Girl Scouts is about sharing the fun, friendship, and power of girls and women together. Any girl—from
kindergarten through 12th grade—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 have passed the
necessary screening process) looking to help prime 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 $15. (Adults have the option to purchase a
lifetime membership for $375). Scholarships are available to assist girls with the $15 membership dues. Visit
http://www.gswpa.org/parents/paying-for-events/scholarships/ for details how to apply.
Girl Scouts is for EVERY GIRL and you don’t need to join 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!
www.gswpa.org/join
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)
Across the country, the Girl Scout
community is hard at work on a
whole new approach to make
sure that everyone can
participate in Girl Scouting in
the ways they want to. 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.Girls can choose any one, all, or
some of the options—camp, events, series, troop, travel, and
virtual*— within a single membership year. (*Note that virtual
is still in development.) 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. Based on independent research and extensive surveys with thousands of council staff members from
around the country, we have a good sense of which options will interest girls, based on their grade levels. These are
reflected in the chart on the right.
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