Girl Scouts – Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas received a grant for $30,000 from the Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation.
Counties that will receive programming from this grant include Jefferson, Monroe, Phillips, Craighead and Lee. Specific programs for the girls in Arkansas will include financial literacy, healthy habits, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities, and anti-bullying.
The grant will be used to support community programs, including the new Girl Scouts Rise program, a juvenile justice prevention and intervention program, according to a news release.
The programs will serve 300 girls in five counties across southern and eastern Arkansas through December 2017.
The King Foundation provides more than $2 million annually in grants to projects in Texas and Arkansas. Their primary support is for projects that serve the indigent, children and education, according to a news release.
“We’re very honored to receive this grant from the King Foundation to help bring our best programming to these communities in Arkansas,” said Dawn Prasifka, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts – Diamonds. “We want every girl to be able to have the Girl Scout experience and to develop her full potential no matter what her circumstances or background, and this grant supports our efforts in doing just that.”