2022 Annual Report
Letter from the President and CEO
In 2022 Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road made big strides as we fine tuned virtual programs and jumped back to in-person experiences. This report covers our Fiscal Year 2022, October 2021 to September 2022. During this period, we inspired, encouraged, and cultivated strength in girls by continuing to offer unique virtual experiences in the areas of STEAM, Life Skills, Entrepreneurship, and Outdoors. We also leveraged our organization’s strength to offer select in-person programming—with local, state, and CDC-compliant safety protocols—including the return of our beloved summer camp.
Following a long stretch of disappointing “can’ts,” girls once again experienced the enchantment of endless possibility—and we were made profoundly aware that our mission was more important than ever. Even with protective face masks, the unequivocal joy on our girls’ faces shown through as they discovered more about themselves, leaned into new opportunities, stretched the bounds of achievable goals, and tapped into newfound levels of self-esteem.
We want to thank our incredible volunteers for their creativity, courage, and commitment throughout the past year. Volunteers truly are the heart of our organization. Adult mentors who encourage Girl Scouts to pursue their goals; cookie managers who bravely led the way through another successful season; alumni and friends who put hours of work into preparing our camp properties for use once again—no matter your role, we appreciate you endlessly. We could never do this without you.
We’re excited to move forward toward bright new horizons. Thank you for being a part of our Girl Scout community—we can’t wait to see everything you accomplish in 2023, and we hope you’ll join us in celebrating all our girls, their achievements, and our collective successes.
Yours in Girl Scouting,
Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road serves communities in 66 counties in northern, central, and eastern Kentucky and 1 county in Ohio. We are fully dedicated to sharing the Girl Scout leadership experience with all girls – regardless of background, geography, or financial situation – so they may reach their fullest potential.
We believe that girls built with Girl Scouts’ guiding principles of courage, confidence, and character make the world a better place.
Board of Directors
Volunteers
Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road’s 1,681 volunteers dedicate themselves to sharing experiences, creating adventures, and seeing girls succeed. Each volunteer is the Who that makes the Why happen. As a Troop Leader, Cookie Manager, or camp kitchen helper – long-time or short-term – legacy or new arrival, each and every volunteer plays a crucial role in GSKWR’s success. Thank you!
Training
Volunteers attended 124 online and in-person training opportunities – including 27 in-person sessions, OWL (Our Weekend of Learning) Training at Camp Judy Layne, 54 live Zoom training sessions, and 43 on-demand gsLearn training courses. 1,768 volunteer modules were completed through gsLearn.
Celebrating
On April 30, Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road gathered to celebrate volunteers and community partners and to say a heartfelt thank you for their support and dedication during a year full of opportunity.
30 Volunteer Awards - 9 Community Partner Awards
The 2022 Spririt of Girl Scouting Award was presented to Sabrina Hinkle! Sabrina recevied a $1,500 scholarship sponsored by UK Federal Credit Union.
The Spirit of Girl Scouting Award is designed to recognize an outstanding Senior or Ambassador Girl Scout. Awardees exemplify the spirit of Girl Scouting through their leadership, actions, and involvement.
Every box of Girl Scout Cookies supports both girl initiative and our local communities – and helps the next generation of female leaders develop skills in goal setting, money management, and business ethics. Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road is incredibly proud of the dedication, hard work, and savvy skills of all the girls that participated in 2022 Girl Scout Product Programs.
Through the Fall Product and Cookie Programs, our girls were resourceful and fully committed to the entrepreneurial spirit Girl Scouts Financial Literacy programs. Thank you to everyone who supported the next generation of female leaders and the opportunities that Product earnings make possible.
- $3,858,384 total gross Cookie Program proceeds
- $300,237 total gross Fall Product Program proceeds
- 768,983 boxes of cookies sold with over $615,000 total troop proceeds
- Nearly 53,000 packages of cookies and fall product were sold through Direct Ship/Ecommerce
- 257 boxes sold per girl
- $294 earned per girl in Fall Product troop proceeds
Congratulations to the Cookie Entrepreneurs who sold more than 1,000 boxes!
146 girls sold more than 1,000 boxes! 
Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road enjoyed a wonderful year in the out of doors at our Erlanger Property, Camp Judy Layne , and Camp Shawano hosting curious campers.
Camp Judy Layne safely welcomed resident campers who hiked, swam, canoed, rappelled, and spelunked. Camp Shawano and Licking Valley Day Camp on the Erlanger Property hosted two weeks of day campers. Every day at camp was filled with adventure – creating confidence and capability for every camper.
239 campers experienced summer resident camp at Camp Judy Layne.
Over 40 alumni experienced adventure opportunities, like hatchet throwing, at gatherings at Camp Judy Layne and Camp Shawano.
More than 300 campers enjoyed programs in the out of doors through day camp experiences on our Erlanger Property and at Camp Shawano.
For more than a century, Girl Scouts’ pillar programs have provided educational and exciting experiences for girls to explore, discover, create, experiment, and wonder - and have fun!
Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road responded to girls’ continued interests and utilized the assets of its camps and open spaces to provide outdoor as well as virtual programs, creating accessible spaces to bring Girl Scout programming to girls. GSKWR’s program team continued its patch-earning opportunities and badge workshops to offer 375 council-led programs and 91 partner-led programs.
Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road’s was excited to be back in person at out 17th annual GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science) hosted by Morehead State University Craft Academy! We had 200 participants, 33 student volunteers, and 31 workshop volunteers helping participants enjoy 13 hands-on workshops sponsored by LG&E - KU, Bank of Lexington & Craft Academy for Excellence in Science & Mathematics.
72 Girl Scouts join together at the Kentucky State Capitol on March 22, 2022 to celebrate 110th Years of Girl Scouting. Girls started their day meeting with some of our female representaitives and taking steps toward earing the Democracy Badge. Attendees then joined Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear as he signed a Proclamation declaring March 2022, Girl Scout Month!
After two long years, Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road continued the Lexington Legend Lock-In Tradition! 387 Girls and their families watched a baseball game and camped out the Legends field. We were so excited to be able to watch the NEW Wild Health Genomes and Alexis "Scrappy" Hopkins, the first-ever female drafted for an on-field position in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Learn about our 2022 Gold Award Girl Scouts and their Projects!
The Girl Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards are presented to Junior, Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador girls who display leadership while engaging in projects that benefit their communities. Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road is confident that these remarkable young women will continue to lead among their peers and throughout their lives with true courage, confidence, and character.
Fifteen remarkable Girl Scouts were recognized in March 2022 for their Gold Award projects. They advocated for drinking water conservation, used repurposed fabric to provide clothing for underprivilaged girls in foster care, and updated a dance class space with speciality resources to prevent injury. Our Gold Award Girl Scouts spent more than 1200 hours creating, renovating, developing programming and, most of all, implementing sustainable and lasting impacts in our communities. Our Girl Scouts changed the world.
Silver Award Girl Scouts
Bronze Award Girl Scouts
Thank you to our generous contributors who made an investment in girls in fiscal year 2022 by supporting Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road. We celebrate our partnership and thank you for giving Girl Scouts adventure opportunities and leadership experiences.
The gifts below were made between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022.
Gift Key: Board Member^ | Staff Member* | Troop1912+
$10,000+
$5,000-$9,999
$2.500-$4,999
$1,000-$2,499
$500-$999
$250-$499
$100-$249
Up to $100
Juliette Gordon Low Society
Tribute Gifts
Gifts in Kind
Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road gratefully acknowledges all donors who have invested in girls with their generous donations in our 2022 fiscal year. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information. Please contact the Fund Development Department at 859.293.2621 to bring any inaccuracies or omissions to our attention.
2021-2022 Financials
The condensed statements of financial position and activities have been summarized from the audited financial statements.
The audited financial statements are available for inspection upon request.
