What is Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi?
Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. In the Pine Belt Region, staff-led Girl Scout troops meet in schools in economically depressed neighborhoods. The program focuses on anti-bullying, STEM activities, and financial literacy to instill leadership, strong values, social conscience and conviction of their own worth. These traits serve them well their whole life.
Who do Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi serve?
Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi serves girls aged 5 to 18, or Kindergarten through 12th grade. They are open to girls from all raves, religion, ethnicity, and socio-economic backgrounds. A $25 annual fee is required.
Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi covers 45 counties in central and southern Mississippi, including:
- Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith, Wayne, Adams, Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Clark, Copiah, Forrest, Franklin, Humphreys, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Issaquena, Jackson, Jefferson, Jefferson David, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson, and Yazoo.
In 2018, Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi directly serviced 8,336 Girls, 1,778 Adults, and 398 Lifetime members.
How do I contact Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi?
Address: 1471 West County Line Rd, Jackson, MS 39213
Contact Person: Pam Britt or Sarah Edwards
Agency Email: [email protected] Website: www.gsgms.org
Telephone number: 601-326-4475
Programs provided by Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi:
The programs provided by the Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi are as follows:
- Girl Scouting in the School Day (staff-led meetings for girls in low opportunity areas)
- Adult recruiting and training for volunteer leaders
- Girl Recruitment
- Be a Friend List (Anti-Bullying programming)
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math Programming
- Financial Literacy Programming
- Outdoor Education, Environmental Awareness, and Outdoor living skills
