Our first meeting of Novemeber was a huge hit! Juliette Gordon Low -- the founder of Girl Scouts was born on October 31st, so we celebrated her birth in style. We had a cake, complete with candles, the birthday song, and we preceded it all with a beautiful ceremony where we learned more about Juliette and why she gave us this lovely gift of scouting.
Even better than Juliette and her birthday cake, however, was the fact that we had a fabulous guest speaker. Her name is Miss Jamie and she is a good friend to Miss Pattie and Miss Kelly. We invited her to come talk to the girls and teach them a bit about Girl Scouts from her childhood as well as some of the things she does for scouting today. The girls asked good questions and seemed to learn a great deal from Miss Jamie. Thanks to her we also finished a complete badge : Girl Scouting in the USA.
Miss Jamie allowed me to ask her for a short bio related to Girl Scouts, and this is what she sent me. I hope you love meeting her as much as Pattie and I love being friends with her.
"I started in Brownies in Second Grade and became an Intermediate Girl Scout when I was in Forth Grade. I stayed in Girl Scouts all the way through high school and earned the Curved Bar, which was the highest girl award at that time. As a freshman in college I had health problems and had to spend the second semester at home, so I became an assistant leader. Years later I found out from one of the 'real' leaders how much my help had been appreciated.
I totally forgot about Girl Scouting until my oldest daughter needed a leader. When we moved to Germany I became involved in the government of Girl Scouting and was the Regional Commissioner for North Bavaria. That position gave me a position on the Board of Directors for North Atlantic Girl Scouts.
By that time I was really hooked. My work by then was mostly with adults as a director and a trainer.
The fun thing is that I spent my girl years in one council and as an adult I have served in six different councils. I was honored to serve a two year term on the Board of Directors of the Wagon Wheel Council."
As you can see by this very short bio ... we are lucky to have Miss Jamie on our side and in our community as a Girl Scout!
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