~ Girl Scouts® SPRING 2002 Girl <;:;cout Fold Girl <;:;cout Dancing Over Note Cards. Light-Up Water Ball. 2<;:;MM205. $10.00. 2<;:;M11285. $15.50. Pkg. of 10. With a press of a Now you can write a button, these colorful letter and not worry flowers light up and about finding an the fun begins! A great envelope. This trifold addition to any girl's note card is convenient room . "Girl Scouts to use and features Shine" imprint on illustrations of diverse front. Two AA batteries girls on both the inside included . 4" high. and outside. 6" x 9". Cross-<;:;titch Kit. Imported. 2<;:;M11969. $10.25. Make an adorable Girl <;:;cout Autograph Bandana. cross-stitch design with 2<;:;M15182. $7.00. this fun kit. Everything Collect all of your friends' autographs on this you need is included: fun bandana. Complete with fabric marker, instructions, embroidery bandana features 12 butterflies for autographs thread, fabric, needle and a repeating border with "Girl Scouting: and project card. For Every Girl, Everywhere" imprint. Completed design is Polyester/cotton. 21" x 21". I approximately 4" wide and 61A" high. Great for ~ framing as a gift or to ~~ ,_.4:-":'lfi decorate your home. ~~""""-~· ~- ~""\ l<its are Made in USA, / ;. \.../~"' ~-c. v---..~ I; threads are Imported. Girl <;:;cout Digital ' ~ ~ Cargo Watch. ~~'{ G ·<T t , 'Ev.. '1' <(W'p_(,'Tt .. 2<;:;M12074. $10.75. This cargo watch has a convenient clip so you can take it everywhere you go. The large cargo Girl <;:;cout Butterflg Bookmark. c Ii p makes it easy to attach to your back­ 2<;:;MM401. $1.00. You'll never lose your place in your book with this colorful pack, uniform or belt clip-on bookmark. In the shape of a butterfly with colorful clip. In frosted purple wings, you'll want to have more than one! 3 lh" x 2". with Girl Scout imprint Assorted colors, we'll select. Imported. in silver. S lh". Imported. :!>-in-1 Glitterg Comb/Mirror Kegchain. 2<;:;M11:?>95. $4!.50. Girl Scouts will be "looking pretty" with this adorable comb/mirror keychain. Flip open the top and you will find a mirror and comb. Close the top and use it as a keychain. Great to carry wherever you go! 3 11<!". Imported. Contact your local Girl Scout Council or order from National Equipment Service at 1-800-221-6707. Selected items also available in the JC Penney Catalog. Prices subject to change without notice. GSUSA/N ES 3/02 ~ Girl Scouts. LEADER CONTEN TS FOR ADULTS IN GIRL SCOUTING SPRING 2002 President Co nni e L. Matsui National Executive Director Marsha John so n Evans Senior Vice President Marketing and Development Joyce Ri cha rds Senior Director Marketing and Communications El izabeth Sheppa rd Director of Publishing Suzanna Penn Editor Janet Lomba rdi Manager of Creative Design and Production Chr istina Ca nn ard-Seward Circulation Coordinator Marie Kary-Ga rgi ulo Designer Rochelle Sumner LEADER (ISSN 0017-0577) is published quarterly by: Girl Scouts of the USA, 420 Fifth Ave nue, New York, N.Y. 10018-2798. © 2002 by Girl Scouts of the United States of America. 5 Girls' Voices 22 Great Ideas for All rights reserved. This publication may not be repro­ Supporting Girl Scouts in Troop Sleep Overs duced in whole or in part in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, the goth Anniversary Have Fun, Learn Skills and recording, or by an information storage and retrieval National Service Project Build Troop Unity system now known or hereafter invented, without the prior written permission of Girl Scouts of the United Alex O'Rou rke Laurie Rozakis, Ph.D. States of America. For permission to reprint, write Permissions Administrator or ca ll 212-852-8133. 9 Eight Tried and True Service 25 Welcoming Girls with LEADER cannot be responsible for unsol icited manu­ scripts, photos, or art in its offices or in transit. Project Ideas Special Needs Thi rd-class postage paid at St. Paul , Min n., and addi­ Quilting and More Smoothing the Transition tional mailing offices. Libby Marks McDonell Helen Orloff SUBSCR IPTI ONS: $5 yearly (4 issues); $7.50 for all destinations outside U.S .A. and possessions; $2 Sen ior 11 Helping with a Community 27 Miraculous Ceremony Girl Scouts. Change of Address: Notify your local coun­ cil by giving your identification number, old and new Service Project A Mother Observes Her address. (Counci l name on registration card.) Allow More Than I Thought Daughter's Achievement eight weeks for your local council to send the informa­ tion to the Membership Department at headquarters. To It Would Be Nancy Blackmon order copies, e-mail [email protected]. Muniba Hassa n, Senior Girl Scout Vol. 79, No. 1, Spring 2002. 28 Helping Children Cope GS USA's Web site address: http:!!www.girfscouts.org 12 Going for the Gold! in Uncertain Times LEADER address: /[email protected] Tips and Guidelines for Pursuing Tips for Encouraging Healt~y Photos on cover and pgs. 5 & 12: Lori Ada mski- Pee k the Girl Scout Gold Award Emotional Expression Photo page 9: Marc Fuller Patricia J. Paddock Harriet S. Mosatche, Ph.D. Photo page 20: John Madere/Corbis Stock Market Illustration page 21: Courtesy of NASA Jet 16 Today's Girl Scout Volunteers 4 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Propulsion Laboratory Who Are We ... Really? Photo page 23: Chuck Savage/Corbis Stock Market Lynn Obee 6 BULLETIN BOARD Photo page 24: LWA!Corbis Stock Market Photos page 26: Deb Allen and Helen Orloff 20 Out of This World Opportunities 8 MONEY MATTERS Photo page 28: Paul Barton/Corbis Stock Market for Girl Scouts 19 WHAT'S THE BUZZ Partners in Space Rosaly Lopes, Marilyn Morgan and 30 LEADER TO LEADER Linda Fa I/o-Mitchell, Ph.D. SPRING 2002 LEADER 3 A Tradition of Service dren of Afghanistan. To further dinate a project that has a beginning, a demonstrate service and patriotism, middle and an end; to manage time; to Girl Scouts continue to help with food problem solve and to gather informa­ drives, flag ceremonies, tree plantings tion. Project activities may vary but and many other acts of support. girls who engage learn skills they can Our commitment to the service of apply throughout their lives. This has IN HONOR OF GIRL SCOUTING'S 90TH our country and to others is why the been true throughout the last go years Anniversary and the themes of this highest awards in Girl Scouting are of Girl Scouting. The principles have issue of LEADER-service and the Girl focused on community service. In the remained steadfast although our activ­ Scout Gold Award- 1 sat down with early days of Girl Scouting, the highest ities have varied to reflect the changing the first Girl Scout handbook to revisit award was named the Golden Eaglet. needs and interests of girls. In 1912, for the Movement's beginnings. I wanted In _ the November 1923 issue of example, girls could earn such badges to compare those early days to where American Girl, Juliette Gordon Low as Matron Housekeeper, Farmer and we are today. With one glance at the wrote, "The requirements for winning Child Nurse, which taught girls the title, How Girls Can Help Their Country, the Golden Eaglet are character, handi­ skills they needed to run households. I could see that we have remained true craft, happiness, and service and that At the same time, girls could earn to our founder's vision. Service and others will expect to find in our Golden Telegrapher, Electrician and Interpreter, patriotism have remained core com­ Eaglets a perfect specimen of girlhood: which emphasized skills for workers ponents of Girl Scouting. mentally, morally and physically." outside the home. Even back then, Girl Throughout the Movement's go­ The Girl Scout Gold Award is the Scouting was ahead of its time. year history, in times of national crisis highest award in Girl Scouting today Today's Girl Scouts are also ahead and war, Girl Scouts have been there to and it, too, has stringent require­ of their time as they learn skills that lend a hand. For example, upon ments, including devoting so hours to will prepare them for their roles as the America's entry into World War I, Girl a service project that makes a signifi­ leaders of tomorrow. Through com­ Scouts worked in hospitals, staffed cant impact on a girl's community. munity service and the skills acquired railroad station canteens and collect­ This same commitment to service is from fulfilling the requirements of the ed peach pits for use in gas-mask fil­ an integral part of earning the Girl Girl Scout Gold, Silver and Bronze ters. During the Depression of the Scout Silver and Bronze Awards as Awards, girls are ready to take on the 1930s, Girl Scouts aided our nation by well. Today, a Girl Scout Gold Award challenges ahead. They are strong and organizing community relief efforts, project might involve initiating a com­ self-confident young women who are collecting clothing, making quilts and munity mentoring project, creating a earning awards and badges in such gathering food for the poor. During brochure and program to protect areas as entrepreneurship, engineer­ World War II, girls operated bicycle young people using the Internet or ing and communication. courier services and promoted the sale orchestrating a heritage tour that Looking back into our go years of his­ of defense stamps for the war effort. includes reenactment of the path of tory makes us more convinced than ever In the 1gsos, the Cold War prompted the Underground Railroad.