By: Lime Green Giraffe Marketing Manager, Kennedy J.
Girl Scouts
has been a big part of my life for the past seven years. I visited Washington
DC, Virginia and Baltimore as a Brownie Girl Scout. I went to New York
City and Washington DC again as a Junior Girl Scout. I was also able to attend
the 2017 Girl Scout National Convention in Columbus, Ohio as a Cadette Girl
Scout. And these are just a few places I have visited as a Girl Scout.
As I look
back on my journey from Brownie Girl Scout to Cadette Girl Scout, I value the
things that Girl Scouts has taught me. Girl Scouts prepared me for meeting
new friends when I changed school systems. It exposed me to college tours which
are now preparing me for my future. More importantly, Girl Scouts taught me to
give to others. It is through Girl Scouts that I gained the confidence to
know that I can and will be anything that I want to be.
However,
there are some things that I don't like to do but, they are required in order
to achieve the highest awards as a Girl Scout. You know the not so fun
stuff that we all complain about? Yes, you guessed it! Those Girl Scout
Journeys. I know, I know that I need to get them done but those are the
most difficult for me to accomplish (BTW - they are very educational and informative. 😀)
Between the
Journeys and the work, it takes to earn the Girl Scout high ranking awards like
the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards, I have often wanted to QUIT! You
know, when your mom reminds you that you need to work on your Girl Scout Silver
Award project and you want to Snapchat with your friends? It is at those
times when I want to give up, run away and never be a Girl Scout again. Then as
soon I think “I quit,” one of my friends from Camp Meriwether snaps me to ask
if I am going to volunteer that weekend or I get a reminder that I have a Lime
Green Giraffe meeting (So fun!) or the Gamma Gamma Girls of Fulton County
invited to me to go on a college tour or its simply time to attend a troop
meeting where I connect with my Girl Scout sisters that I have known since
kindergarten.
I then think, how could I give this
amazing organization up? Where else can I learn to be strong, bold and speak my
mind without being judged? Where else can I learn to be an independent thinker,
set goals and know that I have people that can help me? So, I decide to change
my negative thoughts. I embrace the Journeys that led me to my Girl Scout
Bronze and Silver Award and now lead me to my Girl Scout Gold Award.
So, Girl
Scouts has taught me not to quit, how to be around positive people, set and
accomplish your goals no matter how difficult they may be.
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