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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Rhinelander's Girl Scouts
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:37
	Publish Date:		2021-06-30 10:44:03
	Description:		Summer is camping season, and Summer Camps in the Northwoods are guiding young people to embrace an appreciation for the outdoors. One of the more storied camps in the area is Camp Birchrock, which was founded by the local Girl Scouts. How the Girl Scouts and Camp Birchrock came to be is worth remembering. The Girl Scouts are a storied organization with roots dating back to the Progressive Era. The group was formed in Savannah, Georgia, in 1912 under the tutelage of Juliette Gordon Low. Low was a Progressive reformer and in 1911 had been introduced to the Girl Guides, the English offshoot of the Boy Scouts, while on a visit to Great Britain. She embraced the idea, and once back home in Georgia Low gathered eighteen girls around her and began teaching them the values of their own individuality, strength, and intellect. Like with the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts hiked, swam, camped, and engaged in physical sports, but Low also wanted them to learn how to read the world around them.
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