Calling All Girl Scouts: Tell Your Story

Are you or were you a Girl Scout? The DuPage County Historical Museum wants to collect your story and photograph to include in an upcoming exhibit, Girl Scouts Our Promise: Then, Now and Forever, which will open Nov. 5. 

Current Girl Scouts or alumnae may visit the museum's Web site dupagemuseum.org, or the museum, 102 E. Wesley St., Wheaton, to pick up a questionnaire. Responses should be submitted to the museum and will be collected and displayed as part of this special exhibit. Visitors who submit a completed questionnaire are also asked to include a photo of themselves as a scout and/or a current photo. Original photos should not be sent because photos will not be returned.

The exhibit will open on Nov. 5, with a reception from 12-4 p.m., and will remain on display until April 30, 2012. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Current sponsors for this six-month exhibit include Quality Website Testing and Borter Heating and Cooling. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

The Girl Scouts of the USA were founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low. This exhibit will trace the highlights of the past 100 years using uniforms, photos and artifacts from the Girl Scouts collection.

Events planned during the run of the exhibit include:

• Making Girl Scout History Patch Program on Feb. 11, 2012; and
• Betsey Means will portray Juliette Gordon Low, at 1 p.m. March 10, 2012.

A special celebration is also scheduled for the 100th anniversary of the organization. Special tours and programs for Girl Scout troops and alumni are available. Please contact the museum for more information. The museum is free and open weekdays from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and weekends from 12-4 p.m.

For more information, contact Sara Buttita at 630-510-4956 or email sbuttita@wheatonparks.org.