98-year-old woman has been a Girl Scout for over 80 years: 'It’s been a wonderful organization'

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Veronica 'Ronnie' Backenstoe recounts her love for the Girl Scouts and some of her fondest memories.

One Pennsylvania Girl Scout is the epitome of “once you’re a scout, you’re always a scout,” as she has spent 88 years serving with the community service organization.

“Well, I had two older brothers, who were Boy Scouts and my father was their scoutmaster. So every week when they’d get on their uniforms and go out the door, I’d go to my mother [and ask], ‘when can I join the Girl Scouts?’ Backenstoe tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “And she’d say, ‘when you’re 10 years old.’”

“Well we decided by selling cookies we could make a lot more money,” she says. “But we did not believe in Girl Scouts going out and asking for money. So we put the cookies there and [we’d] give you cookies for your money.” “We had parades, oh, they had everything! It was just lovely,” Backenstoe says. “We all brought our own flags, but I met girls there that I still correspond with. [Girls] from Australia and New Zealand, they’ve married in the meantime, they’ve come and stayed at my house many times. We’d meet them at the airport and they’ve brought their children. [I’ve corresponded with girls] also from England and people in Italy, and just all over. And it’s just wonderful.

 

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