Girl Scouts of Southwestern NY
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Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place
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Realignment
Toward the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience
Transition Planning 2007 - 2010
The Girl Scout community is hard at work addressing our Core Business Strategy's call for a
major transformation centered on building the worlds best leadership experience that ties
activities to outcomes, provides differentiation for girls form kindergarten through high school,
and offers flexible pathways tor today's diverse and busy girls and volunteers.
To read more about the Transition Plan click here.

In the Fall of 2005 the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) announced exciting
plans for a nation-wide transformation of the Girl Scout Movement… Under the
new plan, the current 312 Girl Scout Councils would realign to be 103 high-
capacity Councils. These Councils will be better equipped to serve the needs
of today’s girls, thereby increasing girl enrollment numbers.
Local, Merging Councils
In Western New York, four Councils are in the process of realignment to form a
single, high-capacity Council. Girl Scouts of Buffalo & Erie County, Girl Scouts
of Genesee Valley, Girl Scouts of Niagara and Girl Scouts of Southwestern NY
are currently engaged in an exciting realignment process that will result in a
Girl Scout Council that will serve over 30,000 girls throughout Western New
York.
Girl Scouts of Western New York
Realignment News
Get the latest realignment news all in one place. A newsletter published as a
collaboration between all four of the realigning councils: Buffalo and Erie
County, Genesee Valley, Niagara County and Southwestern NY.
Click here to read a copy of Realignment News.
Important Dates:
Board Vote on agreement to merge March 31, 2008
Delegate Informational Session April 29, 2008
Delegate Vote to merge May 22, 2008
On April 29th from 6:30-8:00pm Board President Lisa Yaggie and
CEO Lisa Lane-Gniewecki will be present to answer questions. Delegates
should come prepared with questions from their Service Units and Troops.