Leaders and girls can decide on any values they feel are appropriate and meaningful to the Girl Scout program.

To make this ceremony something special, you can use a ceremonial board such as the one shown here. Use electrical candles if lighted candles are not allowed in your meeting place.

The Girl Scout Trefoil could be a cutout covered with colored acetate and a light bulb could be mounted inside the box for effect.

Leader (pointing to the trefoil)
The emblem you see before you represents the Girl Scout program. The seven candles represent seven rays of sun. We will now tell you what each of the seven rays stand for.

Girls stand on each side of the board so it is visible to all. One candle is lit for each value as it is read.

1. Wisdom - Wisdom does not necessarily mean superior knowledge. It means putting to the right use the knowledge one possesses.
2. Courage - Courage is not the quality that enables people to meet danger without fear, it is being able to meet danger in spite of one’s fear.
3. Charity - Charity is not limited to donations to people less fortunate. It is acceptance of others even when you do not understand them.
4. Justice - Justice is the practice of dealing fairly with others without prejudice or regard to race, color, or creed.
5. Faith - Faith is the conviction that something unproved by physical science is true. A good example is when an eight year old said “Faith is when you turn on the light switch, you know the light will come on.”
6. Hope - Hope means to expect with confidence. Always hope for better things to come. A person without hope is of little help to herself or her community.
7. Love - There are many kinds of love - love of family, love of home, love of fellow humans, love of God and love of country. All of these loves are necessary for a full life.