LEADER Magazine
Girl Scouts' Quarterly National Magazine for Adults in Girl Scouting and Future Volunteers

Summer 2003 Highlights

In this issue of LEADER you'll find summer reading at its best—engaging, thought-provoking, and informative.

Start with the vivid description of the Aquarius Project, an intensive week of ocean science and discovery for a select group of Girl Scouts, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Girl Scouts of the USA. Girls visited an undersea laboratory in the Florida Keys and worked closely with top scientists. You'll find out exactly what they experienced day by day, in the girls' own words at "Aquarius Project: Underwater Adventure."

Interested in learning how to say the Girl Scout Promise in Sign Language? A graphic representation of each word in the Promise appears in this issue. Teach hearing-impaired and non-hearing-impaired girls alike.

Short on Time? Consider Short-Term Assignments, which alerts readers to the myriad ways that volunteers, friends, and co-workers, even if they can't lead or advise a troop, can contribute to Girl Scouting. Read how volunteers around the country are contributing their time, wisdom, and networks in short-term or "episodic" projects, and how Girl Scouts can recognize their efforts with the Episodic Award and the Volunteer Development Pin. In this same vein, you'll find helpful tips from a longtime Girl Scout volunteer about avoiding volunteer "over-do." Check out "Short on Time?" and "Job Well Done! New Award Categories for Adults," both in this issue.

As they plan their college experiences, older Girl Scouts can count on Girl Scouting to boost their chances of earning scholarships. Find out what the national organization and councils are doing to improve girls' chances in "Calling All College-Bound Teens."

How many activities should girls do to earn a STUDIO 2BSM charm? Can girls in STUDIO 2B still earn the Girl Scout Silver and Gold Awards? Get the answers to these and other Frequently Asked Questions in "STUDIO 2B Is Off and Running!" Readers will also learn more about how to transition from "leader" to "advisor" as they move from age–level to age–level.

Many Girl Scouts will be seeking new troops this fall because their families moved during the summer. A top relocation expert, Beverly D. Roman, offers practical advice for helping kids cope with moving. She cites Girl Scouting's excellent support system, which offers girls on the move "instant friends."

Keep on top of what's going on in Girl Scouts with the summer 2003 issue of LEADER.

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