Girl Scouts Celebrate Founder’s Day

RELATED STORIES BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT OR WHEN THE GIRL SCOUTS FORMED 114 YEARS AGO, IT WAS DURING A TIME BEFORE WOMEN COULD VOTE TIME WHEN THEY WERE EXPECTED TO ADHERE TO STRICT SOCIAL NORMS. WELL, THE GIRL SCOUTS ORGANIZATION WOULD HELP TO CHANGE THAT BY CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WOMEN. AND THIS WEEK, A LOCAL TROOPS FROM ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE PREPARING TO CELEBRATE FOUNDERS DAY WJC YEARS. JENNIFER CRAWFORD LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW IT RESONATES WITH SCOUTS TODAY. >> JOINING ME NOW IN STUDIO, CEO OF GIRL SCOUTS OF GULF COAST OF FLORIDA, MARION SERBIAN AND GIRL SCOUT AMBASSADOR WHO IS 17 YEARS OLD AND A JUNIOR IN FORT MYERS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. OUR PLEASURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. CAN YOU TELL US HOW THE GIRL SCOUTS WAS FOUNDED? SURE, >> JULIETTE GORDON LOW, WHO WAS OF AN ASSOCIATE? >> OF LORDS, BADEN, A PAL WHO STARTED THE BOY SCOUT. SHE WAS INTRIGUED YOU ABOUT THE WHOLE SCOUTING EXPERIMENT. SO SHE BROUGHT IT BACK TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. AND IN 1912, SHE STARTED THE VERY FIRST TRUE. AND SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, IN ORDER TO TEACH GIRLS CONFIDENCE, ENCOURAGING CHARACTER. >> AND LANAI, YOU HAVE BEEN A SCOUT SINCE YOU WERE 5 YEARS OLD DAYS. WHAT ARE THE CORE VALUES THAT ARE TAUGHT IN THE SCOUT? I BELIEVE IT IS. >> CONFIDENCE LEADERSHIP IN JUST KNOWING THAT GIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING AROUND THE WORLD DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS. >> AND WHAT YOU LOVE MOST SO FAR ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. >> I LOVE THAT. I'M ABLE TO TRY DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE I'VE NEVER BEEN HORSE THE GRATING THOSE LIKE MY FIRST TIME. AND THOSE GUYS AND THEY'VE BEEN CAMPING IN THE FIRST TIME. IT IS TRYING TO FIT THINGS AND THINGS I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO. I WAS A BIT. >> SO WHO DO GAS COSTS? AND THAT'S WHERE THAT CONFIDENCE IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ON TV BEFORE 11 IRVINE UPDATE FOR YOU BY DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. WE LOVE YOU NOW. HOW DOES THE GIRL SCOUTS TODAY CARRY OUT THE LEGACY? THIS LOW FROM 100 YEARS AGO? SO >> I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE THE EXACT SAME CORE MISSION IS 2 BILLS, GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER. SO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. WE ARE STILL DOING THAT. AND WE DO IT THROUGH THE TYPES OF CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE. THE PATCHES, WHICH ARE FROM PATCHES. THEY TEACH FUN, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES. BUT THE BADGES ARE WHERE THEY LEARN THE SKILLS. AND THEY'RE OUTDOOR SKILLS. THEIR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS, THEIR STEM AND STEAM TYPE OF THINGS. SO THEY'RE LEARNING ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SKILLS, THEN THEY PUT THEM TO WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN THEIR SCHOOL AND IN THEIR LIVES. I LOVE THAT. YOU TOLD ME THAT IMMOKALEE HAS A THRIVING GIRL SCOUT PILEUPS JUN. THEY DO WITH BILINGUAL VOLUNTEERS KNOWN TILING. ALSO, WE HAVE GIRLS THAT SPEAK HAITIAN CREOLE GIRLS THAT SPEAK SPANISH AND THEN GIRLS WHO SPEAK ENGLISH. AND SO THE LEADERS COME FROM THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S THE CASE ACROSS OUR 10 COUNTIES. WHEN WE HAVE GIRLS JOINED TROOPS THAT ARE BILINGUAL OR MULTILINGUAL OR AN ORO DIVERSE OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE MAKE SURE WE EQUIP OUR LEADERS WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE GIRLS. >> THEY HAVE A FOUNDER'S DAY CELEBRATION COMING UP. YES. >> TELL US ABOUT THAT. IT'S ON OCTOBER 31ST. >> AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE WE ARE. >> REALLY GETTING TO HONOR JULIE LOW FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE HAS SENT FOR US. AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING WHERE HAPPY TO CELEBRATE US. IS THAT TRUE? OUR TRIB 11, 40, WE DECIDED TO DO A PROJECT AND WE MADE BASES WE NEED A LITTLE BORED. IT WAS REALLY QUE IN. WE LOVED. IT WAS A THING THAT WE REALLY ENJOY DOING WITH THE YOUNGER GIRLS. SO YEAH. >> AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE 10 COUNTIES. SO EACH OF THE TROOPS AND OR SERVICE SERVICE UNITS KIND OF HAVE MULTIPLE TROOPS ROLLED UP INTO A SERVICE UNIT. THEY MAY DO A SERVICE IN A PROJECT. MOST OF THEM ARE DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JULIA GORDON LOESCH STRESSED DURING WORLD WAR, ONE AND WORLD WAR 2, THE GIRLS COLLECTED THINGS THAT COULD BE USED TO SEND TO OUR SERVICE MEN. AND SO IT'S ALL THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE. BUT EVERY TROOP DOES THERE OWN SAYING GIRL SCOUTS, HIS GOAL LEAD? SO WE DON'T WANT TO TELL THEM THIS IS HOW YOU HAVE TO CELEBRATE. YOU CELEBRATE IN THE WAY THAT IT MAKES YOU FEEL. JOY IS AND MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN REACH ALL THE WAY BACK IN TIME AND TOUCH. JOY, A CORDLESS HAND. >> AND I LOVE THAT. THE MISSION HAS NOT CHANGED THIS HIGH 90'S IN OUR SOCIETY HAS TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING ELSE CORRECT TO MISSION REMAINS MISSING AND THERE WAS ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY TO A YOUNGER GIRL WHO MIGHT BE THINKING OF JOINING THE SCOUTS. WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SHARE? >> I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE IN THAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED SAID THAT I DON'T REGRET IT BECAUSE GIRLS GO HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH JUST BECOMING AS COMMUNION. LEE DEAN IS A WOMAN IS JUST TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. TO KNOW THAT I CAN DO ANYTHING AS POSSIBLE AND I CAN ACHIEVE MY GOAL FOR REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO. >> SO YEAH, WHEN AND PASTOR OF THE GIRL SCOUTS AND AN EXCELLENT ONE AT THAT, AND THEN OUR CEO MARY AND SERVING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY IN STUDIO IS IN OUR PLEASURE LANGUAGE. YOU. >> AND HERE'S A FUN FACT OF THE WGCU NEWSROOM. YOU KNOW, MANY OF US CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOLD OF A BOX OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. THE TRADITION DATES BACK TO 1917, WHEN A GROUP IN OKLAHOMA BEGINS SELLING HOMEMADE SUGAR COOKIES TO RAISE MONEY. WHILE THAT TREND EXPLODED AND THE ORGANIZATION NOW GENERATES NEARLY 1 BILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE EACH YEAR SELLING AROUND THE 200 MILLION BOXES OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. EVERY