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Annual Report 2019 Annual Report 2019 Calgary Area Council 2188 Brownsea Drive NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 3G9 ☎ 403-283-8348 [email protected] http://www.calgarygirlguides.com Published: April 2020 Contents Message from the Area Commissioner .................................... 1 Financial Report .............................................................................. 2 Cookies ............................................................................................... 4 Our People ........................................................................................ 6 Facilities............................................................................................ 10 Camping ............................................................................................ 13 International .................................................................................... 17 Membership.....................................................................................18 Program ............................................................................................ 22 Public Relations ............................................................................. 25 Training ............................................................................................ 27 Districts ............................................................................................ 29 Rally Day 2019 ................................................................................ 52 Link .................................................................................................... 54 Trefoil Guilds .................................................................................. 55 Area Adult Events ......................................................................... 62 Donations ........................................................................................ 65 Index ................................................................................................. 66 Message from the Area Commissioner It was an honour to be elected as Calgary Area Commissioner effective July 1. My heartfelt thanks to outgoing Area Commissioner, Arzmund Teja, for her leadership and dedication over the past three years. Calgary Area was excited to surpass 6000 members in 2019! Fun and engaging programming at the unit, district, and area level continued to make Guiding a program of choice for families in Calgary, Cochrane, Canmore, Banff, and Chestermere. We recognized the contributions of our amazing members at the annual Calgary Area Youth Awards Ceremony, Trefoil Tea, Area Dinner, Volunteer Awards Celebration, and the Memorial Grove Ceremony. Camp Jubilee celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a commemorative crest. Annual Area wide events continued to be hugely successful including STEM Days for all branches, GGC Archive sessions, History Wrangler Heritage Nights, Sparklefest, Brownie Camp Academy, Guide Skills Day, Night Trek, Backpacking and Canoe Weekends, as well as Spring and Fall Ranger Camps. New Area events in 2019 included Heritage Train trips at Aspen Crossing (all ages), Nature Day (B,G) at Ralph Klein Park, Stampeder Sleepover at McMahon Stadium (all ages), Winter Fun Day (S,B,G), Adventure Trek (G) with girls hiking and completing challenges at stations along the way, and Camp Cook Off Competition (P,R) where teams were judged on their ability to create a three course meal including three secret ingredients without using electric appliances. The winners got to take home the bronze, silver, and gold spatulas! ANY-Council Rally Day was held on May 11 at the Stampede grounds with 1500 attendees. The full day event included a pancake breakfast and an entertaining stage show at lunch time that included an opera singer, talented team skipping demonstration, and a visit from Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Girls could choose to participate at over 20 different hands-on activities such as African drumming, line dancing, astronomy, rockets and aerospace, water and nature, service project for Meals on Wheels, curling, and self-defence classes. Finally, Calgary Area girls travelled on a record number of 17 domestic and 8 international trips. Popular destinations included BC, LEAP in Ontario, the Maritimes, NWT, the World Centres, France, and Italy. Throughout all 22 districts, you could find girls and women jumping into awesome activities, making new friends and discovering how they could make a difference in the world. Yours in Guiding, Michele Harding Calgary Area Commissioner Annual Report 2019 Page 1 Financial Report Calgary Area Treasurer: Shalyn Davis Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2019 Revenue 2019 2018 Expenses 2019 2018 Cookies 1,707,907 1,614,866 Cookies 1,377,784 1,294,342 Membership fees 283,535 264,728 Administration 378,261 380,308 Camp facilities 205,330 178,519 Camp facilities 167,371 142,094 Unit facility rental 71,640 74,950 Area events 213,983 143,715 Fund development* 90,758 70,009 Unit facility rental 150,448 213,313 Area events 113,286 78,120 Membership fees 78,546 107,436 Other 38,339 12,806 Fund development 33,774 13,858 Unrealized gain on investment 50,602 2,516 2,400,167 2,295,066 Excess revenue 161,230 1,448 2,561,397 2,296,514 *Includes fundraising and casino Page 2 Calgary Area Girl Guides Reserve Funds Calgary Area has reserve funds that are set aside to ensure funding for critical infrastructure and important projects that fall outside of our normal budgeting process. Reserves Balances 2019 2018 Stabilization reserve 390,162 338,480 Guide House lease 33,195 40,390 Property maintenance and improvements 102,875 177,300 Area events fund 5,000 20,000 Finance Information Support Team The Finance Information Support Team (FIST) provides support to the district and unit treasurers by overseeing the review of district and unit books semi-annually, reviewing budgets in the fall, reviewing trip binders, and monitoring an email account that all district and unit treasurers can reach out to with any bookkeeping related questions. In addition, the committee provides semi-annual District Commissioner and District Treasurer (DC/DT) workshops where there is an overview of different bookkeeping and compliance topics. Members of the FIST Team in 2019: Meribeth Barclay Bushra Ikram Shalyn Davis Susan Sarrasin Lisa Franklin Michelle Tremblay Morgan Hansen Sandy Williams Annual Report 2019 Page 3 Cookies Cookie Orderer: Amanda Rose As the Girl Guide official fundraiser, revenue from selling cookies allows us to ■ Subsidize registration fees for families ■ Maintain our Calgary Area office and camps ■ Provide Area-wide programs for girls ■ Train and support our Guiders ■ Deliver programming for girls, including unit meetings, service projects, field trips, sleepovers, outdoor adventures, camps, and international travel Our cookie sales keep increasing. In 2019, Calgary Area sold an amazing 42,732 cases of cookies. (Each case has 12 boxes of cookies inside.) That's $2,563,920 worth of cookies! Spring Cookies: 22,351 cases Fall Cookies: 20,381 cases Page 4 Calgary Area Girl Guides Cookie proceeds are divided in the following ways. Annual Report 2019 Page 5 Our People The Calgary Area volunteers and staff work together to Grow Guiding and support our members! Commissioner Team Area Commissioner: Michele Harding Deputy Commissioners: Kathy Dion Michelle Kromplak Cyndi Williams Left to right: Kathy Dion, Michele Harding, Cyndi Williams, Michelle Kromplak Page 6 Calgary Area Girl Guides Staff The staff are an important resource for all Calgary Area Girl Guides and volunteers. Administrative Assistant: Brandy Brigden Membership Database Coordinator: Brenda Shandera Operations Coordinator: Jocelyn Desmarais Bookkeeper: Bushra Ikram Camp Maintenance: Terry Lloyd, Darrel Woldum Left to right: Brandy Brigden, Brenda Shandera, Terry Lloyd, Jocelyn Desmarais, Bushra Ikram Annual Report 2019 Page 7 Area Council The Calgary Area Council includes our Area Commissioner, Deputy Area Commissioners, Treasurer, Secretary, Committee Advisers, and District Commissioners. Front row seated (left to right): Leslie Jones, Jan McCaghren, Michelle Kromplak, Michele Harding, Kathy Dion, Cyndi Williams, Stephanie Morgan Standing (left to right): Amanda Saigeon, Devina Shah, Jovita Dias, Twila Tayfel, Janelle Smiley- Wiens, Megan Belenky, Debbie DeCampos, Annette Jaenen, Dawn Resch, Allison Hunter, Tasha Dion, Lynette Lui, Melanie Murray, Rebecca Keeler, Rosanne Bowman, Spencer Tomasello, Debra Brisbin Not Pictured: Meribeth Barclay, Deadra Berkan, Pat Istead, Laurie Lin, Teresa Nelson Keller, Caitlin Reid Page 8 Calgary Area Girl Guides Committees Calgary Area includes six committees that run programs, give training, promote Girl Guides, and generally support our members. Each committee includes an adviser, and many committees also include a team to assist in running programs. The committees include the following: ■ Camping ■ International ■ Membership ■ Program ■ Public Relations ■ Training Front row seated (left to right): Leslie Jones (Camping), Debra Brisbin (Membership) Standing (left to right): Jovita Dias (PR), Jan McCaghren (Training), Amanda Saigeon (International), Rebecca Keeler (Program) Annual Report 2019 Page 9 Facilities Deputy Area Commissioner: Michelle Kromplak Calgary Area maintains four properties for the camping enjoyment of our membership. Collectively, they offer unique opportunities to teach girls about the environment, work as a team, gain leadership skills, and build self confidence. Camp Jubilee Jubilee
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