Thank you for your interest in Girl Scouts of Rhode Island! In the United States today, there are nearly 4 million Girl Scouts...2.7 million girl members and 986,000 adult members! - In 2007, Girl Scouts of Rhode Island served 13,595 girls ages 5-17 and 3,545 adults in all 53 communities in our jurisdiction!
- In 2007, $220 was required to support one girl in Girl Scouting for the year.
Did you know: - 88% of Girl Scouts, when surveyed, said that Girl Scouting has definitely given them ideas about what they could do when they become adults;
- 81% of Juniors said that GIrl Scouts is preparing them to be "somone who can make her own choices."
- 2/3 of Senior Girl Scouts said that they very often make decisions about what goes on in their troops, wherease only 1/4 of them make decisions about what goes on in their school classroom;
- 78% of Hispanic Girl Scouts say that they are very satisfied with their chances to lead;
- 7 of 10 Girl Scouts say the Girl Scout Promise and Law have been useful in their lives;
- 2 in every 3 women feel that the interpersonal skills learned at an early age in the Girl Scouts had a direct positive payoff much later in life.
*The above statistics were cited from the Education Resources Group, Independent Sector, Louis Harris and Associates, Wellesley College Center for Research on Women and Yankelovich Clancy Shulman.
Girl Scouts of Rhode Island, Inc. is chartered by GSUSA and serves all of Rhode Island, Pawcatuck, CT, and Bellingham, Blackstone, Attleboro, Fall River, North Attleboro, Plainville, Somerset, Swansea, Westport, Wrentham, Millville, Rehoboth and Seekonk, MA. |
