How Girls Can Help Their Country
Girls sometimes ask, “What was Girl Scouting like in the old days?” Many answers may be found in the first Girl Scout Handbook called “How Girls Can Help Their Country.” This handbook was used by the great-great-grandmothers of today’s Girl Scouts, who pioneered the excitement and experience of Girl Scouting. This is the first of the many handbooks used to guide the rapid growth of the movement from the original eighteen members to the millions of members today.
There are different ways to earn our 100th Anniversary Patch depending on your grade level. All activities are broken down into 5 categories:
- Girl Scout Promise
- Leadership
- Courage
- Confidence
- Character
Daisy and Brownie Girl Scouts must finish at least one activity in each category.
Junior and Cadette Girl Scouts must finish one activity in each category plus one more activity from any category.
Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts should complete one activity in each category and lead a younger Girl Scout Troop in at least one activity from the patch requirements.
For more information about this patch program you can download this informational sheet or email Susan Miller at smiller at gswrc dot org.
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This was very neat and very helpful. This is my first year as a troop leader and I can definitely incorporate some of the traditional ways of girl scouting into the modern ways. I think it will be a neat experience for kids today to learn how things were when their great-great grandmothers were girl scouts.
I am a new leader and I think this is a great program for the girls. I plan to use this as a guild to do other things other than to just receive this patch.
Thank you,
Thelma
We love hearing that! Enjoy!
Our troop did this and we had the best time! The girls thought it was neat to see how things had changed and were very interested in the changes to the Promise and the Law as well the priorities of young ladies.