Girl Scout Pathways

Girl Scouts of Maine is hard at work on a whole new approach to making sure that everyone can participate in Girl Scouting. Girls (and adults too!) can choose from flexible ways to participate, offering the freedom to tailor their Girl Scout experience to fit their schedule and lifestyle.

Girls can choose any one, all or some of the options - camp, events, series, troop, travel and virtual - within a single membership year!
Which path will YOU take?

CAMP: Camp pathway features day, weekend and resident experiences that introduce and explore the out-of-doors.

Day camp (girls grades K and up) typically meet for at least three consecutive days for four or more hours. The occasional overnight may be offered.

Weekend camp (girls grades K and up) - typically meet for two or three days with overnights.

Resident camp (girls grades K and up) - typically lasts 3-14 days, where campers live at the program site for the duration of the session. Resident camp is typically delivered by seasonal staff during the summer season.

EVENTS: Events pathway is a standalone program offerings! For example, girls might attend a career event or a leadership conference. The primary difference between events and all other pathways is that different girls are participating in each event.

SERIES: Series offerings are a sequence of linked, cumulative program sessions that relate to a specific theme or purpose for a short duration. Each girl chooses to participate in the entire series as a complete program packages. Series may be short-term (such as six days of two-hour daily meetings) or long-term (meeting every two weeks for twelve weeks), but is always shorter than an academic year.

TRAVEL: Travel pathway offers girls leadership opportunities and cross-cultural understanding through local, regional, national and international travel. Girls prepare, plan, money-earn and participate through group travel, council-sponsored trips or nationally sponsored excursions.

TROOP: Troop pathway offers the groups of girls the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities, usually over the span of 9-12 months, under the guidance of a troop leader. Girls may join at any time during the year.

VIRTUAL: Virtual pathway is an online Girl Scout community that provides girls with the opportunity to participate in Girl Scouting wherever they are located! Participation is through a web-based platform includes interactive and high-quality program activities in a safe, secure online environment. (Virtual pathway is coming soon!)