CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE - Issued by high-risk facilities and by transportation companies to GSWPA
1. Current Certificates of Insurance must be on file in the GSWPA chief operations officer’s office for
any facility/site at which the Girl Scouts are participating in high-risk activities. If a valid certificate is
not currently on file with GSWPA, the troop/group leader making event arrangements must request
a Certificate of Insurance from the facility be emailed, faxed (412-391-4413) or post mailed to
GSWPA, Administrative Assistant, 30 Isabella Street, Suite 107 Pittsburgh, PA 15212 at least three (3)
weeks in advance of the event.
2. The Certificate must list the certificate holder as:
o Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania
30 Isabella Street; Suite 107
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
o The Certificate must have an expiration date and dollar amount of liability insurance coverage.
GSWPA requires at least $1,000,000 coverage from facilities and $5,000,000 from
transportation companies.
3. A list of current Certificates of Insurance from all facilities, transportation companies and stables is
posted on the GSWPA Volunteer Resources section of the GSWPA website on the “Places to Go”
page – this is updated monthly.
4. A request letter template link is also available on this site. This is used to request a Certificate of
Insurance from a facility, transportation or stable.
5. Please contact the administrative assistant to the chief operations officer or your membership staff
contact for further assistance.
CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE - Issued by GSWPA to community facilities
1. A community facility (school, etc.), may request a certificate of insurance from GSWPA regarding
facility usage for Girl Scout meetings or program events. The troop/group leader or person in
charge of the program event completes a Certificate of Insurance Request Form located on the
Volunteer Resources section of the GSWPA Web site “Forms” page, and submits to GSWPA,
Administrative Assistant, 30 Isabella Street, Suite 107, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 three (3) weeks in
advance of first meeting/event.
2. If the facility is a school building, please list the school district name, the specific school building
being used, as well as a contact person’s name and email address, fax number and street address.
A certificate issued to a school district automatically covers all buildings in that school district.
3. A certificate of insurance will be sent according to the information provided on the request form.
If the requester’s email address is listed, a Certificate of Insurance will also be sent to that email
address.
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