Volunteer Ambush

[cherydactyl]

Today was the first day of girl scout troops at AALC. I was told over the weekend that the Daisy (K-1st grade) troop might not exist unless somebody stepped up to be a co-leader. I'd actually put on S's interest form that I *might* be interested in a being a co-leader for the Juniors (4-5th grade). M would have been so disappointed if there had not been a Daisy troop. So guess what? I'm a Daisy co-leader now.

On the good side, M got up this morning and declared before breakfast that she was *so* excited because girls scouts was starting.

On the bad side, I have to pay out to get leader training and buy books and so on, though it's pretty token as regard the training cost. I suppose I can log the mileage as charitable mileage at least.

So, y'all can now buy me Girl Scout gift cards for Xmas if you are inclined to get me something. They come in denominations as small as $5. Then I can buy myself a cardigan so I look official, get some songbooks, purchase other source materials, or register for more training seminars. Or buy the girls each a vest or sash, books, myriad patches and other gewgaws, etc., etc. Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan web site here It's a bit of a racket sometimes, but I do remember my Girl Scout days moderately fondly, before I changed schools and ultimately dropped scouting before Cadet level, due to the athletic team requirements of said school starting in 7th grade. It's worth it if it helps my girls grow into strong women.

Comments

[surakofb5.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds a lot like how my mother ended up being troop leader through most of my elementary school years. I guess some things never change. ;-)

[a2macgeek.livejournal.com]

Heh. That's how my sister wound up being troop leader for Emma's Daisy troop. Which then turned into being troop leader for her brownie troop. The funniest part came this year, when Emma's younger sister Elena hit Daisy age. It looked like there was another mother willing to run Elena's Daisy troop, much to Jen's relief. Then Elena found out mommy wasn't going to be her troop leader like she was Emma's. So now Jen is a co-leader of Elena's Daisy troop. :)

[curiouskendra.livejournal.com]

That is both awesome and bad. Bad, that now I will buy lots of girl scout cookies, especially with two kids to buy from. But cool beans on being a troop leader. I really like my troop leaders while I was in girl scouts.