Hello and Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm Angela a Gold Award Girl Scout from Girl Scouts of Central and Southern, New Jersey.
I'm reporting from the 91st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
where the Girl Scout float will be making its way down the streets of Manhattan!
We're super excited, and we hope you are too. So I'm standing here by the Girl Scout float
and I want to tell you a little bit about it.
The planet is a big puzzle and Girl Scouts everywhere are building a better world
one piece, one badge at a time. Up on the float you can see puzzle pieces and badges
everywhere and badges are really important to Girl Scouts because they don't just help us learn new skills,
they help us build a better world. Some of the badges here are for civic engagement.
You earn them by creating change through positive action and Girl Scouts do that every day in communities around the country and around the world.
They stand up and speak up for something. If you're wondering if you can be a part of it, you can.
Through the G.I.R.L agenda, Girl Scouts is inspiring preparing
and mobilizing all girls and people who care about them to create that positive change and support girls.
So why is it important for you to be on the Girl Scout float today?
Well, I mean first of all our young women girls are very important to me.
And then for the G.I.R.L agenda that I love what that initiative is about it's about empowering
girls and young women to be leaders to believe in themselves
And I'm performing with Andra Day, a song we have called Stand Up For Something, which is really
that's exactly what that song is about is empowering individuals to be themselves to stand up.
And I think what the G.I.R.L. agenda is saying is it's exactly that. Paige,
why is it important for you to be active in your community?
Because you should stand up and say what's right. Today
I'm here with Andra Day and I'm honored to present you with a lifetime membership pin to Girl Scouts.
I'm honored to become a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts. Could you tell me why you support the G.I.R.L. agenda?
I think the initiative is so powerful because it not just
encourages girls to stand up and to let them know that their voice and their work in their communities are powerful.
But it also gives them the resources to accomplish those goals, and so we need more messages like this and more images like this.
Happy Thanksgiving
everybody
As we all give thanks today, if you'd like to thank you in advance for taking a moment to check out our free civic engagement
resources on girlagenda.org so that you can do great things and build a better world!

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