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Article: Finding Their Voice; At a Girl Scout Singalong, the Message Is Refreshingly Real
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 10, 2007
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When she entered ninth grade, Macy Gutermuth carried with her a
dark secret. She lived in fear that her classmates would learn it
and that her social life in her Baltimore County town would come to
a screeching halt. The secret? Macy, now 16, was . . . still a Girl
Scout.
Yesterday, at the 95th anniversary party of Girl Scouts of the
USA, Gutermuth learned she was not alone. Really not alone.
An estimated 150,000 Girl Scouts from all 50 states descended on
the Mall for an afternoon singalong, capping off four days of
activities including Mystics and Nationals games. Kathleen Herles,
the voice of Dora the Explorer, led old campfire favorites from a
stage by the Washington Monument, some ...