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Introduction of the RRI Team and its objectives
• Promote religious recognitions programs
• Provide information, not religious instruction
• Serve as a resource to Girl Scout leaders
• Encourage Girl Scout leaders to inform girls of the religious recognitions programs

What are “religious recognitions programs?”
• Created by the national religious organizations/committees
• Recognized by GSUSA
• Include recognitions or pins that are approved for wear on the official Girl Scout uniform
• Encourage girls and young women to become more active members in their own religious groups, and encourage spiritual development by providing specific religious instruction

Why promote Religious Recognitions Programs?
• The Preamble to the GSUSA Constitution states that “the motivating force in Girl Scouting is a spiritual one” and that Girl Scouts are “united by a belief in God.”
• Religious recognitions programs can help provide a spiritual component to the Girl Scout program
• Religious recognitions programs promote many of the same values that are integral to Girl Scouting
• Religious recognitions programs help develop positive assets in girls and young women
• The results of a study commissioned by GSUSA, Girl Scouts: Who We Are, What We Think, found that girls who were members of both Girl Scouting and a religious institution made better moral decisions than girls who were members of only one organization.

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