To earn this badge you have to meet people who work at night and hold a nighttime party. Then, upon proof of completion, you can add this badge to your sash or vest. Go camping. Outside of spending weekly or monthly meetings with your troop, going camping is a great way to make new friends and experience new things. Even if you aren't going with your troop, you can attend a Girl Scout camp all on your own. At camp, you'll go on nature walks, play games, make arts and crafts, and learn useful skills like how to build a campfire, fish, pitch a tent, go horseback riding, and even go canoeing.
There are different kinds of camps as well, for example, day camps, weekend camps, and weekly camps. The main things you need for the Girl Scout uniform are the Girl Scout vest, sash, or tunic for your level. Each of these items can be purchased online through the Girl Scouts website. Not Helpful 5 Helpful Do I need to volunteer for the Girl Scouts as a parent if my child joins them? While parent volunteers are always needed and welcomed, there is no requirement for you to do so. Not Helpful 1 Helpful If you can't find a troop, try contacting the local Girl Scout Council in your area.
You can find your local council on the Girl Scouts website. However, if your council can't help you, try calling the national line at There are events going on all year, so anytime is a great time to join. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 9. Try to convince your dad by telling him how responsible you are, and explaining that you want to learn to be even more responsible by joining the Girl Scouts.
If that doesn't work, ask your mom to help you convince him. Not Helpful 6 Helpful She can register as an adult member and either start a troop or possibly become co-leader of a troop that is already established. She could also be one of the other parent volunteers needed, like a cookie parent, parent helper or any other volunteer slot available.
Not Helpful 1 Helpful 8. You could apply for financial aid for the membership fees, and try to locate a vest or sash at a thrift store or online. You also may be able to talk to the leader about a way to reduce your dues if you are unable to pay them. Not Helpful 3 Helpful 7. Contact your local council to discuss the options and resources available in your area. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 5. Brownies are for 2nd and 3rd graders. An 11 year old should join a cadets troop.
Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3. Yes, the Girl Scout troop do allow transgender people, Specifically, transgender girls. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 5.
Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Girl Scouting should be fun for you! As I finished this, memories flashed back,. Opportunities to help and be helped are things to be cherished.
Helping other people is always humbling and heartwarming. Helping people make each and everyone. In a blink of an eye, it has already been 5 years since I first joined the Girl.
Re-subscribe : If you wish to resubscribe again later — or if you are not receiving email and would like to — please contact our Customer Care team by clicking the Contact Us link at the top of the site or calling To accommodate girls of varying faiths in saying the Girl Scout promise, volunteers are responsible for being sensitive to the spiritual beliefs of all girls, making sure that everyone in the group feels comfortable and included in Girl Scouting.
Individual girls may substitute the word "God" in the Promise with whatever word is applicable to the girl's spiritual beliefs, but, like the Pledge of Allegiance, the official Girl Scout Promise includes the word "God" in both its spoken and written form.
Girls and volunteers cannot be excluded from activities based on race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, creed, national origin, marital or socioeconomic status, disability, or age. Girl Scouts is an inclusive organization. Girl Scouts of Central Texas is committed to having its membership reflect the diversity of population groups within its jurisdiction. Below are some suggestions for how to get your needs met as quickly as possible when you contact our Customer Care team for support:.
Girl Scout membership dues go directly to Girl Scouts of the USA each year; girls receive all the benefits of being a member of a national organization. Currently there are 2. All members girl and adult pay membership dues annually. The membership year runs from October 1 through September Girls must be going into K— 12 th grades in the fall to purchase this membership. When you register your daughter online, you will be asked to enter your zip code and the available troops in that area will be displayed for you to select from.
These troops may be established or may still be forming, needing more girls or adult volunteers. If a troop has a troop leader, you should be contacted shortly by that troop leader to get started. If you can't find a troop that works for your daughter, you can still complete the registration process by selecting "Apply to participate without a troop" or "Apply to start your own". You can then reach out to Customer Care. A staff member will be happy to help find the right troop for your daughter or assist in setting up the new troop.
Any girl in K grade can join Girl Scouts. In order to begin, a girl must be in Kindergarten. We are so excited that parents are interested in getting their daughters involved right away and can't wait to have them as brand new Daisies once they are old enough to join!
Anyone who wants to participate in activities such as trips, events, or meetings must be registered. To renew membership, go to www. For a new membership, go to www. For a girl membership, you will be prompted to select a troop for your daughter based on your location or school.
Become a member yourself and sign up to volunteer! We encourage you not to wait until there is a troop before you sign your girl up. When you sign your girl up for Girl Scouts, you can choose the troop that will best suit your family. If the troop is forming, we will need adult volunteers in order for it to start meeting. When you click join on our website , you will be taken to the Participation Catalog which lists all the troops available by location.
The best way to search is to search by zip code and then scroll through the selections until you find the school or location of the troop you want your daughter placed in.
If the listing shows that adult volunteers are needed, this means that we still need adult volunteers before we can form the troop. Consider signing up as a volunteer and helping out with your girl's troop. Financial Assistance can be requested when registering a girl for a membership by checking the financial aid box when "checking out" their registration cart. Individuals can click the "Financial Assistance Policy" next to the financial aid checkbox to be directed to the Financial Assistance for Membership form.
Customers should then fill out the Financial Assistance for Membership form. A staff member will review the request and then notify the customer if the financial assistance has been granted and also complete the individual's Girl Scout registration.
What your daughter needs to begin her Girl Scouting experience is a Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting, a sash or vest, membership pins, and troop numbers. Go to the online shop to see options and prices. Click on " My GS " on our website and log into your household account to renew a girl or adult membership.
To register a new member to your troop: Log into " My GS " and go to your troop roster. Scroll to the bottom of the roster and click on "Register a new Troop Member. Under Member Details, check the boxes on the left of each person you wish to renew. Alternately, if all girls and adults are renewing, check "Select All" at the top of the Girl and Adult rosters. If you are unsure if someone is planning to return, leave the check box blank. If you know that someone is definitely not planning to return, you can check "Not returning" next to their name.
Scroll to the top of the Member Details section and click on the green "Renew" button to continue to the payment screen. While the majority of memberships can be handled online, there is an exception that must be taken care of using the traditional paper method:.
Checks, Money Orders, Cash - These cannot be accepted online. Note: Paper forms take much longer to process than those completed online and may delay membership information from appearing on a troop's roster. Lifetime Membership is available to any individual who accepts the principles and beliefs of the Girl Scout Movement, pays the one-time Lifetime Membership fee, and is 18 years of age or older. When you become a Lifetime Member, your dues are used to support the Lifetime Membership Endowment Fund, which supports programming for girls in STEM, the outdoors, entrepreneurship, and life skills—areas essential for preparing them to lead a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success.
Lifetime Membership fees are generally considered tax-deductible. A current adult member may choose to upgrade to a Lifetime Membership at any time through their membership portal, " My GS ", including during membership renewal time periods. This price includes membership for the current and following year. This option gives families a one-time incentive to have their girls start Girl Scouts in the summer perhaps registering for a camp and then continue participation into the fall for a troop experience.
The "Extended Year" option is available online from April 1 through July 1 each year and registers the new member for the remainder of the current membership year and all of the next membership year. This membership is only available to new adults and to new girls who are currently in grades K This option is not available for renewing members, as their current membership already covers participation for the summer.
Membership dues are non-transferrable and therefore cannot be transferred to another member or another membership year. All troop transfer requests should be submitted by using the Troop Transfer Request Form. This form will expedite transfers from one troop to another within Girl Scouts of Central Texas.
Please fill out this form separately for each individual needing to be transferred. If you need to have memberships transferred from another Girl Scout Council and into GSCTX please contact your old council to initiate the transfer process. Your former council will need the following information for any member s transferring INTO GSCTX: Each member's full name indicate Girl or Adult , date of birth, former home address including zip code, current home address and zip code, email address, and current phone number optional.
If you need assistance from GSCTX with this process, please fill out the Contact Us form and include all demographic information listed above. Please include each member's full name indicate Girl or Adult , date of birth, current home address including zip code, new home address and zip code, email address.
We have lots of great Spring Renewal incentives! For details, visit our renew page. To use Program Credits for membership renewal, simply log into " MyGS ", follow the prompts to renew your Girl Scout's membership, and select 'program credits' as the payment method at checkout.
You will not be asked to provide a card number. Yes, Girl Scouts who earned Program Credits during the Cookie Season, or who have funds in a Carryover Account, can use them to gift a Girl Scout membership or renewal to a friend or sister from April 1, through June 30, Program Credits cannot be used to gift a membership to an adult.
To gift a membership to a friend or sister, please complete the Program Credit Request From and select 'gift a membership' as the option in the first question. You will be asked for the name of the girl receiving the gifted membership. The girl receiving the gift should visit our join page and complete her membership selecting 'apply for financial assistance' as the payment method at checkout.
She will not be asked to provide a card number. Our staff will match the request from the gifter with the registration request from the recipient and complete the registration. We will reach out if an additional form of payment is needed.
Yes, if your Girl Scout has funds in a Carryover Account, she can use these for membership renewal or to gift a membership to a friend. The same processes and deadlines apply as with current Program Credits. Yes, Program Credits can be used to defray the cost of membership renewal even if the Girl Scout does not have enough to cover the full amount.
If your Girl Scout's Program Credit balance is not enough to cover the cost of her membership renewal or gifted membership, our staff will reach out for another form of payment to cover the balance. Please note that the membership is not considered complete and active until this additional balance is paid. Girl Scouts of Central Texas' goal is to make Girl Scouts accessible to all girls who want to participate.
More information on financial assistance and financial partnerships is available at www. Please note that active Program Credits will be used first prior to applying financial assistance to membership renewal. The new Volunteer Systems 2. Simply log into " MyGS ", renew memberships for those girls in your troop who are continuing, and select 'program credits' as the payment method for those girls who earned them during the Cookie Season or who have Carryover Funds from previous years and 'credit card' for those who did not.
You will not be asked to provide Program Credit card numbers. To be eligible, you must have been a registered Girl Scout girl member for at least one membership year, be at least 18 years old or a high school graduate or equivalent , and be under the age of To purchase your Young Alum Lifetime Membership, simply log into " MyGS ", the Young Alum Lifetime Membership will show as a membership option if you are eligible, add it to your cart, and select 'program credits' as the payment method at checkout.
Troop leaders are the lifeblood of Girl Scouts, shaping the future of the girls they lead. We don't want the cost of renewing to be a barrier for our troop leaders to continue to provide girls in their troops with encouragement, go-getting spirit, and guidance next year in Girl Scouts!
To take advantage of this incentive, simply go to www. GSCTX staff will process your membership renewal in the back office and notify you when it is complete. Troop leaders who run "traditional troops" may take advantage of council's offer to pay for their membership renewal.
The only requirement is that you must renew into at least one troop leader role. Service Unit volunteers who also serve in a troop leader role are eligible to take advantage of this offer. Community troop leaders running troops on behalf of council outreach programs are not eligible for this offer.
Thank you for being thoughtful and ensuring GSCTX has the resources to cover all troop leaders who would like to take advantage of this opportunity. The Troop Leader Complimentary Renewal incentive is not an automatic process.
If you would like to pay for your renewal, simply log into " MyGS ", follow the prompts to renew your adult membership, and complete the payment information during checkout. We are excited that you are interested in becoming a Girl Scout leader! The Troop Leader Complimentary Renewal incentive is only for current troop leaders renewing their role.
However, if you are concerned about the cost of membership, please reach out to our Customer Care Team at www. They can provide you with additional resources and forms of assistance. Unfortunately, once a membership renewal is completed, we are not able to process a refund and change the payment method. No, while we would love to help all girls and troop leaders, our Spring Renewal incentives are only for current members of Girl Scouts of Central Texas.
Protecting the girls and young women in our care as well as the Girl Scout Movement is top priority, and screenings and checks are integral parts of our due diligence process and risk management policy. Background screening is the process of authenticating the information supplied by an applicant.
At Girl Scouts, the screening of volunteers includes background checks, which are performed by Sterling Volunteers, an independent, third-party agency. For more information, please visit our Criminal Background Check page.
For more detailed information about the criminal background check process, the Criminal Background FAQ document is now available.
If additional assistance is needed, please reach out to our Customer Care team. Background checks are required for volunteers every three years, with the exception of camp volunteers, who require a criminal background check annually. Once an invitation to complete a background check is "answered" by a volunteer, our third party background check vendor generally takes an average of business days to complete the background check report.
In certain special circumstances, the process can take longer. Always allow yourself several weeks before a criminal background check is needed to get it completed. We offer a wide variety of program events, volunteer training, and camping experiences. All of these can be found on the Event List and Event Calendar. Registration for the majority of our events is in our new registration system, gsEvents. However, a few specialty events, and our property reservations, remain in our old registration system, Doubleknot.
It is integrated with MyGS so you will log in with the same email address and password that you used when purchasing your Girl Scout membership. This also means that gsEvents already knows basic demographic information about Girl Scout members grade, address, etc.
There are two ways to find events that are listed in gsEvents. We highly recommend that you search for program events using the Event List or Event Calendar. This will show you all upcoming events in our council, including virtual events. You will need to enter a zip code and adjust your search radius to locate events near you. Doubleknot is an online platform that we use to manage registrations for specialty events and reservations for our properties. Doubleknot is not integrated with MyGS.
When trying to register or create a reservation in Doubleknot, you will be prompted to log in, create an account, or continue as a guest. If you do not already have a Doubleknot login, the system will walk you through creating one. The Event List and Event Calendar have the most updated information on current program events and trainings available for registration. You can use the Advanced Search feature to filter events by date, program level, or focus category.
The Event Calendar shows all events by date. At the current time, we are not able to color code entries on the Event Calendar. We hope to be able to add this enhancement back in the near future. To register for an activity using the Event Calendar:. For a quick step-by-step demonstration of the registration process in gsEvents, click here. Registration or ticket purchasing for some of our events is through third-party vendors ex.
Additionally, a few specialty events will still have registration in Doubleknot and you will be directed to Doubleknot. If an event requires a deposit ex. We are unable to honor any requests for refunds made LESS than two weeks prior to the event date unless there is an emergency or medical need including COVID quarantine. There are three ways to use Program Credits for events:.
At this time, Program Credits are not transferable between councils and we are only able to take Program Credits issued by Girl Scouts of Central Texas. A pop up will appear asking if you are sure that you want to remove the event. If you are experiencing trouble finding events or registering for events in gsEvents, please check out this list of common tech support questions. If your concern is not here, or you continue to have difficulty, please just give us a call at or submit a Contact Us form and we will be happy to assist you.
Learners will be able to complete training when and where works best for them. By adopting the gsLearn platform, GSCTX and other Girl Scout councils will have access to nationally consistent training content and can also host our own training resources on the same site. Once you've logged in and gone into "My Account," you can click "gsLearn" along the lefthand navigation bar.
If your membership status is set to Payment Pending, Unresponsive, Ineligible, or Opted Out chose to halt the membership process , you will not have access to gsLearn. If you do not renew your membership for the next Girl Scout membership year, you will lose access to gsLearn on October 1. Please be sure to renew your membership prior to October 1 each year to avoid disruption. All registered Adult members whose membership status is not in Payment Pending, Unresponsive, Ineligible, or Opted Out customer has expressed they no longer wish to continue in the membership process , should have access to gsLearn.
If you are having trouble, please contact Customer Care. Litmos is a cloud-based Learning Management platform that we are using for gsLearn. We have done our best to create gsLearn accounts for all of our Troop Leaders and Service Unit volunteers prior to our launch. If you have registered for membership after May, chances are you are not yet in the system. When you first log into gsLearn, an account will be automatically be created for you. Please wait approximately 30 minutes and then try again.
You should be able to see our " Welcome to gsLearn" course on your Learner Dashboard. Please take this course prior to any other courses. If, after 30 minutes, you still need assistance, please contact Customer Care.
If you're unable to see a training in it's entirety on your screen, you'll want to "zoom out" your view temporarily. On Google Chrome, hold down the Ctrl Shift and "-" minus key to zoom out until you can see the whole screen. Feel free to check them out! Everything can be found in the Content Library. If you are unsure which courses you need to take for your role, you should contact your membership staff and they can assist you.
Yes, you may take any course you want in gsLearn. You might want to explore courses meant for other volunteer roles that might interest you. However, if you require specific training for your role, you should be able to find a Learning Path or courses required for the role.
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