New Jersey Today brings the news that Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey has received a $300,000 grant from the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Alcatel-Lucent, to enable girls in underserved communities to participate in the Girl Scouts comprehensive leadership training program, LEAD ON!.The partnership between Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey and Alcatel-Lucent, which employees 4,000 people throughout New Jersey, has two components. The first component involves Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey staff hiring up to 60 9th – 12th grade age girls to facilitate the LEAD ON! program to younger girls in public schools. The final component of the LEAD ON! program will be a leadership conference held in conjunction with Alcatel-Lucent. Awesome!
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