The Girl Scouts Reinvents Itself For A New Generation – Forbes

October 12, 2013

 

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The Girl Scouts Reinvents Itself For A New Generation – Forbes.

As a Girl Scout Leader, this isn’t anything new.  What I wonder is why the Girl Scouts doesn’t advertise itself as the premier leadership program for girls?  It can provide a fantastic business and leadership education through the Cookie program, and through the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards.  Frankly, we need, as an organization, to show our value to parents, so that they can understand, that this is so much more than just sitting around, making friends, and doing random crafts.

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