We’re the preeminent leadership development organization for girls. And with programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success. 

Our Mission

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

We're 2.5 million strong—more than 1.7 million girls and 750,000 adults who believe in the power of every G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™ to change the world.

Our extraordinary journey began more than 100 years ago with the original G.I.R.L., Juliette Gordon “Daisy” Low. On March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, she organized the very first Girl Scout troop, and every year since, we’ve honored her vision and legacy, building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

Our Program

At Girl Scouts, your girl will prepare for a lifetime of leadership, success, and adventure in a safe, no-limits place designed for and by girls!

How? Through the Girl Scout Leadership Experience—a collection of engaging, challenging, and fun activities like earning badges, going on awesome trips, selling cookies, exploring science, getting outdoors, and doing community service projects.

At Girl Scouts, she’ll get to lead her own adventure (it’s her world!) and team up with other girls in an all-girl environment to choose the exciting, hands-on activities that interest her most. Along the way, she’ll gain important skills in four areas that form the foundation of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience:

• Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
• Outdoors
• Life Skills
• Entrepreneurship

Discover
Find out who she is, what she cares about, and what her talents are.

Connect.
Collaborate with other people, both locally and globally, to learn from others and expand her horizons.

Take Action. 
Do something to make the world a better place.

Our Camps:

• Camp Lou Henry Hoover—Resident Camp
• Camp Agnes DeWitt—Day Camp
• The OVAL—Day Camp

Any girl in grades K–12 can join the fun at Girl Scouts. Whether you want to be part of a troop, sign up for exciting series or events, explore the outdoors, or travel the world, each age level has something for you.

Girls are placed in the appropriate grade level according to what grade they’re in at school, as shown above.

Age Groups	Children Adolescents
Community Services	Arts & Recreation Recreation / Social / Sports Community Community Service Volunteer Opportunities Seasonal Programs Summer Camp
Payment Options	Self Pay
Areas Served	Essex County Hudson County Hunterdon County Middlesex County Somerset County Union County Warren County

Last Updated: 05/13/19