Juliette was living in Scotland when the war broke out and returned to the United States a year later. Her time in Great Britain gave her a close look at what Girl Guides did in service to the war effort and convinced her that Girl Scouts could play a similar role. Long before the United States joined the war, Girl Scouts did their part to support their Girl Guide sisters overseas by knitting garments for Belgian refugees, making dressings for wounds, and fundraising for the Red Cross. As Juliette and Dr. Abby Porter Leland, the national director of Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) in 1917, said in a letter to Girl Scout captains later that year, “The Scout laws and promise are of no value unless translated into deeds of real service.”