Volunteer Essentials Volunteer Essentials 2015-16 - Updated 5/31/17 | Page 8

  Who Can Join Girl Scouts—and How? Girl Scouts is about sharing the fun, friendship, and power of girls and women together. Any girl—in grades K-12—can join Girl Scouts. Girl Scout volunteers are also a diverse group. You may be a college volunteer working on a community-action project, a parent volunteer ready for an outdoor adventure with your daughter’s group, or any responsible adult (female or male, who pass the necessary screening process) looking to help girls for the day when they’ll lead—however and wherever they choose. What all members share, both girls and adults, are the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Each member also agrees to follow safety guidelines and pay the annual membership dues of $25. Adults have the option to purchase a lifetime membership for $375. Financial assistance is available to assist girls with the $25 membership dues. Visit gswpa.org/financial-assistance for details on how to apply. Girl Scouts is for EVERY GIRL, including those without a troop. Girl Scouts is customizable to meet the busy schedule of today’s active girl. Simply become an Individually Registered Girl – Indie Girl – and you can enjoy all of the activities, programs and projects that make Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania (GSWPA) so much fun! gswpa.org/join Girls at Every Grade Level After girls join, they team up in the following grade levels:   ● ● ● ● ● ● Girl Scout Daisy (grades K–1) Girl Scout Brownie (grades 2–3) Girl Scout Junior (grades 4–5) Girl Scout Cadette (grades 6–8) Girl Scout Senior (grades 9–10) Girl Scout Ambassador (grades 11–12) Flexible Ways to Participate Across the country, the Girl Scout community is hard at work on a whole new approach to make sure everyone can participate in Girl Scouting in the ways they want. As a volunteer, you can choose from flexible ways to participate that can be tailored to fit your schedule and lifestyle. You can also volunteer behind the scenes, in your council office, instead of volunteering directly with girls. Within a single membership year, girls can choose any one, all or some of the options available for camps, events, series, troop, travel and virtual. As a volunteer, you, too, have the option of partnering with girls throughout a membership year or committing to an opportunity for only a few weeks or months.