National Girl Scout Day is celebrates the anniversary of the very first Girl Scout Meeting held on March 12, 1912 by Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Lowe. This first meeting was held in Savannah, Georgia. The meetings were enrichment programs, service projects and outdoor activities and adventures. From this moment on, Girl Scouts became an international movement.
Girl Scouts provides engaging, fun and challenging activities like earning badges, going on trips, selling cookies, exploring science, getting outdoors and doing community service projects. She will also learn important skills in four different areas:
Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
Outdoors
Life Skills
Entrepreneurship
Some fun facts:
Originally called Girl Guides of America
In 1912 18 girls attended that very first meeting
In 1920, there were 70, 000 members
In 1930 there were over 200,000 members
Today there are over 2.5 million members - -1.7 million girls and 750,000 adults
The Girl Scout Mission:
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.
The Girl Scout Promise
On my honor I will try
to serve God and my country
to help people at all times
and to live by the Girl Scout Law.
Girl Scout Law
I will do my best to be
honest and fair,
friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do,
and to
respect myself and others,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.
How to observe #NationalGirlScoutDay
Celebrate what the organization has done to empower girls in communities across the country.
Support your local troops
Learn more about the Girl Scout organization and its impact on girls and young women
Share your experience with girl scouting
Volunteer to be a leader.
And, most importantly, buy a box (or three) of Girl Scout Cookies!
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