Girl Scouts Of Texas Oklahoma Plains Inc

Programs: Girl and volunteer experience: volunteer-led troops provide traditional girl scouting to girls ages 5 through 17 in partnership with trained adult leaders. Activities for the girls include troop meetings, service projects, product program activities, including the annual girl scout cookie sale. The cookie program helps girls develop five essential skills; 1)goal setting 2)decision making 3)money management 4)people skills and 5)business ethics. Adult learning opportunities are offered throughout the year for volunteers to learn best practices in working with girls through girl scouts. Girls learn to be go-getters, innovators, risk-takers and leaders while building courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place.

recruitment: recruitment activities throughout the year focus on the recruitment of adult volunteers and girl members. Activities include community fairs, school open house nights, volunteer-led recruitment events, and follow-up to online inquiries. Girls are organized into troops through these activities to begin their girl experience with girl scouts. Adult volunteers are trained through an online training system with supplemental in-person training available in order to become troop leaders. Program serves support entire girl network.

community partnerships: community partnerships programs provide quality programming for girls in low-income areas during or after school making girl scouting accessible to every girl. Through school-based, staff-led troop experiences, girls participate in troop meetings, service projects, and product program activities, including the annual girl scout cookie sale. Girls learn to be go-getters, innovators, risk-takers and leaders while building courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place. Program serves 9,208 girls