GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF THE NATIONS CAPITAL
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Mission Statement
Building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
About This Cause
Girl Scouts is the world's preeminent organization dedicated to the growth, development, and leadership of girls. Founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scouts' membership has grown to 2.7 million members throughout the United States. Our mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. In 1963, the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital (the Council) was established, which operates as a local, independent, tax-exempt, nonprofit organization under a charter from the Girl Scouts of the USA. Today we are proud to be the largest, most diverse Girl Scout councils in the country with nearly 90,000 members (63,200 girls in grades K-12 and over 25,900 adults) in Washington, DC and 25 surrounding counties in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Girl Scouts understands that girls have unique needs that are best met in a program designed specifically for them and delivered in an all-girl setting. Research tells us that a girl’s leadership blooms when she’s among other girls, away from school pressures, social cliques, and boys. In a place where she can be herself and take on new challenges; where activities are girl-led; where each girl learns by doing, and the learning is cooperative, not competitive; where adults mentor girls and model skills, behaviors, relationships, and careers that girls can emulate. Girl Scouts has developed an exciting model that meets every one of these needs—it’s called the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE). Everything girls do in Girl Scouting is infused with the GSLE, which teaches girls Girl Scouts’ Three Keys to Leadership: Discover, Connect and Take Action! Girls discover who they are and what they stand for, connect with vibrant and diverse peers in their own neighborhoods and around the globe, and together take action to make a difference in the world. Even better, they inspire and advocate for others along the way! The Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital provides the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to approximately 63,200 local girls through a full spectrum of age-appropriate programs and activities designed to fit a variety of interests. To effectively meet the needs, interests and busy schedules of today’s girls, there are several pathways through which they can participate in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience including: troops, events, special interest groups, camps, travel and virtual. Girl Scout programming includes six age levels: Daisies (grades K-1), Brownies (grades 2-3) Juniors (grades 4-5), Cadettes (grades 6-8), Seniors (grades 9-10) and Ambassadors (grades 10-11). As girls progress through each Girl Scout level, they take on more and more decision-making roles within their troops and act as role models and mentors to younger girls.