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Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay's Commitment to the Environment
Getting Girls Outdoors

Media Contact:
Ann Marie van den Hurk, APR
302-456-7170
avandenhurk@cbgsc.org

Newark, DE, February, 2005: From camping to visits to the park, experiencing our natural environment has played an integral role in Girl Scouting since it's founding in 1912.


Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council is committed to providing girls with the opportunity to experience the outdoors and environmental education. Each year over 10,000 Girl Scouts use one of our four outdoor program centers. This includes weekend camping, outdoor programs, volunteer run camps, and resident camp.


With their natural and curiosity about the natural world, children are born scientists! When this natural curiosity is encouraged, as it is wholeheartly in Girl Scouting, the benefits to girls are real.



The informal outdoor and environment education program activities offered in Girl Scouting helps girls grow strong as individuals, as well as members of a team. These experiences provide unique opportunities for girls to develop a greater appreciation for nature and learn how to use the earth's resources.



Girl Scouts can earn a wide variety of age-specific, environmental-related awards, including '"Animals," "Earth is Our Home," "Water Everywhere," "Outdoor Adventurer," "Eco-Action," "Outdoor Fun in the City," "All About Birds," and "Planet Power."


In 2004, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council embarked on a Capital Campaign to expand and enhance our outdoor program centers. The new buildings include "green" construction practices and will be used as teaching models for girls.


Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council continues the naturalist legacy left by the founder, Juliette Gordon Low, brought girls together of all backgrounds into the outdoors, giving them the chance to learn about nature and develop self-reliance and resourcefulness.


Juliette Gordon Low said, "Studying animals and plants teaches the value of little things."

Did you know ...


Young People rank their fears about the environment as second only to AIDS in listing the top ten problems they want to solve?


Children as young as six have established nature preserves, protected nesting sites, and organized river clean-ups?


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