Ten thousand Girl Scouts from the St. Louis region recently gathered at the Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis University, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts of America. The day’s activities included painting murals on both sides of a St. Louis Metro bus.

“We are thrilled to be working with Metro St. Louis on a project that is fun for our older girls, a great way to tell our story to the community, and an opportunity to invite everyone to celebrate our 100th anniversary all year long,” said Donna Martin, chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri.

Illustrator and graphic artist Steve Edwards designed the bus murals. “We’ll paint green, blue, and magenta girls all carrying the Girl Scout ‘100’ together. Just as each face is lit by the colors of the younger and older faces that surround it, we each carry a little bit of everyone else inside of us,” he explained. “Our community is strengthened both by what we have in common and by what makes us different. We can learn from one another, we can build one another up in ways that surprise us all, and we can celebrate our next century together.”

The mural will remain on the MetroBus for one year, serving various routes around the St. Louis area.