivate more and more girls to choose leadership.

Together, we can get her there.

Lisa Normoyle Board Chair

Vicki Wright CEO

Juliette Gordon Low (right) joins early Girl Scout campers.

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Message from CEO / Board Chair


Message from CEO / Board Chair Program Highlights

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois is proud to be connected to our communities in 16 northern Illinois counties. Countless agencies, organizations and people in northern Illinois have been integral in making Girl Scout programs a local success.

Our community partners help support and work with Girl Scouts in many ways. Some provide a place for troops to meet; others design programs especially for Girl Scouts; and still others connect girls in underserved populations with our unique services. With the help of these caring community members, Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois (GSNI) continues its mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Over the past year, our girls have been involved in many programs, including:

Girl Scout CampsAppreciation and love of the outdoors is one of the key components of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. At Girl Scout camp, girls learn how to exist in harmony with nature, which can be the beginning of a lifelong love of the outdoors. Additionally, girls who attend summer resident camp gain confidence as they spend time away from home, making their own decisions—often for the first time. GSNI held 52 resident camp sessions at two council camp properties in Big Rock and Stillman Valley. Additionally, 13 volunteer-run day/twilight camps were held in area forest preserves, state parks, local parks and council properties.

The Girl Scout Leadership JourneysThe Girl Scout Leadership Journeys encourage girls to find their voice, save the planet and tell their stories using the three keys to leadership—Discover, Connect and Take Action. These series are part of the Girl Scout organization’s core program and include age-appropriate activities at each program level, Girl Scout Daisies through Girl Scout Ambassadors. At the end of each journey, the girls choose a take-action project that will positively impact their lives, their communities and the world.

I have learned to build my confidence by doing different types of activities that I would not have done if I wasn’t a Girl Scout.

Johanna, age 12

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Program Highlights

Three journeys have been released to date:

It’s Your World - Change It!

This Girl Scout journey takes leadership to a new level, giving girls a voice and encouraging them to take action on issues for which they have a passion. Girl Scout Daisies are taken on a journey through the Daisy Flower Garden, where they learn all about the Girl Scout Law and the flower friends that represent each part. Each program level gets progressively more involved and culminates in the final journey for Girl Scout Ambassadors where they are asked, “How often have you seen something that really needed to be changed and wondered, ‘Why isn’t someone doing something about that?’”

It’s Your Planet - Love It!

It’s Your Planet—Love It! engages girls with an earth-friendly theme. The Girl Scout Brownie level starts with the WOW! Journey which focuses on the use and conservation of water. Girls are encouraged to work together as a team to make a difference in their community by inspiring and influencing its members in significant ways. Girl Scout Seniors are challenged in the Sow What? Journey to investigate the entire food network, from soil to planting to table. Girls plan and conduct a local “food forage” to scope out their “food-print” choices and talk to scientists, local growers and business owners. Using what they have learned, girls consider their “leader-prints” as they decide who and what they can cultivate en route to a take-action project that positively impacts their food network.

It’s Your Story - Tell It!

In this leadership journey, girls are invited to explore a story-telling theme through activities that illustrate many perspectives. Girl Scout Juniors participate in the aMUSE Journey, where they’re asked to consider all the roles they play in their everyday lives. They also learn how to defy stereotypes to follow their dreams, whether they want to be singers, writers, athletes, chefs, money managers, technology experts, fashion stylists… Do these roles change the story a girl could tell about herself? In the Girl Scout Cadette journey, MEdia, girls are challenged to question how much of their lives they are spending in someone else’s reality and whether what they see in the media reflects what real girls are like. Their media-remake take-action project lets them create a media-friendly world of girls.


Program Highlights

Girl Scout Cookie Program

The Girl Scout Cookie Program provides girls the opportunity to participate in age-appropriate activities that help develop skills they can apply throughout their lives. Even the youngest girls gain self-confidence and poise by learning how to greet customers and offer products for purchase.

The Girl Scout Cookie Program provides an important ingredient for leadership by helping girls develop five key skills: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills and Business Ethics.

Goal Setting: Girl Scouts set cookie goals and develop a plan to reach those goals. When the time comes, they’ll be ready to create a well-thought-out plan for researching colleges and applying for scholarships.

Decision Making: Girl Scouts decide with their team how they will spend their cookie proceeds. As they grow up, they’ll know when and how to give back to their community.

Money Management: Girl Scouts take orders and handle customers’ money. They can handle a checking account, help with the grocery shopping and even stay on top of their cell phone bill!

People Skills: Girl Scouts learn how to talk and listen to all types of people while selling cookies. They can work well with others on school projects or as part of a sports team.

Business Ethics: Girl Scouts are honest and responsible at every step of the Girl Scout Cookie Program. They will develop excellent references for when they look for their first job or apply for college.

I learned that when I speak I should speak loud and clear, and it also helped me understand money and how to set goals.

Lexi, age 10, talking about

the Girl Scout Cookie Program

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1,622,100boxes of Girl Scout Cookies sold in 2011 by15,913 girls.

$5,068,000 in total Girl Scout Cookie Program proceeds.

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STEM Grant Programs

GSNI was the recipient of a number of grant programs supporting the exploration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

The Motorola Solutions Foundation challenged girls to work as a team to identify a problem related to the current year’s FIRST Challenge, research the causes of the problem and identify solutions, and then present their recommendations of how to address the problem at peer competitions. The girls also built and programmed a robot to perform various pre-determined tasks. Five teams were formed to participate and one, the Wonder Women, won the Robot Table Performance Award and advanced to State, where they won the Gracious Professionalism Award.

Imagine Your STEM Future is a four-part series from AT&T designed to pique high school girls’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math careers and includes hands-on activities, team-skill building and career exploration. The program serves girls from several area high schools.

TECHbridge helps girls develop technical skills and increases girls’ confidence in all STEM fields. Girls increase their knowledge of science and engineering careers through role model visits and career activities. The program provides consumable supplies for up to 500 girls to participate in one of five engineering-related subject areas.

Design & Discovery is a program provided in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education to introduce girls to the engineering process and career opportunities in STEM fields. This program served approximately 200 girls in a summer Communities in School program.

Program Highlights

A special time for me in Girl Scouts was going to Northwestern University for Nanotechnology Scout Day. We were one of the youngest troops there, and our presentation about nanotechnology helping to cure cataracts landed us 3rd place! Our hard work researching and rehearsing really paid off!

Katie, age 12

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2011 Key Partner Programs

YES! Mentoring in Freeport, ILFunded by United Way of Northwest Illinois

GSNI provides programming during the school year to girls at the Norman C. Sleezer Youth Home in Freeport. Girls in residence at the home have behavioral issues, histories of violence or aggression, have been arrested or are on probation, or have a myriad of abuse, neglect or substance-abuse issues. GSNI provided the journey curriculum and other intervention activities to girls twice each month in 2010-2011.

It’s Your Story – Tell It! Summer Day Camp in Elgin, ILFunded by Girl Scouts of the U.S.A./Dove

A five-day summer day camp was held in July 2011 for 4th and 5th grade girls in Elgin, Barrington and surrounding areas. After the week-long camp, 16% MORE girls were able to demonstrate positive values by indicating they wouldn’t do something they thought was wrong, even when others wanted them to.

It’s Your Planet – Love It! Series for Project Opportunity in Rockford, ILFunded jointly by United Way of Rock River Valley and the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois

Girls in the 2010 Project Opportunity program in Rockford are from low-income, minority families and from schools that are not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress on state standardized exams. After 6 weeks of the program, 72% reported increased ability in science, math and critical thinking skills.

Design & Discovery STEM Series in Aurora, ILFunded jointly by Girl Scouts of the USA/US Department of Education and Fox Valley United Way

During the 2011 Communities in Schools Summer Program in Aurora, girls completed hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities. After 6 weeks of the program, 91% of girls demonstrated resourceful problem-solving skills, compared to only 69% before the program.


Leadership Awards

In 2011, twenty-seven Girl Scouts earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. The requirements

involve skill development, leadership experience and career exploration, culminating in the completion of a Girl Scout Gold

Award take-action project. It is an achievement that lasts a girl’s entire lifetime and lives on to inspire others with the spirit of

community service.

The community service projects that are undertaken as part of the Gold Award process are impressive. Highlights of just a few of the 27 projects:

• Planned and implemented a day camp for children at the Rockford Rescue Mission. Made and stuffed 40 tote bags with child-friendly items.

• Planned the restoration of the historic garden at the Durant House in St. Charles, which had been closed for three years. Recruited community members to make the plans a reality.

• Organized a food drive during the annual Genoa Days event to give the Genoa Food Pantry a boost in supplies for the summer.

• Formed a Free Clothing Closet by collecting donations from the community. For seven months, the Closet helped families who could not otherwise afford new clothing.

• Organized a three-day camp in Roscoe where 35 girls were taught about the importance of “going green” and how to reuse natural resources.

Girl Scout Gold Award and scholarship recipients are recognized each year at our Young Women of Distinction (YWD) event.

In 2011, twenty-seven Girl Scouts

involve skill development, leadership experience and career exploration, culminating in the completion of a Girl Scout Gold

Award take-action project. It is an achievement that lasts a girl’s entire lifetime and lives on to inspire others with the spirit of

I personally think that girls and women are already leaders, but most of the leaders of the world are men—they can’t be our only leaders forever.

My dream is for more women to become leaders.

Megan, age 10

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Girl Scout Gold Award Candle Ceremony.

Girl Scout Gold Award and Scholarship Recipients with Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky, Miss Illinois 2010.

PHOTO BY JAMES HARVEY


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Carlee Bane, RoscoeColleen Bransley, Crystal LakeDanielle Browne, South ElginSarah Elizabeth Clayton, Crystal LakeKristen Field, FultonHaley A. Fischer, KingstonTaylor Foderaro, Fox River GroveElizabeth Gorski, BartlettChelsea Grabow, RoscoeKacey Keegan, HuntleyDiana Lewis, BartlettBeth Ann Morley, RoscoeVanessa Mountain, AlgonquinChristina Nalepa, Crystal Lake

Jordan Otto, GenevaCarrie Quinn, HuntleyAbby Reich, Crystal LakeAshley Salazar, FreeportConnor Savage, Lake in the HillsKelsey Smith, DavisNikki Smith, ElburnBianca Stodden, Lake ZurichHeather Stolz, Crystal LakeMarissa Suchyta, South BarringtonAshley Wellman-Morris, DixonMorgan Marie Wierema, FultonChelsey Wilde, Woodford

2011 Girl Scout Gold Award Recipients

Leadership Awards

GSNI is also committed to providing girls the tools they need to be successful leaders now and throughout their lives. The Girl Scout Scholarship Program awarded one $500 Girl Scout Gold Award Scholarship and eight $500 Girl Scout Ambassador Scholarships in 2011.

2011 Scholarship Recipients:Beth Ann Morley, RoscoeCassie Ayars, RockfordKayla Clay, ByronAllison Genis, DeKalbAlexandra Krinickas, Rockford

Sarah Laken, RockfordMegan Marshalla, Lake ZurichAriana Munger, RockfordBianca Stodden, Lake Zurich

Girl Scouts has given me the confidence to stand up for others. I lead by example for many people and I hope they do the same.

Elizabeth, age 13

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YWD Keynote Speaker was Miss Illinois 2010, Whitney Thorpe-Klinsky.

Girl Scout Gold Award Recipient Kristen Field, with her Gold Award Display.

Girl Scout Bronze and Silver Awards

Earning the top awards in their program levels, 65 Girl Scout Cadettes were honored as Girl Scout Silver Award recipients and 237 Girl Scout Juniors received the Girl Scout Bronze Award.




We believe that the motivational

force in Girl Scouting is a

spiritual one.

—From the Constitution

of the Girl Scouts

of the USA

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Leadership Awards

Girl Scout Religious Recognitions

My Promise, My Faith Award

This fall, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) released the new Girls’ Guide to Girl Scouting. Along with these new handbooks, actually designed by the girls themselves, GSUSA released updated skill-builder badge sets and awards. As part of the updated national program portfolio, GSUSA also introduced a new religious award as an integral part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

The My Promise, My Faith pin encourages girls to connect the Girl Scout Law to the teachings of their faith. Each program-level pin is earned by completing five steps with age-appropriate activities. Both religious teachings and Girl Scouts share similar ideas on how girls should act. The Girl Scout Law tells us to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful…and so on.

By choosing a different line of the Law each year, girls are able to earn a new pin annually in each of the six program levels, Girl Scout Daisies through Ambassadors. In one of the faith activities for Girl Scout Seniors, the girls are encouraged to read the SOW What Journey from It’s Your Planet—Love It! and explore the traditions of their faith with regard to blessings or rituals to give thanks for the food we eat.

Additionally, Girl Scouts partners with many religious organizations to promote specific faith-based recognition programs for youth.


Girl Scouting by the Numbers

Volunteer trainings* 303: Face-to-face 1,013: Online 187: Webinar

Daisy Troops: 423

Brownie Troops: 495

Junior Troops: 411

Cadette Troops: 211

Senior Troops: 61

Ambassador Troops: 41

151

Council-sponsored events offered to girls in all service areas.

25,73619,961 girls in1,642 troops and 5,793 adult members:

Total Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois members.

$$74,238 in fi nancial assistance was

provided to girls and adult volunteers in 2011:

$39,618 to girls, $3,318 to adults, $24,077 was

given as troop assistance, $2,725 was provided

to assist girls to attend camping programs and

$4,500 supported scholarship programs.

2,115 girls participated in resident and volunteer-led day/

twilight camps.

*These numbers refl ect registrations received, not volunteers trained. Volunteers may have taken more than one training and therefore may be duplicated in the total.

Income

Product Programs 75%

Merchandise 6%

Contributions 7%

Other Public Support 4%

Expenses

Fundraising 7%

Management& General 15%

Program Services 78%


Council Finances

Statement of ActivityFor the years ended September 30, 2011, and 2010

2011 2010 Income

Contributions $369,637 7% $326,316 6%

United Way 153,556 3% 132,278 3%

Other Public Support 255,004 4% 129,420 3%

Product Programs 4,176,256 75% 3,701,466 73%

Program Fees 267,918 5% 197,595 4%

Merchandise 323,090 6% 247,655 5%

Investments (9,264) 0% 318,228 6%

Total Income 5,536,197 5,053,059

Expenses

Program Services $4,319,334 78% $4,516,297 80%

Management and General 827,419 15% 788,924 14%

Fundraising 376,592 7% 332,441 6%

Total Expenses 5,523,345 5,637,662

Change in Net Assets $12,852 ($584,603)

Program Fees 5%

The council’s complete audit report and IRS Form 990 are available upon request and can be found on our website at www.girlscoutsni.org.

United Way 3%


Council Finances

Statement of Financial PositionAs of September 30, 2011, and 2010

2011 2010 AssetsCurrent Assets

Cash and Cash Equivalents $532,706 $1,142,601

Accounts Receivable, net 247,366 230,705

Inventories 391,971 374,012

Prepaid Expenses and Deposits 134,777 221,487

Investments 2,031,017 2,138,139

Total Current Assets 3,337,837 4,106,944

Non-Current Assets

Pledges Receivable, net 58,331 44,701

Benefi cial Interests in Trusts 536,918 561,069

Land, Buildings and Equipment, net 6,530,691 6,704,842

Total Non-Current Assets 7,125,940 7,310,612

Total Assets $10,463,777 $11,417,556

Liabilities Accounts Payable $200,189 $158,576

Accrued Liabilities 358,424 302,476

Line of Credit –– 260,000

Notes Payable 639,384 639,384

Total Liabilities $1,360,436 $1,360,436

Net Assets Unrestricted 8,854,051 8,813,642

Temporarily Restricted 323,154 342,471

Permanently Restricted 727,959 736,199

Total Net Assets $9,905,164 $9,892,312

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $10,463,777 $11,417,556

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Key Partners and Donor Support

Key Partners

The following organizations partnered with GSNI to make our programming possible—from technology upgrades to mentoring and membership extension. We are grateful for all of their support.

*Those with an asterisk provided more than $5,000 of support for designated programs.

Corporate Partners

Thanks to our major corporate sponsors:

Batavia United WayCommunity Foundation of the Fox River Valley*Community Foundation of Northern Illinois*Fox Valley United Way*Genoa-Kingston United Way Girl Scouts of the USA/Dove* Girl Scouts of the USA/Department of Education*Girl Scouts of the USA/ The Motorola Solutions Foundation*

Illinois Violence Prevention Authority/Patriots Gateway* Techbridge, Inc.*United Way of Boone County* United Way of Central Kane CountyUnited Way of Greater McHenry CountyUnited Way of Lee County* United Way of Northwest IllinoisUnited Way of Ogle CountyUnited Way of Rock River Valley* United Way of Whiteside County* Woodward Charitable Trust*

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Key Partners and Donor Support

Public Support

Gifts in Kind valued at $157,000

Family Partnership raised $21,000

Girl Scouts Forever raised $147,000

Five Girl Scouts Forever events were held, including two in Rockford and three new events in Geneva, Crystal Lake and Sterling.

Holiday Harvest raised $16,000

Thin Mint Sprint raised $19,000

Annual mail appeals raised $25,000

Mail appeals were sent to alumnae, civic organizations and community friends requesting support for general operating and financial assistance (campership, scholarship and financial aid).

*View the complete Family Partnership donor list at www.girlscoutsni.org.

Gifts were received in memory of:

Virginia AlleyRuth BarryGernivier CholkeAnne C. FairchildElvida Gomez

De Ette HammerKimberly Sue KellyRuth Hanna McCormickArlene M. ReimerSharon Schoen

Gerald SpangJohn TimmermanAlba Williams


Donor Gifts

Carolyn M. AllisonSara Ellen AndersonPatricia AppelhansMary Ann BeebeNorma Behrend*Jane CarterDiane L. CollinsCheryl Dahl-KearneyJody DeeryCarmen DiazBev DowAnne C. Fairchild*Miriam FleigMark & Shelley FridlyJan Hann

Mark & Joyce HarrisonGrant Herman*Patricia LairdMary LampVirginia LarsenKellyn LawrenceRuth LittleRuth N. Lund*Colleen M. MageePatricia McCulloughKen & Marsha OppermanBarbara PaganoShirley Peterson, M.D.*Gregory & Dr. Christina PettyPeggy Richards

Edward & Mary Anne RoundsSandy SaboJudith SedlackAdella SefrhansPeggy SimonsenSusan SperoffJune Stott-KubasiakDeborah A. StroutKathryn SwickDana VierckJacquelyn WaskiewiczFleur Wright

*deceased

Juliette Low Society MembersThe Juliette Low Society provides a significant and lasting impact on the girls served by GSNI, assuring that the spirit of Girl Scouting will continue on its strong foundation while adapting programs to meet the needs of girls, today and tomorrow. Juliette Low Society membership is secured in the form of a charitable gift through the donor’s estate plan to the endowment.

Gifts were received in honor of:Kelly MillerKarna Sandri Sally StevensAzure ThillCathy Wilcox


Donor Gifts

$95,000 +

United Way of Rock River Valley

$10,000 - $24,999

Community Foundation of Northern IllinoisCommunity Foundation of the Fox River ValleyGirl Scouts of the USA/AT&THarold & Marjorie Pratt Charitable TrustEdward & Mary Anne RoundsSports Authority

$5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous (2)Behr Iron & MetalBMO Harris BankFox Valley United WayGloyd Family FoundationDonna Kelley Motorola Solutions Foundation-FIRST GrantRockford Health SystemUnited Way - Lee CountyUnited Way of Boone County

United Way of Metro ChicagoUnited Way of Whiteside CountyWoodward Governor Company

$2,500 - $4,999

AnonymousDell Direct Giving CampaignWayne H. & Ruth L. Diehl TrustJeanne FlobergTim & Patti LundWilliam Miller Charitable Trust

Girl Scouts Forever Society MembersThe Girl Scouts Forever society is a multi-year annual giving program ensuring GSNI the ability to help girls realize their leadership potential—right now—so they can change the world on a daily basis. Membership in the Girl Scouts Forever Society is secured through a 5-year pledge of $1,000 or more

Donna AddyAnonymousDouglas & Lisa BreitspreckerEntre’ Computer SolutionsDorothy S. EspenscheidMiriam L. Fleig Mark & Shelly FridlyBradley & Georgann GummowDaniel & Cathy Hawkins

Betty J. HillierSally & William HoffDonna V. KelleyJoan M. KelleyMark & Julie MaffeiTerry & Betty MooreLisa A. NormoyleCarolyn F. O’NealGloria PowellSusan Reimer

Riley Drug/ Tim & Bobbie RileyEdward & Mary Anne RoundsRuss & Carol SiefkenMarlene ThompsonCatherine C. VealBarbara C. VromanJohn & Beverly WhiteheadCathy WilcoxVicki Wright

DonorsThe following listing represents gifts of cash or stock received October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011.

*View a complete listing of donors at www.girlscoutsni.org.

Message from CEO / Board Chair


Donor Gifts

United Way - Batavia Community ChestUnited Way of Central Kane CountyUnited Way of Greater McHenry CountyUnited Way of Northwest IllinoisKatherine WallsWal-Mart FoundationCatherine & Thomas WilcoxVicki Wright

$1,000 - $2,499

Alliant Energy FoundationAndrock Hardware Corp.AnonymousDonna & Terry BausmanBergstrom Inc. Charitable FoundationLisa & Douglas BreitspreckerRobert & Karen BrownPhil & Nancy CostelloD. Showers, Ltd.Miriam FleigGKN FoundationBradley & Georgann GummowBetty HillierHollywood CasinoJade Rockford LLC DBA Culver’sKane County Weed & Seed

Joan KelleyRev. Keith Kelsey-PowellTed & Jean KillingsworthJanet KjellstromMadelon & Victor KoernerVirginia & Arnold LarsenJo Ann LyonScott & Kelly McClearyMcHenry County Community FoundationTerry & Betty MooreMulford Dental GroupLisa & Tim NormoylePark North Stateline Service UnitSue ReimerRiley Drug/ Tim & Bobbie RileyRotary Club of Oswego FoundationJenny SavageSchneider Electric North America FoundationScott & Virginia Webster Charitable Foundation TrustJack Leist & Judith SedlackSt. Charles Kiwanis FoundationMarlene ThompsonUnited Way of BarringtonCatherine & William VealBarbara Vroman

$500 - $999

Mark & Carol AckermanDonna AddyJames AderholdAlpine BankAlpine KiwanisSara Ellen & James AndersonAztec Service UnitSteve BaloghBatavia Mother’s Club FoundationBay Valley FoodsSarah Behrend LuethiPatricia BelousekBecky BlaineBushman’s ServiceJane CarterCentegra Health SystemCGH Medical CenterLisa & Michael CheesemanCity of AuroraCommunities in Schools of Aurora, Inc.Cornerstone Credit UnionLinsey CrowninshieldFraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary Bingo FundHamilton Sundstrand CorporationDaniel & Cathy HawkinsHelen Hill CommunicationsHicksgas Belvidere, Inc



Donor Gifts

William & Sally HoffJohn D & Jane Leifheit Charitable FoundationJohnson Oil CompanyDr. John & Sarah KoepsellKohl’s Cares for KidsJune & Steven KubasiakRuth LittleJohn LynnRichard & Ann McWethyJohn & Karen MessleyChristine Ory

OSF St. Anthony Medical CenterPam & Terry OwensJack PackardSuzyn PriceProject First RateQSP, Inc.Charlie QuallsRiverside Community BankRK Dixon

Rockford Rage/Women’s Roller Derby LeagueWillis & Doris RowaldAngela SchmidtA L Schutzman Co.Sikich LLPTrust Company of IllinoisDana & Gary VierckVoss Metals Co., Inc.Brent & Jean WadsworthDaniel & Barbara Williams


Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois Board of Directors

OfficersLisa Normoyle, Chair

Jeffrey Schmidt, First Vice-Chair

Scott F. McCleary, Second Vice-Chair

Daniel Hawkins, Secretary

Robert Quimby, Treasurer

Vicki Wright, Chief Executive Officer

Phil Costello, Chief Financial Officer

Directors-at-LargeMark M. Ackerman

Stephen E. Balogh

Donna Bausman

Marg Blum

Rosario DeLeon

Sheryl Y. Head

John Kovanda

June M. Kubasiak

Pamela K. Owens

Michael T. Peddle

Kate Ramsay

Bobbie Riley

Jean Marie Saidler

James K. Say

Rhonda Sunden

Catherine C. Veal

Louanne Vedra-Glisan

Cathy Wilcox

Associate DirectorsAubrey Baker-Clark

Alexandra Fleig

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois Annual Report

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois

serves nearly 20,000 girls and

6,000 adults in all or parts of

Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb,

DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall,

Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry,

Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and

Winnebago Counties.

Elgin Service Center12N124 Coombs RoadElgin, IL 60124847-741-5521Fax: 847-741-5667 Girl Scout Express200 Applebee StreetBarrington, IL 60010847-620-5043Fax: 847-620-5044 Freeport Service Center5040 Business Rt. 20 WFreeport, IL 61032815-235-8777 or 800-925-3327Fax: 815-235-2468 Tumilowicz Center for Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts2820 McFarland RoadRockford, IL 61107815-962-5591 or 800-242-5591Fax: 815-962-5658 Sugar Grove Service Center200 New BondSugar Grove, IL 60554630-897-1565Fax: 630-466-7018

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