10 Years of GSWAC (Not a Council)!

When I first started as a leader back in the fall of 2010, I told others about the crazy adventures I had as a Girl Scout growing up. At one point, someone suggested I write these stories down and perhaps they could be in the form of a blog.  I gave the idea some thought, and eventually I took the time in April of 2014 to set up a WordPress site on my web account. I would love to give you an inspiring explanation of why I picked the name “Girl Scout with a Cause,” but honestly, I don’t remember why I chose it.

Initially, I wrote about very random subjects that suited my mood at the time, but as I started getting more involved in Girl Scouts, I became curious about why things were the way they were. Meaning, why was everybody so up in arms and why was our organization so out of sorts? I participated in Facebook conversations with folks all over the country and began to piece together the upheaval that Girl Scouts went through right before I started my volunteer journey. And in October of 2015, there was a big online hullabaloo due to a white paper that Suellen Nelles, CEO of the Farthest North council at the time, published and sent to the National Board. I read the paper and became even more curious about the thought process of what was known as the “Core Business Strategy.” To try to make sense of it from the viewpoint of a volunteer, I wrote a summary of the white paper with my thoughts on it. I published it and went about my day. Later that evening, a volunteer in my service unit stopped me at church and said that my blog post was going viral on Facebook. When I got home, I couldn’t believe the response it was getting. Continue reading