Girl Scouts of Central Indiana gets $2.4M gift from MacKenzie Scott
The gift was part of an overall $84.5 million donation Scott made to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches.
The gift was part of an overall $84.5 million donation Scott made to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches.
As the pandemic wore into the spring selling season, many troops nixed their traditional cookie booths for safety reasons.
The Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, which serves 45 counties, recently decided to close its seven field offices, which also served as program and retail spaces, and have its 26 field staff members work in coworking spaces and launch pop-up shops on the weekends to serve members.
The decision by Girl Scouts to divest the camps follows a consolidation among Girl Scouts councils nationwide in 2007 that
left the local council with a much bigger service area and more real estate.
Red-tail Conservancy director Barry Banks says the group hopes to raise the full $150,000 as soon as possible to buy the 47-acre
Camp Munsee.
CEO Deborah Hearn Smith said the move will eventually bring a cost savings, but it has other benefits.
The Girl Scouts of Central Indiana says a study found that the four sites need significant renovations to reach current safety
codes.