The Girl Scout Experience

Welcome to the Girl Scouts of Western North Carolina website!  We hope you'll spend a few minutes exploring all the exciting services and programs we have available for girls, their parents, and adults interested in volunteering with girls here in WNC. 

Come back often as our website is updated at least once a week.  If you have any questions or comments, please contact us by email to info@girlscoutswnc.org, or by phone to 828-252-4442, ext. 323 (Susie Mamola).

Girl Scouts is the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives: strong values, social conscience, and conviction of their own self-worth.

THE NEW GIRL SCOUT LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

The Basics

Fall 2008 marked the beginning of a national transition to the New Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE).  These exciting changes provide girls with expanded leadership opportunities and engage girls in discovering themselves, connecting with others, and taking action to make the world a better place.  The model for the GSLE provides the design for what girls do in Girl Scouting and illustrates how adult support strengthens girls' experiences to create a positive impact on girls' lives.
The Girl Scout Leadership Experience identifies three keys to leadership:

• Discover:  Girls understand themselves and their values and use their knowledge and skills to explore the world.

• Connect:  Girls care about, inspire and team with others locally and globally.

• Take Action:  Girls act to make the world a better place.

 In Girl Scouting, Discover+Connect+Take Action=Leadership.  All Girl Scout experiences are intentionally designed to tie to one or more of the 15 national leadership outcomes, or benefits, categorized under these three keys to leadership. 

In Girl Scouts, it’s not just what girls do (activities) but how (processes). The processes make Girl Scouts unique, drive the quality of girls’ experiences, and most importantly, promote fun and friendship.

Girl-Driven

Designed by girls

Girl/adult partnerships

Learning by Doing

Experiential learning

Cycles of action and reflection

Cooperative Learning

All-girl teams

Working toward shared goals

To learn more about the Girl Scout Leadership experience, click on the link below:

What is your girl doing on Facebook?  Does she know what to do if she becomes a victim of cyber-bullying?  Is she sharing too much information that can make her vulnerable to cyber predators?

Visit the new Girl Scout website lmk.girlscouts.org to learn more about keeping your family safe on-line.  This fun, interactive website is by girls, for girls, with expert help from cyber-expert Parry Aftab.

Parents, don't feel left out!  Explore the girls' website and then sign up for a monthly Parent Newsletter written by girls!  The parent website is letmeknow.girlscouts.org.