My daughter went to a summer camp girl scout thing this summer in Fl.

She apparently had alot of fun because shes asking me to become a girl scout now.

I called the Girls Scout phone line and they gave me the number of a contact in my town.

The thing is apparently, her group is full and theres a waiting list of 3 girls who want in but none of the other parents want to be a troop leader..She said they all want their kids in Girl Scouts but don't want to be involved themselves...

Well, I am Pagan so I didn't think I could be a troop leader. I thought GS were a Christian based group, but apparently that is just the boy Scouts. The girl scouts have said they will not discriminate against race,religion, or sexual preference.

I live in a very closed minded town, very big into sports and God, and anyone who isn't into to sports and God must be bad...

I am very open minded, I will like you no matter your race,sex or religion as long as you are a good person I will befriend you!

This lady was telling me how theres a troop leader that FREAKED when she found out that GS didn't care about sexual preferences, and told the lady to make sure she didn't get any girls from Gay or lesbian families in her troop.

Another woman said she would only accept Christian girls who were affiliated with a church...

Anyhoo...this woman I talked to is in charge of following those requests and placing the girls where they will do their best and have fun, She also is troop leader of the troop that is my daughters age but full

She is a very open minded woman, and one of her girls is pagan and wanted to attend Pagan Pride Day and do a area food drive. When our town found out about the Pagan pride day, they put it in the paper and all the town went nuts! They posted they would protest it etc, and so the GS said they had no issue w. them attending the festival but since it has made a big stink and there will be protesters GS should not attend to see that kind of thing

I was there and there were only 4 or 5 people and all they did was hand or try to hand out church flyers..they hung out by the playground and didn't make much of a deal at all...

My sister in-Law has a Gothic mom friend who is a troop leader and she is really wild colored hair tattoos piercings very very Goth, and I think that is very very cool, that she and her daughter can do GS and keep their individuality!

Anyhow, I am trying to decide if I want to do this or not, or try it out to see how it goes.

The lady says she thinks I'd do good and she can give me my 2 hr training etc. But I'm not the Small town Church going type.

Any advice from Parents of Girls Scouts, Former Girls Scouts or other Girls Scout troop leaders?

Nana~

i am in explorers which is run through the bot scouts of america boys and girls go to the meetings. my post is a police explorer post which means we learn about law enforcment. i went to hershy park penn. with the gs last week had the time of my life. i think its great you want to be a gs leader. i hope you do it and enjoy it.

Ya, It's not completely out, I just dont wanna do it until I know its something she will continue to do and enjoy :eek:

Also even if she joined this other troop the troop leader needs someone to help, not sure what they call that person lol but I'd be it

WE shall see Thanks so much for all the rreplies, it really did help me!

Nana~