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July 2016

Badges, Activities, & Beyond, Volunteers

Are You Ready for an Extended Troop Trip?

July 25, 2016
Troop trips can be an awesome way to build skills, confidence, and memories that last a lifetime. If this is your first trip, check out our 7 Steps to Planning a Troop Trip and don’t forget to review the Trip and Overnight Planning Manual. If this isn’t your first trip, or even your third, maybe it’s time to start planning a bigger adventure. If your troop has conquered day trips, tackled overnights, has a weekend trip or two under their belt then it’s likely your  ...

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Ceremonies, Traditions, & Awards, Girls

You Might Be a Girl Scout If…

July 18, 2016
Ask a Girl Scout what she loved about her years as a member and you’re likely to get a variety of stories and experiences with some common themes like friendship, fun, and life skills binding us all together. What can we say? When you’re a girl-led organization, the experience is going to be as unique as the girls themselves. And yet for all of the differences we’ve found a few things that if your answer is yes, it’s pretty likely you might be a Girl Scout. What do  ...

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Badges, Activities, & Beyond, Volunteer Experience, Volunteers

Discover Girl Scout Journeys!

July 11, 2016
Are you ready to go on a journey of discovery with Girl Scouts? To identify a problem in your community and put a plan into action to make a difference? If that’s you, then we’ve got the perfect Girl Scout resource for you: the Journeys! These important resources allow girls to discover more about the world around them by guiding them as they dive into a topic related to the Journey’s theme, connect with organizations and people in their community and the world, identify a  ...

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Ceremonies, Traditions, & Awards, Girls, Parents, Volunteers

Girl Scouts Works — Ask Our Alumnae!

July 5, 2016
Here at Girl Scouts we define ourselves as the preeminent leadership development organization for girls. We’re 2.7 million strong—1.9 million girls and 800,000 adults—and we’re dedicated to building courageous and confident girls who make our world a better place. How do we know Girl Scouts does all we say it does? How do we know Girl Scouts works? Let’s look at our more than 59 million alumnae and find our answer! First, the Numbers The Girl Scout Research Institute gathers  ...

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