About Girl Scouts of Western Washington

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Girl Scouts is the world’s pre-eminent organization dedicated solely to girls. Girl Scouts is, as it always has been, the organization best positioned to offer girls the tools they need to be successful leaders now and throughout their lives. We develop leaders who value diversity, inclusion, and collaboration and are committed to improving neighborhoods, communities and the world.

Each Girl Scout designs fun and challenging activities that empower her to discover her world and herself, connect with others, and take action to make the world a better place.

Girls learn to be environmental stewards so that they and their environments can thrive. They get the fun, positive challenges they need to try out leadership roles in an encouraging environment and make decisions that help them learn and grow.

Every experience in Girl Scouting is designed to be:

• Girl-led. Girls play an active part in figuring out the what, where, when, how and why of their activities.
   
• Learning by doing. Rather than listening to someone tell them about it, girls get in there and do it! They ask questions, share ideas, gain skills and take time to reflect.
   
• Cooperative learning. Girls work together toward shared goals in an atmosphere of respect and collaboration.

Girl Scouts of Western Washington serves more than 26,000 girls in grades K-12 in Western Washington. Girls participate in age-based programs as part of a troop or as individual Girl Scouts.