We have something we want to give each of you girls tonight - A bright,shiny new dime!
Now, a dime doesn’t do much by itself. You have to put it with something in order for it to be useful.
Put 15 cents with it and you have enough for an emergency phone call.
Put 40 cents with it and you might have enough to buy a candy bar or a pack of gum.
You can save more dimes, put it all in the bank and let it make more money in interest.
You could take this dime home, throw it in a dresser drawer and not use it at all.
You could even lose it before you get home!
Now, I want you to tell me, how many pennies does it take to equal this one dime?
Right, it takes 10 pennies - 10 very equal and important parts. Well when you take the 10 parts of the Girl Scout Law and add it all together, it equals Girl Scouting!

I will do my best to be
honest and fair
friendly and helpful
considerate and caring
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do,
and to
respect myself and others
respect authority
use resources wisely
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout
because.. .. .. ..

WE ARE GIRL SCOUTS!!!

Now we have one more thing to give you - a tiny little box.
The wrapping may be a bit wrinkled and the ribbon may not be quite perfect - but its whats INSIDE that counts!
Just like the dime, you have to put something with it to make it really worthwhile.
Now, you won’t be receiving all of your gift at one time. We hope to give it to you over a period of many years, in small doses and as painlessly as possible!
We want to give you Girl Scouting!!!
With this gift we also give you our hopes that you will learn from it, grow with it, work with it, use it everyday, enjoy all of it and keep it with you for the rest of your life!
Now, New Girl Scouts and Old Girl Scouts alike, let us all join together in the Girl Scout Promise.

On my honor, I will try
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

As we’re sure you have already noticed the little gift that we just gave to you was wrapped in Gold paper and tied with Silver ribbons - This is to remind you of all of the Wonderful, Wonderful Friends you are going to make this year. As the Song goes, Make New Friends but keep the old.. .. .. One is Silver and the other is Gold!
And now as we share our Friendship Circle, we will pass the squeeze around the circle, and as we do, we will all think about all of our special Girl Scout Sisters right here and around the world and all of the fun and excitement that awaits us this year!