Girl Scouts of the Deep South Council, Inc.

Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
Girl Scouting serves girls from ages five to seventeen from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. All girls are welcome in Girl Scouting, no matter where they come from or what their abilities are.

In 2005 - 2006 Girl Scouts of the Deep South Council, Inc. is currently serving nearly 5000 girl members and 1765 adult volunteers in Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Washington counties. While 74% of our girl members are in troops, 26% of girl members participate in Girl Scouting through public housing, detention centers (GROWTH and POINTE), schools and Head Start, group homes and shelters (such as St. Mary's, Wilmer Hall and Penelope House).

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Juliette 'Daisy' Gordon Low assembled 18 girls from Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912, for a local Girl Scout meeting. She believed that all girls should be given the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually. Within a few years, Daisy's dream for a girl-centered organization was realized. Today, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has a membership of nearly four million girls and adults, a significant growth from its modest beginnings nearly a century ago. In fact, more than 50 million women in the U.S. are Girl Scout alumnae.

Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama, Inc. is comprised of 30 counties in south Alabama: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Tallapoosa, Washington and Wilcox. Our girl membership goal for 2007-08 is 13,505 and our adult membership goal for 2007-08 is 4,500. While 78% of our girl members are in troops, 22% of girl members participate in the Girl Scout Leadership Development Program through public housing, detention centers, low-performing and under-resourced schools and Head Start.