Girl Leadership in Action Celebrated During Girl Scout Week

Girl Scout Council of the Apalachee Bend, Inc. joins Girl Scout troops around the country to make the world a better place as we celebrate Girl Scout Week from March 9-15. Helping girls discover themselves and how they can impact their communities was something that Juliette Gordon Low, Girls Scouts’ founder, had first envisioned.

At the time of the organization’s founding, when many girls’ paths in life were limited to their social standing, Low’s vision was to establish an organization where any American girl could expand her personal horizon by having fun while exploring new interests and contributing to society. Low was determined to help expand opportunities and learning for the average American girl.

Girl Scout Week projects are part of a broader initiative by Girl Scouting to help girls lead by example in their communities and in the larger world around them. With leadership development at the organization’s core, today’s Girl Scouts enjoy vast adventures in self-discovery with activities like extreme sports, international travel, business and economic literacy, science and technology, and mentorships with caring adults.

{sidebar id=1}Through Girl Scouts Beyond Bars (GSBB), incarcerated mothers and their daughters are developing closer relationships, gaining self-esteem and having fun in approximately 40 sites nationwide. For girls living within the criminal justice system, Girl Scouting in Detention Centers (GSDC) provides them with tools they will need to turn their lives around. Teenage Girl Scouts meet with members of congress, and build community service projects that change lives. Today Girl Scouts can be found all over the world, reaching girls and their families from suburbia, inner cities, rural America, migrant communities, and overseas locations.

In celebration of this year’s Girl Scout Week, the Girl Scout Council of the Apalachee Bend will host the Girl Scout Alumnae Luncheon on March 13, 2008, 11:30 am at Chez Pierre. Tickets are $15.00 and reservations can be made by calling the Girl Scout Council Office at (850) 386-2131 by Monday, March 10. All Girl Scout Alumnae are invited to come and share your favorite “remember when” stories and memories with fellow Alumnae, regardless of where you were a Girl Scout.

The Girl Scout Council of the Apalachee Bend, Inc., a United Way Agency, serves 3,004 girls and 1,302 adults in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington counties. The Girl Scout programs are designed to empower girls through courage, confidence and character-building activities. To volunteer or to join Girl Scouts, call 1-800-876-9704.

Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with three million girl and adult members. Girl Scouting 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.

For more information on how to join, volunteer, reconnect or donate to Girl Scouts, call (800) GSUSA 4 U (800-478-7248) or visit www.girlscouts.org .

This article originally published on March 4, 2008.

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