Girl Scouts in the Community

Community Outreach Programs nurture the self-confidence and creativity that the young girls need to grow into successful adults. Girls benefit from a special curriculum designed to encourage the exploration of the world around them. They learn to believe in themselves, and they improve their problem-solving and self-directed learning skills - skills that help them become tomorrow's leaders. These programs help to break the cycle of poverty and its detrimental impact on girls.

G.R.I.P Program
Girls Reaching Imaginative Places (GRIP) – The GRIP program consists of weekly staff run troop meetings held in subsidized housing communities. Participants earn badges and participate in field trips that focus on healthy relationships and leadership.  The GRIP program serves over 200 girls annually.

G.S.I.S.P. (Girl Scout In School Program)
Since 2001, Girls Scouts of Western Ohio - Maumee Valley Region has been offering the Girl Scout In School Program, a series of age-appropriate, educational opportunities to area schools.  The Girl Scout In School Program is designed to impact issues that students are facing on a national level.  The Programs offered are:
  • Uniquely ME! Grades 1-6.  What makes you...you?  What makes you special?  Stedents will be encouraged to feel good about themselves and recognize and accept what makes them unique!
  • Kick Butts Grades 3-6.  An interactive look at the harmful effects of tobacco on the human body.  This program focuses on strategies to resist peer pressure, and all children will sing an anti-tobacco pledge.
  • Aaargh Ye Healthy? Grades 1-6.  Students will be transformed into a crew of Sprogs (apprentice sailors) and learn about the unhealthy habits of pirates (laziness, smoking, poor nutrition and stress) and how to prevent them.
  • Zink the Zebra Grades K-2.  Journey through the Lipis Jungle with Zink, a spotted zebra!  Along the way students explore diversity and learn that "Different is Good!"

Migrant Program
Migrant Program – Every summer, GSMVC's migrant program offers innovative Girl Scout programming to the children of migrant farm workers. Program topics focus on healthy relationships and decision making skills.