Girl Scouts was founded in 1912 by trailblazer Juliette Gordon Low. We are the largest girl-serving organization
in the United States and a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, a sisterhood of
close to 10 million girls and adults in 145 countries.
Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. We strive to
be the premier leadership organization for girls, and experts on their growth and development.
On my honor, I will try:
To serve God* and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.
*Girl Scouts of the USA makes no attempt to define or interpret the word “God” in the Girl Scout Promise. It looks to individual
members to establish for themselves the nature of their spiritual beliefs. When making the Girl Scout Promise, individuals may
substitute wording appropriate to their own spiritual beliefs for the word “God.” Note: This disclaimer appears in the National
Leadership Journey adult guides, but not in the girls’ books. It is included here as a reminder to you, as a volunteer, that it’s your
responsibility to be sensitive to the spiritual beliefs of the girls in your group and to make sure that everyone in the group feels
comfortable and included in Girl Scouting. Please feel free to share this information with girls’ families.
I will do my best to be
and to
honest and fair,
respect myself and others,
friendly and helpful,
respect authority,
considerate and caring,
use resources wisely,
courageous and strong,
make the world a better place,
and responsible for what I say and do,
and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
We are urban, rural, and suburban. We are in schools, churches, temples, mosques, public housing, foster
homes, and detention centers. We are in virtually every zip code and in 90 countries around the world.
2.3 million girls 5 to 18 years of age
16,800 Girl Scouts overseas
888,000 adult volunteers
59 million alumnae
112 councils throughout the United States
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