Girl Scouts earn badges, hike and camp, participate in the cookie program, and much more. They improve neighborhoods, protect the planet, design robots, and establish sports clinics.
Girl Scout program is fun with purpose! It is based on the
Girl Scout Promise and Law that generations of girls have followed. In 2008, Girl Scouts launched the
Girl Scout Leadership Experience, represented by three keys of leadership—
Discover, Connect, and Take Action (PDF)—to promote the Girl Scout Mission:
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
We measure what girls gain as they move through the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, a set of activities and experiences designed to deliver specific benefits to girls at every age level.
Underneath the fun, the Girl Scout Leadership Experience is working to help girls:
- Develop a strong sense of self
- Develop positive values
- Gain practical life skills
- Seek challenges in the world
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Develop healthy relationships
- Promote cooperation and team building
- Resolve conflicts
- Advance diversity in a multicultural world
- Feel connected to their communities, locally and globally
- Identify community needs
- Become resourceful problem solvers
- Advocate for themselves and for others, locally and globally
- Educate and inspire others to act
- Feel empowered to make a difference in the world
And it doesn't stop there. In addition to the benefits that will help her in every area of her life, being a Girl Scout can help her excel in every subject at school.