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Girl Scouts recruiting new members, volunteers in southeast Michigan
New Girl Scout Troops are forming and existing troops have availability for both GIRLS and ADULT VOLUNTEERS. JOIN the FUN: gssem.org!
Girl Scouts recruiting new members, volunteers in southeast Michigan
DETROIT—Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan (GSSEM) announced that membership and volunteer opportunities are available to girls and adults throughout the region. Girls and adults are kicking off the 2016-2017-membership year just as students return to school.
“Girl Scouts provides girls with a safe environment for trying new things, making them greater challenge-seekers, more academically proficient students, and, eventually, more successful adults,” said Ruth Zamierowski, GSSEM director of recruitment.
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Girls can participate in Girl Scouts either as part of a troop or as an individual Girl Scout. Adult volunteers are needed to be troop leaders, or to serve in a variety of other roles.
“Back to school time is the perfect time to get started. New troops are forming and existing troops have new availability as girls move up to their next Girl Scouting level. Also, we always need volunteers to support and mentor the girls’ in their Girl Scouting experiences,” Zamierowski said. “It’s easy to get started just by giving us a call to get a troop started in your school or organization.”
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Girl Scouts is open to all kindergarten to 12th grade girls. For information about how to join or volunteer, visit www.gssem.org/join or call (800) 482-6734.
About Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan
Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan (GSSEM) is the local council chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) to facilitate the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE), designed to help girls develop leadership skills through three key elements—Discover, Connect and Take Action. Each element has a set of five outcomes including girls develop a strong sense of self (Discover); girls develop healthy relationships (Connect); and girls can identify community needs (Take Action).
GSSEM serves girls and adult volunteers in Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair, Sanilac, and parts of Wayne, and Monroe Counties. GSSEM provides a girl-led, girl-centered, fun-filled quality leadership experience.