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Girl Scout Community Service Projects are Not Just for December

Community service projects for Girl Scouts are not just for December.  With Thanksgiving, Christmas and Chanukah comes the pleas for gifts, food and other kinds of donations to help families in need during this festive time of year. Of course, we all want to help out.  It is the compassionate thing to do.  We want …

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Girl Scout Troop Size-What Can You Handle? How Big is Too Big?

Last week our local Service Unit sent an email to all Girl Scout leaders asking us to please let new girls into our existing troops. It is sad that there are girls waiting to be placed into a troop.  I once answered the call when I first started my troop and out of three girls who …

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Get Organized with a Girl Scout Binder

Photo by Hannah Gold One way that I stay organized at the beginning of each scouting year is to put all of my paperwork into my Girl Scout binder.  I bought tabs and divided it into sections: Leader meeting notes and other Leader information Dues Summary Report Blanket Permission Forms Girl’s Health History Try-It Record …