The Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. serves approximately 41,000 girls and over 17,700 adult members in 34 counties in the greater metropolitan Atlanta area, northwest Georgia and Polk County, TN. Counties include Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Murray, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup, Upson, Whitfield and a portion of Polk County, TN.  Its administrative headquarters and a volunteer service center are located at 1577 Northwest Expressway in Atlanta. Additional service centers are located in Dalton and Griffin.

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

The Girl Scout mission statement above was adopted in October 2005, at our national conference. Each word was crafted — during months of national debate and the teamwork of 100-plus council CEOs, Girl Scouts of the USA staff and board members, and GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS — to say exactly what Girl Scouting delivers in this new millennium. Why does Girl Scouts need a new Mission statement?