Information Useful for
VOLUNTEERS
- On-Line Volunteer Training from GSUSA. This site requires a password -- get it from Membership.
- 2010 Volunteer Essentials at GSGLA
- Safety Activity Checkpoints -- replaces the checkpoints in SafetyWise. From GSGLA.
- GSGLA Policies
- Adult Recognition Handbook (PDF, contains information on council-level and service unit-level recognitions and forms) Note: Nominations due by 5 PM, third Friday in February, at your local service center.
- GSGLA's Avenues to Program e-magazine
- GSUSA's Global Travel Toolkit
- Blue Book of Basic Documents on Girl Scouts of Our Nation's Capital website
- Leader's Digest of Blue Book of Basic Documents on Girl Scouts of Our Nation's Capital website
- Glossary of Girl Scout terms from GSGLA
- YouTube Channel for Girl Scout Videos This contains the original film The Golden Eaglet, with Juliet Low, and quite a few current and historical PSAs (public service announcements).
- Here is an excerpt from a letter written by Olave Baden-Powell in 1932 to all the Guides and Scouts in the world about Thinking Day. You can download the letter from the WAGGGS Website
- Journey Toolkit (all levels in one book) from GS of Eastern PA
- Plan Your Journey Game from GS of Eastern PA
- State Curriculum Standards Parallels to the Journeys
- A number of specialized Girl Scout adult communities are available on-line. The following may be joined through Yahoo Groups by signing up there, and then joining the specific groups you're interested in. You may receive individual e-mails (every time anyone sends an e-mail to the group, it shows up in your inbox), a daily digest (all emails for the day form that group are sent in one list), or receive no e-mails -- you'd have to go on-line and check to see if there have been any recent messages. Some of these groups are very active!
- Of historical interest In addition to the historical videos on YouTube, a number of free books from the early days of Girl Scouting in the USA are available in a number of formats at Gutenberg.org: