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To honor and recognize Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council for their service to our community, and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA.
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WHEREAS, since its founding in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA has provided an accepting and nurturing environment to help girls build character and skills for success in the real world and develop qualities - like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth - that will serve them all their lives; and
WHEREAS, Girl Scouts of the USA has a membership of over three million girls and adults, and more than fifty million women in the United States are Girl Scout alumnae; and
WHEREAS, Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council is proud to be a girl-centric and girl-driven environment where a girl finds courage to explore new worlds and adventures, confidence to believe in herself and her abilities, character to stand by her values, and connections to girls from every background; and
WHEREAS, Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council helps its girls build strong self-esteem and learn globally marketable skills such as financial literacy and budgeting, teamwork and consensus building, resourcefulness and respect for the environment, and appreciation of the arts; and
WHEREAS, Girl Scouts provide many hours of community service to Columbus, completing beautification projects, conducting research to identify and address the challenges facing girls in our community, volunteering with the Special Olympics, collecting clothing for families in need, and educating the community on critical issues like drunken driving; and
WHEREAS, the Girl Scouts are celebrating their one hundredth anniversary in March, and we wish them one hundred more years of success and service in our community, across the country, and around the world; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That we hereby honor and recognize Girl Scouts of Ohi...
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