Adult Volunteers
Membership
All members:
- Share the Girl Scout Promise and Law
- Follow safety guidelines
- Must complete and submit the GSUSA Adult Registration Form
Each adult will fill out an application that includes reference and background checks. Followed by a personal interview, volunteers are officially appointed to a position. They must attend a "Welcome to Girl Scouting" orientation, job specific training and understand supervision and performance appraisal.They may choose to work with a troop, conduct workshops for adults, share a skill with a group of girls, join an adult volunteer team at the community level...Adults may help short-term or ongoing - an hour, a week, a month, a school year or a calendar year!
Application and background check authorization
References
Membership Planning Committee Packet
Adult Awards and Recognitions
Adult awards and recognitions are our opportunity each year to honor the exemplary achievements of volunteers who contribute so much to girls, the Overseas Committee, and the Girl Scout movement. We have always recognized a wide range of contributions with Overseas Committee and the community awards, as well as year pins. For more information see the USA Girl Scouts Overseas Adult Awards files.
Living in Europe, we also have the opportunity to achieve some special International Awards. For more information see the International Awards files.
Working with a troop is one way to get directly involved with girls!
Trained, caring adults are needed to help girls plan and carry out activities. Leaders invest time to attend training and to prepare for the safe, efficient management of a Girl Scout troop - other adults are needed to assist in various ways so that the best possible Girl Scout experience is provided.
Some of the ways you can offer to help a troop is to:
- Serve as a leader, or an assistant leader
- Organize Cookie Sale information
- Manage troop's Family Partnership Campaign
- Drive to events or field trips
- Help with special projects
- Assist with troop paperwork
Overseas Committee Management Team Positions
The Overseas Committee is composed of individuals who will conduct the administration function of Girl Scouts in a given community. The Overseas Committee Management Team is the steering committee of the Girl Scout community. They design, develop, carry out and evaluate the plans for and with the girls. Here are some position descriptions of these important team players.
Common to all the Overseas Committee Management Teams are:
- A commitment to provide Girl Scouting in compliance to the policies and standards of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
- Registered as a Girl Scout member for the year of appointment.
- The ability to work as a member of a team.
- The ability to work with a wide variety of people.