You ladies are GREAT!

thanks for all the encouragement...

i will be sure to let you know how it goes.


shopgirl, i havent been in it in a while either, but the ideals of the girlscouts remain unchanged. alot of the things that are taught, are how to make girls confident, individuals who are assertive and productive.

there is a girlscout webpage, for the life of me i cant find it! but ill post it when i can :)


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I was a girl scout from brownies up through cadette (Daisy's didn't exist at that point). My whole family was involved with scouting with my father being a boy scout leader and my mom being a volunteer and co leader of the brownie troop. I loved being a girl scout and hope to contact them once I'm done with grad school to see where I can volunteer - even if I don't have kids of my own.

Some of my favorite memories were the camping trips we did. Also, see if you can get a penpal exchange going with some Girl Guides overseas or at least with a Scout Troop in another state. That was a lot of fun being able to write letters (okay now emails) and learning about someone my age but with a whole different cultural experience.

My biggest suggestion would be to try to get the parents involved as much as possible with the troop. Especially see if you can get the moms to each volunteer at one event or meeting per month minimum. That way you're not always doing things by yourself

The national website is: www.girlscouts.org

BTW, I'm a lifetime member in the GSUSA. :)

I'm a lifetime member, who earned their Gold and Silver Awards, and is now an assistant leader!

Thanks for helping the next generation of women leaders!

My sister (also a KD) is a Daisy Troop Leader because her daughter is in the troop. Actually, they have moved up to Brownies now (1st grade)..seems like there's more of a commitment, but my sister is a fulltime mom.

One of the things that my sister has done is DELEGATE. She made at least 3 other mothers commit to be "co-leaders" and yet another mother is in charge of arranging the snacks (which is rotated among all the moms).

It's a lot of effort, but worth it! :)

BTW, there are probably some Yahoogroups or other listservs for troop leaders - you might want to look into that.

Good luck!