Girl Scouts is a wonderful experience for girls and adults!
Come experience the fun, friendship and power of girls together! All girls grades K-12 are welcome. The Girl Scout Leadership Experience identifies three "keys" to leadership:
Discover: Girls understand themselves and their values an use their knowledge and skills to explore the world.
Connect: Girls care about, inspire and team with others locally and globally.
Take Action: girls act to make the world a better place.
All experiences in Girl Scouting incorporate the Discover, Connect and Take action keys to leadership. Girl Scout experiences are also girl led, encourage learning by doing, and cooperative learning. These three processes prompt the fun and friendship that have always been integral to Girl Scouting.
Purpose and Mission of Girl Scouting
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
The Promise |
The Law |
On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout law.
|
I will do my best to be
honest and fair,
friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do,
and to
respect myself and others,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.
|
Membership Requirements
The Girl Scouts are open to all girls and adults who accept the Girl Scout Promise and Law and meet membership requirements.
Anyone who meets or can meet membership requirements shall not be denied admission or access to the Girl Scout program because of race, color, ethnicity, creed, national origin, socioeconomic status or disability.
To Register for Girl Scouts: Girls in Girl Scouts have the opportunity to make new friends, go camping, do science experiments, help others, learn about careers, travel, mentor younger girls, canoe, hang out with other Girl Scouts, etc. You can dream, plan and carry out almost any adventure. If you’re ready to start your Girl Scout adventure right now, or if you want to learn more, e-mail potentialmember@comgirlscouts.org.
Membership as a Girl Scout is granted to any girl who:
- has made the Girl Scout Promise and accepted the Girl Scout Law.
- has paid annual membership dues, (Girl Scout membership year starts October 1 and ends September 30).
- meets applicable membership standards.
Membership as a Girl Scout adult is granted to any person who:
- accepts the principles and beliefs as stated in the Preamble of the Constitution,
- has paid annual or lifetime membership dues,
- meets applicable membership standards.
Lifetime membership as a Girl Scout adult is granted to any person (18 years of age or older or a high school graduate or equivalent) who:
- accepts the principles and beliefs as stated in the Preamble of the Constitution,
- has paid lifetime membership dues of 25 times the annual membership dues; lifetime membership dues of 13 times the annual membership dues shall be offered to any girl who is a registered Senior Girl Scout a the time of her high school graduation or equivalent, and be available to her before the girl's current membership expires;
- meets applicable membership standards.
Members of Girl Scouts pay $12* when they initially join Girl Scouts, and then $12* annually to renew their membership. The Girl Scout membership year starts October 1 and ends September 30.
*Effective for the 2009-2010 Girl
Scout Year.
Parent’s Pledge to Support the Troop
Our troop needs assistance from families and friends of all girls involved for the following ways:
- Act as assistant leader by helping plan/carryout troop meetings
- Provide transportation
- Provide assistance on trips and outings
- Help with telephone calls, paperwork, and record keeping
- Help write, type, or distribute monthly troop newsletter
- Provide photocopies of printed materials
- Assist with Girl Scout badge or patch activities -
- specific areas of interest
- Provide refreshments
- Conduct Annual Fund Campaign for our troop
- Coordinate product sales for our troop
- nut sale program cookie sale program
- Attend Girl Scout Leader meetings (service unit meetings) and take notes for leader
- Serve as first aider for our troop (certification required)
- Caring for younger children during meetings
- Share skills, interests or hobbies – specific skills
If you feel that you can help in any of the ways above and are willing to volunteer your time to do so, please e-mail potentialmember@comgirlscouts.org for more information.
|
