June/July 2004 Volume 30 Issue 6

Recruitment is everybody’s job!

As a member of the service team, recruiting adults and girls into the Girl Scouting experience is your primary role. GSSJC wants to give you every resource you will need to hold successful year-round recruitment events.
TOOLS FOR SUCCESS, RECRUITMENT/ORGANIZATION, and REGISTRAR are hands-on trainings
that will teach all members of your service team how to reach out to girls and adults in your community!

Service teams are encouraged to bring a lunch and spend the day. Begin at 9 a.m. with Tools for Success. After lunch, choose one of the following courses: Recruitment/Organization (contains detailed information about the recruitment process), Registrar (new only), or Experienced Registrar (for those who have been trained and have served at least one year in the position).

9 a.m.–noon
Tools for Success includes:
l An overview of the entire recruitment process (For more detailed information also register for Recruitment/Organization in the afternoon.)
l Duties of each member of the team
l The 4 Key Functions of Recruitment
l Timeline – what needs to happen and when
l Specific recruitment strategies
l Building relationships with school principals and faith- based ministers, using the 40 Developmental Assets

Beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Recruitment/Organization includes:
l A training outline for training ralliers
l Sample presentations and information plus ways to develop your own presentation
l Recruiting beyond the school cafeteria
l Shared adult recruitment strategies that work

Participants in Recruitment/Organization will receive a diskette containing sample materials for posters and signs, links to activities to keep children busy during the rally, and sample presentations to customize to fit your specific need.

Registrar (For new registrars) includes:
l The ins and outs of the registration process
l How to complete the paperwork, including hold notices and financial assistance forms
l Placement of girls into existing troops

Experienced Registrar (must have had training and been a registrar for at least one year) includes:
l Ways to make the job easier and how to not get buried in all the paperwork
l Strategies for placing girls into existing troops
l Moving girls off waiting lists into troops/groups

Saturday, June 12
Tools for Success, #4614
9 a.m.-noon
Girl Scout Center

Recruitment/Organization,
#4615
12:30–3:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Registrar, #4622
12:30–3:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Experienced Registrar,
#4623
12:30–2:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Tuesday, June 22
Tools for Success, #4616
9 a.m.-noon
Girl Scout Center

Recruitment/Organization,
#4617
12:30–3:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Registrar, #4624
12:30–3:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Experienced Registrar, #4625
12:30–2:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Saturday, July 17
Tools for Success, #4618
9 a.m.-noon
Girl Scout Center

Recruitment/Organization,
#4619
12:30–3:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Registrar, #4626
12:30–3:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Experienced Registrar, #4627
12:30–2:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Center

Saturday, August 7
Tools for Success, #4620
9 a.m.-noon
Trinity Episcopal Church, The Woodlands

Recruitment/Organization,
#4621
12:30–3:30 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Church, The Woodlands

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