March 12 is National Girl Scouts day. Nearly everyone is familiar with Girl Scout cookies but not everyone knows how being a Girl Scout impacts the community.
The Girls Scouts of the USA is composed of millions of members, some of whom walk the halls of CHS. The organization provide girls with leadership experience starting from a young age, helping them be able to forge paths for themselves in the future.
“People tend to forget that Girl Scouts aren’t just goody two shoes with cookies boxes,” said freshman Maia Primerano, who has been a Girl Scout since kindergarten. “We’re girls trying to change the world for the better.”
According to the GSUSA website, the Girl Scouts’ mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character who can make the world a better place.
“It’s a great way to get involved with the community and learn life skills,” said freshman Hannah Bush, who has been a Girl Scout since second grade.
According to GSUSA website, the “Girl Scout Law” requires girls to be friendly, helpful and caring. As such, this law emphasizes the Girl Scouts’ emphasis on helping to “make the world a better place” as well as helping the community in general.
“I really have learned a lot about myself and the community around me, and what I can do to help the environment,” Primerano said.
As Girl Scouts emphasize kindness compassion, the commuinity environment they create is often a positive one.
“You feel comfortable and welcome and free to be yourself,” Bush said. “I encourage more girls to do it and most people should stay with it because it will really help them in the long run.”
Being a member of the Girl Scout community not only gives young girls responsibilities, but also provides them with a community in which they are free to be themselves.
“As far as my kids are concerned, they’re more independent than they would’ve been had they not been Girl Scouts,” AP Economics Monica Malanoski said.