Growing Your Troop: Inviting and Welcoming New Members
Girl Scouts is all about making new friends—and keeping the old! By growing your troop to ten or more members, you can give youth in your community the opportunity to try new things, build forever friendships, take on adventures, dream big and have fun doing it.
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Welcoming New Troop Members
Summary of Resources
- Online Troop Catalog - You can copy a link of your troop's catalog listing and share it with your networks.
- Impressive Online Print Center - Troop leaders can log into the Impressive Online Print Center to get flyers mailed directly to your home at no cost. For further instructions, view our Online Print Center Training Video or download the Online Print Center Training Guide (PDF).
- Troop Expansion Flyer Options - Flyer with space to customize your in-person event with your event location, address, date, and time. Includes customizable section at the bottom for school disclaimers.
- Sample Social Post - Share information about your troop on social media. Don’t forget to include a link to your troop listing!
- Email Template - Use the email template to connect with your families at the start of your troop year. Be sure to customize and add your specific troop details in the appropriate sections.
- Peer-to-Peer Invite Card Options - Customizable invitations for non-members to join your troop meeting.
- Troop Family Meeting - Use the following steps to prepare for and hold your first troop family meeting.
- The In’s-and-Out’s of Investitures - An It The Loop blog post for troop leaders with tips on the celebrating the investiture tradition.
- Health, Safety, and Using Safety Activity Checkpoints - Remember to stay safe and follow our girl-to-adult ratios during meetings.
- GirlScoutShop.com – Visit our online shop or find a local Girl Scouts shop near to purchase to purchase the World Trefoil Pin and Girl Scout Membership Pin.
