Why I'm a Leader

Thanks very much to Wendy Baker, who e-mailed me this poem!

I'm not a Girl Scout leader for the easy hours, high pay, parents' gratitude, power or prestige.

I'm a Leader because I want the world for your Daughter and mine - A world she can share and help shape: a world of love and laughter where she can show compassion.

I want to help her learn to finish anything she starts and do it well and to guide her to know her worth with a deeper understanding of herself.

I want to help shape women who have strength of character and are sensitive to the needs of others.

I want them to be the best they can be - whether as career women or as homemakers, wives and mothers who are the hearts of the family.

In giving of my time and myself I reap rewards far beyond what I give. I receive a better world for my children and future generations.

I'm a Girl Scout Leader because I care.

Author Unknown


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