Today, the Girl Scouts organization turned 100 years old. Anna's Girl Scout Troop #17 is participating in a Promise Circle at Meadowview Elementary school with a ton of other girl scouts (over 180).Since Girl Scouts began in 1912, all of the girl scouts everywhere were to hold a special birthday celebration and at 7:12pm (19:12), they held hands in a Promise Circle, recited the GS law & oath, and sang a song (at least my daughter's group sang a song).
Throughout the night, the girls played games, did crafts, had refreshments, had raffle drawings, made treat bags, and even had their picture taken with a person who portrayed Juliette Low (the founder of Girl Scouts).
Anna has been in Girl Scouts since Kindergarten. She loves it! The number of girls in her troop has varied at times. Right now, her troop is small. I don't know if they only have eight girls in it, but only eight girls were there. Her troop starts from the person to the left of Anna (if you're looking at the picture) to the girl on the far right side of the door. I don't know who the first girl is (I'll have to ask Anna), but from left to right, of the girls in her troop, it is the girl in the jacket, Anna, Gaby Anderson, Stephanie Bielawa, Annamarie Hyer, Katie Whiteman, Lily Kraus, and Vanessa DeMarchi.
Emma really enjoyed Girl Scouts, too, and was in it until last year. Her leader was no longer going to be the leader, I didn't want to volunteer, and the person who decided to be the leader could meet on Sundays. We decided not to have Emma participate in it because of the day their meetings would be held. I know she would still love to be in it, but she is a social girl without participating with them in Girl Scouts. Maybe Emma will be able to join in the future if the day changes for their meetings.
A great big thanks to all of my girls' leaders for the time, effort, patience, and love that they put into working with these girls, especially mine.
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