Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

(GSEP) serves over 50,000 girls ages five through 17 in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Philadelphia Counties. GSEP was chartered on May 1, 2007. We are a volunteer-based non-profit organization with 17,000 adult volunteers.

Girl Scouts of the United States of America was founded on March 12, 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low. Nationally, nearly four million girls and adult volunteers enjoy the Girl Scout experience.

Our Mission

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Girl Scout Promise and Law

The Girl Scout Promise and Law are shared by every member of Girl Scouting. The Girl Scout Promise is the way Girl Scouts agree to act every day toward one another and other people, and the Law outlines a way to act towards one another and the world.

The Girl Scout Promise

On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

The Girl Scout Law

I will do my best to be
honest and fair,
friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do,
and to
respect myself and others,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.

GSEP’s 2007-2008 Strategic Plan

Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, an “early adopter” of the realignment movement led by GSUSA, was created by a merger on April 28, 2007 between the Girl Scouts of Freedom Valley, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Great Valley Councils. The merger became effective on May 1. Thirty days later, the new Board of Directors convened for a three-day retreat to set forth the strategic goals for the new Council. Out of that retreat came five high-level goals to guide the work of the Council over the next year, and beyond. These are:

1. GSEP will strive to create a strategically focused, unified and effective organizational culture which has the capacity to achieve the Council’s goals and consistently deliver high quality experiences and outcomes for the girls.

2. GSEP will retain and grow girl and adult membership which is reflective of the demographics of the Council, is accessible through many pathways and inspires a life-long affiliation with Girl Scouting.

3. To meet the needs of its current and prospective members, GSEP will provide outstanding personal and leadership development programming which is mission-driven and girl-centric, and achieves desired outcomes.

4. GSEP will strive to transform the Girl Scout image by creating and demonstrating a compelling, relevant and contemporary brand identity that inspires girls, volunteers, strategic partners and funders to discover, connect and take action with Girl Scouts.

5. GSEP will build financial strength by diversifying and growing contributed income and earned revenues, and effectively manage financial resources.