There is a saying that goes, "the outing in Scouting keeps the girl in," and in Judy Weaver's case, this is true. In 1946, a Girl Scout troop had just started at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Lancaster. Weaver, then 7 years old and a student at Sacred Heart, joined Brownies. Since then, she never left Girl Scouts.

When Weaver, now a resident of Lancaster city, transitioned from Brownies to Intermediates, her leader took the troop camping, and Weaver became fascinated with the outdoors and learning different skills. Camping was her favorite part of Girl Scouts.

When Weaver was a 10th-grader, Weaver's troop leader quit, which forced the troop to break up. Mary Fry, another troop leader of fifth- and sixth-graders, asked Weaver to join the troop as a junior assistant leader. The first year went very well, but when Fry attempted to sign Weaver up as an assistant for a second year, the request was denied because Weaver was too young. Fry found Weaver another troop to join. This troop had been planning a trip to Canada for the past year and voted for Weaver to join them. For a fundraiser, members made and sold vegetable soup. "We earned a lot of money selling our vegetable soup, and it was really good!" exclaimed Weaver.

After graduating high school, Weaver was finally old enough to be an assistant leader, so she returned to Fry's troop and stayed with them for seven years. When Girl Scouts introduced a Cadet age group, Weaver left Fry's troop to become a Cadet leader.

"I call myself an informal teacher," said Weaver. "I love teaching kids. I never went to school to become a teacher, but I worked at a day care for 20 years." As troop leader, Weaver particularly enjoyed teaching outdoors skills, sitting around campfires, singing songs, and teaching astronomy, which was a hobby of hers.

Raising five children didn't keep Weaver away from Girl Scouts. Although on a smaller scale, she was still involved. Her three sons were Boy Scouts and her two daughters were Girl Scouts. "My husband used to say to me, 'How long are you going to do this for?' and I would say, 'For as long as I can walk!'" recalled Weaver.

Weaver currently serves as an assistant leader for Nataline Walker's Daisy troop in Lancaster.

"Judy is amazing, wonderful, she's always there when I need her, and she never says no when it comes to Girl Scouts," stated Walker. "Judy is like the Energizer battery: She keeps going, going, and going. The girls and I love her very much."