Volunteer Resources | Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania

We’ve got you, Girl Scout volunteers!

When you volunteer with Girl Scouts, you’ll uncover new strengths and build on them. And we’re here to help you shine.

Check out these online resources and training courses that you can access whenever, wherever to make the most of your volunteer experience.

MyGS

My GS is your Girl Scout home base and how you access other great tools to manage the Girl Scout experience for your family and troop! By logging into My GS in the upper right-hand corner you can:

Manage your Girl Scout membership and all the memberships in your household and troop(s).
Find exciting in-person and virtual events for your Girl Scout, your family, or your troop to attend.
Maintain your contact information and preferences and manage any changes within your troop.
Access essential tools like the Volunteer Toolkit and gsLearn to make your Girl Scout volunteer experience a breeze!

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Ready to plan your troop year? Our age-appropriate troop year plans are the best tool for troop leaders to get started with Girl Scouts without getting overwhelmed. The entire year is mapped out—just follow along to help your Girl Scouts complete badge activities, improve their communities, and explore the world around them

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The Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) is a digital resource that supports troop leaders and co-leaders, making the process of running a troop easier and more efficient. Check out some of the toolkit’s top features below.

Not sure how to get started? Download VTK Guidebooks below. Still have questions? Contact us at customercare@gswpa.org or 800-248-3355.

Don’t forget! Indie Girl Scouts and service unit managers have access to the Volunteer Toolkit, too!

Through the Volunteer Toolkit, troop leaders can:

Plan the troop’s calendar year.
Email parents with one click.
View the troop roster, renew girls’ membership, and update girls' contact information.
View Daisy through Ambassador badges and awards (to plan for troop meetings), including prepopulated tracks for younger and older Multi-Level troop groups (K–5 and 6–12).
Customize meetings by troop year with other badge and award options.
Explore individual meeting plans that show a breakdown of every meeting, including a list of materials needed and editable time allotments for each activity within a meeting.
Record girls’ attendance at meetings and their badge and award achievements.
Add council or custom troop events to the troop’s calendar.
Enter the troop’s finances (depending on the council’s process).
Easily locate resources, both national and local council resources, such as Safety Activity Checkpoints.

What About Caregivers?

Caregivers can now access the VTK to see what their girl’s troop or group is doing (e.g, meeting information and which badges and awards she is working on).
Caregivers can also view the troop’s financial reports.
Individually registered Girl Scouts and their caregivers can access badges and awards to take charge of their experience individually.

Volunteer Toolkit User Guides

Log in today! Click on My GS in the upper right-hand corner to get started.

gsLearn

gsLearn is Girl Scouts’ official online and on-demand training platform. Confident leaders are prepared leaders, and these online learnings will give you all the info you need to be a great troop leader.

gsLearn isn’t just for volunteers! All members have access to this great tool. Click on myGS in the upper right-hand corner to log in and check it out.

Learn more about volunteer training.

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Stay up-to-date on all things Girl Scouts with our email publications for volunteers:

Monthly Council Updates for Volunteers, our monthly e-newsletter for Girl Scout volunteers,
Cookie Bytes, our weekly e-newsletter about the Girl Scout Cookie Program during cookie season, and
Gifts & Goodies Gazette, our weekly e-newsletter about the Gifts & Goodies program during the fall product sale.

These publications will be sent straight to your inbox (Make sure to check your junk mail!), but you can also find them on our Publications page.

Rallyhood

Rallyhood is a private, online, group collaboration platform that streamlines communications and makes communication among volunteers, caregivers, and staff so much easier. Learn more.