Jaden's Gold Award Scholarship
Discover Your Power: Jaden Quinn's Girl Scout Gold Award Journey! From international adventures to tackling real-world problems, Jaden Quinn, our GSUSA Gold Award scholarship winner, proves that Girl Scouts empowers girls to achieve incredible things! In this inspiring video, hear directly from Jaden about her Gold Award project, "Road Map to Readiness," which helped her peers navigate college and career paths.
2024 Girl Scout Cookies: Big Booth Buys
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is an opportunity for girls to flex their entrepreneurship muscles. Girl Scouts develop important life skills—goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics—that will set them up for success beyond anything they can imagine.
By fueling their Girl Scout adventures with cookie proceeds, these young trailblazers are diving into STEM, conquering the great outdoors, exploring new horizons through travel, and giving back to their communities through impactful projects. This isn't just about cookies; it's about investing in the future leaders who will shape our world! This year, donors who understand the importance of cookie proceeds helped girls reach their goals.
The following troops were randomly selected for big booth buys courtesy of caring donors: Troop 690 (Blythewood), Troop 1830 (Irmo), Troop 721 (Travelers Rest), Troop 3457 (Greer), Troop 3069 (Chester), Troop 700 (Spartanburg), Troop 1543 (Seneca), and Troop 2378 (Lexington).
Let’s give a huge round of applause to our amazing donors who understand the power of investing in girls’ futures: McGriff Insurance Brokers, Acumen IT, The People of St. Mary’s, Cupcake Castles Travel Company, LLC, Dooley Law Firm, and Susan Schneider!
Laura's Gold Award Scholarship
Laura Summerfield, a recent Girl Scout alum and Camp WaBak counselor, and her mother, Manly Summerfield, thought they were being interviewed about their Girl Scout experience and Laura's Highest Awards. They were! But they'll also get a little surprise at the end of the interview.
Troop 1967's Silver Award
Over the past year, Troop 1967 learned the essence of what it truly means to be a Girl Scout—not that they didn’t know it in their younger Girl Scout years. They now belong to a sisterhood of forever friends. They have, together, developed the courage to try new things, test their limits, and work toward goals as a team. The troop is driven to explore their community, help others, and solve problems. What started as a Silver Award project to help the church that has been so kind to them has expanded into something no one could have imagined and has brought them together as Girl Scout Sisters forever.
An Honor to Help
One action. One life-saving action by our leaders is something we will never forget. One of our troops made the trek to Savannah—the birthplace of our founder Juliette Gordon Low. On their last day there, someone needed them: a little girl who might not be here today otherwise.
To the Moon and Back
Amelia Pearson, a fifth-grade Girl Scout from Forest Acres Elementary was presented with a badge that has been to the moon. President and CEO of Amelia won a national essay contest, “Girl Scouts to the Moon and Back.” The Space Science badge that has been to space on NASA’s Artemis I and was presented by President and CEO of Girl Scouts of South Carolina—Mountains to Midlands Lora Tucker. During a troop meeting at Pickens Presbyterian Church. The Artemis I mission was NASA’s first step toward the goal of sending the first woman and the first person of color to the moon.
CEO Lora Tucker told Amelia and her troop, “We are over the moon about Amelia’s success.” Since 1912, girls have explored, developed, and sharpened their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills through Girl Scouting. They lead their own adventures, team up with others, and get busy with hands-on STEM activities of their choosing.”
