About Me

My name is Amy (Moore) Brown, and in the 3rd grade in 1981, I joined Girl Scout Troop 20 in Athens, Georgia.  Little did I know at the time how much of a difference it would make in my life.  My troop leader was also my 3rd teacher – but more about her later in the blog!  I stayed with my troop all the way up to Seniors (there was no Ambassador level at the time), and four of us earned our Gold Award in 1989.

Currently, I’m a troop leader for Troop 2562 in Simpsonville, SC and a council-wide Trailblazers group that partners with the council with programming.  I’ve been a leader since the fall of 2010 starting with first year Daisies.  My oldest daughter just graduated in June of 2023, so right now, I’ve got one daughter left in GS.

Currently, I serve on our service unit team as the service unit manager and as a SU delegate.  I also served as a National Delegate for the 2017 National Council Session.  Additionally, I’ve led trainings on parliamentary procedure and governance for other councils’ delegations (both local delegates and National Delegates). I am also the administrator and one of the writers for the website GirlScoutGovernance.com.  Two friends and I established Friends of Camp WaBak, an association of Camp WaBak supporters which partners with our council to support WaBak. I also serve as a trainer and facilitator and co-founded the Trailblazers M2M program at our council.

Thanks to Girl Scouts and finding that I love governance, I’ve become a certified Registered Parliamentarian.

Since I have been through the Girl Scout program as a girl and now as a leader, I am a true believer in what the Girl Scouts program can provide.  My goal as a GS leader and volunteer is to give back to others what I have received from Girl Scouting.

When it comes to perspective, I feel like I can offer a somewhat unique one.  As I mentioned before, I went through the entire program from start to finish – Brownies all the way through Seniors (the highest level at the time) and earned Gold.  However, from the time I earned my Gold in June of 1989 to when I started as a volunteer in August of 2010, I was out of pocket.  The only interaction I had with anything Girl Scout related was buying cookies at booths during that time.  So fast forward to 2010 – I started as a Daisy leader after the mergers, as the Journeys came on board, and as the old badges were retired.  I pretty much started as a volunteer knowing nothing else other than what memories I had as a girl.

I began this blog in the spring of 2014, and it’s just a way for me to express my opinions, experiences, random thoughts, ideas, and memories about Girl Scouts.  I also enjoy writing about the histories of Camp WaBak and Camp Mary Elizabeth, two longtime camps in the GSSC-MM council.  I like OFFICIAL scarves too.  And Blue Books.

I probably should stick this in here as a warning:

If you would like to reach me, you can email me at amy@dawgtoons.com.  Please note that press or media requests will be turned down.  I am not a member of any group nor do I represent one.  I speak only for myself in this blog with personal opinions and commentaries – some positive and some not so positive.  At times I am critical of GSUSA and councils (and even volunteers at times!), but that in no way means I am critical of the Girl Scout Movement as a whole, and I do try to put forth what I feel are workable solutions.  I write about these things in the hopes that I can contribute to some kind of volunteer perspective on what works and doesn’t work.  Or at least I used to hope that.  Now I just write because I enjoy writing, and I have no expectations as to what comes of it.

Disclaimer:  Any opinions expressed in this blog do not reflect the views of my previous council (Northeast Georgia), or current council (SC – Mountains to Midlands), or any future council I might be in, or GSUSA, or my service unit, or my troop, or my cats.