October 17, 2025 • 9 mins
Girl Scouts of Eastern PA - Calling All Girl Bosses
I welcomed four inspiring guests from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania’s Calling All Girl Bosses initiative—a free, yearlong leadership program helping girls in grades 6–12 become confident changemakers in their communities. Joining us are two remarkable Girl Scouts: Jasmine Wielgoszinski from Northeast Philly and Kinsley Jackson from West Philadelphia. They’ll share how their Gold Award projects are making an impact—from advocating for farm animal therapy to leading mural tours rooted in Black history. With them are their biggest supporters—moms and volunteers Adrienne Wielgoszinski and Lillian Jackson.
📍 Learn more or register: gsep.org/girlbosses
📲 Follow on Instagram: @girlbossesphl
I welcomed four inspiring guests from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania’s Calling All Girl Bosses initiative—a free, yearlong leadership program helping girls in grades 6–12 become confident changemakers in their communities. Joining us are two remarkable Girl Scouts: Jasmine Wielgoszinski from Northeast Philly and Kinsley Jackson from West Philadelphia. They’ll share how their Gold Award projects are making an impact—from advocating for farm animal therapy to leading mural tours rooted in Black history. With them are their biggest supporters—moms and volunteers Adrienne Wielgoszinski and Lillian Jackson.
📍 Learn more or register: gsep.org/girlbosses
📲 Follow on Instagram: @girlbossesphl
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. You're listening to Insight, a show about empowering
our community. I'm Lorraine Baller Tomorrow. Today, we're thrilled to
welcome for inspiring guests from the Girl Scouts of Eastern
Pennsylvania's Calling All Girls Buses initiative, a free, year long
leadership program helping girls in grades six through twelve become
confident change makers in their schools, also in their neighborhoods.
(00:22):
Joining us are two remarkable Girl Scouts, Jasmine will Gozinski
from Northeast Philly and Kinsley Jackson from West Philly. They'll
share how their Gold Award projects are making a real
difference in their communities. Alongside them are their biggest supporters,
their moms, Adrian will Gozinski and Lillian Jackson, who also
volunteer with the program. From farm animal therapy to mural
(00:42):
arts tours rooted in Black history, these Girl Bosses are
proving that when girls lead communities thrive. Well, let's start
with Jasmine and Kinsley. Your Gold Award projects are so powerful.
Can each of you walk us through your project and
what inspired your idea. We'll start with Kinsley.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
So my project was mural tours in West Philadelphia to
teach about Black history. And what inspired me was I
have a passion for art and I've always loved learning
about it, so I wanted to share that with other
people by teaching them about what surrounds them in their
everyday lives.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah. So what was the experience like when you had
a chance to actually put it into practice?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
It was really nice to actually get on the bus
and be able to talk to people about what they
were seeing, who made it, and then seeing the questions
that they had about it as well.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Jasmine, what about you? Tell us about your gold Award.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
So my project was called The Importance of Farm Animal Therapy,
and I was inspired to do it because when I
was in kindergarten, I met my friend and her mom said, hey,
I have horses. You should come check it out. So
I rode for about ten years and not only did
it help me with my mental and physical health, everybody
there it helped them. There was always smiles. It was
(01:53):
a family, and when I got to implement my project
and invite people into that space, it was amazing to
see the smiles on their faces.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Tell us a little more about the project. How did
it work and what was your experience of it? When
it was in place.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
So the first thing that I did was I made
a video with testimonials from people who have written and
I posted that on a website called the Importance of
Farm Animal Therapy. And then I did an open house
at Helping Friendly Farm. Invited people to come spend time
with the animals and see the property, watch the video,
and then we did an exercise where everybody wrote down
(02:28):
a positive affirmation and then I mix them up and
everybody got to take one home.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Kinsley tell us about the impact that you feel that
your work has accomplished, either in your community or has
it helped you grow personally.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I feel like that my project was definitely able to
just spread knowledge throughout the community, because every day you
probably pass samural or you look at it, but you
don't really know the story or the meeting behind it.
And I feel like I was really able to teach
myself and also teach the community about it.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Yeah, that's wonderful. My dad taught Black history, so I
appreciate the importance the power of knowing your past. What
about you, Jasmine tell us, how did it impact you
in terms of your own leadership and what was the
impact in your community?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
My goal was to just spread the awareness and the
knowledge of pharmnimal therapy because not many people know about it.
There were a lot of people that told me that,
you know, watching my video it made them cry or
they really were able to listen and say, I never
thought about that. So it was really cool to see
the things that I grew up with and seeing other
people be able to experience them for the first time.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
And we also know how healing and comforting our animal
companions can be and how it can be really used
in so many ways to really support mental wellness. So
that's a very cool project. Well, let's talk to the moms,
Adrian and Lilian. What was it like to watch and
support your daughters during this journey and what motivated you
all to volunteer. Let's start with Adrian.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
I've always volunteered. It's just something that's kind of innately
in me. And it was very nice to watch my
daughter grow up into the person that she's become. She's
a graduated Cross Scouts now. At times, it was also
challenging because she would be like, Mom, you're nagging me,
so I would have to kind of step back and
work with other girls, but also share the knowledge and
(04:14):
experience that my own daughter had and have my daughter
then go talk to the other girls as well to
inspire them and her project. I also volunteered at the
farm where she rode, So that was very meaningful to
me because there's physical and mental disabilities and sometimes you
don't even know it's as good as you know they're
(04:34):
doing speech therapy with horses. Now I just read about
there's children on the autism spectrum. There's children with physical disabilities,
adults with physical disabilities, and then just kids teenagers or
little kids just going through stuff, bullying. It could be major, minor,
all different realms, and it just was very peaceful to
be there and be a part of all of that,
(04:55):
and then to watch my daughter share it with other
people was also in firing. I was like, wow, look
at her go on this presentation, Like all these people
kept coming over to me like wow, she's so wonderful,
she's well spoken, she's inspiring, like they couldn't believe it.
So that was really nice to be a part of that.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
That's great and an opportunity to really bond with your daughter,
and yeah, and that's a great thing absolutely, So Lilian,
what about you? What was it like to be a
supportive of this particular program and why did you volunteer?
Speaker 5 (05:27):
So I'm also a TRUP leader as well, so volunteer
to help other girls in the community to work on
their Silver and Gold awards. We know that it's difficult
to get started, and I think one of the reasons
you see these two girls here is because they have
that support with the awards, but a lot of girls
don't have that support in their households, and by yourself
is just a huge obstacle to overcome. So I think
(05:47):
just giving that support to other girls that might not
necessarily have it helps them to be able to complete
these awards. And again, like I said, I've been a
true leader for I think it's seventeen years now, so
just wanting to help other girls reach that milestone. Because
you always hear about Eagle Scouts and their awards, you
don't hear as much about Girl Scouts and the Gold Awards.
So I think it's just great, a great opportunity for
(06:08):
girls to just develop their leadership skills and to put
together program to help support the community.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
So, yeah, that's absolutely true. I think people are very
aware of Eagle Scouts, yes, but they're not so much
about the Gold Awards, and those are every bit as
rigorous and as impactful as the Eagle Scout Awards. I'm
going to put Jen on the spot here, Jen, Jen Richards,
come over here give us some specifics about how people
can get involved and sign up for Calling All Girl Bosses.
Speaker 6 (06:33):
So, my name is Jen Richards. I'm the project manager
for the Calling All Girl Bosses program, and we're very
excited that after a very successful pilot year during last
school year, we're going to be launching a year two
of Calling All Girl Bosses in Philadelphia, Reading and all
Intown for girls in grades six through twelve. This is
a program that's completely free and it's open to girls
who are current Girl Scouts, but also girls who've never
(06:55):
had anything to do with Girl Scouts. Last year we
had lots of girls who this was their first Girl
Scout experience. And girls can sign up by going on
our website, which is GSP dot org slash Girl Bosses,
and we'll invite you to attend an info session and
once you've attended that info session, we'll get you signed
up and hope to see you part of the program
(07:15):
in the fall.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well, thank you, Jen and let me just tell our
listening audience that this is an extraordinary program. First of all,
there are lots of opportunities to do good things, but
this is an opportunity to do something that not only
increases a young girl's sense of self, creates a mentoring opportunity,
but also creates a tremendous support for leadership. And these
(07:38):
girls support each other and are able to really get
so much support and possibility through this program. It's just
really special. And getting a silver and Gold award is
it's not an easy thing, and this program has really
increased the number of girls who've been able to achieve that,
including the two veter in the studio today. And finally,
I wonder for those listening out there, Jasmine and Kinsley,
(08:00):
what would you tell them? Why would it be something
that you think girls out there listening might want to
become a part of Jasmine.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
It's going to be hard at times, but it's a
family and it's community of support that they're never going
to leave you behind and they're always going to be
behind you cheering her on or on the hard days,
they'll be a shoulder to cry on. And it's an amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Family, great lifelong friendships, right and Kinsley, what would you say?
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Yeah, Like Jasmine said, it's going to take a lot
of hard work, but in the end, I really think
it's all worth it. Like now I know so much
more about the murals and my community as well, and
I think that just really brought us all together.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
That's a beautiful thing. It's a fantastic program and it's free.
How can you not want to be a part of
this particular program, Calling All Girl Bosses sponsored by the
Girl Scouts of Eastern PA. Calling All Girl Bosses. This
initiative is a free, your long leadership program helping girls
in grades six through twelve become confident change makers in
(08:55):
their schools and neighborhoods and joining us to tell us
all about it where Jasmine will Gozinski from Northeast Philly,
Kinsley Jackson from West Philly and their moms Adrian will
Gozinski and Lillian Jackson. If you want more information, you
can go to the website. It's so easy to do.
Go to gs EP dot org, slash girl Bosses and
(09:17):
check it out. Thank you all for joining us today.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
We'll have more insight after these messages
Good morning. You're listening to Insight, a show about empowering
our community. I'm Lorraine Baller Tomorrow. Today, we're thrilled to
welcome for inspiring guests from the Girl Scouts of Eastern
Pennsylvania's Calling All Girls Buses initiative, a free, year long
leadership program helping girls in grades six through twelve become
confident change makers in their schools, also in their neighborhoods.
(00:22):
Joining us are two remarkable Girl Scouts, Jasmine will Gozinski
from Northeast Philly and Kinsley Jackson from West Philly. They'll
share how their Gold Award projects are making a real
difference in their communities. Alongside them are their biggest supporters,
their moms, Adrian will Gozinski and Lillian Jackson, who also
volunteer with the program. From farm animal therapy to mural
(00:42):
arts tours rooted in Black history, these Girl Bosses are
proving that when girls lead communities thrive. Well, let's start
with Jasmine and Kinsley. Your Gold Award projects are so powerful.
Can each of you walk us through your project and
what inspired your idea. We'll start with Kinsley.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
So my project was mural tours in West Philadelphia to
teach about Black history. And what inspired me was I
have a passion for art and I've always loved learning
about it, so I wanted to share that with other
people by teaching them about what surrounds them in their
everyday lives.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah. So what was the experience like when you had
a chance to actually put it into practice?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
It was really nice to actually get on the bus
and be able to talk to people about what they
were seeing, who made it, and then seeing the questions
that they had about it as well.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Jasmine, what about you? Tell us about your gold Award.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
So my project was called The Importance of Farm Animal Therapy,
and I was inspired to do it because when I
was in kindergarten, I met my friend and her mom said, hey,
I have horses. You should come check it out. So
I rode for about ten years and not only did
it help me with my mental and physical health, everybody
there it helped them. There was always smiles. It was
(01:53):
a family, and when I got to implement my project
and invite people into that space, it was amazing to
see the smiles on their faces.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Tell us a little more about the project. How did
it work and what was your experience of it? When
it was in place.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
So the first thing that I did was I made
a video with testimonials from people who have written and
I posted that on a website called the Importance of
Farm Animal Therapy. And then I did an open house
at Helping Friendly Farm. Invited people to come spend time
with the animals and see the property, watch the video,
and then we did an exercise where everybody wrote down
(02:28):
a positive affirmation and then I mix them up and
everybody got to take one home.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Kinsley tell us about the impact that you feel that
your work has accomplished, either in your community or has
it helped you grow personally.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I feel like that my project was definitely able to
just spread knowledge throughout the community, because every day you
probably pass samural or you look at it, but you
don't really know the story or the meeting behind it.
And I feel like I was really able to teach
myself and also teach the community about it.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Yeah, that's wonderful. My dad taught Black history, so I
appreciate the importance the power of knowing your past. What
about you, Jasmine tell us, how did it impact you
in terms of your own leadership and what was the
impact in your community?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
My goal was to just spread the awareness and the
knowledge of pharmnimal therapy because not many people know about it.
There were a lot of people that told me that,
you know, watching my video it made them cry or
they really were able to listen and say, I never
thought about that. So it was really cool to see
the things that I grew up with and seeing other
people be able to experience them for the first time.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
And we also know how healing and comforting our animal
companions can be and how it can be really used
in so many ways to really support mental wellness. So
that's a very cool project. Well, let's talk to the moms,
Adrian and Lilian. What was it like to watch and
support your daughters during this journey and what motivated you
all to volunteer. Let's start with Adrian.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
I've always volunteered. It's just something that's kind of innately
in me. And it was very nice to watch my
daughter grow up into the person that she's become. She's
a graduated Cross Scouts now. At times, it was also
challenging because she would be like, Mom, you're nagging me,
so I would have to kind of step back and
work with other girls, but also share the knowledge and
(04:14):
experience that my own daughter had and have my daughter
then go talk to the other girls as well to
inspire them and her project. I also volunteered at the
farm where she rode, So that was very meaningful to
me because there's physical and mental disabilities and sometimes you
don't even know it's as good as you know they're
(04:34):
doing speech therapy with horses. Now I just read about
there's children on the autism spectrum. There's children with physical disabilities,
adults with physical disabilities, and then just kids teenagers or
little kids just going through stuff, bullying. It could be major, minor,
all different realms, and it just was very peaceful to
be there and be a part of all of that,
(04:55):
and then to watch my daughter share it with other
people was also in firing. I was like, wow, look
at her go on this presentation, Like all these people
kept coming over to me like wow, she's so wonderful,
she's well spoken, she's inspiring, like they couldn't believe it.
So that was really nice to be a part of that.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
That's great and an opportunity to really bond with your daughter,
and yeah, and that's a great thing absolutely, So Lilian,
what about you? What was it like to be a
supportive of this particular program and why did you volunteer?
Speaker 5 (05:27):
So I'm also a TRUP leader as well, so volunteer
to help other girls in the community to work on
their Silver and Gold awards. We know that it's difficult
to get started, and I think one of the reasons
you see these two girls here is because they have
that support with the awards, but a lot of girls
don't have that support in their households, and by yourself
is just a huge obstacle to overcome. So I think
(05:47):
just giving that support to other girls that might not
necessarily have it helps them to be able to complete
these awards. And again, like I said, I've been a
true leader for I think it's seventeen years now, so
just wanting to help other girls reach that milestone. Because
you always hear about Eagle Scouts and their awards, you
don't hear as much about Girl Scouts and the Gold Awards.
So I think it's just great, a great opportunity for
(06:08):
girls to just develop their leadership skills and to put
together program to help support the community.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
So, yeah, that's absolutely true. I think people are very
aware of Eagle Scouts, yes, but they're not so much
about the Gold Awards, and those are every bit as
rigorous and as impactful as the Eagle Scout Awards. I'm
going to put Jen on the spot here, Jen, Jen Richards,
come over here give us some specifics about how people
can get involved and sign up for Calling All Girl Bosses.
Speaker 6 (06:33):
So, my name is Jen Richards. I'm the project manager
for the Calling All Girl Bosses program, and we're very
excited that after a very successful pilot year during last
school year, we're going to be launching a year two
of Calling All Girl Bosses in Philadelphia, Reading and all
Intown for girls in grades six through twelve. This is
a program that's completely free and it's open to girls
who are current Girl Scouts, but also girls who've never
(06:55):
had anything to do with Girl Scouts. Last year we
had lots of girls who this was their first Girl
Scout experience. And girls can sign up by going on
our website, which is GSP dot org slash Girl Bosses,
and we'll invite you to attend an info session and
once you've attended that info session, we'll get you signed
up and hope to see you part of the program
(07:15):
in the fall.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well, thank you, Jen and let me just tell our
listening audience that this is an extraordinary program. First of all,
there are lots of opportunities to do good things, but
this is an opportunity to do something that not only
increases a young girl's sense of self, creates a mentoring opportunity,
but also creates a tremendous support for leadership. And these
(07:38):
girls support each other and are able to really get
so much support and possibility through this program. It's just
really special. And getting a silver and Gold award is
it's not an easy thing, and this program has really
increased the number of girls who've been able to achieve that,
including the two veter in the studio today. And finally,
I wonder for those listening out there, Jasmine and Kinsley,
(08:00):
what would you tell them? Why would it be something
that you think girls out there listening might want to
become a part of Jasmine.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
It's going to be hard at times, but it's a
family and it's community of support that they're never going
to leave you behind and they're always going to be
behind you cheering her on or on the hard days,
they'll be a shoulder to cry on. And it's an amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Family, great lifelong friendships, right and Kinsley, what would you say?
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Yeah, Like Jasmine said, it's going to take a lot
of hard work, but in the end, I really think
it's all worth it. Like now I know so much
more about the murals and my community as well, and
I think that just really brought us all together.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
That's a beautiful thing. It's a fantastic program and it's free.
How can you not want to be a part of
this particular program, Calling All Girl Bosses sponsored by the
Girl Scouts of Eastern PA. Calling All Girl Bosses. This
initiative is a free, your long leadership program helping girls
in grades six through twelve become confident change makers in
(08:55):
their schools and neighborhoods and joining us to tell us
all about it where Jasmine will Gozinski from Northeast Philly,
Kinsley Jackson from West Philly and their moms Adrian will
Gozinski and Lillian Jackson. If you want more information, you
can go to the website. It's so easy to do.
Go to gs EP dot org, slash girl Bosses and
(09:17):
check it out. Thank you all for joining us today.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
We'll have more insight after these messages
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