http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/01/girl-scouts-usa-the-year-of-the-girl/ The latest Lifestyle news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers. Fri, 17 May 2013 20:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/01/girl-scouts-usa-the-year-of-the-girl/#comment-780011 Melody Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:59:59 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/?p=38901#comment-780011 I want to thank Katie for being a wonderful advocate for Girl Scouting. I was one of the fortunate people to see her and hear her at the National Conference in Houston. She is the epitome of the roll model I want for my girls. She is smart, articulate, and passionate. Girl Scouting has stepped up to the plate to identify what is holding girls back from being the women who are equal partners of their futures. Believe it or not, the old saying, Girls can do anything, is true. They just have to believe it and have the tools to get it done. Girl Scouting helps them do that. I know that there are controversies about the organization, but if you truly do your homework and look at what the organizations values and goals are, you would have to admit that NO other group has so targeted getting girls involved in their own futures and building their own destinies. I say Hurray for GS! 2012 is just the beginning of every year being "The Year of the Girl"! I want to thank Katie for being a wonderful advocate for Girl Scouting. I was one of the fortunate people to see her and hear her at the National Conference in Houston. She is the epitome of the roll model I want for my girls. She is smart, articulate, and passionate. Girl Scouting has stepped up to the plate to identify what is holding girls back from being the women who are equal partners of their futures. Believe it or not, the old saying, Girls can do anything, is true. They just have to believe it and have the tools to get it done. Girl Scouting helps them do that. I know that there are controversies about the organization, but if you truly do your homework and look at what the organizations values and goals are, you would have to admit that NO other group has so targeted getting girls involved in their own futures and building their own destinies. I say Hurray for GS! 2012 is just the beginning of every year being “The Year of the Girl”!

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/01/girl-scouts-usa-the-year-of-the-girl/#comment-778461 Michael Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:43:29 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/?p=38901#comment-778461 All across the country Girl Scouts are selling the properties purchased by previous generations. Scouting has transitioned from a community-based operation which had always left a surplus for the next generation to a financial drain run by corporate types. Peel away the layers of hype and what Girl Scouts has become is not sustainable. All across the country Girl Scouts are selling the properties purchased by previous generations. Scouting has transitioned from a community-based operation which had always left a surplus for the next generation to a financial drain run by corporate types. Peel away the layers of hype and what Girl Scouts has become is not sustainable.

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