As a recruiter, you serve as a local Girl Scout champion that organizes within your community to engage with prospective families, host local recruitment events, and help register girls and adults for membership.
Girl Scouts River Valleys could not do this work without you. You help bring Girls Scouts to families is your community. Thank you for taking on this important role! Get started by watching the kick-off video and review recruiter training.
The For Every Girl Challenge provides rewards and incentives for service units and troops who go above and beyond to help bring Girl Scouts to more girls. Research shows that the majority of girls join Girl Scouts because they heard about it from someone else. We need your help to spread the word!!
Service units and troops must complete at least six activities and complete the For Every Girl Challenge Reporting Form by November 12 to be eligible for service unit/troop level incentives.
For a limited time, new troop leaders (and their girl) can join for FREE*
*Promotion lasts until October 31, 2021
Resources
Your Year at a Glance
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May-July: Onboarding & Planning
- Attend the virtual Fall Recruitment Kick-Off Event July 15.
- Start building your service recruitment team
- Confirm date, time, and location for your fall sign-up event
- Identify available school open houses and family friendly community events to attend
- Start planning your fall local promotions plan.
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August: Promote & Organize
- New materials coming to Impressive portal August 1
- For Every Girl Challenge begins.
- Attend the virtual Recruiter Conversation on August 11. Check your email for the invitation.
- Confirm your sign-up event and open house details and submit share your event form.
- Attend school open houses and other family focused events.
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September: Sign-up Events
- Host local sign-up events.
- Attend the virtual Recruiter Conversation on September 13. Check your email for the invitation.
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October: Reflect & Celebrate!
- Attend the virtual Recruiter Conversation on October 11. Check your email for the invitation.
- Support follow-up recruitment activities in targeted areas.
- Wrap up For Every Girl Challenge activities and submit For Every Girl Challenge Reporting Form.
Other Recruitment Resources
Recruiter Round-Up
Read the Recruiter Round-Up e-newsletter to get up-to-date information during the recruitment season. Make sure to stay subscribed to this list, and let us know if you aren’t receiving it!
Each edition of Recruiter Round-Up will be added to the list below once it has been published.
Recruiter Round-Up:
- Recruiter Round-Up: August 31, 2021
- Recruiter Round-Up: August 5, 2021
- Recruiter Round-Up: April 14, 2021
- Recruiter Round-Up: January 8, 2021
- Recruiter Round-Up: November 5, 2020
- Recruiter Round-Up: October 2, 2020
- Recruiter Round-Up: September 3, 2020
- Recruiter Round-Up: August 14, 2020
- Recruiter Round-Up: July 31, 2020
- Recruiter Round-Up: July 14, 2020
- Recruiter Round-Up: June 30, 2020
- Recruiter Round-Up: June 18, 2020
- Recruiter Round-Up: May 26, 2020
These monthly virtual Recruiter Conversations will be a space for Girl Scouts River Valleys recruiters to dive deeper into fall recruitment topics, updates, and share and learn together. Dates include:
- July 15: July 15: Fall Recruitment Kick-Off Event
- August 11
- September 13
- October 11
Service unit managers and recruiters can log in to the Impressive Online Print Center to order any of the following kits or items. Please allow one week for your order to be processed then items will be mailed to you. To create a new account, select “click here to register” at the sign in area. Allow up to 3 business days for approval of new accounts. For further instructions, view our Online Print Center Training Video
Starting August 1 fall recruitment resources will be available to order on the portal.
Open House Kit
This kit includes materials for tableing at an Open House event. Resources include general Girl Scout flyers, giveaways like bracelets, stickers, and pencils, Start a Troop flyers, Why Girl Scouts flyer, Join sign, yard sign, and more.
Sign-up Event Kit
This kit includes materials for your sign-up andd recruitment event. Resources include paper membership forms, prepaid envelope, sign-in sheet, giveaways like bracelets, stickers, and pencils, Start a Troop flyers, Why Girl Scouts flyer, Join sign, yard sign, and more.
General Girl Scout Flyer (English and Spanish)
8.5″ x 11″ flyer. Dual-sided in English and Spanish, with general information about Girl Scouts. Includes customizable section at the bottom for school disclaimers.
Download Flyer
General Girl Scout Flyer (English and Somali)
8.5″ x 11″ flyer. Dual-sided in English and Somali, with general information about Girl Scouts. Includes customizable section at the bottom for school disclaimers.
Download Flyer
General Girl Scout Flyer (English and Hmong)
8.5″ x 11″ flyer. Dual-sided in English and Hmong, with general information about Girl Scouts. Includes customizable section at the bottom for school disclaimers.
Download Flyer
Customizable Event Flyer (English and Spanish)
8.5″ x 11″ flyer. Dual-sided in English and Spanish, 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.
Download Flyer
Customizable Event Flyer (English and Somali)
8.5″ x 11″ flyer. Dual-sided in English and Somali, 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.
Download Flyer
Customizable Event Flyer (English and Hmong)
8.5″ x 11″ flyer. Dual-sided in English and Hmong, 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.
Download Flyer
Why Girl Scouts Flyer (English or Spanish)
8.5″ x 11″ flyer. Includes general information about the Girl Scout program: What girls do, time commitment, and why families love Girl Scouts. Available in English or Spanish.
Download Why Girl Scouts Flyer – English
Download Why Girl Scouts Flyer – Spanish
Start a Troop Flyer
8.5″ x 11″ flyer. Information on the troop leader role, how it works, and how to start a troop.
Download Flyer
Join Sign
8.5″ x 11″ sign. Sign for display, includes the join link and a QR code.
Download Sign
Membership Forms
8.5″ x 11″ form. Official paper membership registration form for families unable to join via link or QR code. Includes carbon copy for your reference.
Member Form Cover Sheet
8.5″ x 11″. Cover sheet summarizing all full paper registrations collected at events.
Download Form
Sign-in Sheet
8.5″ x 11″. Sign-in sheet for your event.
Download Sheet
Prepaid Envelope
9″ x 12″. Prepaid and pre-addressed envelope for full registration forms collected.
General Yard Sign
26″ x 16″ sign. Display this Girl Scout yard sign in your yard/community.
Event Yard Sign
26″ x 16″ sign. Use a permanet marker and write your event information on the sign. Display this sign in your yard/community.
Email Signature Image
Promote Girl Scouts right from your email communications with this signature image.
Download Signature Image
