Girl Scouts Launches 42 New Badges to Mobilize Girls to Change the World

16 Jul 2019

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council (GSSJC) and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) today reveal 42 new badges exclusively for girls in grades K–12 that allow them to make their own choices about how they want to experience and influence the world. The badges enhance the organization’s existing girl-led programming, offering girls everything from outdoor adventuring to learning how to use coding to solve problems they care about. Girl Scout programming has long promoted independent decision making, which helps girls develop agency, challenge themselves to move beyond their comfort zones, and build confidence in their leadership abilities.

Girl Scouts Celebrate 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Texas with Year-long Women’s Right to Vote Patch Program

28 Jun 2019

Girl Scout councils across Texas are excited to announce a new patch program that honors the legacy and spirit of the women’s suffrage movement. The 2020 Women’s Right to Vote Centennial Patch Program, was designed to teach girls K-12 the history of voting rights in the United States and inspire them to make their world a better place. Exactly 100 years ago today, Texas became the ninth state to ratify the 19th Amendment, which one year later, in 1920, gave women across the nation the right to vote.