I usually don’t do things like this, but I just wanted to bring attention to the absolutely most low key effort survey out there when it comes to the membership dues proposals. As my daughter says, this is Beta Ohio. Dog water. Not demure and not very mindful. And they actually use the words “democratic […] The post Worst. Survey. Ever. first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

A friend of mine recently called me the Girl Scout version of Cassandra of Troy. I can’t think of a better description, especially lately. So once again, I bring you my ramblings. This time over a topic of which I am well familiar. After the Farthest North lawsuit was finally settled back in 2021, I […] The post Membership Dues Redux first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

The pen is mightier than the sword. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton Back in 2016, I started a series of blog posts about the history of two GSSC-MM camps with one being Camp Mary Elizabeth (CME). CME is one of only a few camps left in the United States located in the middle of urban sprawl and […] The post CME History: A Writer Comes to the Rescue first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

On August 26, 2024, paperwork was filed to dismiss the Middle Tennessee council’s lawsuit versus GSUSA. I had actually gotten word that both sides came to a settlement a few weeks ago, but I am not one to publish things on GSWAC (Not a Council) without public references, so I waited for the paperwork on […] The post The Middle TN Lawsuit Has Been Settled… Or Has It? first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

A few years back, I decided to recreate the discontinued Memory Books that GSUSA published years ago but using a different premise. If you want to read about the thought process behind them, you can visit the original blog post. No new badges were released for the 2024-25 season, but the First Aid badges for […] The post Updated UNOFFICIAL Memory Book Updates for 2024-25 first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

It’s that time of year! I’ve published the Badge, Journey, and Award summaries for all levels for the 2024-2025 membership year. These PDF files are a combination of what you’ll find in GSUSA’s Badge Explorer, except that I streamlined the designs to make them more printer-friendly and added the additional awards found in each level. […] The post Updated Badge, Journey, and Award Summaries for 2024-25 first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

“Money is a mirror. It shows you a magnified image of who you are within. If you are good, it makes you better. If you’re not, it makes you worse.” – Anonymous For the past few years, I’ve been putting together a very simple summary of GSUSA’s financials over on GirlScoutGovernance.com (GSG). Usually I don’t […] The post Mo Money Mo Problems first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

If you know me, you’ll know that I’m a rabid Georgia Bulldogs fan. One of our historical rivals is Clemson University, home to one of the more unique color schemes in college football consisting of orange and purple. Clemson’s athletic department has a donor program called IPTAY which stands for “I Pay Ten a Year.” […] The post It’s OFFICIAL Scarf Time Again, Y’all! first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

As SUM for my new SU, I recently put together a list of patch programs that girls can earn over the summer and thought I’d share it here too. If you’d like to download this list as a PDF, you can find it here. You don’t need a Dropbox account to download it. Just click […] The post Summer of 2024 Patch Programs first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more

If you’ve followed me for a couple of years, you’ll know about my journey with getting a Trailblazer troop/program underway. To give you a brief recount of this story, in the summer of 2019, GSUSA relaunched the Trailblazer and Mariner programs to much fanfare among those of us who were hoping our national organization would […] The post My Adventure with the Adventurers! first appeared on Girl Scout with a Cause ..read more