Want to run programs on your own? Need materials, instructions, support and advice?
Rent Program Kits from GSWPA and conduct a program with your troop, group or service unit on your own time!
Program Kits include written instructions and non-consumable materials used to conduct the program. Kits can
be checked out for up to four weeks. Contact [email protected] or call 800-248-3355 ext. 1007 for kit
availability and more information.
Choose from the program kits at gswpa.org.
Program Kits are currently available at the following GSWPA offices: Beaver, Edinboro, Greensburg, Johnstown,
Kittanning and Pittsburgh.
Throughout the long history of Girl Scouts, certain traditions remain meaningful and important and are still
practiced today. This section gives you an overview of annual celebrations in the Girl Scout year, as well as other
revered Girl Scout traditions. Be sure to look in The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting and Leadership Journeys for
more information on songs, historical anecdotes, traditions, and ceremonies.
Girl Scouts celebrate several special days each year, which you’re encouraged to include in your group planning.
February 22: World Thinking Day (the birthday of both Lord Baden-Powell and Lady Olave Baden-Powell,
the originators of Boy Scouts and the Scouting Movement worldwide).
March 12: The birthday of Girl Scouting in the USA. The first troop meeting was held in Savannah,
Georgia, on this date in 1912. Note that Girl Scout Week begins the Sunday before March 12 (a day
known as “Girl Scout Sunday”) and extends through the Saturday following March 12 (a day known as
“Girl Scout Sabbath”).
April 19-25: Volunteer Appreciation Week centers on the long-standing National Girl Scout Leaders’ Day
(April 22), but expands the definition of volunteers beyond troop leaders to include all the volunteers
who work in so many ways on behalf of girls in Girl Scouting.
October 31: Founder’s Day (Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday).
Learn more about these special days at www.gswpa.org.
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