Girl Scouts Selling Office, Seek New Cape Location

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

3/25/13

Contact: Anne Soots, Chief Executive Officer OR

Lori Enyart, Public Relations/Digital Media Manger 877-312-4764 or gscouts@girlscoutsmoheartland.org

GIRL SCOUT SERVICE CENTER FOR SALE

NEW CAPE LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED

Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland (GSMH) is selling its current service center located at 1432 Kurre Lane in Cape Girardeau and will move to a new Cape Girardeau location to be determined. The building will be listed for sale on April 1, 2013. The Girl Scout service center in Cape will be relocated to a new location that better accommodates staff size and provides more visibility within the Cape Girardeau area. "Our priority is to provide the best possible service to our membership," said Chief Executive Officer Anne Soots. "Our girls, parents, and volunteers will still be able to meet with staff, drop off paperwork and shop for Girl Scout program materials and merchandise in our new location. The first step is to put the current location on the market. Then we will begin looking for a new location that best serves the needs of staff and membership."

Beginning in the spring of 2011, GSMH assigned a committee to examine the property needs of our membership, the community, and the council. Currently GSMH has five operational service centers and ten program properties. After much research, many surveys, and volunteer feedback sessions, the committee sent a proposal regarding the service centers to the GSMH Board of Directors for further discussion and a final vote. On November 19, 2012 the board voted to keep service center locations in Dexter, Joplin, and Springfield and to sell the current locations in Cape Girardeau and Jefferson City. New locations will be found in Cape Girardeau and Jefferson City.

About the Girl Scout Leadership Experience

Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls in grades K-12. With 3.3 million girl and adult members worldwide, Girl Scouts is the leading authority on girls' healthy development. Today's Girl Scout Leadership Experience has evolved to fit a wide variety of interests and schedules. With five program pathways-events, series, camp, troops and travel girls have more options and more reasons to join than ever before. Through hands-on learning opportunities and a girl-led decision making process, the Girl Scout Leadership Experience empowers girls to discover a strong sense of self, connect with others in a changing world, and take action to help make the world a better place.

About Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland

Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland has a membership of approximately 17,000 girls and 5,000 adults across 68 counties in central and southern Missouri, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma. With the support of community partners, donors, and volunteers, we mentor and support girls as they develop crucial life skills and prepare to take the lead-today, tomorrow and for the rest of their lives. For more information on how to join, volunteer, reconnect, or donate to Girl Scouts, call 877-312-4764 or visit us on the web at www.girlscoutsmoheartland.org.

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