Here are 10 tips to help increase your ranks.
1. First of all, relax. Back to school is a busy time for everyone, and parents are working out the logistics of work and activities. Plus, not everyone is gung ho to start a kindergartener on a new activitiy when their chld is adjusting to a new school. You may see your numbers increase as the school year progresses and word gets out that there is a troop available.
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My troop started out with six in kindergarten and we went to twelve by first grade (my maximum number).
2. Ask the school if they can send around a flyer to knidergarten and/or first grade classes advertising your troop. In all my years as a parent and a teacher, this was something my local Service Unit did every fall. If yours does not, ask if they will.
3. If your school has a parent run Facebook group for each grade level, you can share in that space that you are starting a new troop. No such group? Start one!
4. Do you pick up your child at school? If you are permitted to congregate in the open space, you can talk to other parents about your troop. They may not know one exists so close by.
5. Have your daughter talk about Girl Scouts with her friends. Invite them to a meeting (check you Council rules about bringing a friend).
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6. Post in a local parent Facebook or Nextdoor page about your troop. Remember to include the meeting time and place so people who respond know when and where the meetings take place.
7. Call your Council and make sure your troop is listed in the Service catalog.
8. Have the parents of girls in your troop reach out to their friends with girls the same age who are eligible to join.
9. Contact your Service Unit Manager and ask for her gudiance.
10. If you have any local MOMs groups or Parents of Twins groups, see if you can send a flyer or speak at their meeting.
I hope these 10 tips for recruiting Girl Scouts to your troop.
What have you done to add more girls?
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