Grant Halliburton Foundation partnered with Girl Scouts of North Texas to help girls build confidence, connection, and self-care skills through age-appropriate activities. Participants engage in movement-based activities that support confidence and emotional well-being.
Grant Halliburton Foundation recently partnered with the Girl Scouts of North Texas to support girls earning the organization’s new Body Appreciation badge, a program focused on confidence, self-care and healthy relationships with both body and mind.
The badge aligns closely with Grant Halliburton Foundation’s Road to Resilience programming, which helps young people build coping skills, emotional awareness and connection. Members of the Foundation’s education team met with Brownie and Daisy troops at the newly opened Girl Scouts Dream Lab in Flower Mound, where girls participated in interactive conversations and movement-based activities centered on confidence, self-care and caring of their bodies and brains.
“This partnership is about meeting girls where they are and giving them age-appropriate tools to build confidence and resilience early,” Kevin Hall, president of Grant Halliburton Foundation, said. “When we create spaces where young people feel comfortable talking about mental health and self-care, we help lay the groundwork for lifelong well-being.”
The Body Appreciation badge encourages girls to explore positive body image, confidence, and healthy habits through engaging, hands-on activities. During the sessions, participants discussed coping strategies, emotional connection and ways to support themselves and one another—reinforcing the idea that mental and physical health are closely connected.
“Programs like this give girls permission to talk openly about how they feel and to celebrate who they are,” Shauna Barnes, Thrive mental health manager, said. “We saw girls learning how to care for themselves, support their peers and recognize that their mental health matters just as much as their physical health.”
The Foundation plans to continue the collaboration with Girl Scouts of North Texas by offering similar programming at the new Dallas Dream Lab once it opens in January. In addition to this partnership, the Foundation has also delivered mental health presentations for individual Girl Scout troops serving high school–aged girls.
Through collaborations like this one, Grant Halliburton Foundation continues to expand its reach and provide developmentally appropriate mental health education to young people across North Texas.
By T.J. Griffin
Vice President of Communications