Rainbow girls enjoy many fun activities and have many opportunities to make lifelong friendships. Rainbow girls raise money for various charities through bake sales, dinners and car washes, and they extend themselves through service to their communities, churches and their sponsoring organizations. The activities in the life of a Rainbow girl are varied and numerous. The girls take part in community drives, some Assemblies work to furnish rooms in hospitals, adopt an orphan, buy wheelchairs for crippled children, look after needy families, put on benefits and care for the aged.

Rainbow girls earn merit awards for their activities and participation, and many scholarships are available for those seeking higher education. Rainbow girls develop important life skills through their involvement, such as public speaking, poise and maturity. Rainbow promotes personal growth, fellowship, and charity.

In addition to learning valuable character building lessons, Rainbow affords excellent leadership experience, public speaking opportunities, study skills, and organizational techniques. For example; each Worthy Advisor (the girl who serves as the head of her Assembly) is responsible for selecting her officers, planning her term, choosing service and charity projects, planning social events, preparing greetings and speeches for guests, and presiding during meetings.

Rainbow girls go on to become successful leaders in all fields of employment, such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, Supreme Court justices, judges, actresses, nurses, and engineers, to name just a few. Some former Rainbow girls you might recognize are Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, comedians Ruth Buzzi and Lily Tomlin, actress Lee Meriweather, and former Miss Americas Jane Jaroe and Chantelle Smith.

The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls is an organization whose goal is to teach young women of today:

• Love of home and family
• Membership and active participation in the church of your choice
• Importance of spending time in the out-of-doors
• Belief that even though our body dies our souls live on forever
• Loyalty to the Order and to the Rainbow Girl's family and friends
• Respect for the laws of our country and its flag
• Providing unselfish acts of service to our home, community, and sponsoring Orders.

The teachings are non-sectarian, based on the seven lessons taught to the girls at their initiation ceremony -- Love, Religion, Nature, Immortality, Fidelity, Patriotism and Service. There are also teachings of Faith, Hope and Charity. Taken together, the beautiful lessons of Rainbow guide a young girl into a better life.

The Ritual for the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls is a book of ceremonies used primarily for the Opening, Closing and Initiation ceremonies of a Rainbow Assembly. Members recite verses and passages from memory that are contained in the Ritual. As well, there is often floor work that accompanies the spoken word. The performance of floor work demonstrates each girl’s attention to detail and level of discipline. Sometimes friendly competitions are held for Ritual and floor work, providing a motivation and incentive for the girls to perform well in a supportive environment.