I was in Girl Scouts for 12 years. I started off as a Brownie in first grade and then went up through Junior, Senior, and Cadette. I first joined as a kid to have fun. When I had to switch schools in 4th grade I stayed so that I could still see my old friends. As it got older I stayed for the college tuition and when Girl Scouts said that it no longer had funds to give to it's members I stayed because it would look good on a college application. . . That's what I said anyways. In reality, I had a blast. Sure, myself and friends would wine and moan when we had to go camping, but when we got their we would have a ton of fun! There are so many things that I did and learned with girl scouts that I wouldn't have been able to experience otherwise. My troop can tell you stories of scuba diving, camping during a tornedo, throwing cases of Girl Scout cookies to each other down the school steps, hissing at a racoon to get it away from the garbage, playing spoons (with markers) until 3:00 in the morning, getting locked in a mall over night, bringing balloons to people at the nursing home, along with so much more!
We had a strange troop, not going to lie. Usually by the time you are in high school, a troop only consists of one or two people. We had 7 in our troop, from 5 different schools. ALL seven of us got our Gold Award (highest honor you can earn in Girl Scouts). Less than 1% of the kids who join Girl Scouts will ever get their Gold Award - and all 7 of us got it! We were a great troop and I am so glad that I got the opportunity to be in it!
Erin
Reeses & Blossom
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