Ten Girl Scouts were recently awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting. Their Take Action projects included installing literacy trails for children in Haiti, Kenya, and Milwaukee; a conference for girls at Milwaukee School of engineering that exposed them to career opportunities in STEM fields, building a wheelchair accessible garden bed at the Riveredge Nature Center, and more.

Get inspired as you watch these Girl Scouts talk about how they worked to make their communities, and the world, a better place!

As you may have heard, the Boy Scouts has decided to allow girls to join, is actively recruiting girls to its co-ed scouting program and has changed the name of its signature program to “Scouts BSA”. In light of this, we want to reiterate that we proudly own the “Girl” in Girl Scouts.  Since our inception, Girl Scouts has been about putting girls front and center, ensuring that everything we do is with their best interests in mind and equips them to be fearless leaders and change-makers. For 106 years Girl Scouts has prepared girls with essential leadership skills and provided them with a supportive network of girls and women who can face any challenge, from the wilderness to the boardroom, with confidence, compassion, and success. Our focus has always been and always will be girls.

Check out all the adventures and activities that await your girl in the 2018 Summer Camps and Events Book. Registration is now open and all girls are welcome!