Motto – “Be Prepared.”

The oldest living Girl Scout is 102-year-old Marianne Elser Crowder, born in Colorado Springs in April 1906. “I don’t feel that old,” says Marianne. The Wagon Wheel Council named Crowder the nation’s oldest Girl Scout after it conducted a nationwide search and sifted through council archives. Scouting taught her lifelong skills and created lasting friendships. “We learned to cook, and we learned to make fires outside,” Crowder recalls. Sewing and first aid were among other skills she picked up from Girl Scouts. She remembers making bandages for soldiers during World War I. Her nickname was Zip. “I could run fast,” she explains.