From the March 11th Parade Magazine.
Today, membership in the Girl Scouts stands at 3.2 million and several groups were in the recent 4th of July parade here in Spring Grove, Illinois, along with the pre-Girl Scout groups, the Brownies. That's a long way from when Juliette Gordon Low formed the first troop in Savannah, Georgia, 100 years ago.
Like with the Boy Scouts, members strive to earn badges. Long-gone are Girl Scout badges for dairy maid, telegraphist and laundress. Now, badges can be earned in technology, engineering, movie-making, financial literacy and web design.
Even cookies have come a long way. When troops started selling homemade sugar cookies in 1917, they cost 15 cents a dozen. In 1935, commercial bakers tok over, first producing sandwich cookies and later my favorite, Thin Mints. These days, over 200 million boxes, in a dozen varieties, are sold annually, and, if I recall last time, for $4 a box.
A Great American Organization, Along with the Boy Scouts. DaCoot
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