Generations of Girl Scouts Celebrate 100th Anniversary
Over 100 Girls Scouts attended a 100th birthday party in Centreville.
Girl Scouts past and present met at Centreville United Methodist Church on Monday to celebrate 100 years of service. It was March 12, 1912 when Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girls Scouts, held the first Girl Scout meeting with 18 girls in Savannah, Georgia. Centreville troop 3663 honored the anniversary by throwing a party for all current and former Girl Scouts to celebrate the beginning of the organization (the writer's daughter is a member of the troop). Troop #3663, an Ambassador troop of thirteen Centreville High School juniors, hosted the event. The troop started in 2001 and many of them received their 10-year pins last year. The girls are active in many other sports, choirs, clubs and work with the younger scouts quite a bit…
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