Chapter 2.5: Other Girl Scout Initiatives and Opportunities

Other exciting initiatives and opportunities exist to support the GSLE. A few examples are listed here, and you can find out how to engage your group in opportunities like these by contacting your council or by visiting www.girlscouts.org/program/program_opportunities. Note that councils may offer different experiences, based on availability of resources and partners in your area.

• Elliott Wildlife Values Project (EWVP): Launched more than 10 years ago, the EWVP provides girls with resources, collaborations, and opportunities that enable girls to explore nature, protect the environment, and develop a lifelong commitment to wildlife conservation.
• First LEGO League (FLL): FLL introduces girls to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) using LEGO MINDSTORMS, programmable robotics that test girls’ technical skills and expose them to leadership skills.
• NASA collaboration: Girl Scouts and NASA first collaborated more than 15 years ago, with a shared goal of exposing girls to science careers, creating summer internships for girls, hosting field trips relating to Earth and solar exploration, creating community outreach programs, and providing adult volunteers with training opportunities. To date, more than 100,000 girls have engaged in this program.