Service Projects
We will be adding more news and information SOON. Please send us info about your troop service projects!
100 Years / 100 Hours
For the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting, GSUSA is launching a “100,000 Hours of Service Challenge”. Keep working to make a better world, write down your volunteer hours, take photos and show off what you've done!
Holiday Hosts
Daisy Troop 40236 used their Election Day Booth money to host a family from social services for Christmas.
Dresses for Haiti
Troop 40225 made these beautiful pillowcase dresses for children in Haiti. Contact Troop 40225 if you would like more information.
Holiday Cheer
Brownie Troop 40290 spread some Christmas cheer at Chestnut Grove by singing songs and doing a craft with residents.
Baby Bundles
Here is Junior Troop 40222 with their 2009 participation in Baby Bundles. The project benefited an organization called Baby Bundles, which is a monthly diaper and other essential baby products distribution program run by the First Congregational Church of New Milford. Our Girls purchased baby supplies (wipes,baby wash, baby powder) with money they made from QSP. They individually wrapped each item and assembled a beautiful basket that was donated to baby bundles.
Locks of Love
Junior Troop 40222 made Locks of Love a troop event! Each girl in our troop took a turn at cutting the troop leader's hair to be donated to Locks of Love.
NEW MILFORD SERVICE UNIT—SERVICE PROJECTS
If you have a project from last year you'd like to include, you can send that too.
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Daisy Brownie Junior Cadette Senior Ambassador Juliette Adult Volunteer (yes, adults do service too!) |
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| Describe your service project (who did the project benefit, what did you do, etc.): | |
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Join our neighborhood team!
We always need adults to help out in lots of ways. You do not have to be a leader to be a neighborhood volunteer. Have fun, network with other Girl Scout adults, and help support our local program!
Service Team Job Descriptions:
Service Unit Manager
Guides and directs service team members and troop leaders to insure quality girl scouting in service unit. Responsibilities include:
- Maintaining adult membership training record.
- Maintain troop lists.
- Reviewing and approving troop trip requests
- Overseeing the orientation and volunteer application process (council checks references and background)
- Answering questions and guiding school organizers, events coordinator, treasurer, orientation volunteers, cookie/QSP managers
- Attending monthly meetings in Wilton (can attend day or evening meeting)
- Overseeing and approving money earning events
- Communicates with Wilton Service Center and/or Council as needed.
- Directing new recruits to appropriate organizer and/or troops.
- Forwarding eblasts and information from council and/or service center to organizers and troops.
- Organizing team and leader meetings as needed.
- Responding to leader inquiries (email or phone) as needed.
- Act as liaison with the community.
- Co-signs troops accounts
Treasurer
- Handles payment of bills, bank deposits and reconciles service unit accounts.
- Co-signs troop accounts and establishes relationship with local bank on behalf of service unit.
- Completes the year end service unit financial report and submits to Wilton Service Center
- Collects year end troop financial reports and submits copies to Wilton Service Center.
- Communicates financial issues to service unit manager..
- Maintains accounting for Juliettes.
School Organizer:
- Recruits prospective leaders and guides them through the training process.
- Places new girls wishing to be in girl scouting with existing troops or organizes new troops.
- Schedules and plans recruitment events. Distributes flyers and other materials to inform adults and girls how, when and where they may become members. Identifies sources for recruiting adult volunteers.
- Collects information about existing troops size, waiting lists, and leader vacancies.
- Supports and encourages troop leaders,
- Obtains records and materials from previous troop leaders to pass on to new leaders when applicable.
- Relays communication of pertinent information to troop leaders (i.e., eblasts, events).
- Reports to service unit manager.
- Attends team and leader meetings.
Registrar:
- Insures that all members within the service unit are correctly registered by processing membership registration and promptly returns forms to the Council Service Center. Keeps a record of membership data and annual registration fees paid. Distributes registration forms and handles early bird registration process.
Events Coordinator:
- Supervises the timely and effective implementation of service unit events. Secures event chairpersons, provides guidance and checks on progress as needed. Assists troops with money earning events (not cookies and QSP). Assists troops with event and trip development.
Cookie Manager / QSP Manager:
- Manages cookie/QSP sales within the service unit. Provides training and ongoing support to troop cookie/QSP mangers. Coordinates with council on the delivery process, computer input and deposit of monies into council and troop accounts.
Smaller and One-Time Jobs:
- Volunteer for a specific project or event such as:
- Memorial Day Parade (help troops to line up at the beginning of the parade)
- April Gala Basket (put together a gift basket for the Council Fundraiser from the New Milford Neighborhood)
- Mentor New Leaders (help new leaders learn the ropes)
- Girl Scout Week coordinator (organize troops to do displays at the library & town hall for Girl Scout Week)
- Public Relations (help spread to news on own projects and events)
- Neighborhood Meetings (back up the SUM for monthly meeting attendance).
- Event Host: host an event with other adults or with your troop. Regular events we have hosted include Hoe Down, Pow-Wow, Songs N Smores, Spring Fling, Variety Show, Holiday Party, Sweetheart Dance (MEA), Open House, Camporee.
Clatter Valley Day Camp:
Our unique, volunteer run summer camp offers a week of fun and learning at Clatter Valley Park for girls age 4 to 18. We need adults to help with set-up, take-down, registration, emergency phone tree, counselors, and providing programs throughout the week. Ask any CVDC volunteer and they will enthusiastically endorse this week-long experience.
If you are interested in any of these service opportunities or if you would like to talk about other ways you can help out, please contact Joyce by email at joyce@newmilfordgirlscouts.org.