Maggi: Strength Beyond the Obstacle

September 30, 2026

As Girl Scouts celebrates 100 years, Maggi Thorne finds herself thinking about the word "legacy"—and how sometimes, we don't recognize it while we're living it.

Girl Scouts gave her far more than childhood memories. She learned how to serve her community, lead, communicate, build relationships, and even had her earliest lessons in business development through cookie sales. Those skills grew right alongside her and followed her into adulthood.

And Maggi has certainly put those lessons to use. From building her career to appearing on American Ninja Warrior, she has continued to challenge herself, try new things, and push beyond what she thought was possible.

For National Women's Health and Fitness Day, we're celebrating another part of Maggi's story: the strength, confidence, and determination that have carried her through every new challenge.

She's also giving back to the next generation of Girl Scouts. Maggi created the BOW Patch Program, a GSSN patch program that encourages girls to discover their own strength and potential.

But one of the most meaningful parts of Maggi's Girl Scout story is her dad.

He jumped right into the middle of a big troop of girl in San Diego-Imperial County and showed up. Some of Maggi's most treasured memories aren't simply about what she did in Girl Scouts, but that her dad was there doing it with her.

Years later, Maggi's own daughters became Girl Scouts. What her dad had once invested in her, she was now sharing with her own children.

That is the power of investing in young people. You may never fully know how far that investment will travel.

One hundred years represents generations of girls carrying those lessons forward, and generations of parents, leaders, volunteers, and communities who chose to show up for them.

Sometimes, that's what legacy looks like. And Maggi is incredibly grateful Girl Scouts is part of hers.

100 years. Countless stories. One lasting legacy.