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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My issue is not that I won't step up but rather the way GS forms troops is by school not interest.  My DDs troop is interested in arts and crafts not camping.  DD and I end up volunteering to go with other troops who are lacking a certified adult.  Its fine and it gets my DD the outdoor experience she wants but she doesn't have a troop of friends that share her interest.  We've tried to join some of these troops but meeting time/location often prevent it especially if they meet right after school.  I can't get my kid to the other side of the county 15 min after school ends.[/quote]

Does it have to be by school?   In our town and Service Unit, troops are just formed by whoever wants to form them.   Our troop is a neighborhood troop and has girls from 7 different schools (and homeschoolers).

Could you start your own evening troop that had girls interested in camping?   [/quote]

Where would I find the girls?[/quote]

Word of mouth, invite-a-friend, parents at other kid events, blurb in church bulletins, bulletin at nearby library/community center, table at neighborhood fair, blurb in local neighborhood parent listserve, register your troop in the Troop Catalog as being interested in camping/outdoor activities   http://girlscouts.force.com/girl/GirlCatalog_TroopGroupRoleSearch[/quote]

There is a GS membership coordinator assigned to your council that will help you with this.  You can also look at the online troop catalog and find troops nearby based on when they meet that might fit your daughter's interest better.  I am a little dumb-founded, though, that your daughter's troop is rejecting the camping and other outdoor activities.  If you plan a camping trip or kayking outing, will they really not come?  My troops are desperate for this stuff, but my problem is always finding a weekend that the girls are available (since most of them are in multiple sports year-round), finding the camp certified folks, and getting other parents who are willing to drive and help with gear, etc.  If that's really the case, then you just found a dud troop -- that's not the GS fault.  Their troop formation is actually MORE free flowing than cub scouts -- cub scouts need to have a community sponsor (like a church or the rotary club) and an affiliation with a boy scout pack.  With girl scouts, all you need is 2 people willing to act as leaders, and at least one girl, and you've got a troop that anyone can join.  Leaders can't close out a troop unless it has at least 12 girls in it, so until that point, it is open to any girl that registers.[/quote]

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