March 2018

Volunteer Meeting Agenda

Detailed Cash Record Reports are due on April 1st.

Volunteer Background Checks- Beginning March 2018, any volunteer whose background check expired the previous month will receive an email reminding them to renew their background check. The email will contain a secure link to our background check company, Asurint. If a volunteer has not renewed their background check when prompted it will cause a disruption in their ability to access Volunteer Systems (registration). Renewal of the background check can only take place after the previous background check has expired. There is no cost to the volunteer. GSHG policy requires background checks be renewed every three years.

High Awards Training- A bit of a change is in the making and we think you will be thrilled! In effort to make High Awards trainings more accessible, we are going virtual. We have already announced our virtual Bronze Award training on February 22. But, we didn’t stop there. The April 17, Gold Award Training and April 18, Silver Award training will also be virtual. That means no matter where you are in our Council, you can participate! As if that wasn’t already exciting news, they are both FREE! Yes, that is right, I said free! Your girls will be responsible for printing their own resources off of our GSHG website prior to the trainings. Remember, these two trainings are mandatory for your girls to pursue their Silver or Gold Award.Leaders, even if you have already had these trainings, it does not hurt to refresh on the topic. Please email if you have any questions!

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JGL Bridge CALL TO ACTION - We are asking the Georgia General Assembly to name the Savannah bridge after Juliette Gordon Low, a woman who made—and through her legacy continues to make—an extraordinary impact on the lives of millions of girls in Georgia and across our country. Visit our website to learn more about the effort and access a petition you may sign for support.We would very much appreciate it if you would send a letter yourself, and if you would share this call to action with others in your community.

To encourage girls to take action as part of this letter writing campaign, we are offering a patch to those who do so Girls and adults will need to tell us to which legislators they wrote in order to get the patch. Patches are $3 each and will be mailed to the person who orders them. Find the order form at

Extended Year Girl Membership – is an option for NEW girls that allows them to register for $35 in May to be registered for the remainder of the 2017-18 year as well as the upcoming 2018-2019 year.

Town Halls 2018 -The Town Halls are an opportunity to gather information about the Council and speak with the Council’s CEO, Sue Else, and COO, Cheryl Legette. This year’s topic is program. Please let us know you are attending. The RSVP form is here:

Savannah - Sat, Mar 24 at 9 am at Trinity Lutheran, 12391 Mercy Blvd, Savannah

Albany - Sat, Mar 24 at 4 pmat Sylvester-Margaret Jones Library, 205 E. Pope St

Macon - April 3rd at 6:30 pm at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 565 Wimbish Rd

Friends and Family Campaign is anopportunity for friends and family members of Girl Scouts to financially support the movement. Funds raised are applied to the general operating needs of Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia to better serve Girl Scouts across the council.

Give a gift of $25 or more and receive your Daisy Society patch. The first time you give, your daughter will receive the center and each additional year you give $25 or more your daughter will receive a petal.

You can make your donation monthly – it’s an easy way to spread out your donation over time and increase your impact.

Now:

TEXT GirlScouts to 91999 to go directly to donation form

Visit gshg.org and click the “Donate” tab

TEXT GIRL to 71777 for more information

In the Future:

- Donate when you register on Salesforce.

- Call the council office.

- Send a check to the council office.

- Contribute in person at the council shop.

New Early Bird Incentive for 2019: those troops who register the first week of the Early Bird Campaign (April 9 – midnight on April 15) and meet the criteria will receive $50 for their troop’s use, troops who register thereafter during the Early Bird campaign period (April 16 - midnight June 1)will receive $25 for their troop’s use.

The criteria to qualify are for the troop to have 2 registered adults and the following number of girls:

  • Girl Scout Daisies: 8 girls
  • Girl Scout Brownies: 12 girls
  • Girl Scout Juniors 12 girls
  • Girl Scout Cadettes: 6 girls
  • Girl Scout Seniors: 6 girls
  • Girl Scout Ambassadors: 6 girls
  • Multi-Grade level: 12 girls

Cookie Time!

Last weekend of Cookie Booths is March 2-4

Cookie Cupboards closeon March 2nd

Cookie Sales ends March 4th

Cookie dough can be used toattend council sponsored events and trips. Girls are to present a copy of their personalized emailed cookie dough at the time of registration. The cookie dough should be emailed to along with a completed Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Cookie Dough Redemption form.

Interested in travelling? Exchange your Cookie Dough for Travel Bucks! EF Tours offers a number of trips that are not council sponsored or Destinations and we know girls want to travel so we are planning to add an additional option in 2018. We will offer the Travel Bucks to this troop. We can offer the girls an exchange from Cookie Dough to Travel Bucks. This exchange is at a 50% rate. For example: $125 Cookie Dough can be exchanged for $62.50 in Travel Bucks.

Volunteer Conference 2018 is scheduled for Sep 21-23, 2018. Want to be a better member of the troop leadership team? The Volunteer Conference is the place!

Volunteer Development Opportunities (attached) For a FULL listing of adult training opportunities, details, and registration forms go to Event Tab or Training Calendar.

Have a membership registration problem or question?

Contact our Customer Care Team at or call 1-888-689-1912.

Troop/Group Monthly Report and the Service Area/District Monthly Report help us to know and share the awesome things you are doing with girls in your area!

Here is the link to the Troop/Group report:

Here is the link to the Service Area/District report:

For a complete list and up-to-date information about council events check out !