Happy 100th Anniversary Girl Scouts (2012)!! And 100th hide for tugies! Girl Scouting in the United States began on March 12, 1912 when Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout troop meeting of 18 girls in Savannah Georgia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Scouts_of_the_USA
I planned this for my 100th hide as I loved being a Girl Scout. When I was a senior, we had great leaders who took us hiking, mountain climbing (Colorado 14ers), snow shoeing, and a week long canoeing trip in Minnesota's boundary waters, to name a few of our adventures. If it were possible, I would have stayed at camp all summer. Scouting was good preparation for geocaching (there is now a geocaching badge).
Currently, there 3.7 million Girl Scouts and through its membership in the WAGGGS, GSUSA is part of a worldwide Scouting family of over 10 million girls and adults in 145 countries. GSUSA has an extensive history of accepting girls from any background or ability. Did you know that being a Girl Scout is correlated with later achievement, self confidence, and civic engagement? http://www.girlscouts.org/news/news_releases/2012/girl_scouting_works.asp An outstanding example of this is a scout that I knew in my council who was the head of NOAA, Dr. Jane Lubchenco http://www.noaa.gov/lubchenco.html
The Girl Scouts of the Sahuaro Council http://www.girlscoutssoaz.org have provided some nice swag - patches and pins. Please take only one item per team. The cache is on private property with permission and assistance of the property owners.