Girls ages 5 to 17 can sign up for Girl Scouts from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The annual membership rally will be at the Girl Scout House at Mike Sansone Community Park, 1702 N. Park Road, south of Interstate 4. Light refreshments will be served, and girls may take part in craft-making. ...more

September 6, 2009

Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida Inc. will hold a recruitment event from 2 - 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 at 442 Eucalyptus St. in Sebring. ...more

August 14, 2009

A celebration that traces its roots back to 1973 will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Springhead Community Park. ...more

August 9, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG Vintage Girl Scout memorabilia dating from the 1910s will be on display at the St. Petersburg Museum of History through Oct. 4. ...more

May 11, 2009

The Girl Scouts of West Central Florida wrapped up their cookie program March 29. Proceeds support nearly 30,000 local Girl Scouts, helping to build girls of courage, confidence and character. ...more

April 8, 2009

The recession is biting into Girl Scouts' cookie sales. In the Tampa Bay area, preorders (sales to families and friends) came in at 131,000 cases, a drop of about 3 percent from last year, said Susan Barnes, a spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. ...more

February 25, 2009

The recession is taking its toll on your Thin Mints. ...more

February 24, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The United School Employees of Pasco will lead an effort Saturday to clean up Mount Carmel Cemetery, where some of the county's early black settlers are buried. ...more

February 20, 2009

It's that time again. Through March 22, Girl Scouts will be peddling your favorite cookie predilections, including perennials such as Thin Mints, Samoas and Do-Si-Dos. Proceeds support nearly 30,000 Girl Scouts in the community. ...more

February 18, 2009

Girl Scout cookie season is a month away, and Kim Longo had hoped local troops would be able to set up shop at the new Shops at Wiregrass mall. ...more

January 30, 2009