Girl Scouts of the USA leadership will decide on an annual membership fee increase that would triple the cost to join during a meeting this weekend, and comes as involvement continues to decline.
Time to sell more cookies. The Girl Scouts of the USA may raise yearly membership fees by 240%, from $25 to $85. "We have collectively acknowledged that a membership dues increase is needed which is greater than the 25 percent the National Board has authority to approve in a single triennium," Girl Scouts of the USA President Noorain Khan and CEO Bonnie Barczykowski wrote in a handbook for delegates who will vote on the potential increase this weekend.
"I just feel like a triple jump in numbers is going to dissolve the Girl Scouts in southeast Indiana," Bertram told WCPO-TV. "People out here do not pay that kind of money." Bertram said that being a Girl Scout leader, which she’s done for more than 30 years for her daughters, then her granddaughters, is important to her.
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