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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I'm hearing out of this discussion is this:

1)  Girl Scouts can and DO do cool things, say those who are in the knkow.
2)  People who are NOT involved or not HEAVILY involved with Girls Scouts are not aware of this and mostly think of cookies when it comes to Girl Scouts.
3)  Conclusion:  Girl Scouts *have* moved and changed with the times, but needs to work on their PUBLIC BRANDING and IMAGE, because the message is not reaching those who are not involved.[/quote]

Yes.  I am a Girl Scout Troop Leader and there is so much inaccurate information being passed around.  Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are and are intended to be different organizations.  I believe Boy scouts has always been very focussed on the outdoors, camping, etc.  Girl Scouts spreads itself wider- camping and the outdoors is ONE aspect of girl scouts.  But there is much more- Girl Scouts is about leadership and confidence, that can come with doing service projects, classroom activities, fun outings, cookie selling (business activities), or outdoor activities.  What is special about GS is that it is only for girls.  GS is also more troop based, so the activities more about bonding with a close group, not large pack campouts.

I have said this in response to Girl Scout posts in the past:  [b]Girl Scouts is what the troop makes of it.  If you want more outdoor activities in the troop, then get the training and talk to the leader about it!!! [/b] I do not enjoy camping.  So our troop does a lot of service projects and crafts.  We focus on leadership and doing new and exciting things.  If a parent is not happy with this and wants to more outdoor opportunities for the girls, then they should take the initiative and plan something, rather than treat me like the extended care teacher!  All the parents on DCUM bitch about the lack of outdoor activities for girl scouts, but I want to know- Have any of you offered to lead an outdoor event?  As far as the badges, Girl Scouts can also earn fun patches for doing anything.  You are not limited to the patches GS puts out.  So even if there isn't an official badge for fishing, you can still take your girls fishing!  But it requires a parent to take the initiative to make it happen, especially in the younger years.

Overall, I think each entity should have remained separate.  [/quote]

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