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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry OP. Thanks for your volunteer work! Girl scouts can be such a wonderful experience. I loved my days in scouts. 
Is there a way to quiet quit this or maybe just draw a hard line with what you will do? Send out an email saying for example "Next year my capacity will allow me to 1. lead these three outdoor events 2. lead the second meeting of the month where we will work on badge requirements in my field of interest and 3. maintain first aid/CPR certification for when we need an adult with those qualifications present. I unable to manage cookie sales or the first meeting of the month going forward." And then if no one steps up don't back down. Troops don't have to have cookie sales and don't have to meet every week or whatever. You can say that brownies are only meeting on x dates due to a lack of volunteers. Tell them there won't be cookie sales without a cookie parent from the troop. It may be a disappointment for the girls but having no troop would be worse. I don't know that the parents take you seriously since you keep doing the things you say you don't want to. 
I can't believe they don't want to plan trips! My troop went to Disneyworld and on a cruise. [/quote]

Thanks, you get it! I actually tried most of what you said this year! I literally stated at the outset of the school year that this would not be my priority this year due to other commitments and that without additional volunteers I would only be able to do x number of meetings around y topics. Of course no one replied but after the first meeting there were tons of emails suggesting topics “we” should cover this year or asking why “we” weren’t having a meeting in November. The parents who claim to be too busy to help seem to manage to show up a half hour before pickup at meetings- long enough to second guess and sow chaos, but not long enough to contribute in a meaningful (+ background-checked) way. The retiring cookie mom and I have told other parents for the last 18 months that we will not have cookies next year if  no one trains this year, but they must think she’s bluffing.

The money thing is weird. The older girls have thousands of dollars they’ve earners and the younger girls are on track to be in a similar situation. No one can agree on how to spend it so it sits. I’ve thrown out all sorts of national park trips, official Girl Scout trips, weekend adventures, etc., but the girls have no spark when it comes to planning.

I think they’re really privileged and used to parents imagining life for them- it’s actually one of the reasons I stuck around this year. Once in a while I see them learn something new or stretch beyond what their parents typically allow and it feels so good to help facilitate that.[/quote]

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