Learn more about the annual Girl Scout Cookie Program, which begins January 18 and continues through March 9, 2008! Just click here for loads of valuable information, including Cookies 101 for Parents ...

How does Girl Scouting connect with teen girls and young women? On MTV, of course! That’s why older teen girls and young women can follow Vanessa and Angela Simmons on the popular MTV “Run’s House” program and on the Web, www.girlscouts.org/vanessaandangela, as they become the newest members of the Girl Scout family! Click on the video screen below to check out the message about Girl Scouting from Rev. Run and his wife Justine. Then encourage a girl or young adult woman to learn more!

Developmental Assets and Girl Scouting: Much has been written about how communities and adults can help young people grow up healthy, caring and responsible. The respected independent Search Institute identified 40 development assets that young people need. To learn more about how Girl Scouting helps build those assets, click here. With just a phone call, you can become one of the mentors a Girl Scout can look up to for support. Call us today, (260) 422-3417 or 800-283-4812, extension 138.

Guided by a mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place,Girl Scouts is the world’s pre-eminent organization dedicated solely to girls and guided by the Girl Scout Promise and Law, and program goals.

Through Girl Scouting, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives – like strong values, social conscience and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. In Girl Scouts, girls discover fun, friendship and the power of girls together. Through many enriching experiences provided by Girl Scouting, they grow courageous and strong.

No matter what age, girls learn the value and fun of sharing experiences in an all-girl environment, with caring, trained adults to serve as mentors and models. Girls participating in Girl Scouting will:

Speak to the girl in your life about the possibilities and benefits of Girl Scouting and encourage her to stay in the Girl Scout program. Suggest that she take the lead and encourage her friends to join, too!