Blue Star Families Announces New Partnership with USA Girl Scouts Overseas
November 15, 2022
Today, Blue Star Families and USA Girl Scouts Overseas (USAGSO) announced a new partnership to help military families living outside of the Continental U.S. The partnership will focus on a collaborative effort to develop meaningful touchpoints between the two organizations that share a mission to support military children and offer them opportunities to thrive, no matter where the military takes them.
“We are excited to embark on this new partnership with USA Girl
Scouts Overseas,” said Lindsay Knight, Executive Vice President for
Social Impact at Blue Star Families. “Working with such a storied
organization, we will be able to better help military families and
children cope with the challenges of living abroad and ease their
transition as they move back to the states.”
“We are extremely proud to partner with Blue Star Families to expand the global network of support available for military families," added Lane Wallace, Executive Director of USA Girl Scouts Overseas. "Through our combined effort, girls and their loved ones will be able to build lasting friendships, learn new skills, and create lifelong memories, from anywhere and at any stage of life."
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ABOUT USAGSO:
USA Girl Scouts Overseas (USAGSO) began in 1925 with a single troop of 18 girls in Shanghai, China. USAGSO exists to bring Girl Scouts to the daughters of military, foreign service, and American expat families around the world and to girls in American or International schools. An operating unit of Girl Scouts of the USA, USAGSO ensures that no matter where American families move, they will have access to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
Today, USAGSO supports almost 10,000 girl and adult members in 90+ countries around the world. USAGSO staff supports members from three locations: NY, NYC; Vicenza, Italy; and Tokyo, Japan.
About Blue Star Families
Blue Star Families is the nation’s largest grass-roots military family support organization, with a mission to support military families to improve military readiness. Its distinctive approach builds stronger communities around military families through knowledge and programs that address the unique needs of those who serve. Blue Star Families’ nationally recognized surveys and analysis give military families an important voice that informs policymakers and its military family programs. It uses the power of its collective resources and cross-sector collaborations to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of members of military families to strengthen the troops, their families, and our nation as a whole. For more information, including the ongoing Blue Star Families Welcome Week events and opportunities to get involved, please visit bluestarfam.org .
