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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does she participate in school year Girl Scouts if you don't have time to volunteer?[/quote]

[b]I don’t volunteer and my DD go to Girl Scouts every week. Her troop does not require parents to volunteer for the girls to participate[/b].[/quote]

Most troop leaders aren't going to use the word "require" when it comes to parent volunteering. Leaders want all kids to feel welcome, and leaders recognize that some parents really, truly cannot help out at meeting times due to schedules or work or disabilities or other kids' needs or whatever.

So your troop does not [i]ask[/i] parents to volunteer. But I hope you do anyway. Even if you can't be at the troop meetings, please do something when you can without waiting to be asked. Maybe offer to send in snacks, or better, offer to set up a SignUp Genius roster so all parents take turns sending snacks. Or offer to chaperone on a one-time field trip that's not during meeting time. Or offer to come to one meeting to help with some hands-on project that will just go better if another adult is around. The leader probably would be delighted to hear, "Is there something I can do to help? I can't be at regular meetings, but what can I handle for you from home or do for that upcoming field trip?" Even if the answer you hear is, "Not right now, but thank you, and I'll get in touch if there's anything!" the leader will know you value what your child is doing each week.

PP, if you're doing those kinds of things already, that's terrific, and thank you![/quote]

The leader would also love a parent to say ..... can I be the troop money manager?  I can't make it to meetings but in the evenings I can do this  OR ..... let me take the 1st aid training and by the 1st aider for activities  OR ...... can I help with the registering of the girls and making sure the forms are submitted?   Let me enter the contact info and send it out to everyone so that we have phone numbers in case of an emergency.

OR ...... I know sometimes ______ parent's are late for pick up.  Let me connect with them and I will take point to drive her home.

oh - there are so many things that if a troop leader heard it they would probably faint.

Signed - a troop leader who works full time but does it for her daughter

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