For the last nine years of my life I have been an active member of Girl Scouts. After beginning as a timid, socially delayed, six year old a lot has changed and allotted growth in many aspects of my life. Though I was not necessarily thrilled when my mother forced me to attend my first official meeting at the local elementary school, I fail to see how I could possibly be the same person had I not gone through with Girl Scouts. This program has always brought out and harnessed my intentions of making the world a better place. I don’t think I could have ever brought it upon myself self to believe I could make a difference, but here I am today. It was almost two years ago that I earned the second highest award Girl Scouts has to offer. After spending hours upon hours collecting hundreds of books, my troop of merely two girls and I sat outside Salvation Army giving free book and offering crafts to underprivileged children in the area. The project, resulting in over 50 hours of preparation, was a large success and was a powerful time for everyone involved. Not only was it a weight off everyone’s shoulders, but it was amazing to finally see the outcome
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Over the nine years I have also taken part in various camps at a local Girl Scout Camp; however this summer has held an assortment of experiences that have impacted my life. I went to camp under the program CIT or Consoler in Training, this allows teens like I to get hands on experience on what it’s like to use leadership, confidence, and other useful mindsets to help make a difference in the girls we work with. Perhaps it hit me so hard because it was only a handful of years ago that I was the little girl who looked up to the CIT’s. The phenomenal experience, in change has made me realize how much I have changed. The change has rendered my social ineptness and abled me to communicate much for functionally and
Over the nine years I have also taken part in various camps at a local Girl Scout Camp; however this summer has held an assortment of experiences that have impacted my life. I went to camp under the program CIT or Consoler in Training, this allows teens like I to get hands on experience on what it’s like to use leadership, confidence, and other useful mindsets to help make a difference in the girls we work with. Perhaps it hit me so hard because it was only a handful of years ago that I was the little girl who looked up to the CIT’s. The phenomenal experience, in change has made me realize how much I have changed. The change has rendered my social ineptness and abled me to communicate much for functionally and