Happy Leader Appreciation Day!
April 22
has been designated “Leader Appreciation Day”
again this year. It is not just leaders that we want
to acknowledge at this time of year, it is every volunteer
that helps make a troop run smoothly. Without a team
of volunteers, we would not have the great troops we
have in GSSJC.
We want you to know how
much we appreciate every leader, co-leader, cookie manager,
and every other volunteer. Thank you for all you do
for our girls.
Speaking of Day Camp...
Day
Camp is a long standing tradition in Girl Scouting and
has been a long time tradition in GSSJC, also. It often
gives young girls their first taste at Girl Scouting
outside the troop, and allows them to participate in
activities they might never get to do otherwise.
We have some of the best
day camp programs of any organization in the area, and
ours are run primarily by volunteers and are one of
the most affordable youth programs around. Because these
camps are organized and run by volunteers, we need just
that, volunteers to help at these camps. You will see
in the day camp portion of this issue that there is
a place where adults can volunteer to help at a day
camp. The needs range from nurses and first aiders to
unit leaders and craft organizers, and everything else
in between.
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If you have small children or young
boys, you can still volunteer. Most camps have units
for both groups.
Please, take the time to help at day camp this summer.
The more adult volunteers we have, the more girls we
can serve at camp. Think about it.
Say You’ll Stay
It’s
that time of year when we in GSSJC participate in “Early
Bird Registration,” and begin making plans for
the summer and look forward to next fall. We hope that
leaders, co-leaders and all Girl Scouts will make the
decision to register for another year of fun and adventure.
As the girls grow and
mature, the Girl Scout experience becomes more and more
girl planned with the hope that when they are in Junior
and Senior High, they are making all of their own plans.
It’s the time your title of “Leader”
changes to “Advisor” and you step back and
advise them in the planning. There is nothing more fun
than watching girls make plans and then seeing those
plans become a successful event, project, or well planned
trip. There is nothing more satisfying than watching
a shy group of Daisy Girl Scouts grow and mature into
successful Senior Girl Scouts. The only way you will
get to do that is if you make the commitment now to
return as a leader/advisor next year, and every year
after that. Yes, it becomes part of your life, but what
a great part. So, say you’ll stay, and encourage
every girl and adult in your troop to stay too. You
will never regret it. |