Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

Why am I a Girl Scout Leader  ~ Erica, Leader Daisy Troop # 2243 What motivates me as a Girl Scout Leader is the knowledge that my actions will have a positive impact not only on my daughter, but on all of our girls as they grow and develop into strong, confident, ambitious women. As a full-time working mother of two daughters, age 6 and 2, I wanted a way to spend more quality time with my daughter. Although being a Troop Leader is a huge undertaking, the excitement my daughter has when it comes to our Troop meetings and Girl Scout events, which is mirrored in all of the girls in our Troop, is my motivation. In the short time our Troop has been together the girls have developed a sisterhood that will last a lifetime. As a first year Troop with Kindergarten and 1st Grade Daisies, the older girls have the opportunity to help out the younger girls whereas the younger girls have someone to look up to for guidance. Here are some things we have done to help our girls l...

I Can’t Wait to… Volunteer!! By Donna Rivera-Downey Girl Scouts of the USA is introducing a new recruitment campaign that allows girls and adults to complete the sentence “I Can’t Wait to…” I would complete the sentence with the word Volunteer! I am a natural born volunteer and I have been doing it a long time. I think it started when I was a child in Girl Scouting, I built upon my experiences in high school when I was in the Volunteer Club, the sorority I belonged to in college always performed community service and when I started my professional career, I worked for large corporations that had organized employee give back days. Today, I belong to Rotary, serve on my library board and I’m a member of several professional organizations as well. The volunteer experience that I value the most was my time as a Girl Scout Leader. I loved being a Girl Scout as a child and wanted my daughter to have an experience she would treasure as well. As one of the few...