As community champions, changemakers, innovators, thought leaders, and trailblazers, these young women have and continue to make positive impacts in our communities and our world. This year, GSGLA’s group of 230 resilient high schoolers faced an unprecedented obstacle—the COVID-19 pandemic—and rose to the challenge with courage, confidence, and character, collectively logging more than 18,000 hours in community service in order to earn the highest award in Girl Scouting. 

GSGLA hosted its 2021 Annual Meeting on April 17, 2021. The virtual meeting featured the State of the Council address from our CEO, Theresa Edy-Kiene. Member attendees also voted in board members including new GSGLA Board Chair Ellen Swarts, a lifetime Girl Scout. You’re invited to watch the State of the Council address on YouTube and check out our 2020 Annual Report.

To celebrate Women in Construction Week, Fortune 500 construction and development company Skanska hosted a two-hour virtual creative competition for GSGLA Girl Scouts in which girls were challenged to dream up, "build", and present their own sustainable construction plan for LA. Working in teams, girls took on roles of project managers, developers, architects, and marketing and branding consultants in order to plan and pitch their projects to female leaders of Skanska.

GSGLA is donating packages of Girl Scout cookies to Los Angeles Unified School District in support of its Grab & Go program to help feed those who are food insecure. Los Angeles Unified plans to include the cookies in meals available at its 63 Grab & Go Food Service Centers at school sites across the district, where students, families, and anyone else in need of a nutritious meal can receive two meals per person, per day.  

In challenging times, our Girl Scout grit shines the brightest. That’s why we’re prepared to be a source of consistency for you and your girl when you need it the most. As we navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic together, we’re working hard to ensure your girl has access to the Girl Scout experience she knows and loves in a way she can experience right now—through virtual and at-home programming.