About our Four Program Pillars

Girl Scouts programming is based on Four Pillars – Life Skills, STEM, Entrepreneurship, and the Outdoors. Together, these Four Pillars create a well-rounded experience for girls.

In 2021-2022, The Girl Scouts of Utah Council supported more than 4,000 Girl Scout experiences that were centered on one of these Four Pillars. These are in addition to Troop and Service-Unit organized activities.

Life Skills

Life skills programming helps Girl Scouts build a stronger sense of self, display more positive values, and gain the skills needed to overcome obstacles.

Our day-long Camp Fury event was a highlight in the Life Skills pillar last year, as 19 Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors learned about public safety careers. During the camp, Girls fought fire, learned self-defense, and gained CPR skills with the help of local firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians.

Another highlight was having four Girl Scouts from GSU join the GSUSA delegation at the 66th Commission on the Status of Women hosted by the United Nations. During this virtual experience (held on World Thinking Day) select Girl Scouts added their voices to those of other young women and teenagers around the world, learning how to create and advance public policy. The four Utah Girl Scouts prepared for more than two months to actively participate in the weeklong event that was themed, “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies, and programs.”

In 2021-2022, GSU also started a Girl Advisory Board (GAB). The group was comprised of older Girl Scouts with the goal to share their voices with the Board of Directors and to take on a leadership opportunity.

The year wrapped up with Girl Empowered, an event that featured various workshops with topics such as engineering, improvisational comedy, creative writing, and yoga/meditation. The event’s keynote was the award-winning, Salt Lake City-based journalist Danielle Susi, who spoke about Who you Are and What you Do. About 60 Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors participated.