Cindy Shelton

Cindy Shelton, CEO

Cindy Shelton Chief Executive Officer Phone 432.550.2688 ext 302 | Fax 432.550.9754

The Girl Scouts, volunteers and the community raised more than $250,000, said Cindy Shelton, executive director of the Girl Scouts of the Permian Basin.With the Abell-Hanger Foundation's $100,000 match, the total grew to more than $350,000, she added.

Shelton said approximately 375 individual donors, foundations and charitable trusts contributed to the Girl Scouts campaign held May 8 to Aug. 31, according to Abell-Hanger Foundation authorities.

"We're just so grateful to the Abell-Hanger Foundation for their generous support and also to the dedicated volunteers who helped us raise this money within the communities that we serve so that we can go about our business of providing programs for girls, which really is our passion and our true mission," Shelton said.

Established in 1947, the organization serves approximately 4,100 girls between ages five to 17 years old, Shelton said.Funds raised for this campaign were operational funds, Shelton said.The Girl Scouts of the Permian Basin's annual budget is $1.3 million, she said.

The organization, which serves 18 counties, has great support through grants for programing provided by United Ways, Shelton added.

Cindy Shelton, interim CEO of Girl Scouts of the Permian Basin, said this is the sixth year the organization has collaborated with the museum.
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Participants will have the opportunity to earn a badge for their new knowledge, Shelton said."The girls will learn different embroidery techniques," Shelton said."Local artisans will be working with them."

Cindy Shelton, communications director for the Girl Scouts of the Permian Basin, said the idea originated with a fifth-grader from Lubbock.She said the Girl Scouts of the Permian Basin were so moved, they wanted to help."Her executive director helped her write a letter to all Girl Scouts troops asking for help in this special project," Shelton said.
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Shelton said the Lubbock troop is working with Sen.
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Shelton said making the dolls was difficult, and the Scouts enlisted the help of Scoutmasters, mothers, grandmas and aunts."We'd have more, but they were just hard to make," Shelton said."We had girls from 5 years old to seniors making these dolls.Some of our seniors had to learn to sew before this was done."Shelton said she was glad to see the turnout from the Permian Basin girls."It think it's wonderful," she said.

"We're very proud of ourselves," Girl Scouts of the Permian Basin CEO Cindy Shelton said.
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Shelton said the success of this fund-raising campaign will ensure the stability of the Girl Scout program in the area.
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Girl Scouting provides programs like Bridge to Success, STUDIO 2B, and the Camp CEO Initiatives that address important issues that girls face regularly like being bullied, feeling unsafe, or using drugs or alcohol, Shelton said.