Vintage Girl Scout Online Museum
About Me
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Hi, my name is Nancy White and this is my website.
(Like many poor kids,
I am wearing a mixed uniform that my mom probably got at the thrift shop. The
uniform with the Brownie emblem on the pocket did not have the orange tie. I
was very aware of this, even at that young age. I wanted SO much to have the
new uniform with all the proper stuff, but alas, it was not to be.)
I wanted to join
the first time I saw a girl in a Brownie Girl Scout uniform. I didn't know what
Girl Scouting was, I just knew I wanted to join and wear one of those uniforms.
Problem was, I was only in kindergarten and back then, you had to wait until you
were in the second grade!
A mid-summer move to Lakeside, CA (San Diego-Imperial GSC) left me without my
troop. I joined a local troop, but I did
 not transition well. The leader's
daughter was the Patrol Leader and was a bit of a bully. The leader lost
interest, as well as badge paperwork soon after our only campout. I never
returned. Once I became an mother of a bouncing baby girl I got in to volunteering with Girl Scouts. I was a Brownie (Hoosier Capital GSC) and Junior Leader (Bluebonnet GSC), a Cadette Co-Leader (Pacific Peaks GSC), as well as Service Unit Registrar, SU Cookie/Calendar Manager, Quartermaster of Supplies at our GS Hut, all the while moving every few years with the military. Once we settled at Pacific Peaks GSC I got serious with my volunteer work and became a Council Trainer (Master Level), SU delegate and began working as a Membership Specialist, Receptionist and Store Clerk at our local satellite office. An overseas move to NORAGS (North Atlantic GSC) found me volunteering as the Service Unit Treasurer - something they don't do stateside. Back into the Bluebonnet GSC I found a wonderful summer job as the Camp Nurse at the resident camp. I spent 3 years with the Nation's Capitol GSC as a SU Registrar and Council Trainer. Then I spent 2 years at the Pines of Carolina GSC, spending one glorious summer as the Camp Nurse at Camp Mary Atkinson. Being a military family, we moved again in 2004 back to Pacific Peaks GSC.
I began
collecting Girl Scout memorabilia without realizing it. One day I found an old
handbook in the 25 cent bin at the Goodwill. I adopted the book, more than
bought it. Soon I was picking up old uniforms, handbooks and such not really
thinking of what I was going to do with it all. My sister donated her sash to
the cause, as did many other wonderful people. Every military move made me
realize how many boxes were marked "GS". Now that my kids are grown (I'm a
grandma) I'm able to display some of this things in my home office. While
searching the internet one day, I found myself daydreaming of an online web site
that shared GS information with other collectors - and the Vintage Girl Scout
Online Museum was born.
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So many people
have emailed asking my personal history with Girl Scouting. I must say, looking
back, it's been a long and probably fairly dull history ... you're welcomed to
read about it here if you like. 
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when I reached Juniors. 
