Volunteer Essentials 2014-15 | Page 24

No matter how you volunteer with Girl Scouts, your investment of time and energy will pay back tenfold. With your help, girls will be able to identify issues they care about and work with one another to resolve them. Your interests and life experiences make you the perfect person to be a new kind of partner for girls, someone who creates a safe environment where they can work together and each girl feels free to work toward her highest aspirations. Have no doubt: you, and nearly 1 million other volunteers like you, are helping girls make a lasting impact on the world. Approximately one in every two adult women (49%) in the U.S. has at some point been a member of Girl Scouts. There are currently an estimated 59 million Girl Scout alumnae living in the U.S. To learn more about Girl Scouting Works: The Alumnae Impact study, or to obtain a copy, visit http://www.girlscouts.org/research. We invite you to reconnect with Girl Scouting through the GSWPA Alumnae Association at http://www.gswpa.org/alumnae/stay-connected-with-gswpa/. Visit gswpa.org/alumnae or email [email protected] to learn more about how you can discover, connect, and take acti