Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri received a $70,000 donation from the Anheuser-Busch Foundation, to benefit our 2009 Urban Girl Scout program. 

If you are not familiar with this program, it is a membership outreach that provides girls who live in un-served and under-served parts of the council jurisdiction with an opportunity to participate in Girl Scouting. The Urban Girl Scout program reaches 1-in-2 girls in the City of St. Louis. Girl members participate in traditional and untraditional Girl Scout activities and learn valuable lessons on leadership, self-esteem, and how to make an impact in their community.

On behalf of all the girls benefiting from this grant, I thank the Anheuser-Busch Foundation for their continuing support.  Over the past 20 years, the Anheuser - Busch Foundation has donated more than $1.5 million to Girl Scouts in Eastern Missouri.

When meeting with Laura Reeves, senior director, Foundation and Corporate Giving at Anheuser-Busch, here’s what she said to me, “The Girl Scouts have a long history of helping girls and young women develop leadership skills and self-esteem through volunteerism, educational projects and social activities.  It’s important that every girl – no matter her economic background – has the chance to participate in these initiatives and contribute to her community.  Anheuser-Busch is pleased to help fund these opportunities for the Girls Scouts of Eastern Missouri.”