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Girl Scouts to celebrate founder’s birthday
By Connie Beard
Published October 30, 2009
Registered Girl Scouts and their leaders will celebrate the birthday of the founder of Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low, from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Paris Service Center on Lamar Avenue.
Each girl will receive a Juliette Gordon Low patch for attending the event. They will perform in a skit of Low’s life and re-create some of the toys Low played with as a youngster in addition to making scrapbooks and paper bag puppets.
Using Low’s life as a role model, the girls will discuss how she built courage, confidence and character and learn how to apply it in their own lives.
“We’re going to present her life and inspiring stories and provide an information package to go with them,” said Regina Jones, membership team leader for Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas.
Low founded the first Girl Scout troop in 1912. The 12 girls were from Savannah, Ga. Low was known as “Daisy,” which is how the Daisy Troop got its name. Girls from kindergarten through first grade are members of Daisy Troops.
Low brought girls of all backgrounds together to give them the opportunity to develop self-reliance and resourcefulness, preparing them not only for homemaking, but also for possible future roles in the business world.
There are more than 900 girls registered in Northeast Texas, which includes Lamar, Delta, Red River, Titus, Hopkins, Morris, Camp, Wood and Franklin counties.
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