This February, members of Corinth Girl Scout troop 317 traveled to the State Capitol in Austin to lobby on behalf of HB 1451, a bill to regulate Texas puppy mills.

We are devastated by the catastrophe in Japan and, on a personal level, are deeply concerned about our sisters there, the Girl Scouts of Japan.

As we celebrate Girl Scout Week and our 99th anniversary, we are asking the community to take a deeper look at the Girl Scouts.

On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low, a 51-year-old widow in Savannah, Ga., summoned 18 girls to her house and launched Girl Scouts of the USA.