Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

If you don't follow the Girl Scout Promise and Law, your membership in the Girl Scout organization could be terminated.

If there are troop rules or a behavior agreement, then whatever happens will be determined by the troop or the agreement.

For example, if the troop is taking a camping trip and the girls have been assigned kapers (duties) and you don't take your turn, you could be sent home.

If you have your cell phone or other electronic device and you weren't supposed to bring them on the trip, they could be taken away and you could be sent home.

If you misbehave during a troop meeting, you could be given a warning or two, asked to move to a different spot, or be sent home and maybe asked not to return to the troop.

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No. Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) partners with many organizations to bring program to Girl Scouts. It is up to the girls and their families to determine whether or not they wish to be involved in any program presented by any organization.

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See Related Links for a map of the Girlguiding Cymru Branches.

A list of things needed for Girl Scout camp should be given/mailed to you when you register for the camp or it might be listed in the camp registration/information booklet or on the Girl Scout council's web site for the camp you are attending.

You could build things for your community or make a garden for the park or help any one you can. Do anything that seems reasonable.

Think about the things you are interested in and try to find a project that relates to your interests. Maybe you could set up a class, such as a self-defense class. Or help the local animal shelter by arranging for and training volunteers to work with the animals.

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The Girl Scout troop is part of a non-profit organization. The Girl Scout council is the organization which receives non-profit status. The council is responsible for the non-profit financial status of all the troops and individual members of the council.

For Girl Scouts of the USA, in 1948, new uniforms for Intermediate and Senior Girl Scouts were designed by Mainbocher, a renowned designer.

The Senior Girl Scout uniform was a short sleeved dress with action back, made of bright green cotton covert. The dress buttoned to below the waist, the skirt was seven gore gently flared, and the uniform was worn with a dark green cowhide belt. This was the Senior Girl Scout uniform until 1960 although an alternate uniform was offered starting in 1951.

The alternate uniform consisted of a white blouse with a taffeta pocket strip with trefoils woven in green and yellow and a medium dark green six-gore skirt had an adjustable waist zipper that ran along the waistband. Senior Girl Scouts wore an international style hat with the uniform.

It was blue. The first khaki uniform was introduced in 1914, 2 years after the Girl Scout program started.

Lord Robert Baden-Powell started Girl Guides in 1910 when girls asked to be Boy Scouts. He felt that girls should have their own organization. Brownies were started in 1914. They were first called Rosebuds, but Lord Baden-Powell changed the name to Brownies when the girls told him they did not like the name Rosebuds.

The band originally formed in 2005, with members Roy Stride, Peter Ellard and Greg Churchouse.

In their latest album "Everybody Wants To Be On TV" (released 2010) it states that their last gig as an unsigned band was March 16 2007.

After that they were signed to the record label "Epic" and they released their self-titled debut album in September 2007.

The lowest "usual" level of GS in the USA used to be Brownies. (If you were a GS in the 70's that's what you probably were.) Brownies started in 1st grade. BUT there was a small pilot program in 1974/1975 in the US to see if Kindergarteners could "handle" GS, it was called "pixies". Later, Daisies became the new, youngest level, starting in Kindergarten.

Girl Guides in Italy go camping, hiking, play games, watch the stars, pretty much everything that Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world do. They are committed to education and training, sharing, personal growth, civic consciousness, friendship, and solidarity.

Check with your local Council office for guidelines specific to your area. Ours expire in a year.

The United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) or Girlguiding UK, has a Rainbow section. They are the youngest members, ages 5-7 years old.

Gamiet Morshidat Gomhoriet Misr al Arabiah or Egyptian Guides also has an age group called Baraem or Rainbow for ages 5-7.

Skinning an animal is an activity that would not be allowed by the Girl Scout safety guidelines, so, as a Girl Scout member, girls would not be skinning an animal.

However, this might be an activity they do with their families.

Rossiskaya Assotsiatsia Devochek-Skautov (RADS) or Russian Association of Girl Scouts participated in the All-Russia NORS-P Jamboree in 2000 near Saratov.

Otherwise, they most likely camp where ever camping is allowed.

Nutty Bucks or Nutty Money in the Girl Scout Nut Sale is a recognition or incentive for reaching a level of sales of nut products. Nutty Bucks are then used to pay for a variety of Girl Scout activities. Each Girl Scout council sets their own guidelines for earning and using Nutty Bucks or Nutty Money.

Gorp is Good Old Raisins and Peanuts, a form of trail mix.

Girl Scouts have used GORP to give a different meaning to the ingredients and in Girl Scout ceremonies. For example: adding M&M's to the Gorp mix shows that Girl Scouts come in all colors, shapes and sizes. Every Girl Scout is a sister to other Girl Scouts, no matter how she looks or how she sounds. A Friendship Circle is round, so add round Cheerios.

Gorp, or Trail Mix, is also used as a snack, especially when Girl Scouts are camping or hiking.

According to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) had 713777 members as of January 2006.