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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.

"destinations"
"destinations" 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.

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.