Girl Scouts target Youngstown city for new recruits, volunteers

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN

alcorn@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

The Girl Scouts of America is looking for more than a few Youngstown girls and young women.

The Girl Scouts’ Youngstown Initiative seeks to recruit 300 new Youngstown Girl Scouts by the spring of 2012, the 100th anniversary of the organization , said Gerard Kelly, service area director for the Girl Scouts North East Ohio that includes Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

At a recent kick-off event for the Youngstown Initiative, 44 girls from Youngstown signed up to become Girl Scouts, exceeding the event’s goal of 40; an additional 36 from outside the city also signed up, Kelly said.

The Girl Scouts also want to recruit 25 adult volunteers who will be trained to provide programming to girls in troops or groups in schools, community centers, churches, libraries and other collaborating partner locations.

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