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Hey All!
Not many of you know, but I grew up with Girl Scouts. My mom worked for Girl Scouts for over forty years and it meant a lot to my mom to be with an organization like Girl Scouts that’s supports the growth of girls and women. If you didn’t know the Girl Scouts have been around for a very long time.
Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls, with 3.2 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouts is the leading authority on girls’ healthy development, and builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. The organization serves girls from every corner of the United States and its territories. Girl Scouts of the USA also serves American girls and their classmates attending American or international schools overseas in 90 countries.
I feel growing up with the Girl Scouts in my life has made me the woman I am today. The Girl Scouts have brought me and my mother so many memories in our lives. I can only pray I have a daughter one day so I can share my love of Girl Scouts with her. I feel it will be extra special memory to have with my own daughter one day. I can’t wait to be a Girl Scouts mom and helping her sell her cookies! I can’t wait to have those slumber parties and camping trips with her troop. I can’t wait to help her get her badges. I can’t wait to see her being proud of herself and being proud of being a Girl Scout. At the moment I’ve been introducing my niece to Girl Scouts and she too is loving not only the cookies but the sense of friendship and empowerment that being a Girl Scout provide.
Did you know nationally, Girl Scouting has 3.2 million girl and adult members, 2.3 million girls and 890,000 adult volunteers? That’s such an amazing number and so many amazing girls and women learning and supporting each other.
Girl Scouts is sharing a new recruiting message and it follows this motto:
You know that feeling when you just can’t wait for tomorrow? When you’re with friends, and you’re talking about all the fun things that could happen? We love that feeling! So let’s do all the cool stuff you imagined – like trying a bunch of new things, making new friends and sharing what makes you smile. We’ll count down to the next day – and the next one, and the next one – together.
This is a message even National Honorary President of Girl Scouts and First Lady Michelle Obama supports! She is featured in a PSA that you can see below.
It showcases why being a Girl Scout and Girl Scout volunteer is fun and showcase what it’s like to be part of the Girl Scout experience.
Girl Scouts is dedicating the week from September 30th–October 6th to getting the word out to parents and caregivers who want girls to make friends, have new adventures and do great things. Girls K-5 make up the majority of Girl Scout membership and Parents, caregivers and volunteers are vital to success of Girl Scouts.
They want every girl to be so excited about the adventures she’ll have with the Girl Scouts that she can hardly wait for it, because she knows she can do anything she sets her mind to. That feeling starts with parents who encourage their daughters, and volunteers who are role models.
Research proves that Girl Scouts works! In fact, in a 2012 study of more than 3,750 women by the Girl Scout Research Institute, titled Girl Scouting Works: The Alumnae Impact Study, women who were Girl Scouts as girls display positive life outcomes, higher incomes and education levels, and make more money to a greater degree than women who were not Girl Scouts. This is a compelling reason for caregivers to enroll their daughters in Girl Scouts.
Being a Latina, I think it’s very important for Latina little girls especially to have experiences in life with women and girls of all different cultures. It gives them life experiences that are priceless. I firmly believe that’s what Girl Scouts gave to me and it can give that to your daughters as well. I can’t wait to give this experience to my own daughter one day.
To learn more about enrolling your little girls or volunteering for the Girl Scouts Visit www.girlscouts.org/join or visit the Girl Scouts Website or feel free to Like the Girl Scouts on Facebook or follow the Girl Scouts on Twitter, Girl Scouts on Pinterest, or Youtube.
Welcome!
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I was a Girl Scout and loved it. We tried to get my daughter into GS this year but they said there was no troop for her to join 🙁
We just went to our first Girl Scouts meeting last night! We are so excited about this new journey. 🙂
I worked for a short time as a PR coordinator for the girl scouts. It’s interesting that the first lady is involved with the girl scouts now.
I was also a Girl Scout and think it’s great that the organization is still going strong.
I was never a Girl Scout, but think the organization is terrific.
I can’t wait until M is a girl scout 🙂
The girl scouts program is such a great one and is a great way for girls to shape themselves for the future.
I love the Girl Scouts program. I had so much fun being in a troupe as a girl.
I was in it when I was a kid!
I was a girl scout for a year {I only left because my mom had a baby & didn’t want to take me to meetings anymore}. I remember loving it! I only have boys but if I ever have a girl she’ll definitely be in girl scouts.
I was never a girl scout but both of my daughters are!
my daughter was in girls scouts for 2 yrs then the troop fell apart. Its a great organization and so much fun for girls
As soon as my girls turn 5, I’m signing them up for girl scouts.
I did 8 years of Girl Scouts. Such good memories!
I always wanted to be a Girl Scout but my parents didn’t have us kids do extra circular activies. My poor daughter didn’t get to be a Girl Scout because there wasn’t a group for her age range in our area. Talk about bad luck!
I wasn’t a Girl Scout as a child, I was a Camp Fire girl. The Girl Scouts were huge in Arizona (we lived there for 6 months) but they don’t seem to be as popular in Oregon. Maybe it’s just where we live. I always find someone to buy cookies from, though!
My daughter was a girl scout for many years from 6th grade to 11th grade. She loved the friendships she made in her troop and the activities she got to do. Plus it was great for leadership skills and volunteering, she helped in many places she otherwise would not have.
I never got to be part of the Girl Scouts as a child. However, I’m looking forward to when my daughter becomes the right age for it. I’ll definitely sign her up!
I was a Girl Scout as a young girl and still love their cookies 😉
I was a Girl Scout, too. Great memories!
I was never in girl scouts although it sounds like a great program.
3.2 million members, wow! That is astounding.