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| Girl Scouting offers exciting opportunities for girls at every level! Girls have numerous choices that enhance self-esteem, expand opportunities, and promote an ethic of service to their community throughout their lives. Girls may join in on special events designed specifically for level. Many of these events are held locally and may include games and contests as well as opportunities to meet new people and make new friends. Girls may join Girl Scouting for the first time at ANY program level. ACTIVITY CENTERS: Activity centers are Girl Scout meeting places in schools, community centers, and public housing facilities. Girl Scout volunteers take on the role of troop leader and meet with the girls during or after school. Together they work on petals, try-its, badges, and interest project awards as well as special patch programs and curriculum developed specifically for the girls' needs. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT is a program designed to enhance Girl Scout volunteer involvement in targeted communities. When a new Leader is found, a staff advisor attends troop meetings, trains the leaders, and provides activity ideas and supplies. Then staff involvement decreases as the new volunteers become more comfortable in their roles. Parents are encouraged to support the troops by helping with meetings, transportation, and expenses. |
| Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council is committed to giving all girls the opportunity to be a Girl Scout. Collaborative efforts with other youth-serving organizations such as schools, churches, and community centers are helping us attain this goal. These community outreach programs are designed reach girls who have few positive role models in their lives and often no one to be the troop leader. With the community involvement and support from the business sector, girls who need what Girl Scouting has to offer have a chance to grow, learn, and have fun. These programs include "Girl Scouting in the School Day," Girl Scouts Beyond Bars," and many others. GIRL SCOUTING in the SCHOOL DAY helps school girls resist peer pressure and make healthy decisions in their lives. Girls enrolled in the program meet during their health or physical education class to discuss topics on health issues, social skills, and decision-making skills. |
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| Since 1912, Girl Scouting has been helping girls become the best they can be. Girl Scouting ia an informal educational program committed to helping ALL girls from every background develop the confidence, determination, and skills needed to thrive in today's world. Whether her goal is to be a successful homemeaker or chair of the board, Girl Scouting empowers every girl to do her best. Program Goals: The goals of the Girl Scout Program are to help each girl to: * develop to her full individual potential * relate to tohers with increasing understanding, skill, and respect * develop values to guide her actions and to provide the foundation for sound decision making * contribute to the improvement of society through the use of her abilities and leadership skills, working in cooperation with others. Girl Scouting is much more than selling cookies and camping. In addition to outdoor activities, girls can also learn about the arts, science, and technology, physical and emotional health, and other cultures. |
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| Girl Scouting is open to all girls between the ages of 5-17 and adults who accept the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Girls participate in Girl Scouting in troops, groups, or as individual members (Juliettes.) Annual membership dues register girls and adults with the National Girl Sout organization and provide supplemental accident insurance for approved Girl Scout activities. Confidential financial assistance and programs for girls with disabilities are available as part of our commitment to making Girl Scouting available to ALL girls. VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE: Girl Scouting could not exist without the dedication of adult volunteers. Whether it is helping a young girl master a new skill or packing up to take a group camping for the first time, volunteers make Girl Scouting happen. From the Troop to the Council level, there are many ways volunteers can give their time and share their talents. Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council will help volunteers find their niche in Girl Scouting. GSSJC wants to ensure a mutually beneficial and rewarding volunteer experience. Many volunteers are women who, even though they do not have children in Girl Scouts, want to help girls GROW STRONG and meet new challenges. |
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| Girl Scouting could not exist in many communities without your cooperative efforts. If you and/or your organization can help bring Girl Scouting to girls call: Beaumont GS Office: 409-832-0556 / 1-800-543-0957 Lufkin GS Office: 936-634-5813 or 1-888-805-6907; or the GSSJC Girl Scout Center: 713-292-0300 / 1-800-392-4340. |
| You can trust that in Girl Scouts, your daughter(s) will be exposed to a wide variety of people and enriching activities that will be positive influences in her life. For over 95 years (95 years on March 12, 2007) the Girl Scout's ONLY purpose has been to help girls develop qualities that will serve them their entire lives - like strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own self worth and potential. Caring and trained Girl Scout Leaders, recruited from your local community, provide a fun and supportive, ALL-GIRL environment that will inspire your daughter to be the best that she can be. GROWTH strong; adj. - 1. Having pyhsical strength, force of character, will, morality, and intelligence. 2. Manifesting ability and achievement. 3. Capable of enduring. 4. Solid. 5. Having force of conviction and feeling. In Girl Scouting, your daughter can grow courageous and strong! Strong means much more than physical strength. It means: Strong in her belief about her own self worth. Strong in her character and responsibility. Strong to her commitment to family and friends. Strong in her problem-solving and decision-maiking skills. Strong in her desire to make a difference in her community. Strong in her belief for justice for all. Strong with her abilities to cope with stresses of growing up today. Strong in her values and able to act on her convictions. |
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