If you cannot find the training you need, use the Adult Training Interest form to let us know about the needs in
your area. This form can be used to tell us about a need in your Service Unit or your own personal training
needs. You will then be notified of scheduled trainings in your area. Submit your adult training interest form to
[email protected].
Refer to the Appendix: GSWPA Procedures/Forms for the following:
Adult Training Interest Form-page 112
Whatever your volunteer position, your hard work means the world to girls, to your council staff, and to Girl
Scouts of the USA. We’re calling on all members of society to help girls reach their full potential, and you’ve
answered that call. So thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.
Just as you’ll receive support throughout your volunteering experience, when you reach the end of the term
you signed up for, you’ll talk with your support team about the positive parts of your experience, as well as the
challenges you faced, and discuss whether you want to return to this position or try something new. The end
of your troop year, camp season, overseas trip, or series/event session is just the beginning of your next
adventure with Girl Scouting!
If you’re ready for more opportunities to work with girls, be sure to let your council support team know how
you’d like to be a part of girls’ lives in the future—whether in the same position or in other, flexible ways. Are
you ready to organize a series or event? Take a trip? Work with girls at camp? Work with a troop of girls as a
year-long volunteer? Share your skills at a council office, working behind the scenes? The possibilities are
endless, and can be tailored to fit your skills and interests.
Serving as a Girl Scout volunteer affords you exceptional opportunities, both in the skills you’ll gain and in the
difference you’ll make in the lives of girls. Everyone involved with Girl Scouts wants to ensure that you’re
effectively mentoring girls to become world-changing leaders, and your council staff helps you do that by
measuring outcomes, evaluating your performance, continuing to give you opportunities to build new skills,
and recognizing you for the tremendous work you do.
We want you to have such an incredible time working with girls that you want to stay in Girl Scouting! After
your last meeting of the school year, take some time to review the year with your service team and/or
membership manager. It’s important to consider the positive parts of your experience as well as the challenges
you faced as you begin planning for next year. You will formally receive an electronic “Volunteer Assessment
Survey” which will be sent to you during the spring. This annual survey is critical for the improvement of the
Girl Scout Leadership Experience in Western Pennsylvania. It also offers you the opportunity to communicate
your thoughts and concerns with staff.
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