Girl Scout Founder's Day Ideas

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By Edward Hughes (1832-1908), painter. (Daderot (I took this photograph)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Daisy leaders, if your troop is up and running, then plan you last October meeting to celebrate Girl Scout Founder's Day.  Juliette, Gordon Low, whose portrait is featured above, was born on October 31, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia. It is a special Girl Scout holiday and one that troops across the country celebrate with community service projects.

If you are a brand new Daisy leader, your first celebration might want to center around who Ms. Low is.  You may want to read parts of a children's biography to her, like the best selling Here Come the Girl Scouts.

Juliette's nickname was Daisy, and the girls will really hearing about their namesake.  

You can start off the meeting by asking the girls what they already know about Girl Scouts.  Cookies and meetings will more than likely be the answers you will hear.  Then you can share a bit about the background of Ms. Low and then do a project.

What kind of project?

You can choose to do a service project like this one which is easy to do and cheap to make.

If you are an already established troop in your second year, you may want to consider doing the Birthday in a Bag project. This is how my troop did it and donated a dozen bags of goodies to our local high school food pantry.

Here are others from this blog.

If you plan on decorating bags, here are some cute and inexpensive stickers! Combine Daisies, Girl Scout and birthday stickers for a one-of-a-kind look!

 

 

  Happy Birthday Sticker Roll (100 pcs)

What are your plans for Girl Scout Founder's Day?