BILL NUMBER: ACR 108	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 6, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wieckowski
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Atkins, Bonilla, Buchanan, Campos,
Carter, Halderman, Bonnie Lowenthal, and Mitchell)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Evans, Fuller, Kehoe, Liu, Negrete
McLeod, Pavley, and Runner)

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2012

   Relative to Girl Scouts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 108, as amended, Wieckowski. Girl Scouts.
   This measure would resolve that the Legislature is proud to join
the Girl Scouts of the USA in recognizing their 100th 
Anniversary   anniversary  .
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, On March 12, 1912, the first Girl Scout meeting was held
in Savannah, Georgia; and
   WHEREAS, The first Girl Scout meeting was lead by Juliette Gordon
Low who founded the Girl Scouts of the USA after meeting with
 sir   Sir  Robert Baden-Powell, the
founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides; and
   WHEREAS, Since this first meeting more than 50 million girls have
participated in the Girl Scout movement during their childhood and
that number continues to grow as Girl Scouts of the USA continues to
inspire, challenge, and empower girls everywhere; and
   WHEREAS, There are currently 3.2 million Girl Scouts, 2.3 million
girl members  ,  and 880,000 adult members; and
   WHEREAS, Through its membership in the World Association of Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts of the USA is part of a worldwide
family of 10 million girls and adults in 145 countries; and
   WHEREAS, The Girl Scouts is the largest, longest running  ,
 and most effective leadership program for girls in not only the
United States, but the world; and
   WHEREAS, Sixty-nine percent of the current women in the United
States Senate and 65 percent of the women in the United States House
of Representatives were Girl Scouts when they were children; and
   WHEREAS, Fifty-five percent of all women astronauts are former
Girl Scouts and former Girl Scouts have flown in over one-third of
all space shuttle missions; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 80 percent of women business executives and
business owners were once Girl Scouts; and
   WHEREAS, Sixty-four percent of today's female leaders listed in
Who's Who of American Women in the United States were once Girl
Scouts; and
   WHEREAS, Countless women educators, scientists, and women in the
media and performing arts discovered their passions and talents as
Girl Scouts; and
   WHEREAS, In the 1900s Girl Scouts developed the same core values
while learning housekeeping and forestry badges as girls learn today
while earning computer technology and financial literacy badges; and

   WHEREAS, That same social consciousness continues today as the
Girl Scouts promote the ideals of acceptance, understanding, cultural
awareness, and tolerance; and 
   WHEREAS, Girl Scouts develop girls of courage, confidence, and
character who make the world a better place; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature is proud to join the Girl
Scouts of the USA in recognizing their 100th  Anniversary
  anniversary  ; and be if further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.