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The Family Partnership Campaign is a way for Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England to raise critical funds that stay within our council and directly support girls and Girl Scout programming. Family Partnership donations are gifts made by our Girl Scout family, including parents, guardians, volunteers, and girls. These gifts help to support camps, leadership development opportunities, healthy living initiatives, and science and technology experiences—the overall Girl Scout Leadership Experience. In addition, Family Partnership funds support our camp properties and camp programs, volunteer support and trainings, development of new programs, and financial assistance for girl and adult members who would not otherwise benefit from Girl Scouting. Moreover, your gift supports the Girl Scout experience for the girl in your life! Regardless of which programs she has participated in, she has been touched by the Family Partnership Campaign.

New for the 2018-2019 membership year, GSSNE will be offering a special Family Partnership patch! Here’s how girls can earn one:

• If a girl’s family donates $25, the girl will receive a patch. If families have multiple girls, every additional $5 donated earns another patch. For example, a family with 3 girls would need to donate $35 for each girl to receive a patch.

• Troop donations can also be made to the Family Partnership Campaign. Troop donations consist of donations collected and turned in by the troop as a whole. The same qualifications apply to troop donations as a family. For example, a troop of 12 girls would need to make an initial donation of $25 and 11 donations of $5, totaling $80, for each girl in the troop to receive a Family Partnership patch.

• All qualifying donations made with a 2019 new or renewed membership will receive Family Partnership patches.

• Any qualifying donations that are received by troops or families outside of the membership registration process on or after September 1, 2018 will earn patches.

• All patches will be mailed to the address on file with the girl household or the troop leader.

You can make your Family Partnership

gift when you register as a new

or returning member or by visiting

www.gssne.org/donate

and selecting Family Partnership

as the Donation Category.

New Family Partnership Campaign Patch!