Memory Board
Great Stories from Girl Scout Alumnae

What is your fondest Girl Scout memory? Perhaps it was camping out for the first time or attending a father/daughter dance together.

The wonderful Girl Scout stories posted below reveal the variety and universality of the Girl Scout experience. (If you happen to know one of the writers and want to correspond with her directly, just check her byline—many are clickable to a personal e-mail address.)

We'd love to hear from you, too. It's easy to register with the Girl Scout Alumnae Association, and then share your own Girl Scout story (via email).

Want to tell your friends and family to register as Girl Scout Alumnae? Or tell them to read your story? Rather than just sending an e-mail, send them an e-Card. Spread the word and imagine the cumulative effect of 50 million alumnae standing up on behalf of girls.

Girl Scout Alumnae Stories

• Why Be a Lifetime Member?
• Cases of Cookies Piled So High
• My Aunt's Troop
• I Got to Be Me
• Quitting Girl Scouts
• One of the Most Wonderful Experiences
• Stepping into Someone Else's Shoes
• A Place For Every Girl
• 1959 Roundup in Colorado
• What I Learned From Girl Scouting
• 1956 Senior Roundup
• Crossing the Language Barrier
• Blueberry Syrup From Scratch
• Father-Daughter Dances
• Best Fourth of July Ever
• Integrated Girl Scout Troop
• Why Am I a Girl Scout?
• My Sanctuary

More stories about ...

The Great Outdoors

• Tricks of Fire Starting
• Surviving Rain and Wild Pigs
• Mariner Troop Specialized in Aquatic Adventures
• Five-day Canoe Trip
• Discovering 'A' Frames
• Camp Manisee, Michigan
• Out West With Real-life Cowboys
• A Camping Trip I Hated to Leave
• My First Overnighter
• Echoes Off the Canyon Walls
• Truly Wider Opportunity in Wyoming
• 'Great Merriment' From Yellow Pants

Friendship

• Finally Meeting in Person
• From Friend to Fow
• The Greatest of Friends
• No Longer an Only Child
• Still Harmonizing After 40 Years
• Friends Wherever You Go
• Finding a Best Friend
• Best of Friends
• Singing 'Barges'
• Camp Quidnunc
• Camp Quidnunc - Part II

The Girl Scout Way

• Girl Scout Handbook
• I Want to Be One of Them
• 'On My Girl Scout's Honor'
• Being Prepared
• Blessed and Proud
• Camp Crafts
• Camp Skit

Leaders

• Having to Much Fun to be Homesick
• A Born Leader
• My First Girl Scout Leader
• Please Not a Leader
• Girl Scouts Teach Great Things
• No Special Treatment
• My Leader, My Friend
• Kleenex Carnations
• A Lesson in Love and Understanding
• I Wore a Uniform

Finding Love

• Great Memories and a Husband, Too

Girl Scouting Across the Generations

• Surviving Hurricane Andrew
• Generations of Campers
• Primitive Backpacking and Camping Skills
• Like Mother Like Daughter
• When You're a Leader, You're Not on Your Own
• Once a Girl Scout, Always a Girl Scout
• After 47 Years, a Lifetime Membership
• 'It's Great to Be a Kid Again'
• Four Generations and a Macy Pin
• So Many Doors

Travel

• Overseas Culture
• The City Now! Tomorrow!
• The Wider Op That Never Stopped
• 'Girl Scouting Opened the World for Me'
• First Plane Ride
• Trip to Beat All Trips