Happy 100th Anniversary Girl Scouts of America
More than 50 million girls have been Girls Scouts since the organization's founding in 1912.
Tens of millions of girls--including some famous ones--have sold cookies, earned badges and learned new skills and today, the Girl Scouts of America is turning 100. Whether it’s seeing the green-vested girls outside of grocery stores during the annual cookie sales, or you have a family member, neighbor or friend who participates, most people are familiar with this long-standing service organization whose mission is to build “girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.” On March 12, 1912, Juliette Low gathered 18 girls in Savannah, GA, creating the first troop of “American Girl Guides.” The meeting followed Low’s introduction to Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts. Since that first …
