Some Long Island girls are opting for Scouting America over Girl Scouts for reasons including a focus on the outdoors.

“I was a Girl Scout and we did things on our own, and I earned badges, but I wanted to go camping and hiking and learn first-aid and do all those things that boys are doing,” she sai ...

Girl Scout Cookie season is officially underway ... Later this year, they’ll head to Mitre Peak near Fort Davis for a trip filled with hiking, bonding, and team-building activities.

According to the Girl Scouts of the USA, the very first Girl Scout Cookie fundraiser took place in 1917, in Muskogee, Oklahoma when the Girl Scouts of the Mistletoe Troop baked homemade cookies and ...