This month in Girl Scouting: July 1912: Lowlands, the first Girl Scout campsite, is purchased by Juliette Low. July 23-28, 1920: The first International Conference of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is held in Oxford, England. July 1922: The American Girl magazine, published by Girl Scout national headquarters, featured an article by Florence E. Neil, a local director in Chicago, Illinois. Miss Neil provided a cookie recipe that had been given to the councils 2,000 Girl Scouts. She estimated the approximate cost of ingredients for six- to seven-dozen cookies to be 26 to 36 cents. The cookies, she suggested, could be sold by troops for 25 or 30 cents per dozen. Find the recipe here: girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/history.asp July 31, 1932: Our Chalet in Adelboden, Switzerland—the first world center established by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is formally opened by Lord and Lady Baden-Powell. Our Chalet is a gift from Helen Storrow of Boston, Massachusetts. July 1977: Worlds to Explore: Handbook for Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts is published. Program activities for Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts are newly divided into five broad interest areas known as Worlds. July 1992: Girl Scouts of the USA relocates its national headquarters to 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
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