100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts

VOLUNTEER CONTACT: Paula
Doyle and Katie Burdiak

Paula.doyle@usa.net 847-295-5972 and ktbirdy@aol.com 847-234-4502

Local Girl Scouts Host Special Events to Celebrate

the Movement’s 100th Anniversary on March
12

Local Girl Scouts from  Ft.
Sheridan, Highland Park, Highwood, Lake Bluff and Lake Forest are celebrating
100 years of girls making the world a better place by hosting special events
that welcome alumnae, family and community members to join in the festivities.

Juliette Gordon Low founded Girl
Scouting on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, in order to give girls access
to unique leadership opportunities that enabled them to contribute to society
in meaningful ways. Low believed girls were as interested in sports, science,
community service and making a difference in the world as boys. The
organization quickly grew from 18 original members and now boasts more than 3.2
million girl and adult members nationwide today.

To honor the memory of the very
first Girl Scout meeting, girls of all ages and adult volunteers are hosting
special community-based Promise Circles on March 12 at 19:12 military time or
7:12 p.m. Promise Circles will be held in numerous locations throughout the 245
communities served by Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

Current area Girl Scouts will join
together with former Girl Scouts from every decade to recite the Girl Scout
Promise and Law, followed by the singing of “Make New Friends.”

We will be gathering at Lake
Forest College in the new Athletic Building, in Lake Forest, on March 12th,
2012 at 7:00 p.m. so we are in place for our circle at 7:12 p.m.  We will
be joining hands and making a promise circle.  The event will last about a
half an hour and we invite all current as well as alumni Girl Scouts to join
in. 

The Lake Forest College Athletic
Building is located approximately two-thirds of a mile south of Deerpath Road
at the corner of Sheridan Road and Maplewood.  If heading south on
Sheridan from Deerpath, turn right on Maplewood and the building will be on
your left side.  At the stop sign take a left turn and park in the parking
lot.  The building has a beautiful glass wall entrance.

In addition, girls and women who
have ever been Girl Scouts, including as a Brownie, are encouraged to wear a
green lapel ribbon during Girl Scout Week, observed from March 11 – 17. They also
are encouraged to reconnect to the organization by registering as a member of
its alumnae association at www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org/connect-as-alum. 

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and
Northwest Indiana impacts the lives of nearly 87,000 girls and 24,000 adult
members in 245 communities in six Illinois counties (Cook, DuPage, Grundy,
Kankakee, Lake, and Will) and four Indiana counties (Jasper, Lake, Newton, and
Porter). Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who
make the world a better place.

For more information, learn about
other special 100th anniversary activities or find a list of all
Promise Circle locations, visit www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org.