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Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. [2] It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, a year after she had met Robert Baden-Powell , the founder of Scouting [ 3 ] (formally Boy Scouts).
The Girl Scouts of the USA has six levels: Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior and Ambassador. Girl Scouts move or "bridge" to the next level, usually at the end of the school year, when they reach the age of advancing. The Ambassador level is the most recent, having been added in 2011. [1]
The American Heritage Girls (AHG) is a Christian -based Scouting-like organization for Americans. [2] The organization has more than 52,000 members (2020) with troops or individuals ("trailblazers") in all 50 states of the United States and for American expatriates in fifteen other countries. [3][1][4]
List of local councils. Local councils of the Girl Scouts of the USA, within U.S. states, and in Insular areas and Territories of the United States, currently includes: Alaska. Arizona Cactus-Pine. Black Diamond. California's Central Coast. Caribe. Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont. Central & Southern New Jersey.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including 176,000 female participants. [2] The BSA was founded in 1910; about 130 million Americans have participated in its programs, which are ...
The Ideal Scout, a 1937 statue by R. Tait McKenzie in front of the Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center in the Cradle of Liberty Council in Philadelphia. Scouting in the United States is dominated by the 1.2 million-member Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA and other associations that are recognized by one of the international Scouting organizations.
A Girl Scout troop for young migrants offers a haven in a chaotic city. Kate Linthicum. August 20, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Girls listen to their Scout leaders about a craft project during a meeting in ...
[citation needed] The 1st Merrickville Scout Troop, founded in 1908, is the oldest Scout troop in North America. Reference "75 Years of Scouting in Canada". The 1st Port Morien Group claims to be the first Scout Group in North America.