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The Girl Guides first began in England in 1909 when a crowd of girls demanded to participate in a Boy Scouts meeting. The organizer of the rally, Lord Baden-Powell, was…

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If your troop is moving up to the next level of scouts, here is a Girl Scout Daisy to Brownie bridging certificate that you can hand out at your ceremony.

What is Scout-Ops? Scout-Ops is a free, independently operated troop-management platform created by Girl Scout troop leader Juliette C. to help volunteers organize the administrative work involved in running a troop. Guest Post by: Juliette C. Meet Juliette: The Girl Scout Troop Leader Behind Scout-Ops [...]

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Girl Scouts will gather in Washington, DC, in July 2026 to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States—the semi-quin-cen-ten-nial. But how did they celebrate the 200th? That’s the theme of the latest display at the Nation’s Capital Council offices in Washington DC. Official Girl Scout Bicentennial Patches Red, white, and blue appeared all over […]

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What if learning about money felt less like homework… and more like planning your dream future?

Across the country, Girl Scouts are turning financial literacy into something hands-on, confidence-building, and FUN. From creating budgets and comparing prices to exploring careers, entrepreneurship, and long-term financial goals, girls of all ages are building real-world money skills one badge at a time.

Made possible through support from Charles Schwab, Girl Scouts’ Financial Literacy Badges are helping girls explore everything from earning and saving to investing and goal setting in ways that feel empowering, age-appropriate, and exciting.

Here’s how a few councils are bringing these badges to life:

Girl Scouts of Central Texas hosted Badge University, where Girl Scouts from Brownies through Ambassadors explored entrepreneurship, leadership, life skills, and financial literacy through hands-on badge sessions. 

Meanwhile, Juniors in Eastern Missouri put their budgeting skills to the test by planning a meal, shopping for ingredients, and cooking a dish themselves.

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio hosted hands-on Financial Literacy badge events and afterschool programs where girls explored entrepreneurship, budgeting, and financial goal setting through interactive activities and badge earning opportunities.

And that’s what makes these badges so impactful. Financial literacy isn’t being taught through long lectures or complicated worksheets. Girl Scouts are learning by doing, experimenting, problem-solving, and building confidence along the way.

In a time when financial literacy is more important than ever, these experiences are helping girls feel prepared for whatever future they dream up for themselves. 

Want to explore Girl Scouts’ Financial Literacy Badges and activities? Check them out here: https://link.girlscouts.org/4tSMYoZ 

 Free Girl Scout meeting planning templates will help simplify organizing your troop meetings.

Are you ready to make planning each Girl Scout meeting easier?           

Most of you reading this are probably thinking, What did I get myself into? Didn’t I just plan a meeting?

I know the feeling.

I have planned lessons for children since 1987. I have always considered each meeting I created like a lesson. There was always an objective, whether it was doing a badge, a service project or even, in our older scouting years, a Journey.

While this is intuitive for me, for many leaders, it is not.

This is why I am offering you two FREE troop meeting planning templates.

Template 1 is a pre-planning template. Get yourself organized before you get into the nitty gritty details.

Template 2 lays out exactly what you planned in an easy to use format. it comes in two versions-color and black and white.

You can get your free Girl Scout meeting planning templates here.

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It's that time of year...Girl Scout cookie season!

If you decided to take the plunge and sell cookies with your troop, here are some blog posts from the past to help you get your bearings.

One thing that girls love is to receive recognition for their accomplishments (and come to think of it, don't we all love to be recognized for a job well done?)

The 9 items included in this resource are:

• First Cookie Booth certificate
• Daisy Specific Congratulations certificate
• Hard Work certificate
• Enthusiastic Helper certificate
• First Cookie Booth certificate
• Certificate of Appreciation for the girls' help
• Certificate of Thanks for Cookie Mom
• Certificate of Thanks for Cookie Dad
• Set of 8 Daisy "Thank You" labels girls can cut and paste to their cookie boxes

Sarah Louise Arnold was elected Girl Scout national president in 1925, making her president at the dedication of the Edith Macy Training School the following year. Like Edith Macy, Sarah was active in the suffrage movement and a forceful advocate of citizenship education. She established a highly regarded program for training Girl Scout staff and […]

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I hadn’t planned to jump on the Jimothy bandwagon. After all, Jimothy is a male raccoon. While men can become Girl Scouts, they have to be at least 18 years old. Jimothy has a few years to go. Of course, Girl Scouts have long admired raccoons as part of the whole “Nature–Hurray!” concept. He embodies […]

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