Girl Scout Week | Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay

Girl Scout Week is celebrated each March, starting with Girl Scout Sunday and ending with Girl Scout Sabbath on a Saturday, and it always includes the Girl Scout Birthday, March 12. The Girl Scout Birthday commemorates the day in 1912 when Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization's first 18 girl members in Savannah, Georgia.

Girl Scout Week Activities

This special week is a longstanding tradition dating back to the mid-1900s. A Girl Scout Handbook dated 1940 describes Girl Scout Week as a time when, "Girl Scouts make a special effort to tell the community what they're doing and why they ask for help to carry on their program."

GSCB's 2026 Girl Scout Week Days:

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Faith-Based Celebrations

Research at least one religion that is different from your own. Share what you learn with friends or family!
In Christianity, Sunday is traditionally a day of worship. Attend a Girl Scout Sunday service in your community. Don’t know where to find one? Ask your Service Unit Manager, or encourage your faith community to host one!
Think about the ways that the Girl Scout Promise and Law are similar to lessons you’ve learned in your faith community.
Earn your My Promise, My Faith Award work with your family and faith leaders to earn the pin to celebrate the connection between the Girl Scout Promise and Law and your faith.
View the GSCB Girl Scouts Celebrate Faith Guide for more information.

Non-Denominational Celebrations

Celebrate the "spirit" of Girl Scouting by embracing the Girl Scout Law, sharing your love of Girl Scouts with a friend, or completing an act of kindness

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Share a positive message with a friend today! Send them a text, an email, or better yet - a handwritten note!

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Girl Scout troops are an amazing way to build friendships that last. There's nothing quite like rising to the challenge or stepping out of your comfort zones with your Girl Scout sisters at your back time and time again. Not to mention - Girl Scout troops are led by incredible volunteers who give their time and efforts so selflessly.

On Troop Tuesday, we encourage you to share messages of appreciation with your troop members and volunteers. Make sure they know how much you love being a part of your troop. Maybe even share some of your favorite memories you've made together.

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We invite every Girl Scout to wear her Girl Scout uniform OR a Girl Scout shirt/Girl Scout green to school or work on Wednesday, March 11th. Share a photo to be featured on our social media throughout the day!

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On this day in 1912, the first Girl Scout troop met in Savannah, Georgia. Each year, we celebrate the momentous beginnings of our beloved Girl Scout Movement with a dedicated Girl Scout Birthday on March 12th. Troops often celebrate by hosting birthday parties, playing games, or sharing Girl Scout history with their friends and family.

Other ways to celebrate:

Show your Girl Scout enthusiasm by wearing your uniform, vest, shirt, or Girl Scout spirit wear. Share a picture with family and friends in person or virtually!
Write about why you love Girl Scouts and share it with others.
Tell others about your favorite Girl Scout adventure or your favorite badge that you’ve earned.
Sing your favorite Girl Scout song and let others hear it! You can share on Facebook, by phone with extended family, or sing it to your classmates.
Share your photos from your favorite Girl Scout events and share them using the Girls in Action form!

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Faith-Based Celebrations

Research at least one religion that is different from your own. Share what you learn with friends or family!
In Islam, Jummah (Friday) is the holiest day of the week. Attend a Girl Scout Jummah service in your community. Don’t know where to find one? Ask your Service Unit Manager or encourage your faith community to host one!
Think about the ways that the Girl Scout Promise and Law are similar to lessons you’ve learned in your faith community.
Earn your My Promise, My Faith Award work with your family and faith leaders to earn the pin to celebrate the connection between the Girl Scout Promise and Law and your faith.
View the GSCB Girl Scouts Celebrate Faith Guide for more information.

Non-Demonational Celebration

The amazing part about Girl Scout programming is that it's based in progression. That means, the skills your learning now are designed to prepare you for the next step. This "Fast Forward Friday", we encourage you to look ahead on your Girl Scout Journey and familiarize yourself with how you can achieve your goals. Looking to become a Gold Award Girl Scout? Now's the time to understand what steps you'll need to take to make it happen. Visit our Highest Awards page to learn more. Want to break your cookie record next season? Start planning your sales strategies now by checking out the resources on our For Cookie Sellers page.

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Faith-Based Celebrations

Research at least one religion that is different from your own. Share what you learn with friends or family!
In Judaism, the Sabbath (or Shabbat in Hebrew) is a holy day of the week beginning at sundown on Friday and ending Saturday. Attend a Girl Scout Sabbath service at your place of worship or another in your community. Don’t know where to find one? Ask your Service Unit Manager or encourage your faith community to host one!
Think about the ways that the Girl Scout Promise and Law are similar to lessons you’ve learned in your faith community.
Earn your My Promise, My Faith Award work with your family and faith leaders to earn the pin to celebrate the connection between the Girl Scout Promise and Law and your faith.
View the GSCB Girl Scouts Celebrate Faith Guide for more information.

Non-Denominational Celebrations

Service to community has been a pillar of the Girl Scout program since it's beginnings. Complete a small scale service project on Service Saturday, or use the day to start planning a sustainable Take Action project.

Additional Ways You can Engage with Girl Scout Week:

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The Girl Scout sign, raising 3 fingers of the right hand with the thumb holding down the pinky, represent the 3 parts of the Girl Scout Promise. Teach the Girl Scout sign to someone you know and tell them what it means to you!
Do a good deed, even something small! The Girl Scout slogan, used since 1912, is "Do A Good Turn Daily." The slogan is a reminder of the many ways that girls can contribute positively to others every day.
Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere (SWAPS) are small tokens of friendship that girls share with other Girl Scouts they meet while traveling. Show off your SWAPS collection! Where were you when you received it and what special person gave it to you?
Create a piece of artwork (drawing, craft, skit, or other) that represents your favorite line of the Girl Scout Law.

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Explore Girl Scouts’ place in American history. What’s your favorite Girl Scout story from the timeline? Share it with someone you love!
Interview a Girl Scout alum! Find a neighbor, relative, older friend, or family member who was a Girl Scout. Ask them about their favorite memories and how Girl Scouts has affected their life. Talk about things that are the same and different from when they were a Girl Scout compared to today.
Teach a traditional Girl Scout skill! Whether it is tying a sturdy knot, building a campfire, or basic first aid practices there are many important life skills that Girl Scouts have learned and taught to others for over 100 years. So, pick an important skill that you have learned in Girl Scouts and teach it to someone else. A younger Girl Scout, a neighbor, a family member—it doesn’t matter who you choose. Everyone benefits when we share our knowledge!

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Invite friends to a birthday-themed Troop Meeting
- Have a Girl Scout birthday cake and balloons with Girl Scout songs and games
Have a special rededication ceremony
Need a filler activity? Try our Juliette Gordon Low Crossword

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Bring the story of Juliette to life by preparing an interactive reading about Juliette's life or find a biography at your local library! Before reading the story, give each girl one item that represents parts of the story. Then animatedly start to read the story.

Pause at the point where an item is represented and ask the girl who is holding the item to display it to the group.

Items needed:

United States map (Juliette was born in Savannah, Georgia)
Paintbrush (to illustrate that Juliette loved the arts)
Pieces of taffy to hand out (Juliette famously got taffy stuck in her hair)
A girl who is the second oldest child in her family (like Juliette)
A small plastic bag filled with rice (an accident with rice caused part of Low's deafness)
First aid kit (Juliette's first U.S. troop learned first aid)
Basketball (her first troop also played basketball)
A book and a pencil (to demonstrate when Juliette wrote the Girl Scout handbook)
Any other items that the leader feels appropriate, to match the number of girls present.

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The original Girl Scout Cookie recipe (1922)

Ingredients:
1 cup of butter, or substitute
1 cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 cups of flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder

Directions:
Cream the butter and sugar; add well-beaten eggs, then milk, flavoring, flour, and baking powder. Roll thin and bake in a quick oven. (Sprinkle sugar on top.)

This amount makes six to seven dozen.

Modern-day tips (not part of the original recipe):
Refrigerate batter for at least one hour before rolling and cutting cookies. Bake in a quick oven (375°) for approximately 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges begin to brown.

Easy Old fashioned Doughnuts

Ingredients:
2-4 tubes of canned buttermilk or homestyle biscuits
Confectioners' sugar
Cinnamon
Granulated sugar
Vegetable oil for frying
A candy/oil thermometer (optional, but VERY useful)
Tiny round cookie cutter
Stainless steel tongs
Cookie sheets lightly sprayed with cooking spray
Paper towel
Plates

Directions:
Remove biscuits from tubes and place on sprayed cookie sheet. Using a tiny 1-inch round cookie cutter, (or a clean medicine cup that comes with children's pain reliever) press down in the middle of each biscuit until it cuts through the dough. Remove the hole and set aside on a cookie sheet. While preparing doughnuts, heat oil in a fryer or on top of the stove in a large pan until oil is 370 degrees. Place 3 or 4 doughnuts at a time in the oil, watching carefully. When the bottom is golden brown, flip over with the tongs, to fry the other side. Remove doughnuts to a cookie sheet lined with a paper towel. Allow to drain/cool just for one minute or so, then drop in the coating. When coated remove to a plate. The "holes" can be done last.

Coatings:
Use plain confectioners' sugar, and cinnamon mixed with granulated sugar until light brown in color.

Molasses Drop Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ginger
Nutmeg and cinnamon
1/4 cup molasses
1 cup brown sugar packed
1 stick margarine
1 egg

Directions:
Mix sugar, margarine and egg. Sift dry ingredients and add to sugar mixture. Form into small balls, dip in sugar and place on greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.

Whoopie Pies

Cookie ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup hot water
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup hot water
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Frosting ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups powdered sugar
3-4 tbsp milk

Directions:
Heat the over to 350 degrees. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the flour and the cocoa; set them aside. In a small bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the hot water, then add milk and set aside. In the electric mixer bowl, beat the shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg and beat another minute. Mix in half of the dry ingredients, then half of the wet; repeat. Drop batter by heaping teaspoons, about 2 inches apart, on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool thoroughly.

Make the frosting:
Meanwhile, make the frosting. In the electric mixer bowl, cream the butter, shortening, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar, beating until fluffy. Add milk, one tablespoon at a time, until the frosting has a creamy consistency. Spoon frosting into a sealable plastic bag, seal, and cut one corner off.

Put it All Together:
Fill the center of two cookies with frosting by simply squeezing the bag. Makes 2 dozen.

Sugarless No - Cook Apple Dessert

Ingredients:
Cooking apples
Condensed milk
Orange juice
Nuts or grated chocolate

Directions:
Grate raw cooking apple. Whip together with the condensed milk. Add a little orange juice. Arrange in dishes with nuts or grated chocolate on top.

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Go outside and play for 20 minutes or more!
Plan a hike at a local trail or park with your family.
Take the Girl Scout Tree Promise and plant, protect, or honor trees.
Have the seasons started changing where you live? Get outdoors and observe the signs of spring. Share what you notice with others.
Learn the principles of Leave No Trace and make a commitment to practice them.
Try an outdoor craft or skill.
Start a GSCB Patch Program like State Park Expert, Moon Mayhem, or Discover Delmarva.

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Write a letter of encouragement or create a video supporting a healthcare worker, sending love to a senior citizen, or thanking someone who has supported your Girl Scout experience.
Take a walk in your neighborhood and clean up trash. Be sure to practice safety while doing this activity by wearing gloves and bright reflective clothing.
Support a food drive in your community or start your own.
Volunteer at an organization in your community.
Research needs and issues in your community and their root causes. Commit to a take-action project to tackle at least one of these issues. This is a great way to get started on a Girl Scout Highest Awards project!

Tip: Many of these acts of service are part of Girl Scouts of the USA’s National Service Project.

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Learn about a famous female scientist and share what you learned with someone!
Do some science! Visit the Activity Resources Library and look under the "STEM" tab to find science experiments you can do on your own or with your troop.

Complete a Service Project During Girl Scout Week:

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From March 2nd - March 16th, 2024, all presenting donors at Blood Bank of Delmarva centers will receive Girl Scout Fall Product (Sweet Cinnamon Almonds) while supplies last!

Schedule a Donation

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Flexible service opportunities for Girl Scouts of all ages! Service opportunities include gardening, trail work (trim back weeds, spread wood chips), toy washing, mending costumes, planning / leading activities at events.

Flexible times, open 7 days a week, year-round.

Open to all ages and suited for groups of 2 to 20.

Contact: Cindy Borchardt, Volunteer Coordinator | info@theccm.org | 410-990-1993

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The mission is simple: feed families, spread kindness, strengthen communities.

Lasagna Love is a global nonprofit and grassroots movement that aims to positively impact communities by connecting neighbors with neighbors through homemade meal delivery. They also seek to eliminate stigmas associated with asking for help when it is needed most.

Lasagna Love aims to share the importance with Girl Scouts of spreading kindness, strengthening communities, and ending the stigma associated with asking for help.

Girl Scouts of all ages can work together to feed their neighbors in need. Learn more by contacting volunteer@lasagnalove.org .

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ReStore Locations in Wilmington and Middletown

Girl Scouts can give back to the Delaware community through Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County is a non-profit organization with the mission of building affordable housing. They raise money for this mission by taking in donations of gently used furniture and household goods at ReStores and selling the items to the general public.

Donating Items:

Items to be donated can be dropped off at either ReStore location.

For donation pickups, call 302-652-5181 or email restoredonations@habitatncc.org. They are always in need of donated items. Information on donation guidelines can be found at habitatncc.org then click on ReStores.

Volunteering:

For volunteer information, click on volunteer at habitatncc.org. For any questions, you can email volunteer@habitatncc.org or call volunteer coordinator Eric Pichalski at 302-652-0365 ext 107.

There are volunteer opportunities at the ReStores for people who are over the age of 16. There are volunteer opportunities year round in the ReStores. Tasks would include helping take in donations, sorting and cleaning items, helping customers load their items into their vehicles. If a volunteer is over the age of 14, you can participate in other volunteer activities including special events, landscaping and “Rock the Block” cleanup activities.

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It is a tremendous task to manage, protect and interpret the natural and cultural resources entrusted to Delaware State Parks. Their hardworking staff relies on dedicated volunteers like you to help fulfill that mission!

https://destateparks.com/Volunteer

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Volunteers provide enthusiasm, energy and creativity to the wide variety of tasks they accomplish. Volunteers experience many benefits -- among them companionship, a sense of responsibility and enhanced skills. There is an opportunity for everyone!

https://ec.samaritan.com/custom/1528/

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Use your skills and passion to benefit our vibrant and varied Virginia State Parks. Join a committed team of staff and volunteers to keep the parks running smoothly, trails clean and well-maintained, gardens weeded, visitors’ questions answered, and fee stations and retail stores staffed.

Duties are matched to the interests and abilities of each volunteer. A criminal background check is required for all staff and adult volunteers. (Those under 18 years of age may volunteer with written permission from a parent or legal guardian.)

https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/volunteers

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Tree-Plenish's mission is to empower youth to unite their communities around the goal of creating a more sustainable future that is equitable for all. Troops and Service Units can host a Tree-Plenish event that offsets their local school’s energy consumption.

Interested in hosting a Tree-Plenish event? Check out the Community Members section to see how you can participate if an event is happening in your community.

https://www.tree-plenish.org/

team@tree-plenish.org

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The Center has a number of different volunteer opportunities, mainly through their participatory science program.

Opportunities include: James Farm Docent; Fish & Blue Crab Survey; Reforestation Survey; Horseshoe Crab Survey; Diamondback Terrapin Survey; Discovery Bay

The schedule for all of these opportunities vary - there are events every day of the week and at different times throughout the day & night (mainly in the spring & summer seasons)

Minors must be accompanied with an adult.

Contact: Nivette Perez-Perez, Manager, Community Science (nperezperez@inlandbays.org) to get started.

More information about volunteering with the Center can also be found on their website: https://www.inlandbays.org/get-involved/volunteer/

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Each of the anchor events below is an annual staple for the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation.

Volunteer opportunities for individuals who are 14+ (must have adult with them if under 18):

Volunteer Opportunity: LEGO Shipbuilding Day, Saturday, March 2, 2024 (10am - 3pm). This is a large event that mixes LEGO building with competition. They have LEGO kits for different ships and also free play.

Volunteer Opportunity: Captain Kidd's Pirate Day, Saturday, July 13, 2024 (12 - 4pm). Their annual pirate event is a large summer celebration with many different exciting activities.

Volunteer Opportunity: Halloween Ghost Ship, Saturday, October 19, 2024 (12 - 4pm). Their Halloween event is full of decoration and costumes as well as ships and activities.

Volunteer Opportunity: By Land & By Sea, Wilmington's Underground Railroad, Saturday, February 1, 2025 (1 - 4:30pm) This event celebrates Wilmington's place in the Underground Railroad and our place in it along the riverfront.

Contact Garrett Hastings at garrett.hastings@kalmarnyckel.org to get started.

Girl Scouts Celebrate Faith During Girl Scout Week

Girl Scout Sunday, Girl Scout Jummah, and Girl Scout Sabbath give girls an opportunity to attend their place of worship and be recognized as a Girl Scout. If a place of worship is the group sponsor, girls may perform a service, such as greeting, ushering, or doing a flag ceremony. These days can also be a time when girls explore other faiths.

Every effort should be made to hold ecumenical interfaith service when celebrating the spiritual foundation of Girl Scouting. The varied personal beliefs of our members necessitate including sensitivity towards inclusiveness. There is no set structure for an inter-faith service. The Girl Scout Sunday/Jummah/Sabbath observance may be as simple as the girls and adults in Girl Scouting attend a religious service of their choice in Girl Scout uniform. Anything beyond that during the service must be worked out with the local clergy.

View the GSCB Girl Scouts Celebrate Faith Guide for more information on how Girl Scouts can build a stronger relationship with their faith during Girl Scout Week and beyond.

Below are some additional resources you can use to engage Faith Partners during Girl Scout Week:

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Dear [NAME],

Faith is at the heart of Girl Scouting, integral to the Girl Scout tradition since our founding in 1912. As a leader of [TROOP LEVEL AND NUMBER], I have had the pleasure of meeting in [NAME OF HOUSE OF WORSHIP] for [NUMBER OF YEARS] and am grateful for your support as we develop the next generation of female leaders.

I’m reaching out today because we would love to partner with you to celebrate an upcoming Girl Scout tradition that honors girls of faith.

Girl Scout Week, celebrated every March, honors the guiding principles of Girl Scouts, including our mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. During the week, we also encourage girls to take part in Girl Scouts Celebrate Faith. This initiative, which includes specially designated days like Girl Scout [SUNDAY/JUMMAH/ SABBATH], encourages girls to explore the values their faith shares with Girl Scouting.

This year, Girl Scout [SUNDAY/JUMMAH/SABBATH] will be observed on [DATE]. On this special day, we emphasize the importance of the Girl Scout Promise, in which girls pledge to “serve God” and to “help people at all times.”

Will you work with us to lift up the Girl Scouts who are making a difference in our community and the adult volunteers who support them? There are so many meaningful ways for families and our [CHURCH/CONGREGATION/SYNAGOGUE/MOSQUE] to come together to celebrate our girls’ growing commitment to their faith. I’ve attached [SAMPLE SERVICE IDEAS, DEDICATED PRAYERS, AND IDEAS FOR PRE- AND POST-SERVICE ACTIVITIES].

Thank you for your consideration and support. I will follow up with you [DAY OF WEEK/DATE], and we look forward to working with you to celebrate all the positive changes that the members of [NAME OF HOUSE OF WORSHIP] are making in our community.

Best regards,

[YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFO]

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Girl Scout [SUNDAY/JUMMAH/SABBATH] [DATE]

Please join us on [DATE] as we recognize the Girl Scouts and Girl Scout volunteers in our congregation in honor of Girl Scout [SUNDAY/ JUMMAH/ SABBATH]. As a part of Girl Scout Week, which celebrates Girl Scouts’ 100-plus year history of community service on March 12, Girl Scout [SUNDAY/JUMMAH/SABBATH] is a specially designated day in which girls across the country deepen their connection to their faith and to Girl Scouting. We thank everyone at [NAME OF HOUSE OF WORSHIP] who has given their time, talents, or financial support so that Girl Scouts can continue their legacy of service to others.

[OBSERVANCE DETAILS, IF AVAILABLE]. Learn more about Girl Scouts in our community by visiting www.gscb.org.

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Download a Non-Demoninational Bulletin Insert

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Be part of the procession - If readings will be taken from the Bible, Torah, or Qur’an, girls may proceed in with these texts.
Serve as greeters or ushers for the service.
Run the nursery during the service so that regular members can worship with their families.
Sit together in the front pews during the service, and sport their Girl Scout vests or sashes - You could also mark the reserved pews with green bows/ribbons or Girl Scout trefoils.
Readings by Girl Scouts or Clergy - The readings need not pertain to Girl Scouts, but to the theme. Readings may come from Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, etc. texts. A few words about Girl Scouting and its mission may be made by the clergy, a Girl Scout adult, or Girl Scout. If any other Girl Scouts are to receive a religious award, it may be presented at an appropriate time.
Procession - The procession may be arranged in many ways. Troops may proceed first with flags. if readings will be taken from the Bible, Torah and/or Qur'an, girls may proceed in these texts.
The Girl Scout Promise - A brief welcome and introduction may be made by the clergy or by an appropriate participant. Girls stand and make the Girl Scout Promise.Offer a brief welcome or introduction to the girls and volunteers at the service.
Lead a group prayer or responsive reading tied to the theme or one of the suggested Girl Scout prayers (see below).
Ask past and current Girl Scouts, volunteer leaders, and highest award Girl Scouts to stand at some point during the service.
Present religious award recognitions to girls and adults who have supported them throughout the year. Check out this document for a breakdown of awards.
Acknowledge special STEM, outdoors, or entrepreneurship badges or Journeys, or highest awards girls have earned through the year.

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A Girl Scout Prayer
Lord, help us to be good Girl Scouts, ones whom the world can trust.
Help us to respect our neighbors’ rights, and never be unjust.
Help us as Americans, to be worthy of the flag we bear.
Help us as real Girl Scouts, to be proud of the uniform we wear.
Help us to be clean, Dear Lord, in thought, word, and deed.
Help us to follow the law that is in the Girl Scout creed.
Help us to love all people of the world, and then to serve them, too.
Help our actions to count, Dear Lord, in everything we do.
Help give us strength to carry on and do our part each day.
Make a place in this world for us and help us fill it, we pray.
Make us what we ought to be, and in thy footsteps fall.
Help us to live for others, O great Troop Leader of us all.

Prayer for Jewish Girl Scouts
O, Lord, our God, we ask your blessing upon us and upon our sister Girl Scouts. Give us strength of character and of purpose so that we may fulfill our Promise and faithfully obey our Law. Teach us to understand that by living up to the ideals of our Movement we are helping to repair our world for ourselves and all people. AMEN.

Prayer for Catholic Girl Scouts
Lord God, we ask you to bless us and all other Girl Scouts. Give us grace to serve you and our communities, and to keep our Girl Scout Promise and Law. Make us humble and friendly, eager for adventure, alert, and prepared for service. Give us the courage to dare to do right; make us both strong to fight and steadfast to endure; and may our lives be filled with joy that spreads happiness everywhere. AMEN.

Prayer for Protestant Christian Girl Scouts
Gracious One, we know we are your children, we want to serve you faithfully, and we want to keep our Girl Scout Promise. Help us to listen to your voice; help us to be willing and quick to do your work; help us to be friendly and loving; and help us to thank you every day for all your gifts to us. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.

Prayer for Hindu Girl Scouts
O Lord God almighty, May there be peace in celestial regions. May there be peace on earth. May the waters be appeasing. May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and plants bring peace to all. May all beneficent beings bring peace to us. May your Vedic Law propagate peace all through the world. May all things be a source of peace to us. And may your peace its elf bestow peace on all.

Prayer for Muslim Girl Scouts
In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful. Look with compassion on the whole human family; remove from us the arrogance, divisions, and hatred that have infected our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; reunite us in bonds of love; and guide us as we work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may jointly serve you in justice, peace, and harmony. AMEN.

Prayer for Buddhist Girl Scouts
As a Buddhist Girl Scout,
I go to the Buddha for guidance.
I go to the dharma for guidance.
I go to the sangha for guidance.
May all beings be happy and joyous. May they live without fear. Understanding interdependence and compassion, I know that what I do now affects my happiness or unhappiness and also that of others. May all existence—human and others—whether weak or strong, small or great, near or far and throughout time, all attain perfect peace.

Prayer for Native American Girl Scouts
Please reach out to your Native American/Indigenous communities. Due to the large number of tribes and traditional practices, we want to show respect in acknowledging that there is no one universal prayer or way of worship across Native American/Indigenous communities.

A Girl Scout Speech
Today is Girl Scout [SUNDAY/JUMMAH/SABBATH/SHABBAT], which is observed during Girl Scout Week, an event recognizing the founding of Girl Scouts on March 12, 1912. We would like to honor and thank the Girl Scouts in our house of worship [HAVE GIRL SCOUTS STAND] who have the courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place. Thank you to all the adult volunteers [HAVE VOLUNTEERS STAND] who give of their time and talents to our Girl Scout troops. And a special thank you to [NAME OF HOUSE OF WORSHIP LEADER] and [NAME OF HOUSE OF WORSHIP] for their leadership and support of our Girl Scout troops.

These girls represent the leaders of tomorrow. They belong to an organization that has continually adapted to meet the changing needs of girls. But even as things change, one thing remains the same: we continue to support girls as they grow strong in faith and maintain the belief that the motivating force in Girl Scouting is a spiritual one.

[JOINED BY THE GIRLS, RECITE THE GIRL SCOUT PROMISE]

On my honor, I will try:

To serve God* and my country,

To help people at all times,

And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

*Members may substitute for the word “God” in accordance with their own spiritual beliefs.