Girl Scouts Raise $100,000 in One Day After Dropping Transphobic Donor

[fizzgig]

Within one day, the Girl Scouts of Western Washington has raised more than $100,000 dollars online — a sum being used to replace a donation the local council returned to a funder who refused to support transgender girls.

Council CEO Megan Ferland told the Seattle Met Monday that the troop had been overjoyed to receive a $100,000 donation last month. Covering nearly a third of the council's yearly operating costs, the money was meant to help 500 girls attend troop meetings and summer camps when their families couldn't afford it. But then the donor sent along one caveat:

"Please guarantee that our gift will not be used to support transgender girls. If you can't, please return the money."

Ferland didn't hesitate: she returned the money. "Girl Scouts is for every girl," she said of her decision. "And every girl should have the opportunity to be a Girl Scout if she wants to."

http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/06/30/girl-scouts-raise-100000-one-day-after-dropping-transphobic-donor?team=social

link to the op with the original story: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026924350

[joeybee12]

1. Good...and I'd love to know who the bigot donor was...nt

[Autumn Colors]

2. Still more money pouring in, too

I went to their IndieGoGo page and during the time I was reading some of the comments (less than five minutes), they had raised another $2,000!