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Girl Scouts is for families

Use these resources to create your own experience

You see your Girl Scout having fun with her troop—now it’s your turn to get involved. Create your own experience while supporting your Girl Scout along the way with these council resources just for parents and families. Each one will help you find activities to enjoy together and help you make the most of your experience.

How to Support Your Girl Scout

Your calendar is full. Your to-do list is jam-packed. You want to help out, but it's almost impossible to find the time. Don't panic. You don't have to give up your life to be a part of Girl Scouting!

There are only so many hours in a day, so girls and their parents or guardians have to balance many growing and diverging interests, commitments, and responsibilities. That’s why Girl Scouting today is more flexible than ever. You can choose how little or how much time and energy you can give – a month, a week, a day, an hour. 

Customize Your Role

From being the "head cheerleader" who encourages and supports her daughter in Girl Scouting, to accompanying the girls on a field trip to a local museum, to helping raise the funds and traveling with a group to a Girl Scout World Center in India, you can use your skills and explore your own interests through Girl Scouting, too.  Here are a few of the many ways you can support your Girl Scout:

  • Suggest a fun day trip
  • Set up a phone tree
  • Set up a phone tree
  • Coordinate transportation for an outing
  • Be a guest speaker
  • Teach girls a new skill
  • Design a troop photo album or website
  • Join girls on a field trip
  • Become an advocate in your community for Girl Scouting
  • Tell your girl you're proud of her
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