For Volunteers | Girl Scouts

Keep your Girl Scout experience running smoothly.

Find resources, guides, and more that are essential to volunteers.

Everyone can use a little guidance, whether you’re a brand-new volunteer or a seasoned veteran. The resources on this page will help you along the way in your volunteer journey. Whether you’re looking for guidance on managing troop finances or need help planning your first year of meetings, you’ll find everything you need.

Volunteer Essentials

Your helpful guide for troop management, finances, and more.

Grow Your Troop

Ready to add more members to your Girl Scout Troop?

Troop Year Plans

A customizable resource featuring our most popular activities to plan a year.

Travel

Explore new places near and far with your troop. Learn how to get started!

Forms and Documents

Search for important forms and documents for managing your troop, traveling, and more.

Renew Membership

Get set for another year of fun with Girl Scouts!

Volunteer resources available on MyGS

Many of your must-have tools, like gsLearn and the Volunteer Toolkit, are accessible when you log in to MyGS —always accessible via the icon on the upper right corner of our website.

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The Volunteer Toolkit is a customizable planning tool where you can find suggested meeting plans for most badges, access activity guides and badge requirements, track your Girl Scouts’ achievements, and so much more. It’s the digital planning assistant that will help you power a fun-filled—and organized—Girl Scout year.

You’ll find the Volunteer Toolkit via the left menu bar of MyGS in My Account. It’s accessible on any desktop, tablet, or mobile device.

gsLearn

gsLearn is full of essential volunteer trainings and courses, like how to lead activities the Girl Scout way, safety procedures, and advice for guiding Girl Scouts at every grade level.

You’ll find gsLearn via the left menu bar of MyGS in My Account. It’s accessible on any desktop, tablet, or mobile device, and it will be populated with any trainings you should view.

Looking for more helpful documents?

Check out Forms and Documents for local most-used resources.

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Volunteer Cookie Resources

Help your Girl Scout cookie entrepreneurs shine with these volunteer resources.

LEARN MORE

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Update your troop information at any time by completing the Troop Information Update Form.

Have questions? Email us at answers@girlscoutsosw.org or give us a call at (503) 977-6800.

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A troop disband is the process of discontinuing an existing troop, and might be caused by the following situation:

When one or more troop leaders needs to step down from the role, and the troop is unable to recruit adults to take their place (NOTE: All troops must have at least two unrelated adults in the troop leader role, and one of those leaders must be a woman.)
The troop has less than three girl members, and/or
An Ambassador troop bridges to adult.

Troop disbands may be initiated by the troop leaders or by Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington.

Learn more about the process in our Troop Disband Guide.

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Resources for Volunteers

Keep your Girl Scout experience running smoothly.

Find resources, guides, and more that are essential to volunteers.

Volunteer resources available on MyGS

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