Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Receives Grant Award from the Bay Area Community Foundation
Saginaw, MI – Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan (GSHOM) is pleased to announce that the organization has received grant support for $4,500 grant from Bay Area Community Foundation. Support was provided in part by the Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council for $2,750, and the Women’s Philanthropy Circle for $1,750. Thanks to these two funds, GSHOM will be able to provide hands-on robotics programming for girls participating in Girl Scouting at the Boys and Girls Clubs in Bay County.
As part of their hands-on experience, girls will develop, code, and showcase their own robots. This programming will be complemented by career exploration discussions and events. The Girl Scouts Robotics Program at Boys and Girls Clubs is designed to give girls from resource-challenged circumstances the confidence to succeed in their own STEM careers. The Foundation’s support will provide scholarship assistance, program supplies, and group facilitator mentorship of girls as they engage in this important STEM learning opportunity.
“We’re so excited to continue working with the Boys and Girls Clubs in Bay County,” states GSHOM Senior Outreach Specialist Lisa Ingram. “And because of the Bay Area Community Foundation’s help, girls are going to have a great chance to learn things that can help them now, especially in their science classes. It’s also going to help them when they look at what they want to do in their professional life. And we know they’re going to have so much fun learning!”
GSHOM anticipates providing programming for 100 Bay County girls as a result of this important funding.
About Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan
Over one hundred years after Girl Scouts was founded in 1912, Girl Scouts remains the nation's premier leadership organization for girls. Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan works on a broader scale as girls navigate a more complex world than ever before. The Girl Scout mission—to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place—informs everything GSHOM does as an organization. Since 2008, GSHOM has served over 150,000 girls and 50,000 adult volunteers in 34 counties, including 4,000-plus girls and 1,100-plus volunteers in Bay County.
For more information about Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan, contact GSHOM’s marketing team at marketing@gshom.org, or call 1-800-497-2688.
About the Bay Area Community Foundation
“For good. For ever.” This is much more than a tagline for the Bay Area Community Foundation – it is a fundamental driving force. Founded, nurtured, and sustained by forward-thinking community members and their monetary gifts, Bay Area Community Foundation plays a crucial role in supporting the immediate and long-term needs of the area.
As the trusted steward of charitable gifts, the Foundation works with individuals, families, businesses, and organizations to create permanent endowment funds that both award grants and last forever. The work of the Foundation is visible in the landscapes of our parks, the hallways of our schools, and the gratitude of our most disadvantaged residents.
The Bay Area Community Foundation is a leader in identifying current and emerging issues, stimulating local resources to address those needs, and helping the region prepare for the future. It is this forward-thinking philosophy that brings peace of mind to many donors who know their dollars are being wisely invested into the community where they are most needed.
For more information about the Bay Area Community Foundation, contact bacfnd@bayfoundation.org, or call (989) 893-4438.
January 07, 2020
