Each year on February 22, World Thinking Day, girls participate in activities and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in other countries. World Thinking Day not only gives girls a chance to celebrate international friendships, but is also a reminder that Girl Scouts of the USA is part of a global community—one of nearly 150 countries with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. View the 2012 World Thinking Day Activity Pack

We're highlighting here the extraordinary Take Action projects by our very own girls!

Is your troop doing something extraordinary for the community? Learn how to write press releases to gain the attention of media outlets! Getting Media Coverage for your Troop

Also, always send a copy of your release to pr@gs-top.org so that the council can use and share that information!

Learn more about the 100 days of Service.

2012 Is the Year of The Girl and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouting!   Did you know that there are over 1 million women living within our council area that were once a Girl Scout?    This year's Cookie Sale is a perfect opportunity to connect with these Alumnae!  During your cookie sale, ask your customers, "Were you ever a Girl Scout?"  Even if they say they "were just a Brownie", tell them - Once a Girl Scout, Always a Girl Scout!

Find out how to navigate the twists and turns of middle school to find true friendships, plenty of confidence and maybe even peace!

The aMAZE Series is designed for girls in the 6-8th grades to explore their inner leader, while making new friends and increasing peace one interaction at a time. Go from peer pressure to no pressure to helping others - while you have fun exploring everything from making good first impressions to making genuine lasting friendships.

Program Aides are Girl Scouts Cadettes (6^th -8^th grade) who want to share their skills with others, and help promote the Girl Scout program. Program Aides are trained Girl Scouts who are at least two years older than the group they are serving. Once Program Aides are trained, they will be able to work with other troops by sharing their special talents and help with any service unit event or council program.

GSUSA presents the exciting new Girls Guide to Girl Scouting this fall.  Some badges will not make it through the process, some will be combined and others still will be stronger, more powerful resources which add spark to the girls’ imagination and journey. To help leaders tie the program resources together, GSUSA will also show you which badges link to each of the Journeys series.

Previous handbooks, Interest Projects, Junior Badge Book, Brownie Try-It Book and the Daisy Activity books and the awards that go with them are being discontinued. 

S.T.E.A.M. stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math.

What is a S.T.E.A.M. event? The S.T.E.A.M. event is a workshop where a girl will learn about one or more: science, technology, engineering, arts or math.

The Girl Scout Silver Award, the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. To Earn the Girl Scout Silver Award gives you the chance to show that you are a leader who is organized, determined, and dedicated to improving your community.

All projects under the Studio 2B guidelines have until September 30, 2011 to turn in final paperwork. Under no circumstance will any project proposal or final report under the Studio 2B guide lines will be accepted after this date.

Through Girl Scouting, girls can earn many different awards in a variety of topics.   In addition to the Journey Awards contained within each Journey Series (It’s Your World – Change It!; It’s Your Planet – Love it!; and It’s Your Story – Tell It!), there are awards for each grade level.  Each copy of The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting includes a fold-out page listing all of the awards available for each grade level.  Each grade level has awards in Financial Literacy and Cookie Business, as well as the My Promise, My Faith award.  Daisies earn Petals and Leaves.  All other grade levels earn Badges.  There are seven categories of Legacy Badges for each grade level as well as Skill-Building badges for each Journey series.  There are so many to choose from that girls will always have enough to keep them interested and engaged in learning.