Happy birthday JLow! JULIETTE GORDON LOW’S BIRTHDAY October 31st Happy Birthday Daisy! Halloween was a special day for Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts of the USA, because she was born October 31, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia. A wonderfully eccentric woman with vision, she believed in service to community, self-reliance for girls, and the importance of having fun. Help your Girl Scouts plan a celebration in honor of her birthday. Here are a few facts about our Founder Juliette Gordon Low: • In 1912, Juliette Low became interested in scouting while visiting her friends, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, who lived in England and who started Boy Scouting and Girl Guiding in their part of the world. • When Juliette Low came back to America, she thought scouting was so wonderful that she decided to start the first Girl Scout Troop in her own home town of Savannah, Georgia. This she did on March 12, 1912 and this first little troop of eight girls was the first Girl Scout troop in this part of the world. • This first Girl Scout troop was so successful that Juliette Low wanted to see Girl Scout troops all over the world. She knew that Girl Scouting would help girls all over the world become friends and to help build world peace and good will. • Girl Scouting grew and grew until now you are not only a member of your own little troop, but also a member of the Girl Scouts of the USA and the world Association of the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. • Juliette Low died in 1927 and her friends wanted to pay her a great tribute. They knew that her greatest dream was of world friendship and of world peace and that she hoped to accomplish this through Girl Scouting. So her friends started a memorial fund in her honor and called it the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund and each year all Girl Scouts in the United States contributed to this Fund which helps Girl Scouting all over the world. In honor of “Daisy” consider participating in the following: TEA PARTY Juliette Low loved tea parties. Have a tea party in her honor! SERVICE PROJECT Participate in a service project to honor Juliette Low. Appropriate Juliette-themed gifts for such an event would be art supplies in that Juliette loved to paint and sculpt. If a charity, hospital, or school for disabled children exists in your area, donating to any of these choices would be doubly appropriate. When Juliette founded Girl Scouting, girls with disabilities were welcomed, whereas they were often excluded elsewhere. PAY TRIBUTE Take a moment to give thanks to the trailblazer who began our great organization! Happy Birthday Juliette Gordon Low!!! gsoh.org
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:55:33 +0000
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