Date: Sat Nov 08, 10:00 AM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT
Category:
- Entrepreneurship,
- STEM,
- College Readiness,
- Life Skills,
- Creative Arts
Level:
- Cadettes,
- Seniors,
- Volunteers,
- Ambassadors,
- Juniors
Sold Out!
Event Description
Girl Scouts in grades 5-12 are invited to join GSMISTS for the 2025 Girl Scout Leadership Conference. Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Michigan will come together and participate in small group mentoring and Q&A sessions to earn the Courage to Grow limited edition patch.
This program focuses on Girl Scouts meeting and collaborating with new girls from across our council, as well as learning from women mentors in leadership who make a difference and serve as important mentors to young people in our community.
New for the 2025 Girl Scout Leadership Conference:
- A dynamic panel of incredible Women of Distinction who are
all Girl Scout Alumnae.
- Rather than one keynote speaker, we're elevating the
experience with a dynamic panel of four incredible Women of
Distinction-each a trailblazer in her field and each
representing one of the four career tracks:
- Arts & Media
- Tech & Health
- Business & Law
- Community & Education
- Moderated by the notable Maranda of WOODTV, this powerful panel is set to inspire, empower, and ignite curiosity.
- Girl Scouts will hear firsthand about journeys of courage, confidence, and career discovery-and be inspired to embrace their "Courage to Grow" as they navigate their own paths and rise into leadership.
- Rather than one keynote speaker, we're elevating the
experience with a dynamic panel of four incredible Women of
Distinction-each a trailblazer in her field and each
representing one of the four career tracks:
- New women mentors representing a variety of fields and industries.
Attending adults will not participate in the mentor sessions. They will participate in programming developed intentionally to grow their own leadership abilities, including:
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- Two leadership development opportunities, facilitated by experts in their fields.
- Peer to Peer Roundtable Learning Sessions
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Date: November 8, 2025
Time: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
5th grade Juniors - Ambassadors and Adult Volunteers
You must be registered for the 2025-2026 Girl Scout membership year before registering for the 2025 Girl Scout Leadership Conference.
This is not a drop-off program; however, space is limited. To serve as many Girl Scouts as possible, please do not register more adults than needed for appropriate troop ratio.
2025 Girl Scout Leadership Conference Early Bird Registration
August 1 - 31, 2025
$15 per Girl Scout
$20 per Out of Council Girl Scout
$15 per Adult
$20 per Out of Council Adult
2025 Girl Scout Leadership Conference On Time Registration
September 1 to October 20, 2025
$20 per Girl Scout
$25 per Out of Council Girl Scout
$20 per Adult
$25 per Out of Council Adult
Price includes:
- Conference
- Light breakfast and boxed lunch
- Swag Bag, including conference workbook
- Courage to Grow patch
- Access to 360 Photo Booth
- Access to GSMISTS Pop-Up Shop
- Admission to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Limited dietary accommodation is available. Must be included on registration.
Coach transportation from Traverse City is available. Select the session for transportation at the time registration. This option cannot be added once registration is completed.
Transportation itinerary: Depart Traverse City: 7:00am
Estimated return to Traverse City: 7:30pm
Overnight accomodations at Betsy Cutler House available prior to or after conference.
Registration closes on October 20, 2025 or when maximum event capacity has been reached.
Event Supervision
Troops are encouraged to register in one submission and must attend in proper troop ratio. Juliettes may register with a parent/guardian. All adults and girls attending must be registered for the 2025/26 membership year.
This is not a drop-off program; however, space is limited. To serve as many Girl Scouts as possible, please do not register more adults than needed for appropriate troop ratio.
Registration, Cancellation, Refund, Transfer Info
Troops are encouraged to register for this event
together through the Troop Leader's MyGS account.
Juliettes who are attending individually should register for this
event through their parent/guardian's MyGS account.
Events are first-come, first-served and are open until the
registration deadline or the event capacity has been
reached. GSMISTS is unable to maintain waiting
lists.
If the event is cancelled by GSMISTS a 100% refund
will be issued.
Event registrations are non-refundable. In the event a girl/adult can no longer attend the program, registration may be swapped to another attendee. Contact customercare@gsmists.org.
