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[quote=Anonymous]It is easier to do different activities in a Pack or Troop. You have a larger group of parents to pull volunteers from and you are more likely to have a series of parents who are willing to attend the trainings needed to do things like camp or backpack or canoe. It is harder in a much smaller Girl Scout Troop. A Pack is pulling from 20-50 families, at least most of the Packs that I know of in my area, a Troop is pulling from 25-100 families. Spreading out volunteer needs is easier and the Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmaster, and Committee Members can identify people to transition a role to when their kid is aging out. The Pack/Troop continue on and volunteers are replaced by new families that are enthusiastic. Spreading out those trainings and responsibilities makes it easier to hold different events. And the Pack/Troop can continue when people leave.

Girl Scout Troops are pulling from a smaller number of adults to chaperone and who have to take on the burden of the training to do things like camp and water activities and the like. If the leader decides that they are done, the Troop needs to have one of a smaller number of adults to step up or the Troop folds.

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