Fund Development News
First launched in 2015, the GSSNE Leading Women of Distinction Awards is a unique breakfast fundraiser that celebrates local outstanding women with the following specific objectives:
· To recognize women within the greater Rhode Island community who lead by example and exemplify the Girl Scout mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place by demonstrating qualities of leadership and excellence in their professional, community, family and/or personal endeavors.
· To highlight and celebrate women in our community who are exemplary female role-models by epitomizing the qualities of Girl Scouts’ G.I.R.L. campaign:
Go-Getters, Innovators, Risk-takers, and Leaders™.
·To fund programs and increase resources for GSSNE.
The LWD selection committee will consider nominations of women who have contributed to the community through professional, family, and/or personal endeavors. The committee will select three to five nominees to honor. Honorees will be notified by June 30, 2019. The 2019 Leading Women of Distinction Awards Breakfast will be held in October 2019, specific date TBA. The nomination deadline is May 31, 2018 at 12 pm. To nominate a Leading Woman in your life, please click here.
In March, we celebrated the third annual GSSNE Cookies and Cocktails event as a tribute to the iconic Girl Scout Cookie Program. With the support of our sponsors generous donors and attendees, this event proved to be a night to remember. Guests enjoyed hearing from our emcee, Mario Hilario and our special guest speaker, Gold Award Girl Scout, Bella Marasco.
We were fortunate to have wonderful chef teams who joined us that evening and they each prepared their own special version of tasty treats each made with Girl Scout Cookies. Participating restaurants and bakeries were: Back 40, Castle Hill Inn, Coast Guard House, Ellie's Bakery, Hemenway's, and Whisk Me Away.
We greatly appreciate the support of our sponsors: CVS Health; Dave's Marketplace; Navigant Credit Union; Locke Lord LLP; Sloane and Walsh, LLP; Pawsox; Mohegan Sun/Mohegan Tribe; Innovex; Case Snow Management; Adler Pollock & Sheehan; Gilbane Building Co.; E.W. Burman; and QSP/Ashdon Farms.
Events like Cookies & Cocktails allow Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England to continue providing amazing girl-led experiences to more than 6,000 Girl Scouts who are growing through the mission of becoming girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.