Why You Are Needed

What can you do to make a positive contribution in the lives of girls that still fits into your busy life? Volunteer with Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama!

Whatever your schedule permits and whatever your skill set, you may be sure that Girl Scouts can help you put your experience and abilities to use in building girls of courage, confidence and character.

How You Can Help

Volunteer opportunities range from as little as a few hours of event support to the more comprehensive role of being a Troop Leader or Advisor. Here are a few examples:

• Troop Leader or Co-Leader for younger girls
• Advisor for girls 11-17
• Committee member for troops and events
• Share your career experiences
• Share your cultural background with girls
• Consultant for special events, projects and/or fundraising
• Serve as cookie manager for an area

Interested in Finding Out More?

Our Contact Page has phone numbers for our Service Centers. Please call us!

Resources for Volunteers

Here's the short version (read more in the column to the right):

Are you your troop's Cookie Mom this year? Take the convenient ONLINE TRAINING! Use this playful but powerful tool to learn step by step all you need to know about this year's cookie activity.

Volunteer Learning Programs/Opportunities - have fun learning how to be a Girl Scout Volunteer

Events & Programs -- upcoming events for you and your Girl Scouts

GSSA weekly -- new events, deadlines, helpful links

Virtual Volunteer Blog -- other opportunities, news, sharing

Other Links for Volunteers

Leader Magazine is produced by Girl Scouts of the USA specifically for Troop Leaders and Advisors.

Here are useful articles to assist you in your role as Leader or Volunteer. They are located on the Girl Scouts of the USA web site. They will open in a new browser window.

• Listen to What Girls Say About Healthy Living



• Girls and Volunteering: Ideas Into Action



• Ten Ways to Help Instill Girls' Self-Confidence



• Character: A Different Kind of Fitness



• "I'm No Pro Athlete…But I Try it Anyway"



• What Is Your Leadership Style?



• Girl Talk: Anything But Small Talk

These articles and more are available at www.girlscouts.org/for_adults/volunteering/articles.

Getting Started

Starting a Girl Scout Troop isn't hard! We have assembled a New Leader Packet, which lays out the process, step-by-step, to help you feel comfortable in your new role. And of course, our staff is here to help!

Learning Support

Learning programs helps you get the most out of your volunteer experience, as well as providing guidance on the best and safest way to fulfill your commitment.

For new leaders, Girl Scouts provides a Volunteer Orientation and Leadership learning programs to support them in their new role.

Learning programs are made available for many other volunteer opportunities, such as CPR/First Aid, Troop Camper, Canoeing and Water Safety, Archery. You can learn fun new skills while supporting Girl Scouts!

Check out our calendar of current learning opportunities.

Events & Programs

Our Council-sponsored Events & Programs Calendar provides opportunities for fun, learning, and community service throughout the Girl Scout year. Check out great events for our girls!

The Virtual Volunteer

Girl Scout Adult Volunteers are a great source of experience, wisdom and ideas! That's why we have our very own blog, the Virtual Volunteer, for volunteers to learn from each other.

The Virtual Volunteer is here for you to share your Girl Scout experiences, tips for other leaders, patch programs, messages from Liz Brent, our CEO, and lots of other information.

GSSA Weekly

Our Council publishes a weekly email newsletter that updates you on new programs, learning opportunities and activities of our girls! Sign up below with your email address and stay up to date!