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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you for a thought-provoking post. I’m a leader for GS in an area with one of the oldest BSA troops in the country but not almost no BSA Troops for girls, let alone thriving ones. I’ve been very curious about how a thriving girls BSA troop is set up! Would you mind answering:

1. How do you fund outdoor gear acquisition for each girl, and where do you store troop camping supplies?
2. Did you recruit leaders and volunteers from existing boys’ troops’ families, or from new girls’ families? What (if any) barriers did you face to recruiting sufficient numbers of volunteers with outdoor experience, and how did you overcome them?
3. How do you recruit girls at age 10, which in my experience is a time when they’ve already committed to a time-consuming travel sport, dance program, etc?
4. What did your troop formation and start-up look like? Was it driven by one leader or a group of interested families? I’ve seen false starts in our area by well-intentioned parents already involved in BSA who just didn’t haven the time for a boys’ and girls’ troop and ultimately stuck with the boys because the existing structure and membership had so much momentum already. 
5. What are your girl:adult ratios for weekend camping?

Thank you for posting this! I have a lot of respect for anyone who wants to spend their free time volunteering for kids’ programs. It’s increasingly rare!
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