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Troop Leadership Resources

Getting Support for Your Troop

Most parents and guardians are helpful and supportive and sincerely appreciate your time and effort on behalf of their daughters. And you almost always have the same goal, which is to make Girl Scouting an enriching experience for their girls. Learn more about developing your network by going to: Friends & Family Network (Adults).

Financial Literary Skills for Girl Scouts 

When Girl Scouts become adults and go out on their own (whether off to college or starting their careers and establishing their own households) they will need to know how to handle their bank accounts and credit cards, pay their bills on time, and learn to live within their means. Later, they’ll need to try […]

Managing Troop Finances

Girl Scout troops are funded by a share of money earned through council-sponsored product program activities (such as the Girl Scout cookie program), troop money-earning activities (council-approved, of course), and any dues your troop may charge. The girls should always make decisions together on how to spend their funds. All troop money legally belongs to the council […]

Joining a troop by invitation

Whether you’ve received a personal invitation from a troop leader or troop admin or your friends have sent you a link to a troop on our catalog, follow the instructions below to join that troop. Start by opening the link you received, and you will be taken to the troop view. If you are clicking on […]

Girl Scout History

In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low brought Girl Scouting to the United States. The first Girl Scout troop in California was established in 1917 in Palo Alto. Girl Scouts of Northern California was incorporated in 2007, comprising five former councils, and is the home of GSNorCal’s Heritage Committee. The Heritage Committee’s mission is to collect, conserve, […]

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