As we continue into the spring season starts to become Girl Scout cookie season. This is a lot of peoples favorite time of year as they get to get their favorite cookies. The Girl Scout troops started the sale of cookies all the way back in 1917. This was just five years after Juliette Jordan started the Girl Scout troops in the United States. The first place to begin selling cookies was in Muskogee Oklahoma, from the mistletoe troop. They began by selling cookies in their high school cafeteria to raise money as a service project.
Juliette Gordon Low lived from 1860-1912. She founded the Girl Scout troops in 1912 in the USA. She was nicknamed “Daisy” in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia. The first troop she started consisted of 18 girls with in a high school that had lots of curiosity and wanted to do great things. She “Imagined a movement where all girls could come together and embrace their new passions and strengths.” This was her dream throughout her life and made it happen through the Girl Scout troops. Little did she know this tradition would be around one hundred years later in all states across the US. She strongly believed that what girl scouts do should unlock their full potential and raise their confidence. They support each other and other people in their lives. Although she may not recognize the crazy badges they have now like cybersecurity, digital photography, and making clay pots, all of these tasks still conclude what she wanted to do with the project. Her troops were so greatly liked they began to get bigger and bigger throughout the years. Girl Scout troops become more well known all throughout the world. People also became hooked on the cookies that they sold which made people want to support them. The money that they make from these cookies goes to their year around activities as well as Girl Scout led community projects that help benefit the community. Some of the money also gets donated to charities chosen by the girls themselves. 
She also greatly encouraged girls with disabilities to join the troop. She made it clear that everyone was welcome no matter their differences. She wanted anyone who felt “different” to feel like they had a place where they belong and had a place where they feel like they can be themselves. Juliette was partially deaf herself and didn’t want anyone to feel like she did in high school. She had multiple girls in her troop that suffered from hearing loss and many girls said that she made a big difference in the deaf community. She made them feel like they belonged and made sure that they didn’t feel out of place.
Juliette has recently been inducted into the women’ hall of fame. In 2012 President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her birthplace also has been named a national historic landmark in her name. Although she died many years ago, her legacy still lives on every single year.
