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Who We Are

We Are Girl Scouts.

Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world.

Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends.

Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. 

Our Mission

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Girl Scout Promise 

On my honor, I will try:
    To serve God* and my country,
    To help people at all times, 
    And to live by the Girl Scout Law.
 

Girl Scout Law

I will do my best to be
    honest and fair,
    friendly and helpful,
    considerate and caring, 
    courageous and strong, and
    responsible for what I say and do, 
and to 
    respect myself and others, 
    respect authority,
    use resources wisely,
    make the world a better place, and 
    be a sister to every Girl Scout. 
 

*Members may substitute the word "God" in accordance with their spiritual beliefs.
Girl Scouting and spiritual beliefs

Girl Scouting supports girls from all backgrounds and beliefs. While we are a secular organization that refrains from teaching religious or spiritual beliefs or practices, we believe that the motivating force in Girl Scouting is a spiritual one, and we greatly value our longstanding partnerships with religious organizations across many faiths that share the values of the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Although everything in Girl Scouting is based on the Girl Scout Promise and Law, which include many principles and values that are common across religions, we recognize that the ways in which our members identify and fulfill their spiritual beliefs are personal and private.

We encourage girls to develop connections to their own spiritual and religious beliefs by earning recognitions provided by their faith communities and by earning the Girl Scout My Promise, My Faith pin, which helps a girl deepen the connection between the Girl Scout Law and her faith. We support the right of faith leaders to verify that any Girl Scout program delivered to girls in their places of worship is consistent with their faith's teachings.

Girl Scouts is welcoming and inclusive to members of all faiths and those without religious beliefs. Although the Girl Scout Promise includes the words, “To serve God and my country,” Girl Scouts are encouraged to replace the word “God” with the appropriate term utilized in their faith community. Girl Scouts, who are atheists, could replace “to serve God” with “to serve my community,” “to serve others,” or “to serve humanity” or with nothing.