| Melinda Caroll | |
| Birth Name: | Linda Carol Smith |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1952 |
| Origin: | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Instrument: | Vocals, guitar |
| Occupation: | Singer, composer, producer |
| Years Active: | 1970–present |
Melinda Caroll (born April 4, 1952, Jacksonville, Florida) is a singer, composer, record producer, recording artist, and lifetime Member of Girl Scouts. She has created and produced music for Girl Scouts since 1989.
One Warm Coat started out in 1992 as a Thanksgiving Weekend coat drive in San Francisco. Since then, more than 1 million coats have been donated in thousands of local communities across North America. The "warm coats" theme came about when Caroll was asked by One Warm Coat to create a theme song about the charitable project.
Caroll has performed live before hundreds of thousands of Girl Scouts and has played for distinguished guests including members of the United States Congress, Secretary of State, Colin Powell and members of the President's cabinet when her song, Every Girl, Everywhere, debuted at the Girl Scouts' 90th Birthday celebration Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington DC on March 12, 2002.
In 2012, her composition Ignite was chosen as theme song for the 100th Anniversary Celebration of Girl Scouts USA.
Caroll is a lifetime member of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. She resides in Maui.
Caroll is the artistic director of When We Shine, a non-profit network of multimedia artists.[1] In 2018, Caroll led the children of Pōmaikaʻi Elementary School in Kahului, Hawaii through the entire process of creating a CD called Songs for Change.[2]
| Year | Album | |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Road to Paradise | |
| 1990 | Great Fires of Our Time[3] | |
| 1995 | The Giving Tree | |
| 1997 | We Change the World, Vol. 1 | |
| 1998 | Vol. 2 The Wind Beneath Our Wings | |
| 1999 | A World of Peace | |
| 2000 | Brownies Growing Strong, Vol. 3 | |
| 2001 | Celebrate Together, Vol. 4 | |
| 2002 | Camp Songs for Every Girl, Everywhere, Vol. 5 | |
| 2002 | Pele's Dream | |
| 2003 | Little Happy Campers, Vol. 6 | |
| 2004 | We Are Family, Vol. 7 | |
| 2005 | Fur, Feathers and Fun, Vol. 8 | |
| 2006 | The Highlights, Vol. 9 | |
| 2008 | Make the World a Better Place, Vol. 10 | |
| 2010 | Amazing Daisies, Vol. 11 | |
| 2014 | Dance and Sing, IGNITE Your Dream, Vol. 12 | |
| 2014 | It's Your Story, Vol. 1, One Voice in the World, |