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Girl Scouts young and old and their families partici-
pated in Camp Cleawox’s 90th birthday on June 29.
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SCOUTS from page 10A
ery GIRL. Unleash it at Girl
Scouts.”
According to Oak, “Girl
Scouts is adapting the poli-
cy that we will take anybody
that identifies as female. We
also recognize that some
people may have a different
pronoun than they visually
resemble, or we have peo-
ple who are unsure of their
pronouns. We do a staff
training talk on diversity
and inclusion and introduc-
ing yourself, your name and
your pronouns. It opens the
way for somebody else to use
them if they feel comfort-
able, and then nobody gets
misgendered. Because that
hurts.”
Roberts added, “All of
our camp staff are welcome
to wear (their pronouns on
a badge) to make sure that
campers feel comfortable
and know they can share
their pronouns with us, too.”
This small gesture can en-
courage more girls to join the
scouts without fear of bully-
ing or exclusion.
“Girl Scouts practice
leadership with grit like a
go-getter, problem solve like
an innovator, embrace new
challenges like a risk-tak-
er and show empathy like a
leader,” stated the Girl Scout
flier.
As Roberts said, Girl
Scouts are about discovering
who you are in a safe place.
runs things. She has been
on staff with the Girl Scouts
since 2002 after attending
overnight camps since the
1990s.
“My goal is to have people
like me on staff, who went
here as a camper and in real
life came back. They still
want to be at camp,” she said.
Still, anyone can apply for
jobs with the Girl Scouts.
“We all become Girl
Scouts when we become a
staff member, because any-
body who works for Girl
Scouts is a Girl Scout,” Oak
said. “We all sign up. I per-
sonally am a lifetime Girl
Scout, so I always have been,
but there are some people
who didn’t know Girl Scouts
even existed, truly. Other
than cookies.”
GSOSW also partners
with Camp America to bring
on international staff. This
year, there are five mem-
bers, mostly from the United
Kingdom, and one can even
speak Welsh.
“The girls really like it that
they come and bring differ-
ent accents,” Oak said. “It’s
part of this global commu-
nity.”
By being part of a global
community, GSOSW is also
keying in to what it means to
be a Girl Scout.
“Discover what it means
to be a GIRL (Go-getter, In-
novator, Risk-take, Leader)
For
more
informa-
and change the world,” of- tion about GSOSW and
ficial promotional material Camp Cleawox, visit www.
reads. “There is power in ev- girlscoutsosw.org.