The Girl Scouts of the USA’s National Council Session brought girls and women around the country to Washington, D.C.
Scouts took over Franklin Park in Northwest D.C. for a “Better Than You Found It” volunteer event. It featured more than a dozen volunteer activations at tents set up around the park. United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA) hosted a tent for Girl Scouts to pack job readiness kits.
“We have tons of communities served by our work today. None of them really got into job readiness, how to show up at a new job, orientation, first time in the workforce. So, we really thought that was important for us to bring into the park today,” Taylor German of Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital said.
Girl Scouts and their families packed 60 job readiness kits complete with notebooks, pens, breath mints, tissues, and other essentials job-seekers may need.
The job readiness kits also feature hand-written encouragement cards. The kits were distributed to United Way NCA’s network of five Financial Empowerment Centers (FECs). Our FECs provide financial coaching, budget counseling, and free tax services to help people clear debt, build credit, and pave a secure path toward generational wealth.
“I absolutely love that they’re giving back. I went through Girl Scouts and now that (my daughters) get to do this and seeing the difference they can make in the world—it’s indescribable,” Michelle, a Girl Scouts mom from Virginia, said. “If (the kit) is going to brighten someone’s day and give them the motivation and encouragement, I love it.”
United Way NCA‘s research shows Washington, D.C. is among the hardest regions in the country to land a job.
“I just feel overjoyed to be in community with folks here,” German said. “Girl Scouts are rooted in service. We love to make our community better than we found it.”
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