I realize that each year (Girl Scouting) has changed and grown until I know that, a decade from now, what I might say of it would seem like an echo of what has been instead of what is.
  Juliette Gordon Low, 1925
Juliette Low wrote these words when Girl Scouting was only a bit more than a decade old! She realized and believed that we would continue to grow and change, and she was correct. And now, eighty-two years after her prophetic musings, we are about to undertake a crucial step.

As a national movement we have embarked on an organizational transformation that will align our operations with our vision of meeting the needs and challenges of girls today and beyond. That transformation can be summarized within five strategic priorities:
 
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Developing an integrated personal/leadership development program model that defines activities and outcomes, differentiated by age level and offers flexible pathways for participation. This new program model incorporates community and global service, action and citizenship.
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Developing a nimble, state-of-the-art model of volunteerism that will seek out a diverse cadre of volunteers committed to the Girl Scout Promise and a girl-centric approach. Volunteers will be able to join easily, learn continuously, serve in flexible ways and achieve the specified outcomes with girls.
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Transforming the Girl Scout image with a compelling, contemporary brand that will inspire girls of every age, and families of every culture, to join.
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Developing an efficient and effective organizational and democratic governance system that achieves decisiveness, speed of action, and use of our resources.
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Developing a methodology to substantially increase contributed income to fund a vibrant Girl Scout Movement by creating a “case for Girl Scouts” and a culture of fundraising on behalf of girls at every level.
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We are on our way to realizing this transformation through the first step of realigning three local Councils. Staff and volunteers have been working for almost eighteen months on the geographic realignment initiative and on October 1, 2007 we will become the Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ, Inc., serving almost 30,000 girls and 12,000 adults in nine counties from Middlesex to Cape May!

We look forward to all the new and exciting opportunities this transformation will mean to girls in New Jersey. And we also believe that because these efforts will strength Girl Scouting locally and nationally, as Juliette Low said…that, a decade from now, what (we) might say of it would seem like an echo of what has been instead of what is.

We welcome all of you to join us on this wonderful journey!!!
Wendy A. Owen, Board Chair Mary E. Connell, CEO
 
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