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Girl Scouting builds Future Leaders ——— 2016 ANNUAL REPORT———

In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia founded Girl Scouts. Just five years later, Coronado

became the home to the first Girl Scout troop west of the Rockies.

A major reason Girl Scouting has been around for so long: We stay relevant! We want girls to be

“G.I.R.L.s” (go-getters, innovators, risk-takers and leaders) … so we combine STEM, the outdoors, life

skills and entrepreneurship with civic engagement, delivering life-changing, girl-led programming.

Girl Scouts stands for inclusivity. We stand for unity, patriotism, and a commitment to the country

we all share. We stand for the skills and resources that girls need to discover their talents and gain

the courage, confidence, and character they need to be leaders. We stand for being honest and fair,

friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, and courageous and strong.

Our commitment to building future leaders is unwavering. We are pleased to share with you this

annual report, a testament to our organization's ability to unlock the powerful potential of girls.

Thank you for your continued support.

Rick Brooks Carol M. Dedrich, MBA, CRFE

Board Chair Chief Executive Officer

2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Our leadership Officers

Rick Brooks, CFA, CFP Chair Chief Investment Officer Blankinship & Foster, LLC

Regina H. Buckley Vice Chair Attorney, Community Volunteer

Andy Gallagher Treasurer Investment Professional

Sylvia Vecchione, R.N., B.S.N. Secretary Manager Vecchione Plastic Surgery

Directors-at-Large

Natasha Bowman Vice President, Human Resources Synthetic Genomics

Julia Brown Chair Corporate Directors Forum

Chris Carstens Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D.

Liza Crisafi Chief Investment Officer San Diego City Employees' Retirement System

Julie Dubick Partner H.G. Consulting Group Adjunct Professor, California Western School of Law

Laura Georgantos Director, Organizational Effectiveness SDG&E

Marcia Gill Math Professor San Diego City College

Chris Guglielmo Vice President Human Resources Cubic Defense System

Karen Hewitt Partner Jones Day

Brent King Founder Chelsea’s Light Foundation

Barbara Lamb Program Manager City of San Diego

Celia Lanning San Diego Regional President Wells Fargo

Cindy Marten Superintendent San Diego Unified School District

Keith McKenzie Partner Delphi Private Advisors

Peggy Price Director of Social Services Imperial County

Suzanne Schlundt Vice President Marketing – West Cox Communications

Denise Scott Founding Director Del Mar Pines Foundation for Education

Carmen Vann Construction Executive Turner Construction

William “Bill” V. Whelan Partner Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLC

Catherine Young Vice President Internal Audit Globalfoundaries

Shelley Zimmerman Chief of Police The City of San Diego

Girl Scouts San Diego

Board of Directors December 31, 2016

Carol and Rick

Girl Scouts San Diego

By the numbers Girl Scouts San Diego is helping girls develop valuable life skills — as well as great friendships!

11,211 adult

members

22,978 girl

members

3,636 girls served through our

outreach program

8% increase in girl retention

1% increase in adult retention

55.4% White

Race

3.7% Other races

5.1% Asian American

3.2% Black/African American

7.0% Multiracial

0.7% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

0.5% American Indian

Ethnicity

46.6% Non-Hispanic

25.7% Hispanic

27.7% Not

reported

24.4% Not reported

Our large and diverse

Membership region 9,008 square miles

1 office

3 program centers

110 staff

MEXICO

Camp

Pendleton

USMC

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76

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Palomar Observatory

The San Diego

Wild Animal Park

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Pacific

Crest

Trail

Balboa Par k SD Zoo

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79

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Salton Sea

IMPERIAL SAND

DUNES REC. AREA

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CLEVELAND NATIONAL

FOREST

CLEVELAND NATIONAL

FOREST

Fallbrook

Bonsall Pauma Valley

Valley Center

Vista San

MarcosCarlsbad

Encinitas

Solana Beach

Del Mar

La Jolla

Oceanside

Escondido

Rancho Bernardo

Campo Jacumba

Dulzura

Poway

Mission Bay

Lake Hodges

San Vicente Lake

El Capitan Lake

Alpine Pine Valley Mt. Laguna

National City

Chula Vista

Ramona

Julian

Warner Springs

Lake Henshaw

Imperial •

San Diego • Colexico

Imperial Valley

Santee

4 camp

properties

MissionTrails egional Park

El Cajon

Coronado

75

Imperial Beach

Girls have confidence in themselves and their abilities, and form positive identities.

546 Bronze Awards

32 Gold Awards

405 Silver Awards

Girl Scouts develop a

Strong sense of self “Courage is the strength to be yourself and stand up for your beliefs. Character is the way you portray yourself, which can be positive or negative. Confidence is to be okay with yourself, your mistakes, and the way you are.” – Camp Exec participant

18 girls connected with

18 women executives at Camp Exec

2016 Gold Awardees

Girl Scout programs teach

Positive values

2.48M boxes sold

Through the cookie program, girls learn business and leadership skills while earning funds for community service projects.

$2.1M in troop proceeds to fund girl-led community impact projects and

program training

13,848 cookie

entrepreneurs

“It was fun to watch the girls meet, then surpass, their goals! I enjoyed teaching them about working hard and making sacrifices to benefit themselves, the troop and our community through service projects funded by cookie proceeds." – Troop leader

Girl Scouts are

Challenge seekers

100% of outreach program girls received STEM programming

14 STEM trainings for volunteers

Girls take appropriate risks, try new things (even if they might fail) and learn from their mistakes.

STE[A]M

“I previously disregarded coding and technology as a boring, hard thing that I could never learn because I am just "not that kind of person." Now I realize that my technical, orderly side can correspond efficiently and powerfully with my artsy, creative idea side. This experience changed my life: I am thinking about double majoring in software engineering and linguistics!" — Girl Scout

436 girls learned to code

2 mobile apps were

created by girls, for girls

1,718 girls learned team

building skills at day camp

7,679 girls gained a sense of

independence at overnight camp

5,585 girls honed their communication

skills on the ropes courses and archery ranges

Girl Scout camps offer girls

Many opportunities

Girls develop and maintain healthy relationships by communicating their feelings directly and resolving conflicts constructively.

“I learned that just being myself can have a huge impact on those around me. I will make sure to always be myself and not allow external pressure to change who I am." — Camper

Girl Scouts strive to make the

World a better place Girls desire to contribute to the world in purposeful and meaningful ways, learn how to identify problems in the community, and create action plans to solve them.

159,198 boxes of cookies donated to Operation Thin MintSM

150,000 pounds of litter removed

with the help of 800 Girl Scouts at the

Creek to Bay Cleanup

25,000 pounds of food collected

for the San Diego Food Bank

29,840 hours of community

service provided by our Gold, Silver and Bronze

Award recipients

“Giving back to the community taught me so much about myself! I am grateful to have had the opportunity for self- discovery and to have made a difference in the lives of others." — Girl Scout

U.S. Naval Base, Bahrain

Girl Scouts' dedicated volunteers

Mentor and inspire More than 11,000 exceptional women and men dedicated their time and talents as mentors, guides, and champions for girls. Our volunteers are committed to inspiring tomorrows' leaders and advancing council goals.

5,023 troop leaders guided

girls through the Girl Scout experience

2,000 volunteers completed

online training modules

642,880 volunteer hours

contributed

253 training courses provided

for volunteers

"I volunteer with Girl Scouts because I want to give back to the organization that shaped who I am today