Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.

Research shows that girls look at leadership differently than boys.

Girls are twice as likely as boys to avoid leadership roles for fear of being deemed 'bossy' by their peers.

What gets posted online is not short term, and is open for easy misinterpretation. Messages and pictures spread faster through the Internet than they ever could by word of mouth.

Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.

Sometimes when I speak to groups or I'm interviewed by a journalist, I ask them to imagine their communities without Girl Scouts - to imagine the thousands of food drives and clothing and toy collections that would never take place if not for Girl Scouts.

Girls who lead turn in to women who thrive.