BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 11 -- Members of Girl Scouts of USA
spent a day on location in Mumbai, India with actresses Adrienne Bailon,
Kiely Williams, Sabrina Bryan and Deepti Daryanani, stars of "The Cheetah
Girls One World," as voice of a joint enterprise between Disney Channel, the
#1 cable channel in primetime for kids age 6-14, and Girl Scouts, the
preeminent organization for girls age 5-17, to celebrate community service,
leadership, diversity and friendship. Highlights from their visit volition be
presented in "The Road to The Cheetah Girls One World" interstitial
premiering Friday, June 27 (throughout the afternoon and evening) on Disney
Channel. "The Cheetah Girls One World" premieres Friday, August 22 (8:00
p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
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While on the set, the Girls Scouts, each members of a senior cadet
scout group, shared their thoughts around community robert William Service and leadership
development. They learned about Indian finish and dance, met the movie's
choreographers Fatima Robinson, Joylene Frazer and Rujuta Vaidya, and
executive producer Debra Martin Chase wHO has carven out a genre of
empowerment movies for kids and families including "The Cheetah Girls,"
"The Princess Diaries" movies, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"
movies and "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella."
The Girl Scouts will present the "The Road to The Cheetah Girls One
World" at camp and council events and via regular communication with its
250 councils throughout the summer. The organization will also host
Bollywood-themed screening parties on Saturday, August 23 to cooccur with
the movie's premier weekend.
"It is exciting to be working with Disney Channel's The Cheetah Girls,"
said Laurel Richie, Chief Marketing Officer, Girl Scouts of the USA. "There
is so a great deal synergy betwixt what we do at Girl Scouts and the message of The
Cheetah Girls. They show our girls what you can achieve if you put your
mind to it."
"This initiative testament get the positive message of 'The Cheetah Girls'
movies, one that inspires girls to see their voltage, to millions of
Girl Scouts who accept the benefit of an organization with the same core
values," Frank Keating, Vice President, Marketing, Disney ABC Cable
Networks Group.
Actress and recording artist Adrienne Bailon, one of 50 million alumni
of Girl Scouts said, "I went to Girl Scout camp when I was growing up in
New York and I know the experience helped me learn to be self-sufficient
and positive in my abilities."
Filmed entirely on location in Udaipur, India, the nearly ambitious and
colorful installment of the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise, "The
Cheetah Girls One World," follows Chanel, Dorinda and Aqua as they unleash
their 'growl power' in India and pursue the probability of a lifetime: starring
roles in a Bollywood film. Despite the trials and tribulations they face,
the girls strive to maintain a positive position even when unforeseen
circumstances challenge the 'Cheetah Girls' credo.
About Girl Scouts
Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership
development organization for girls with 3.6 1000000 girl and adult members
worldwide. Girl Scouting is the leading authority on girls' healthy
development, and builds girls of braveness, confidence and character, wHO
make the world a better shoes. The arrangement serves girls from every
corner of the United States and its territories. Girls Scouts of the USA
also serves American girls and their classmates attention American or
international schools overseas in 90 countries. For more than information on how
to join, volunteer, reconnect or donate to Girl Scouts, call (800) GSUSA 4
U (800-478-7248) or visit hypertext transfer protocol://www.girlscouts.org.
About Disney Channel
Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family inclusive television
electronic network that lights-out into the world of kids and families through original
series and movies. Currently available on basic cable in over 95 million
U.S. homes and to millions of other viewing audience on 27 Disney Channels around
the world, Disney Channel is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group.
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