The Spring 2020 COVID-19 Stay at Home environment created a trying time for our GSEP families. Our Volunteer Experience team responded by creating a series of virtual enrichment sessions for our Troop Leaders and Service Unit volunteers. GSEP’s volunteers bring our mission to life and we value the strength and resilience they bring to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Realizing the wonderful support system volunteers continually provide to our girls beyond their immediate families, GSEP brainstormed to provide our Troop Leaders with that same exceptional level of support! The Volunteer Experience (VE) team launched a series of informal “training” sessions to help our Troop Leaders stay connected with their troops. In our first meetings, we walked through the Zoom platform of virtual meetings, and gave participants the chance to try out some of the features of this resource. In our second session, we got creative! The VE team shared examples of possible troop
meetings ranging from informal chat sessions, to fun games, to badge workshops. Our message was “If you can think it, we can support you to make it happen.” Our Girl Scouts at Home Virtual enrichment sessions continued to be very successful at engaging many of our dedicated volunteers throughout the spring months. Even though we were physically apart, we were all on this virtual journey together. We heard many amazing things our Girl Scouts did to help others, maintain friendships, and stay strong. As we continued to embark on the new normal, we were heartened by the words of Juliette Gordon Low, “The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are the makers.”
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