You can order this via the Girl Scout Shop website.

A fellow service unit team member came across this and sent it out to everybody (thanks Debbie H!). It’s not attributed to anyone, so right now I’ve got it as anonymous, but if you know who wrote it, please let me know and I’ll update!

THE OLD GIRL SCOUT LEADER

The old Girl Scout leader had lived longer in the service unit than any of the others. She was so old that her patch jacket was filled – even on the sleeves, her mess kit was dented, her sleeping bag was flat and she had a special room in her house just for her Girl Scout supplies. Continue reading

April 21 2015

1982 World’s Fair, Part One

Reminiscing 1 Comment memories all alone in the moonlight, mrs. vickers, newspaper clippings, sonja, squirrel, stories, trips, troop 20, world's fair

1982 Worlds Fair Logo Remember the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville? No? What’s a World’s Fair? Do they still have them? Apparently they do – although it looks like they get cancelled every once in a while. In the summer of 1982, I was almost nine years old, and I remember there being a lot of buzz about THE WORLD’S FAIR and how big of a deal for it to be hosted by Knoxville, home of the Tennessee Volunteers (no comment coming from this Georgia Bulldogs alum). Continue reading

The Old Girl Scout Leader

1982 World’s Fair, Part One