Billy's 180 Herd

180 Horses. 180 Years of Camp Legacy.

Billy’s 180 Herd: Help Every Girl Find Her Billy

Every Girl Scout has a story that stays with her. For Dr. Rebecca Pennington, that story began at camp with a horse named Billy. For another girl, her “Billy” may be discovering a love of STEM, finding confidence through a troop leader who believes in her, making lifelong friends around a campfire, or realizing for the first time that she is capable of more than she imagined.

Billy’s Herd is about creating more of those life-changing moments for girls across southeast Louisiana. As we prepare to celebrate 180 years of Girl Scout camp legacy—100 years of Camp Covington and 80 years of Camp Marydale—we’re inviting 180 founding supporters to help carry that legacy forward.

Gifts to Billy’s Herd provide flexible, mission-critical funding that strengthens troops, supports volunteers, expands access to camp, STEM, leadership programs, community outreach, financial assistance, and so much more.

Be part of the herd that makes her story possible.

Gifts of $1,000 or more help support an Outreach Girl Scout* and provide her with a Billy plush horse and special adoption certificate!

*Outreach Girl Scouts are girls in communities where financial or other barriers may limit access to traditional Girl Scout opportunities. Through the support of generous donors, grants, and community partners, Girl Scouts Louisiana East brings Girl Scouting directly to girls and helps ensure that a family’s circumstances, neighborhood, or financial resources do not determine whether a girl can participate.

Billy’s Herd is a special group of the first 180 donors to help launch this new tradition of giving at Girl Scouts Louisiana East. By becoming a Herd member, you’re not only supporting girls today, you’re helping establish the legacy this campaign will carry forward for years to come. Billy’s Herd is an opportunity to do more than make a gift, it’s a chance to help carry 180 years of Girl Scout legacy forward while opening doors for the next generation.

Your sponsorship provides flexible, mission-critical support that helps Girl Scouts Louisiana East strengthen troops, support volunteers, expand access to camp and leadership experiences, and reach more girls across southeast Louisiana. By joining Billy’s Herd, you become part of a community committed to helping every girl discover the experience, mentor, friendship, or opportunity that becomes her own “Billy” story.

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Be part of the herd that makes her story possible.

To learn about other opportunities or methods of giving, please contact our Fund Development team at funddevelopment1@gsle.org.