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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a troop leader and help place girls in troops at my school.

You should know that troops are run by parent volunteers.  It really isn't as simple as "signing up". If you don't have at least 2 (unrelated) parents out of 12 girls who are willing to be leaders, there is no troop to sign up for. Additional parents should help out with being the troop money manager (run the bank account/serve as treasurer) and serve as cookie mom/dad. There are additional ways to volunteer that can strengthen the troop.

Once a troop is formed, it depends on
1. Did the troop leaders get trained like they were required to? Some don't.
2. Do they offer the variety Girl Scouts has to offer? Or are they only comfortable with crafts?
3. Do they listen to the interests of the girls? They are supposed to more and more as the girls get older, but some leaders don't.

Here is what Girl Scouts can do, depending on the age:
1. Learn new skills and earn related badges on many different topics.
2. Learn good values/character development
3. Service projects for both people in the community and the environment.
4. Learn business and financial skills
5. Learn outdoor/survival skills and learn to appreciate nature by being in it
6. Take field trips that expand their understanding of how the world works
7. Take trips (older girls) such as museum overnights, camping at Wildwood beach, going to NYC to see a Broadway show, go to Costa Rica to help an endangered species, etc, etc.
8. Earn highest Girl Scout awards (Gold) - easiest explanation is to compare it to the Eagle Award, though the requirements are different.

Fun, friendship, leadership, confidence, service - that is what the ideal troop "does".  As noted by previous posters, it all depends on the quality/time commitment of the parent volunteers.[/quote]

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