Resources & Support

MyGS

MyGS 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 MyGS 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, 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!
Access on-demand training and enrichment courses through gsLearn.

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The Volunteer Toolkit is your official source for delivering easy, fun troop meetings year-round! This fully customizable digital planning tool is accessible on any computer, tablet, or mobile device and provides you with Girl Scout program content, award requirements, and other resources.

Through the Volunteer Toolkit, troop leaders can:

Plan the troop’s calendar year.
View the troop roster and email families with one click.
View badges, Journeys and awards for all program levels including prepopulated tracks for younger and older Multi-Level troop groups (K–5 and 6–12).
Explore 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 Journey 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.

The Volunteer Toolkit isn’t just for troop leaders!
Caregivers and administrative volunteers can have access too.

Caregivers of Girl Scouts in a troop can see troop financial reports, download their attendance and achievement record and stay up-to-date on the great things the troop is doing throughout the year.
Individually registered Girl Scouts and their caregivers can access badges, Journeys and awards to take charge of their experience individually.
Administrative volunteers can see a demo version of the Volunteer Tookit to see all the programming available to troops and families, as well as provide support and training to their local volunteers.

What about parents?

Parents can now access the Volunteer Toolkit to see what their girl’s troop or group is doing (e.g, meeting information and which badges and Journeys she is working on).
Parents can also view the troop’s finances (depending on the council’s process).

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

Ready to learn more?

Check out the Volunteer Toolkit trainings in gsLearn before you start. Click on My GS in the upper right-hand corner to login and access gsLearn and the Volunteer Toolkit.

Caregivers

Check out our easy-access trainings available on YouTube!

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.

Here is a sneak peek at what gsLearn has to offer to all Girl Scout members:

Troop Finances
Ceremonies and Traditions
Highest Awards (youth)
Troop Management
Trips and Travel
Outdoor Resources
Enrichments and training from GSUSA

All new learners, please note: if this is your first time accessing gsLearn, it may take up to 24 hours for all content to appear on your dashboard/content library.

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New Leader Guide

Juliette Guide for Caregivers

Volunteer Toolkit Resource Guide

gsEvents Resource Guide

Checklist for a Successful Year

Badge Explorer

Girl Scout Song Book

Girl Scouts Feeding New York Patch Program: Girl Scouts of Nassau County Initiative

Training

Volunteer Role-Specific Training

Volunteer Orientation: After completing the application and background check, new volunteers participate in an orientation prior to beginning in their new role. The orientation, typically in-person, is required for Co-leaders, series facilitators, and other leadership roles. Orientations are coordinated by a council representative and take care of teaching new volunteers all of the “essential details,” like building a Girl Scout troop.

New Leader Orientation: After completing first steps of becoming a Girl Scout volunteer (interest meeting/background check) new troop volunteers participate in an orientation before beginning in their new role. The orientation can be held in-person or virtually with a local staff member and educate on the Girl Scout program, building a troop, meeting with caregivers and more.

Service Unit Team Member Orientation: Service Unit Team Members are an important part of their local GS community. The orientation can be held in-person or virtually with a local staff member and educated volunteers on time commitment, role responsibility and how to support the local GS community.

Service Unit Encampment Director Training: Encampments are a wonderful opportunity to provide safe, fun and educational outdoor experiences for three or more troops. An Encampment Director has completed Simply Successful Overnights, Simply Successful Camping and has had successful experience in planning and implementing Girl Scout outdoor programming.

Training Opportunites for Volunteers

Trips and Travel

Simply Successful Overnights: required before hosting an indoor overnight experience.
- A two-hour session that prepares participants for planning and facilitating a safe group overnight Girl Scout experience, such as a sleepover, lock-in, or hotel/motel overnight. Also addresses cooking with girls using standard household kitchen appliances. (Available through in-person workshops and online webinars.)
Extended Travel: required before hosting trips lasting over three nights.

Outdoor

Simply Successful Camping- required before hosting an outdoor overnight experience.
- Participants go to camp and learn to plan and facilitate a safe group Girl Scout camping experience in a lodge, cabin or tent. Topics include meal prep and fire building and may include an optional overnight. Prerequisites: Simply Successful Overnights and a Girl Scout group overnight or comparable documented experience.
GSNYPENN Small Craft Safety
Target Sports

Health and Safety

First Aid/CPR- certification is required of at least one adult Girl Scout Volunteer chaperoning an approved Girl Scout activity.
Youth Mental Health First Aid

Volunteer Training Request

Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways offers support to adults working directly with youth, and those working with each other to bring the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to youth members. Some courses are required for certain volunteer roles; others are for enrichment purposes.

If you are interested in a particular training and it is open for registration on our Events Calendar, volunteers can request an opportunity in their local area with the Training On-Demand Form.

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Whistleblowers Policy

Blue Book of Basic Documents

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Service Unit Delegate

Every spring, Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways (GSNYPENN) holds its Annual Meeting, gathering the organization’s executives, board of directors, and members. During the Annual Meeting, an elected group of members called delegates directly participates in council governance—electing board members, voting on changes to organizational policies and bylaws, and providing feedback on topics most affecting our members.

Every service unit facilitates a service unit delegate selection between October 1 and January 15 in anticipation of the Annual Meeting. Service units must submit their delegate names to council staff by January 15.

Service unit delegates must be:

Registered members of Girl Scouts of the USA
Affiliated with a service unit through a troop, group, or role
At least 14-years-old
No outstanding debts to council

Service unit delegates represent the interests, needs, and unique perspectives of their local Girl Scout community. As a membership organization, it's critical that the amazing diversity of our region is present at annual meeting.

To learn more about becoming a Service Unit Delegate, visit www.gsnypenn.org/board.

National Council Session (NCS) Delegate

Every three years, delegates from every council across the nation and USA Girl Scouts Overseas—our National Council—meet to discuss, debate, and vote on issues important to the Girl Scout Movement and elect national leaders for the next triennium.

The delegates the council is entitled to elect to the NCS of the United States of America are elected by the voting members of the GSNYPENN corporation (service unit delegates, board members, and board development committee members) at the Annual Meeting. NCS Delegate applications are accepted through December 31 every three years and elected at the following Annual Meeting.

Applicants must be:

A United States citizen
A member of the Girl Scout Movement in the United States
Age 14 years or over by the time they will attend the National Council
A member of the council for whom she/he/they will be serving

NCS delegates are a crucial part of ensuring each council's interests and concerns are represented at the national level and shaping the national Girl Scout Movement’s direction and governance.

To learn more about becoming an NCS Delegate, visit www.gsnypenn.org/board.