GIRL SCOUTING MONTH BY MONTH
Remember, Girl Scouting is girl-led. Troop leaders should NEVER have a whole year planned out in detail.
Plan events with girls based on where their Girl Scout Journey leads. This is just a guide of things that should
happen and links to support you throughout your Girl Scout year.
August/September
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All girls and adults must be registered members. Check your troop’s online Troop Management tool to
make sure all girls and adults have registered. To view your troop online, log into your online account and
click on Troop Management (you must be registered as an 01– Leader to have online management
access). For everyone’s protection, NO girls or volunteers should attend a meeting until they are registered
members. To register, go to http://girlscoutsgwm.org/general/page/register-today.
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Attend Farnsworth Weekend. This energizing and informative weekend happens on the second weekend in
September every year. It is optional, but is a fantastic opportunity have fun, connect with other volunteers
and get great ideas!
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Secure a troop meeting space. Your local Community Team volunteers may be able to help you, if needed.
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Contact your Community Accounting Coordinator to help you open a bank account.
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Hold a parent meeting to have parents fill out the Health History Form, Annual Permission Slips, and
Parent Permission Slips for the Fall Product Sale. Discuss parent involvement, dues, and trips. See your
Troop FUNdamentals manual for help with planning a parent meeting.
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Work with girls to set troop goals for the Fall Product Sale (for example, if each girl sells 7 items, the troop
has the funds to purchase a Journey book for each troop member).
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Work with your girls to choose their Journey. Use the Jump to Journeys Patch to help plan.
October
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Help girls plan your Investiture/Rededication Ceremony using The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. See
Important Ceremonies in Girl Scouting to learn more.
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Use the Activity and Quick Trip Checklist (http://girlscoutsgwm.org/general/page/activity-and-quick-tripforms) before going on any trip outside your meeting place.
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Attend Leaders’ Meetings to meet other volunteers in your community and find out what is happening
locally.
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See Council Programs online at (http://girlscoutsgwm.org/general/page/browse-upcoming-programs) and in
the Program Guide; share program opportunities with your girls.
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Use your Journey book, The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting and www.girlscoutsgwm.org as resources to help
girls plan activities they want to do. Remember, Girl Scouting is girl led, so let the girls lead the way.
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Celebrate Juliette Low’s Birthday on October 31. http://connect.gsnwgl.org/resources/entry/358/.
November
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Wrap up the Fall Product Sale and review financial goals with your girls. Talk about how they can use the
funds they’ve earned.
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Use The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting and Badge Activity Sets to help your girls learn more about badges
and how to earn them.
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March in a local Veterans Day parade. Borrow flags from Council through our Online Lending Library.
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Check out our online webinars. They’re a great way to train at home.
December
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Hold a parent meeting about the upcoming cookie program; have parents sign permission forms.
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Set cookie sale goals with your girls. Remember girls can use troop profits to help pay for their membership
for the next year, books and troop events or help fund take-action projects.
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Stay connected with Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
January
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Cookie program begins! Support your girls in their goal planning. Talk to them about what they’ve achieved
and what they can do to continue to work to meet their goals (for example, using their goal getter cards,
how many booth sales to hold, etc).
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Rent a Journey box from our Online Lending Library, see link above. Each Daisy, Brownie and Junior
Journey has two Journey boxes: one for Discover and one for Connect.
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Plan some winter fun! Earn the Operation Snowflake Patch or other great Council Patches.
February
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Cookies are delivered and cookie booth sales begin. Find out how to borrow Cookie Costumes from
Council or check with your local cookie cupboard.
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February 22 is World Thinking Day. Celebrate with ideas from the WAGGGS website. Hold a Thinking Day
ceremony where girls receive their WAGGGS pin, which can be purchased at our Council stores.
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Summer camp guides are out! Encourage families to see what Summer Camp has to offer!
March
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Continue to hold cookie sale booths until the end of the cookie sale.
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Girl Scout Week is the week of March 12 (the Girl Scout Birthday). Look for ways to celebrate the Girl
Scout Birthday all week long.
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Recognize a Girl Scout volunteer who has made a difference in your life. Learn more about our Adult
Recognitions and nominate a great volunteer.
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Looking to take your girls camping this spring? Make sure that you have a trained adult who has taken
Basic Outdoor Living Skills (BOLS). Go to the Adult Learning section on our website to learn more.
April
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Girl Scout Volunteer and Leader Appreciation Day is April 22. Hold a ceremony at a Leaders’ Meeting to
celebrate all that volunteers do. Read the ceremony “Because You Said Yes.”
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Get ready for Registration to open online. Look for support from your community team volunteers and
current Outlook newsletter.
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Look at Higher Awards for Junior, Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts. Help girls set goals for
awards they would like to earn as they progress in Girl Scouting.
May
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If you have girls who will be bridging to the next level of Girl Scouting, use The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
to help them plan to earn their Bridging Award (girls do not need to earn this award to move to the next
level of Girl Scouts).
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March in a local Memorial Day parade.
June
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Help your girls plan a Bridging Ceremony (or end of the year ceremony). Use your Journey Adult Guide
and The Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting for ideas.
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Turn in your troop Finance Summary Report, Detailed Cash Record and any additional end of the year
forms your Community team members share.
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Hold a parent meeting to plan events your girls can do over the summer and ask for parent support for the
next year. If you will be bridging with part of your troop, look for parents to step up to take on leadership
roles for the next membership year.
July
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Stay connected to girls using email addresses in your online Troop Management. Let families know about
any summer events happening in your community.
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March in your local Fourth of July parade.
August
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Schedule a parents’ meeting for the new membership year and get ready to have another great Girl Scout
year!
Need support any time of the year? Connect with your local Community Team members or your Council staff
support at info@girlscoutsgwm.org