-->

• The Girl Scouts of the USA is an organization for American girls in the United States and those living overseas. It is based on the scouting principles developed by the founder of the Boy Scouts of America. Like boy scouts, girl scouts are taught values such as courage, honesty, fairness, compassion, character, confidence, and citizenship. They can also earn badges for demonstrating their skills in practical exercises.

• Fast Facts

  1. Founded: March 12, 1912
  2. Founder: Juliette Gordon Low
  3. Membership 2.7 million girls and 928,000 adults (2005)
  4. Current CEO: Kathy Cloninger
  5. Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
  6. Headquarters are located in New York City
  7. Membership is organized by age group
  8. Members can earn awards appropriate for their age levels
  9. Girl Scouts of America do not ban or require prayer
  10. The oldest living girl scout is 102-year-old Marianne CrowderABC: Bay Area home to oldest living Girl Scout

• Girl Scout Cookies

  For over 90 years, girl scouts worldwide have participated in an annual fund raising drive during which they sell boxes of cookies to community members. The exercise is designed to develop skills such as goal setting, money and time management, teamwork and entrepreneurship among the girls. The funds remain in the community in which they were raised and go towards improving and maintaining Girl Scout facilities and programs.

• Girl Scouts Modernize

  The Girl Scouts of America are making a concerted effort to become more trendy. In a bid to boost falling enrollment, the organization is planning a complete make-over. Badges and text-book style lessons are to be replaced with blogs written by girls and video conferences with Girl Scout groups in other countries.Washington Post: Blogs In, Badges Out as Girl Scouts Modernize (March 2, 2009)

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  Boy Scouts Of America | Troop Groovy Girls | How to Hang a Flag | How to Fold a Flag

Categories

• View History
• Discuss on the Message Board
• Embed this Page
• Share this page