Girl Scout Gold Award Quick-Start Guide

Gold Award Girl Scouts are the dreamers and the doers who take “make the world a better place” to the next level.  As a Senior or Ambassador earning the Gold Award, you tackle issues that are dear to you and drive lasting change in your community and beyond. Think of the Gold Award as a … Continue reading Girl Scout Gold Award Quick-Start Guide

What We Learned on Mentoring Monday

Did you know that female-founded start-ups generate more revenue over time and more revenue per dollar invested than male-founded start-ups? This is one of the many reasons why GSUSA teamed up with American City Business Journals to connect girls with female business leaders for a Mentoring Monday event. Thousands of female leaders attended events in … Continue reading What We Learned on Mentoring Monday

Celebrating the Centennial of Suffrage

2020 marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in the United States. Given the increase in girl-led activism and women’s representation in politics and the growing national conversation on issues tackling gender equity and the women’s leadership pipeline, public interest in celebrating this landmark achievement will … Continue reading Celebrating the Centennial of Suffrage

From Middle School to College (and everything in between!), Girl Scouts Helped Me Reign Supreme

By Caraline Malloy, Lifelong Girl Scout, and former Girl Director and Media Girl Hi, Girl Scouts! As 2019 is coming to an end, and 2020 is quickly approaching, I want to share just a few of the things I have learned and accomplished throughout this year - with the help of Girl Scouts, of course! … Continue reading From Middle School to College (and everything in between!), Girl Scouts Helped Me Reign Supreme

5 Opportunities for Older Girl Scouts

There are so many reasons to be a high school Girl Scout! Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors have many unique opportunities available to them where they can continue to build their leadership skills and explore their passions. Girl Scouts provides them with a safe and supportive space to learn about themselves before they take the … Continue reading 5 Opportunities for Older Girl Scouts

Inspiring Girls to become Innovators through the Girl Scout Gold Award

By Megan Rogers, 2018 Gold Award Girl Scout For my Gold Award, I organized and implemented a week-long workshop for high school girls in Wake County for my Girl Scout Gold Award to expose the girls to engineering and confront the STEM gender disparity. This 150-hour project marked a period of personal growth as it … Continue reading Inspiring Girls to become Innovators through the Girl Scout Gold Award