Restructuring and Membership Numbers
Ever since I started reading about the changes GSUSA made right before I began as a volunteer, I have been very curious about how we got to the point we are today and what happened between the time I finished…
Author: GSWAC-Amy
The OFFICIAL! OFFICIAL Scarf Story
I realized the other day that I’ve been referring to the OFFICIAL Scarf throughout this blog with no explanation. People ask, “What’s the deal with this scarf thing?” Finally, I am going to explain the story behind the OFFICIAL Scarf! …
Governance vs. Operations vs. Kittens
Welcome back to the second installment of Delegate Duties, the most exciting thing to hit the blogosphere since the launch of WordPress.com! If you missed the first go-around, start there. It’s not necessary to read them in order, but if…
Cadette Handbooks
Have you woken up yet from the boring first edition of Delegate Duties? I’m sure you are on the edge of your seat waiting for the next installment! Just wait until I write about such exciting topics as Governance vs.…
Delegate Duties or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Board
Congratulations! You’re a council delegate. So now what? I hear and read from delegates and volunteers who want to have some kind of voice in their council, but they are unsure how to go about this. The process can be…
Camp Mary Elizabeth’s Cabin
Did you know there’s a historical cabin located at Camp Mary Elizabeth? Not many people do! Little is known about it since it was first discovered back in 1992. According to articles from the Spartanburg Herald Journal, it was uncovered…
City Slickers 2016
City Slickers 2016 is in the books as of a few weeks ago! If you don’t know what City Slickers is, it’s an almost week long summer camp that our service unit puts on. It’s hosted by our local United…
If I Were CEO of GSUSA!
Originally I saw this question posed in a GS Facebook group and wasn’t planning on writing up anything, but then Sylvia Acevedo, the GSUSA Interim CEO, asked for input via the GSUSA blog. So here we go! I wrote this…
OFFICIAL Fail
It will be a few days until I completely recover from our service unit’s City Slickers camp. I plan on reviewing it at some point in the near future and sharing the various projects, field trips, and patches/badges we earned. …
Mind Numbing Boredom
Whew, I’ve gotten pretty serious here lately. It took me a while to write the Generation Gap post (including a couple of rewrites), so I’m going to go with something easy. I haven’t shared a Troop 20 story in a…