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GIRL SCOUT GOALS FOR GIRLS

• DEVELOP SELF-POTENTIAL.
  Foster feelings of self acceptance and unique self-worth; Promote perception of self as competent, responsible, and open to new experiences and challenges; Encourage personal growth
  
• DEVELOP SKILLS IN RELATING TO OTHERS.
  Develop sensitivity to others and respect for their needs, feelings, and rights; Promote an understanding and appreciation of individual, cultural, religious, and racial differences; promote the ability to build friendships and working relationships.
  
• DEVELOP VALUES.
  Develop a meaningful set of values and ethics that will guide her actions; foster an ability to make decisions that are consistent with her values and that reflect respect for the rights and needs of others;
  
• CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY
  Develop concern for the well-being of her community and its people; promoting an understanding of how the quality of community life affects her own life and the whole of society; Encourage her to use her skills to work with others for the benefit of all.

COUNCILWIDE GIRL EVENTS
Each year, programs are organized and carried out with community agencies and are available to girls from throughout the Council. Some examples are Candlefests, Science Center Camp-Ins, Water Park Fun Days, Arts Programs, Sports Events, and leadership development. Contact the Council for further information.

WIDER OPPORTUNITIES
Wider Opportunities are experiences that girls have with programs beyond the troop. They may participate in Service Unit events and Camporees, Thinking Day area events, Councilwide events that celebrate our special anniversaries, North Carolina Page Program, attending the National Girl Scout Convention as a visitor, national wider opportunity program events held each year and sponsored by other Councils in the United States, and international events and camporees. For further information contact the Council office.

GIRL RECOGNITIONS
There are over 200 badges and patch programs available for girls to work on. Brownies earn Try-Its, Juniors earn Badges, Cadette and Senior girls earn Interest Project Patches. In addition to those recognitions, several Council patches are available as well as contemporary issues items.
     The Silver Award is the highest award that a girl can earn in Cadette Girl Scouting. Approximately 2200 girls in our Council have earned this award.
     The Gold Award is the highest award that a girl can earn in Girl Scouting and is only available to Senior Girl Scouts. We have had approximately 500 girls earn this award in our Council.
     For further information, contact the Council office, refer to the handbooks, and the Council publications Searching for Silver and Going for Gold.

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
Service projects are carried out by all age level Girl Scouts for their communities and beyond. Service projects allow girls to develop an awareness and sensitivity for the needs of others and they develop a sense of the importance of giving to others.
     This element of the program is incorporated into many badges and patches and is a requirement in earning both the Silver Award and the Gold Award.
     Some examples of service projects include helping care for animals at a shelter, assisting the elderly and sick, helping others to read, setting up libraries in homeless shelters, helping to build homes, visiting children's wards in hospitals, serving as tour guides at museums, constructing environmental sites and hiking trails, setting up recycling centers, organizing a community watch program, teaching water safety to young children, collecting food and clothing for hurricane victims, etc.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
All girls have opportunities to develop leadership skills in Girl Scouting. Many begin learning these skills as they make group decisions through the patrol system and through earning leadership badges, patches, and pins. Both the Silver Award and the Gold Award have leadership components, and the Council offers Leader-In-Training, Counselor-In-Training, and Program Aide courses each year.  Keyauwee Program Center offers Wrangler-In-Training in addition to specialty programs.