Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit is affiliated with Girl Scouts of the USA, the preeminent organization and leading authority on girls. GSMD is the largest mentor of girls in the Metro Detroit area and among the largest Girl Scout councils in the United States, providing developmental programs and activities for some 32,000 girls ages 5-17. In Girl Scouting, with its special “girls-only” environment, girls discover the fun, friendship, and power of girls together. Through a variety of contemporary and traditional programs, Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.