2007 National Young Women of Distinction

Girl Scouts of the USA has named 13 Girl Scout Gold Award recipients as its 2007 National Young Women of Distinction for extraordinary leadership demonstrated through their remarkable community service projects.


Ladies and gentlemen we please to introduce the 2007 National Young Women of Distinction.

"Smart Cookies"

Kathy Cloninger and Girl Scouting are the cover story of the April Issue of Fundraising Success magazine. This multi-paged article, titled "Smart Cookies," discusses our organizational transformation, our leadership philosophy and renewed commitment to fundraising in partnership with councils.

Rachael Ray = Girl Scout!

Rachael Ray became a Girl Scout (again) in a very special airing of the Rachael Ray Show.  During yesterday’s show, Rachael taught Troop 468 of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., how to make turkey tacos – and received a very important visit from Kathy Cloninger herself!

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Champion Ski Racer Powered by Girl Scout Cookies

World Cup ski racer Resi Steigler has interesting theory on why she raced to victory in the US Alpine Championships this past weekend. (Hint: it wasn’t a can of spinach.)

The answer appears in this Associated Press story which appeared in the Rocky Mountain News on April 3, 2007.

That ’70s Show

Yes, that could very well be Ashton Kutcher from the classic Fox network sitcom That ’70s Show in the opening scene. This historic volunteer PSA is definitely a must-see.

Laugh if you will, but it would be hard to deny that this was successful—today, Girl Scouts has over one million volunteers.