Parent Involvement
Being Involved
Thank you all for taking time out of your busy lives to show your interest in girl scouting. By joining Girl Scouts your daughter will be entering an organization with a tradition of helping girls to become strong and self sufficient.
Below is a list of benefits you will experience by being involved with your daughter's Girl Scout experience!
- Get to know your daughter better.
- Stay young by serving the young.
- Share fun times with other girls.
- Meet other great folks.
- Make and eat s'mores.
- Expand your own skills and talents.
- Create memories.
- Promote positive values in youth.
- March in parades.
- Expand your horizon of friends.
- Encourage girls to "Be Their Best."
- Get lots of help.
- Make a difference by helping others.
- Explore in a wide variety of new interests.
- Sleep in museums.
- Develop positive self esteem.
- Extend the sisterhood of Girl Scouting to all girls.
- Grow by trying new things.
- Make new friends.
- Go horseback riding.
- Help girls become well-rounded individuals.
- Model leadership and initiative.
- Get to know your daughter's friends' parents.
- Make a contribution to your community.
- Improve your resume.
- Go beyond your own limitations.
- Build wonderful memories.
- Learn about other cultures.
- Find a haven away from the stress' and demands of every day life.
- Try new things and go new places at a discount.
- Network with others who have similar interests.
- Guide girls into adulthood in a positive manner.
- Learn new skills.
- Live life to the fullest.
- Become known in your school as an active participant.
- Experience the joy of another person's admiration.
- See yourself in a new light.
- Brush up on your organizational skills.
- Learn life skills such as goal setting and budgeting.
- Never miss out on girl scout cookies.
- Enjoy the adventure of seeing someone try something new you showed them.
- Learn good values that will stay with you the rest of your lives.
- Contribute to the well being of someone in your community.
- Sing around a campfire.
- Give back to scouting what was given to you as a girl/boy scout.
- Be offered opportunities that you might not otherwise have.
- Become self sufficient.
- Explore and encourage diversity in your community.
- Make an impact on other's lives.
- HAVE FUN!
Getting Involved
Check with your daughter's leader for suggestions. Some suggestions:
- Make phone calls
- Plan a meeting
- Run errands
- Help prepare for a meeting
- Donate snack
- Donate your time at a meeting
- Share your unique skill
- Find resources
If you are looking for a leader for your daughter, consider becoming a leader. Click here to contact one of your Service Unit directors (managers).
Read This!
A Little Girl's Eyes
Author Unknown
"I'd like to be a Brownie"
(Her eyes were deepest blue)
"I'd like to learn and play and sing,
Like Jane and Ashley do."
"I know how to use scissors;
I can cut cloth if I try.
I'm eight years old, a big girl now,
And hardly ever cry."
I gave her the application
And parent participation sheet.
(Her eyes were filled with sunshine
as she left on dancing feet.)
Next day my friend was back again.
No longer wearing the smile she'd had.
"I guess I'll skip the Brownies"
(Her eyes were dark and sad).
"My mom is awfully busy,
She has lots of friends , you see,
She'd never have time for a troop,
She hardly has time for me."
"And dad is always working,
He's hardly ever there.
To give them any more to do
Just wouldn't be fair."
She handed back the papers
With the dignity of eight years
And smiling bravely left me,
(Her eyes were filled with tears.)
Do you see your own girl's eyes
As other people may?
How she looks when you're "too busy"
Or, "just haven't the time today"?
A girl is such a special gift,
Why won't you realize,
It only takes a little time,
To put sunshine in her eyes.
You say "I'll start tomorrow"
But tomorrow is far away.
She's little for such a short time
So won't you start today?
If you are looking for a leader for your daughter, consider becoming a leader.
Click here to contact one of your Service Unit directors (managers).