Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girls Scouts of the United States of America 100 years ago. This year, Girl Scout troops all over the world celebrate and continue helping their community.
In June, in Washington D.C. there will be a 100th Anniversary sing along at the National Mall. Many scouts will take part in the 100th Anniversary Challenge, where troops will plant 100 trees or spend 100 minutes cleaning up a park or stream bed or create their own “100 Challenge”.
Girl Scouts of Connecticut aims to empower girls and to help teach values such as honesty, fairness, courage, compassion, character, sisterhood, confidence, and citizenship. Through activities including camping, community service, learning first aid, and earning badges by acquiring other practical skills. Girl Scouts get to enjoy a lot of luxuries and learn many skills while on their journey.
Junior Taylor Bernardo said, “In Girl Scouts, there’s a lot of cool things that I would never get to experience without Girl Scouts, like sleeping over at the Zoo, the Boston Museum of Science and Six Flags.”
Junior Marissa Purcell said, “I like being a Girl Scout because we do interesting things for our patches and help people. Through Girl Scouts, I’ve also learned through experiences and working with groups as well as individually.
Since 1912, Girl Scouts has helped Connecticut’s girls build courage, confidence and character. While remaining true to Low’s vision, it is constantly evolving.
Bernardo said, “I’m really excited because this summer, I will be living my childhood dreams of being a counselor at the Girl Scout camp I went to when I was younger, Camp Laurel. I’ve heard that there’s a lot of great things planned for the summer to celebrate the 100th anniversary. Camp is one of my favorite parts of Girl Scouts because I feel like I can truly be myself there.”