Juliette Gordon Low founded Girl Scouts in 1912. She was inspired by her friends from England, Lord and Lady Bayden-Powell, the founders of Boy Scouts. Julliette Low loved the idea of scouting and wanted to start it America for girls. On March 12th, 1912 she started the first Girl Scout Troop in Savannah Georgia. Today there are Millions of Girl Scouts all around the world and more than 11,000 Girl Scouts in Monmouth County Alone.

Year-round, Girl Scouts in kindergarten through high school participate in a variety of innovative and interactive activities. Girl Scout programs address topics such as astronomy, health, math, money management, nature, science, sports, theater, community service and much more!

World Thinking Day was first created in 1926 at the fourth Girl Guide/Girl Scout International Conference. Conference attendees decided that there should be a special day when Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all around the world think of each other and give thanks and appreciation to their "sister" Girl Scouts. The delegates chose February 22 as the date for World Thinking Day because it was the mutual birthday of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell.

Every year on World Thinking Day, we ask the Girl Scouts of Manalapan/Englishtown to wear their Scouting vests (uniforms) to school to demonstrate their allegiance to scouting and to remind them to think about their sister scouts around the world.