Company Profile
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Company Overview
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council serves 25 counties in Southeast Texas, including: Angelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Waller and Wharton.
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council is a community-based organization with an adult membership of more than 18,000 serving more than 63,000 girls. Membership is open to all girls ages 5 through 17 and to adults, both women and men, who subscribe to the Girl Scout Promise and Law.
Embracing and promoting pluralism is an integral part of every activity and plan of Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council, not disconnected or separate projects. Only individuals willing to accept and be educated about the basic tenet that Girl Scouting is for all girls may serve in volunteer leadership or staff positions.
Company History
Girl Scouting was founded in Savannah, Georgia in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low. Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council was founded by Mrs. F. M. Law and Miss Corinne Fonde in 1922 in Houston, Texas.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is the world's preeminent organization for girls, with a membership of more than 3.5 million girls and adults. Today, as when founded in 1912, GSUSA helps cultivate values, social conscience, and self esteem in young girls, while also teaching them critical life skills that will enable them to succeed as adults. In Girl Scouting-and its special girl-only environment-girls discover the fun, friendship and power of girls together.