State of the Georgia Girl Report

Focused on the Future GIRL SCOUT IMPACT

When girls face social pressure toward unhealthy choices like substance abuse, an important preventative skill researchers promote is future orientation - setting goals and understanding long-term consequences. Throughout the entire Girl Scout program, girls examine the future and their role in it, including learning to set personal and group goals. • Girl Scout Daisies in kindergarten or 1st grade learn to care for their communities, observing the impact of littering as they care for local parks. • Girl Scout Brownies in 2nd or 3rd grade set a Cookie Program goal with their troop, planning a fun trip and selling boxes of Girl Scout cookies to meet it! • Girl Scout Seniors or Ambassadors in 9th through 12th grade pursue the Girl Scout Gold Award, creating a sustainable solution to a community problem.

Developing a future orientation empowers girls to envision the life they want and make choices to achieve their goals.

85% of Georgia Girl Scouts believe adults in Girl Scouts help them achieve their goals.

“ My troop leader is

awesome! She cares about us all so much! - Georgia Girl Scout, Brownie (2nd - 3rd Grade), 2024

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