World Thinking Day on February 22, is the day Girl Scouts and Girl Guides participate in activities that honor their sisters in scouting around the world. It is also the mutual birthday of Lord-Baden Powel and Lady Olave Powel, the founder, and World Cheif Guide of scouting in England.
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Girl Scouts In the News
- Girls Scouts get ready for rite of passage
By Angela Hart, Oakland Tribune
Published: May 8, 2008 - Projects earn Almaden's Troop 67 a bronze award
By By Romina Saha, The Mercury News – Almaden Resident
Published: May 8, 2008 - Launch Into Technology With NASA: Girl Scouts Summer Residential Program NASA's
By , www.spaceref.com
Published: May 5, 2008 - Two McKinleyville Girl Scouts make effort to help others
By Staff Writer, Eureka Reporter
Published: May 3, 2008 - Fremont Girl Scouts build thatched Ohlone house
By Matthew Artz, The Argus
Published: April 30, 2008 - Scouts pledge to Save the Bay
By Meghan Neal, Danville Weekly
Published: April 24, 2008 - Girl Scout Troop #503 give to military troops
By staff photographer, Daily Triplicate
Published: April 23, 2008 - Bay Area Girl Scout Sees Big Changes In 102 Years
By Sharon Chin, CBS5
Published: April 11, 2008 - Girl Scouts continue to make an impact on young women
By Mayrene Bates, Daily Republic
Published: April 10, 2008 A2 - Girl Scouts host Red Bluff Sports Day
By Julie Zeeb, Red Bluff Daily News
Published: April 7, 2008 - One person's old sneakers are another's playground
By Jennifer Gokhman, Tri-Valley Herald, Contra Costa Times
Published: April 3, 2008 - Not just cookies
By Lorraine Gabbert, Almaden Times Weekly
Published: April 3, 2008 - 'Little Miss Sunshine' Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin sworn in as a Girl Scout
By Staff Writer, Chicago Tribune
Published: March 27, 2008 - Girl Scouts Transform to Recruit New Members
By Shannon A. Mullen, NPR
Published: March 27, 2008 Radio Broadcast - Many Potential Leaders of Tomorrow Reject the Role
By Laura Sessions Stepp, Washington Post
Published: March 27, 2008 - Local Girl Scouts earn badges
By Pacifica Tribune Staff, Pacifica Tribune
Published: March 26, 2008 - In Every Girl Scout Cookie, a Dash of Idealism
By Tanya Ballard Brown, NPR
Published: March 26, 2008 - Girl Scouts Seek an Image Makeover
By Ellen Byron, Wall Street Journal
Published: March 25, 2008 B5 - Salute to Scouts
By Around the Diocese, The Catholic Voice - Oakland
Published: March 24, 2008 - Egg hunt whips up excitement in Bidwell Park
By Sarah Kingsbury, ChicoER.com
Published: March 23, 2008 - Girl Scouts have come a long way
By Maris Bennett, Contra Costa Times
Published: March 18, 2008 - Girl Scouts rally against cuts
By Elisabeth Nardi, Contra Costa Times
Published: March 17, 2008 - A Girl Scout's journey
By Sharon Letts, Times-Standard
Published: March 16, 2008 - Girl Scout cookies make their way to troops in Iraq
By Georgia Lambert, Contra Costa Times
Published: March 16, 2008 - Former Scout, future president?
By Jason Green, San Mateo Daily News, Palo Alto Daily News
Published: March 15, 2008 - Future engineers compete at robot contest
By Teresa Garcia, abc7news
Published: March 14, 2008 TV - What's New: Tracking down Girl Scout cookies
By Amanda Gold, San Francisco Chronicle
Published: March 12, 2008 F-2 - Girl Scout cookies to end Sunday
By Staff Writer, Red Bluff Daily News
Published: March 12, 2008 - Criando y Educando a Nuestras Niñas Fuertes, Felices y Triunfadoras
By Dr. Marisol Munoz-Kiehene, Ph. D., Nuestros Niños
Published: March 9, 2008 Radio Broadcast - Meet the girls behind the robot
By abc7news, View from the Bay (abc7news)
Published: March 6, 2008 Television Broadcast - Girl Scout cookies satisfy more than a sweet tooth
By Eve Mitchell, Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, Marin Independent Journal
Published: March 5, 2008 Front Page - Samoas or Do-Si-Dos?: Girl Scouts at it Again
By Moms Jolene Ivey, Cheli English-Figaro, Davina McFarland, NPR
Published: March 4, 2008 Radio Broadcast - Business-Savvy Cookie Sales an Encouraging Sign
By Staff, NPR
Published: March 4, 2008 Radio Broadcast - Girl Scout Cookies (2/27/08)
By Dan, Oakland Magazine
Published: February 27, 2008 Blog - Thin mints or Tagalongs?
By Michelle Malloy, Sonoma West: The Healdsburg Tribune
Published: February 25, 2008 Front Page - Girl Scouts go international at educational faire
By Kerana Todorov, Napa Valley Register
Published: February 24, 2008 - Bay Area home to oldest living Girl Scout
By Kristen Sze, abc7News
Published: February 22, 2008 Television Broadcast - Girl Scouts explore careers in science and technology
By Anna Belle Peevey, Oakland Tribune
Published: February 11, 2008 - Girl Scouts' path to gold
By Staff Writer, Danville Weekly
Published: February 8, 2008 - Sierra Cascade Girl Scout Council morphs into larger nor-cal unit
By Laurie Kavenaugh, ChicoER.com
Published: February 6, 2008 - Kids reach out to kids through Girl Scouts
By Stacy Trevenon, Half Moon Bay Review
Published: January 31, 2008 - It's Cookie Time
By Jeanne C. Carbone, Almaden Valley Times, Willow Glen Times, Campbell Times
Published: January 24, 2008 Front - LEGO lessons for fifth-graders
By Janice De Jesus, Contra Costa Times
Published: January 23, 2008 10 - Girl Scouts' cookie sale is social experience
By Cameron Sullivan, The Times, Contra Costa Times, Pleasanton Times
Published: January 18, 2008 2 - Biggs Teen Center holds ribbon cutting
By Lisa Van De Hey, Gridley Herald
Published: January 16, 2008 - Teen Activity Center opens in Biggs January 11
By Staff Writer, Gridley Herald
Published: January 7, 2008 Front Page - Girl Scouts reorganize Northern California councils
By Staff Writer, Times-Standard
Published: January 6, 2008 - Of note Girl Scouts collect items for troops
By Staff Writer, Danville Weekly
Published: January 4, 2008 - The many hats of Sara Cakebread
By Carolyn Younger, The St. Helena Star
Published: December 20, 2007 - Girl Scouts Breaking Stereotypes
By Sara Steffens, The Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, West County Times, Valley Times
Published: December 18, 2007 Front Page - Girl Scouts more than just cookies
By Sara Steffens, Contra Costa Times
Published: December 10, 2007 - Girl power helps the environment
By Unknown, Chico News & Review
Published: November 29, 2007 - To Muslim Girls, Scouts Offer a Chance to Fit In
By Neil MacFarQuhar, The New York Times
Published: November 28, 2007 - Girl Scouts Go Green
By Jamie Fishler, Tri-City Voice
Published: November 14, 2007 - Girl Scout CEO unites N. California councils
By Sarah Duxbury, San Francisco Business Times
Published: October 2, 2007