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Community Outreach and Education
Girl Scouting builds community. By giving a voice to the under-represented and reaching out to those in need, girls bridge gaps, heal wounds, and create lasting connections. Whether working towards earned grade-level awards like the Citizen Near and Far Try-It or the My Community Badge, girls improve their schools and neighborhoods and develop an understanding of their important place in a complex world. Girl Scouts of the USA is committed to ensuring that all girls have an opportunity to build extraordinary lives and join with those around them in making the world a better place.
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Follow the Reader: A Girl Scout Family Reading Project
In a society in which illiteracy remains a prevalent issue, the Follow the Reader bilingual family literacy series is designed to promote a love for reading among girls and their families. Designed for ages 5-11, the series content is based on the five objectives of the White House literacy initiative No Child Left Behind: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The family-centered books, funded in part by SBC Foundation, are completely bilingual (English and Spanish) and offer families the opportunity to read together using the language in which they feel most comfortable.
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Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
Instituted in 1992 through a partnership with the National Institute of Justice, Girl Scouts Beyond Bars provides girls an opportunity to visit their incarcerated mothers and take part in Girl Scout troop meetings.
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Girl Scouting in Detention Centers
Girl Scouting in Detention Centers strives to address the sensitive issues of incarcerated girls, and offer girls opportunities to participate in Girl Scout activities that help cultivate positive values, a stronger social conscience, higher self-esteem, and the critical life skills needed to become healthy, productive young women.
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Challenge and Change:
Challenge Yourself, Change the World
Challenge and Change, a program of Girl Scouts in Rural Communities funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is a new leadership development program currently being piloted with teen girls in 22 communities across the country. Challenge and Change aligns with the Girl Scout Leadership Development Program, where girls discover their personal best, connect with others in an increasingly diverse world, and take action to solve problems and improve their communities.
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P.A.V.E. (Project Anti-Violence Education) the Way
P.A.V.E the Way contributes to girls' healthy development by teaching them the skills and strategies they need to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of crime and/or a perpetrator of violent behavior. A national Girl Scout initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Girl Scout councils awarded P.A.V.E. grants design their programming around four main topics: Internet Safety, Bullying Prevention/Intervention, Gang Prevention, and Crime Prevention. |
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