First Year Leader

This is going to be my first year as a Daisy troop leader.

I had such a great time volunteering with my oldest daughter's Daisy troop last year as a co-leader and Cookie Mom, that I decided to start a new Daisy troop this upcoming scouting season. My older daughter bridged to a Brownie and my youngest daughter is entering Kindergarten and will be a first year Daisy.

I've spent the summer on Pinterest and on google searching for ideas. I've also been a volunteer/parent for our Service Unit's Growing Daisies program, so I have come across so many resources to help me with my planning.

Since I have such a vast amount of new resources and ideas, I wanted to have a page where I can share all of my favorites that I have found, as well as my own ideas and creations. I also figured this would be an awesome way to document my first year as a Daisy leader and another year as a co-leader with our Brownie troop.

I am so excited to start our scouting season. I have an awesome co-leader, who was also a volunteer in our Daisy troop from last year. I already know half of the scouts who will be in our troop, and will have interacted with the other half during our Growing Daisies program.

I have high hopes for our troop.

I don't want our troop to place an emphasis arts & crafts. I definitely want to incorporate as much community service as we can. I've already sent many e-mails to various organizations in the area to find as many community service opportunities as possible. I've realized that many organizations do not have any opportunities for young children unless you have a 1:1 adult and girl ratio because they do not want to be held liable for any accidents, but many organizations are willing to find or create easier tasks for young children if you reach out to them.

I also want our troop to incorporate a lot of outside of meeting activities (trips, educational programs, fun recreational events and family fun days).  I am also excited to announce that our troop will have a monthly event called STEM Mondays. On this meeting date we will spend the entire meeting time strictly on science, technology, engineering or math projects. We will also have a strong bond with our sister troops (my other daughter's Brownie troop and also a new Junior troop that will be led by another one of our volunteer moms from last year).

In the end, I hope that my scouts will end their first year as Daisies with confidence and the ability to lead. I've seen the positive influence that Girl Scouts has had on both of my daughters, even with my youngest one only experiencing Girl Scouts as a tag. I hope my scouts will leave feeling the same way as my daughters; inspired and excited to continue on in Girl Scouts.