Centenial Celebration: Greenwich Girls Scouts [VIDEO]

The balmy, sunny afternoon was made even brighter as more than 200 Greenwich Girl Scouts descended upon the front lawn of Greenwich Town Hall yesterday to mark the centennial anniversary of that organization's founding.

It was 100 years ago to the day that Juliette Low founded the Girl Guides—as they were known then—in Savannah, GA.

A look at the 100-year history of the organization—from a couple handfuls of girls in 1912 to about 3.2 million active members now—was brought to life by Greenwich girls from kindergarten to high school seniors. Alexandra Buss, a traveling Juliette Low ambassador, read a history of the organization, saying that Low created the organization to make the world a better place.

In Greenwich, the girls have certainly made that goal a reality. The service organization has volunteered nearly 4,000 hours in town making meals for the homeless, making and sending cards to veterans and troops serving overseas, conducting fashion shows for local senior citizens and cleaning town parks and beaches, according to Wendy Yu, the Girls Scout director who organized yesterday's event.

Girl Scout Service Unit Manager Cindy Zizzi told the girls they stood in good company. Former Girl Scouts include Secretaries of State Hilary Clinton, Madeline Albright and Condeleeza Rice; Olympic skater and former Greenwich resident Dorothy Hamill; astronauts Sally Ride and Christa MacAuliffe; media mavens Barbara Walters and Katie Couric; domestic diva Martha Stewart, and younger pop icons Mariah Carey and Taylor Swift.

In Greenwich, there are 46 troops with 500 girls participating. And yesterday nearly half those girls reaffirmed their Girl Scout promise, danced to Katy Perry's 'Firework' and celebrated Juliette Low's legacy. Yu quipped that the dance was probably "the first flash mob dance at town hall.''

Greenwich High School senior Alicia King who wore an original Girl Scout uniform said she enjoys the camaraderie and work the girls do.

The group filled the town hall front lawn with the Girl Scout friendship circle, capping the ceremony. The unity of scouting was demonstrated with the friendship circle being timed to end the ceremony with others being held throughout Connecticut.