Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

This time of year, I feel like a coach before the start of the season. I keep reading my playbooks, planning my strategy…although in this case the playbooks are the Girl Scout Journey Books and the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. You see, I am a Girl Scout Leader for both of my daughters’ Girl Scout Troops.  I am particularly excited this year because both of my Troops are starting new levels in Scouting. My older daughter’s Troop will be Senior Girl Scouts and my younger daughter’s Troop will be Cadette Girl Scouts. I am a little nervous about keeping them engaged as they get older...will they still think its fun? Will they still want to do the work? You see, I take my role as their Girl Scout Leader very seriously; my girls tease me that I bleed green. I wasn’t always this way. I was never a Girl Scout as a girl, but my husband was a Boy Scout, so when my older daughter started kindergarten, I wanted her to be a Daisy Girl Scout. When there was no one to run the Troop...