FOR ADULTS IN GIRL SCOUTING Th! 1998-1999 Girl Sc!!!!t® C!t!l!!g H!s Arriv!d! ''A World of Choi~··_____ that's what Girl Scouts everywhere are offered regarding their future careers and, this New Catalog! The catalog, recently sent to Girl Scout members, features wonderful new gift items, fun T-shirts, and new adorable, huggable, friends. There are a variety of interesting books for Girl Scouts of all ages; and Gir/Sports® enthusiasts with find new sports related items. This year's catalog also includes a four page uniform survey on future uniform development. Enjoy the convenience of shopping at Girl Scout council shops and your local Girl Scout department in stores nationwide. Selected items are also available in the JC Penney Fall 1998 Catalog. Won:t t-o ~uest­ o ~YAf"olog? The Girl Scout Catalog is also a great gift -giving source for girls and adults, so keep it handy all year long. Call 1-800-221-6707, press 3. Some of the new items in this year's catalog. Fal11998 FEATURES 28 An Anniversary for the World Ellen Brindle Jeronimo 12 How to Succeed ~ in (Leader) Business GIRL SCOUTS® To Be a World Citizen Libby Marks McDonell 29 President Margarita Magner Elinor Johnstone Ferdon 14 Make It a Family Service to the Blind National Executive Director Affair 30 Pam English Marsha Johnson Evans Karen White Editor 31 Our Promise of Carolyn Caggine 15 Money Matters Community Service Permissions Editor (centerfold) La Verne Bolling Colleen Floyd Wendy DeGiglio Technical Assistant Marie KMy-Gargiulo 23 GirlSports-Making the Difference DEPARTMENTS Girl Scout Leader OSSN 0017-0577) is published Toni Eubanks quarterly by Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 420 Fifth 4 President's Message Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018-2798. © 1998 by Girl Scouts of the United States of America. All 24 www.girlscouts.org/ girls By the Way ... rights reserved. This publication may not be re­ Carolyn L. Kennedy 5 produced in whole or in part in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including 6 Girl Scout Program Q & A photocopying, recording, or by any information 25 Girl Scout Leader 1998 storage and retrieval system now known or here­ Readership Survey after invented, without the prior written permis­ 7 From the Editor sion of Girl Scouts of the United States of Amer­ ica. Girl Scout Leader cannot be responsible for 27 Girl Scouts Get In the News unsolicited manuscripts, photos, or art in its of­ Tough on Crime 8 fices or in transit. Third-class postage paid at St. Paul, Minn., and additional mailing offices. Debra Hammond and Linda Drumheller Subscriptions $5 yearly (4 issues); $7.50 for all destinations outside U.S.A. and possessions; $2 Senior Girl Scouts. Change of address: Write Girl Scout Leader, 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018-2798. Include old and new address, as well as council, troop, and identification num­ ber where applicable. Allow eight weeks for change. Vol. 75, No.3, Fall1998. GSUSA's Web site address is http:/ / www.girlscouts.org A Halloween "sing" by junior Girl Scout Troop 1572 (Tierra del Oro Girl Scout Council Cover Cadette Girl Scouts in a quiet mo­ ment. See pages 27 and 30 for some un­ (Sacramento, Calif) cheered usual troop activities that Cadettes and rest-home residents Seniors are involved in. Photographed by Ken Karp "We're old-fashioned," say these ® ~ 1 4 Brownie Girl Scouts from UPPER MID'NEST LOCAL 1M Troop 78 in Crowley's Ridge Girl Scout Council (jonesboro, Ark.) President's Message ne of the constants in z ~ life is the need for ::::> 0 0 wisely managing the "'a: financial aspects of daily living. But a recent survey, conducted by Bank of America, found that out of the 1,600 women in Cali­ fornia and Arizona who were asked, two-thirds said they grew up in households where money was not discussed. This result supports the findings of other researchers who tell us that many women wish they had !earned more about money and investing National President Ellie Ferdon was charmed by \,.. lf when they were growing up. Daisy Girl Scout Kayla Mueller during a visit to And yet, it's a fact that 80 to 90 ""i, Educating Great Valley Girl Scout Council (Allentown , Pa.) percent of all women in the girls United States will be solely about responsible for their finances ing divorce or widowhood-all creasingly important. Learning finance will at some point in their lives. need to be prepared to manage about different languages, dif­ enable them to Bank of America Executive their own financial affairs. ferent currencies, and different Vice President Kathleen Brown Girl Scouting is preparing philosophies about women and benefit fully says there's a lesson to be girls to take advantage of the money can expand our knowl­ from any of the learned from survey results and growing range of options for edge and increase the possibili­ choices they facts like these. "Education women. Last year, Girl Scouts ties for employment and serv­ make. about money management of the U.S.A collaborated with ice. Girl Scouting is leading the needs to begin earlier," says the National Endowment for way in teaching girls the mean­ Brown, who is also the former Financial Education to produce ing of global interconnected­ Treasurer of the State of Cali­ Girl Scouts: Money Smarts- ness. We can do the same for fornia. "We need to teach A Personal Finance Project the concept of global economic young girls that economic inde­ Resource Guide for Cadette and interdependence. pendence comes with knowing Senior Girl Scouts and Leaders. Just as health and fitness how to both earn and handle Many Girl Scout councils have are keys to happy, successful money throughout their lives." also begun special projects de­ living, so too is the wise man­ It's impossible to talk signed to help girls of all ages agement of money. Helping about preparing girls to develop money management girls learn about the world become capable, confident skills. Educating girls-and of money management and women in the 21st century women-about finance will ena­ finance is just one ·more way without helping them learn ble them to benefit fully from that Girl Scouting is preparing about financial management. any of the choices they make. girls today for leadership to­ Girls need to learn early how to Those choices may even make morrow. stick to a budget, when to bor­ possible a growing network of row, and the benefits of wise female philanthropists. financial investments. Young In the future, understand­ women starting a first job, ing the connection between the older women with many years financial picture of other coun­ - Elinor Johnstone Ferdon in the ·workforce, or women fac- tries and our own will be in- National President 4 Girl Scout Leader/ Fall1998 By the Way • • • Barby has worked closely with live in. Reading is not only a vital women in Epworth and Ntaba­ skill but also an especially enjoya­ zinduna, Zimbabwe, who are ble one. You can use GSUSA's earning money by selling and Issues for Girl Scouts: Read to teaching about solar cookers in Lead resources, written for each their villages. age level, for related program activities. All are available at your council shop. about the many aspects of Adelboden, Switzerland, is transportation safety, including home to Our Chalet, the world bicycle, school bus, pedestrian, center of the World Association Thanksgiving Day is a truly seatbelt, car seat, and airbag of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts American holiday, and reminds safety. The site even includes (WAGGGS), which opened in us all to be grateful for the areas for parents and leaders to 1932. Over the years, hundreds blessings we have. Zia Girl participate. On the Web at of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides Scout Council (Artesia, N.Mex.) www.nhtsa.dot.gov /kids have participated in summer sponsors an annual Empty and winter programs in this pic­ Bowls dinner project, as a re­ turesque spot in the Swiss Alps. minder that many people do not Need help in your work with Since the original building is have enough to eat. If you children with special needs? not wheelchair-accessible, con­ would like more information on GSUSA's newly revised re­ struction is to begin this year this project, write or call the source is your answer. Focus on on a new building that will founders, John Hartom and Lisa Ability: Serving Girls with Spe­ accommodate all visitors, and Blackburn, 2691 Noble Road, cial Needs has information on house seminar and conference Oxford, Mich. 48370, 313-628- disability-related topics, current rooms, a communications and 4842. trends, terminology, and legal technology center, and a m4lti­ implications. There's an updated purpose recreation and activity resource list and an index. Avail­ room. Spycher, as the new facil­ Reminder: Unsolicited manu­ able at your council shop. ity is to be called, will comple­ scripts, while welcome, cannot ment the look of Our Chalet's be acknowledged. Please be wooden Oberland style. U.S.A. sure to include your council Solar cooking has been part of Girl Scouts have a very special name and a phone number Girl Scouting for many years. connection with Our Chalet: An should we need to reach you Now solar cookers are making American Girl Scout volunteer, for more information. Most im­ an incredible difference in coun­ Helen Storrow, financed its con­ portant of all, do not staple any­ Diane Stanley's tries that are running out of struction. thing on photos or write on the poster illustration firewood, have large refugee backs of photos.