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September 5, 2016 ·

Girl Scout Traditions: Investiture Ceremonies

Why not start your Girl Scout year out with an old Girl Scout tradition, the investiture ceremony? What’s that, you ask?

An investiture ceremony is a special ceremony held to officially welcome girls into the Girl Scout and Girl Guide family. For returning Girl Scouts this ceremony is sometimes called a rededication ceremony. Like most Girl Scout ceremonies, there are no formal requirements for investiture, but a typical investiture ceremony has two main parts: the girls make their “Girl Scout Promise,” and then receive (or are invested with) the symbols of Girl Scout membership, the Girl Scout and World Trefoil pins.

How you accomplish those two things in the ceremony can ...
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