Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18
Girl Scout News

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the adult scout population of lower
Delaware and the five counties of
Maryland are trying to organize a
Girl Scout Council in this area, but
do you all know what a Girl Scout
Council really is and how it will
help our girls and their leaders
The Public Relations Committee of
the Girl Scout Steering Committee
are planning to run a series of ar
ticles for the next few weeks to ex-
plain to the public just how much
council will mean to us and what
the Church, the School, the Home
and the leader expect Council to
do for our girls.
This first article was written by
our National Girl Scout Region
Three Advisor, Miss Elizabeth Nc
Hugh from Washington, d. G.
Please read this and then watch
for the Girl Scout trefoil insignia
so that you may read all of the
other articles. We will be asking
the citizens of Milford and the sur
rounding area for a contribution
for the organization a Council in
the fall and we want you all to
know what your gift will mean to
the Girl Scouts of our town.
Every job that we as adults in
Girl Scouting undertake must be
tested against the question: How
does this contribute to better Girl
Scouting for all the girls in our
community% We of the National
Girl Scout Staff know from long
experience that out of a council or
ganizatiOn the girls of a cOmmun-
ity get better, stronger trOops-and
more of them. A council coOrdin-
ates all the resources of a large
area to strengthen and promote
the Girl Scout program. The struc-
ture of council is set up with this
objective in mind"
One Of the main reasons the lead
ers decided they want to join to-
gether IN a council is that through
a council they can get regular
training. Every leader realizes that
the more she knows about Girl
Scouting, the better program she
can offer the girls in her troop.
Training will be given by the cOun-
ellis professional worker and by
council volunteer trainers who will
be trained by the National Organi-
ZatiOn.
Camping is a big part of Scout
ing. The experience at Cam Todd
this summer, when so many appli-
cants had to be turned away, shows
that your girls really want an out
door program. When a camp COM
mittee with the whole council be-
hind it sets out to develop ade-
quate camping facilities we can be
sure that before very long the girls
will have the opportunity of day
camp, troop and trip camping as
well as established camp.
The program committee will play
an important role in the life of the
Girl Scout troop. They will provide
those special program helps that
every troop needs, the ideas, know
how and equipment. They promote
inter-trOOp activities which give
girls an opportunity to know girls
of other localities and backgrounds.
The program committee brings to
the. girls opportunities to give serV-
ice in their towns and plans cOun-
cil-wide activities such as all
troop get-tOgethers, playdays and
special celebrations.
The organization of a council
will mean there will be more Girl
Scouts! 1t is the councils job to
organize troops, to recruit and
train leaders and to find a meeting
place. The interest among the girls
in becoming members is increasing
steadily all over the country and
it will be the job of the councils
board of directors to see that all
girls in this area who want to be
Girl Scouts have that opportunity
All girls are interested in what
other girls are doing in other cOun-
tries. The International Juliette
Low Committee will help with pro-
jetcs that will increase this inter-
est and broaden their understand
ing of the world in which we live.
Probably in the not too distant fu-
ture girls from this council will
qualify for some of the information
al events and get to visit Girl
Guides and Scouts in other parts of
the world.
When the council is able to en-
ploy a professional worker, her Job
will be to coordinate the work Of
the committees, to give training to-
leaders and other adults and to
guide leaders in their troop activi-
ties.
These are some of the things the
council can do for the girls of
these seven counties. They will take
time to accomplish and can be done
only with the complete cooperation
of every adult member of the cOun-
Gil. The council will elect a board
of directors to administer the work
but the board and its committees
must look to the council member
ship as a whole TOR guidance and
assistance.
In order to carry out it's purpose
of promoting a good Girl Scout pro-
gram for girls the council will need
financial support from the COM
munities it is serving. 1t is at this
point that all citizens will have the
opportunity of participating in the
development of a movement whose
aim is to help girls grow into ac-
tive responsible citizens Of their
own community and Of the world"