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HISTORY - ARCHIVES - UNIFORMS

On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low registered the first two Girl Scout troops in Savannah, Georgia. When she died in 1927, there were 168,000 members in the United States. Today, there are over 3,000,000!

Tarheel Triad Girl Scout Council, Inc. became an official organization on April 13, 1968, and was a merger of three existing Councils-Keyauwee, North Carolina Piedmont, and Pilot Area. Books are available in the Council Office that contain our history in detail.

The Juliette Low Preservation Society/Archives Department is responsible for maintaining old uniforms, books, recognition items, and other memorabilia, a portion of which are available for loan to troops. The Council welcomes donations of these Girl Scout artifacts.  For further information, contact the Council Office.

GIRL SCOUT AGE LEVELS  1912 - 1984

1912
Juliette Gordon Low introduces Girl Scouting in the United States for girls 10 to 17 years old.

1926 (14 years later)
Introduction of Brownie Girl Scout age level for girls 7 through 9.

1938 (12 years later)
Girl Scout program is revised, serving three age levels:

Brownie Girl Scouts - ages 7-9

Intermediate Girl Scouts - ages 10-13

Senior Girl Scouts - ages 14-17

1963 (25 years later)
Girl Scout program completely redesigned for four age levels:

Brownie Girl Scouts - ages 7-8 (grades 2-3)

Junior Girl Scouts - ages 9-11 (grades 4-5-6)

Cadette Girl Scouts - ages 12-14 (grades 7-8-9)

Senior Girl Scouts - ages 15-17 (grades 10-11-12)

1973 (10 years later)
The Brownie Girl Scout age level is extended to include girls six years old or in the first grade.

1984 (11 years later)
Daisy Girl Scout age level established for girls five years old or in kindergarten. Girl Scouting now includes five age levels:

Daisy Girl Scouts - age 5or 6 (kindergarten or 1)

Brownie Girl Scouts - ages 6-8 (grades 1-3)

Junior Girl Scouts - ages 9-11 (grades 3-6)

Cadette Girl Scouts - ages 12-14 (grades 6-9)

Senior Girl Scouts - ages 14-17 (grades 9-12)

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, the North Carolina Page Program, attending a National Girl Scout Convention as a visitor, national Destinations 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.