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NEWS
For Immediate release
March 11, 2010
Governor Beverly Perdue Declares Girl Scout Week in North Carolina
Girl Scouts celebrate week by participating in several community events
Girl Scouts Samantha Watson from Person County (back left) and Alexandria Gerald from Guilford County (back right) met with Representative Rosa Gill (left front) and Secretary Linda Carlisle during Girl Scout Advocacy Day
Raleigh, NC: Governor Beverly Perdue has proclaimed the week of March 7-13 as Girl Scout Week in North Carolina. Girl Scout Week is the commemoration of the birthday of Girl Scouting, when Juliette Gordon Low began the first Girl Scout Troop in Savannah, Georgia, in 1912. The week honors the 98th anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States, which falls on Friday, March 12.
On Tuesday, March 9, as part of Girl Scout Advocacy Day, Linda Carlisle, North Carolina’s Secretary of Cultural Resources and a Girl Scout volunteer herself, presented the proclamation to a group of North Carolina Girl Scouts and women legislators.
Advocacy Day was also a chance for 20 teen Girl Scouts from across the state to join women legislators at the General Assembly to share a box lunch and talk about girls’ needs, interests, and experiences – and the issues that are important to today’s girls and young women. The girls also learned first-hand what issues are facing the North Carolina Legislature, what it’s like to run for public office, and how the women balance their family and their professional lives.
Also during Girl Scout Week, girls from across the state are serving as appointed Pages in the Governor’s Office, giving girls an opportunity to learn about state government and having Girl Scouting represented by its most important members – girls – in this public and prestigious service.
Other events during Girl Scout week include(d):
Girl Scout Sunday, March 7 and Girl Scout Sabbath, March 13: Gives girls an opportunity to attend their place of worship and be recognized as a Girl Scout. If a place of worship is the group sponsor, girls may perform a service, such as greeting, ushering, or doing a flag ceremony. These days can also be a time when girls explore other faiths. Celebrating these days also gives Girl Scouting opportunities 1) to thank places of worship for their contributions to the community and to Girl Scouting, and 2) to share how today’s girls are discovering their personal paths to leadership through Girl Scouting.
Girl Scout Birthday, March 12: Commemorates March 12, 1912, when Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization’s first 18 girl members as Girl Scouts in Savannah, Georgia.
In addition to the activities above, Girl Scout Week is the last official week of the 2010 Girl Scout Cookie sale, which ends on Sunday, March 14th.
For more information on Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines visit www.nccoastalpines.org.
 
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