[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10453]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GIRL SCOUTS

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 13, 2002

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer my congratulations to 
the Girl Scouts who are celebrating their 90th anniversary this year. 
Just this past weekend thousands of Girl Scouts converged upon the 
National Mall to celebrate this anniversary and to pay respect to the 
values and ideas that the Girl Scouts has infused within them.
  Today there are 2.7 million Girl Scouts across the United States. 
Through the Girl Scouts these young women are provided the opportunity 
to serve others while at the same time discovering their own full 
potential. This organization infuses young women with core values and 
sound decisionmaking.
  The Girl Scouts is also an educational experience for young women. 
They engage in activities that teach them about technology, science, 
money management, as well as health and fitness. All of this is 
accomplished while these young women build friendships and bonds that 
will last a lifetime.
  The results are there as well. Over two-thirds of Girl Scout alumni 
are doctors, lawyers, educators and community leaders. They are out in 
our communities making a difference and using the values they learned 
from their days as Girl Scouts to positively influence our world.
  I doubt that Juliette Gordon Low had any idea how successful the Girl 
Scouts would be when she held that first meeting in her living room 
back in 1912. Mrs. Low formed the organization in an attempt to provide 
young women with the opportunity to develop physically, mentally and 
spiritually. All one has to do is to look back over the Girls Scouts' 
long and illustrious history to see how successful Mrs. Low has been.

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