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Do a Good Turn Daily

Inoticed my mother’s Girl Scout Handbook on one of my bookshelfs the other day. While I occasionally pause a moment in order to recall a name or date, there was no need to open the cover of that book to refresh my memory.

I haven’t forgotten The Girl Scout Promise:

On my honor, I will try:
To do my duty to God and my country,
To help other people at all times,
To obey the Girl Scout Laws.

The Girl Scouts was founded by Juliette Gordon Low on March 12, 1912. Low focused not only on skills useful in the home and outdoors but

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