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Girl Scouts raising the flag at a Municipal Band concert in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. 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]
The program of the Girl Scouts of the USA is administered through local councils. Each council covers a geographic area of the United States , that may vary in size from a single U.S. county to multiple U.S. states .
The Girl Scout National Center West was located just outside Ten Sleep, Wyoming, among the Big Horn Mountains, [1] near the entrance to Ten Sleep Canyon. [2] A portion of the center was one of the largest encampments in the world at 15,400 acres (62 km 2) (14,600 acres (59 km 2) also reported) of rugged wilderness near the entrance to Ten Sleep Canyon near the Bighorn National Forest.
Girl Scout leaders Giselle Burgess, from top left, Evelyn Santiago and Marissa Stranieri sit at a table while girls from Troop 6000 work on crafts during a meeting for migrant girls.
The training center, c. 1950s. Edith Macy was the chair of the Girl Scout National Board of Directors from 1919 to 1925 and dreamed of a permanent Girl Scout training center. In 1925, V. Everit Macy donated land to be used as a national training school in memory of his wife, who had died on February 1 that year.
Pax Lodge is the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) World Centres in Hampstead, London, England.It was opened on 15 March 1991, preceded by Olave House (1959–1988), named after Olave Baden-Powell (World Chief Guide and wife of Robert Baden-Powell who founded the Scouting movement) which was preceded by Our Ark (1939–1959).
In 2007, over 400 guests from around the world visited Our Chalet to celebrate the centre's 75th birthday. Special activities for the big event included tours, interactive displays on the history of Girl Scouts, Girl Guides, and the centre itself, performances by local groups, campfire songs, and a fireworks display. [citation needed]