Welcome to Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey. Your decision to become an Adult Volunteer is a great one. The memories you make along your journey will be cherished by all of the girls whose lives you touch. Please follow the steps below in the order they are written to become an adult volunteer/leader/co-leader.

All Adult Volunteers:

Additional Steps for Leaders and Co-Leaders:

1. Complete Girl Scouting 101 (Requires password: aboutGS101)
   Girl Scouting 101 en Español (requires password: aboutGS101)

2. Take Basic Leadership Training (BLT) in person at one of our Service Center locations. Find a BLT Part Two offering on the program calendar and register online. http://www.gshnj.org/?p=events&view=list&month=8&year=2013&day=&cat=58&status=

3. Take Level Training in person. Find a Level Training offering on the program calendar and register online.

• Daisy Training for grades K-1
• Brownie Training for grades 2-3
• Junior Training for grades 4-5
• Cadette Training for grades 6-8
• Senior Training for grades 9-10
• Ambassador Training for grades 11-12

 

Questions? Contact Cricket Cardozo, training registrar, at 908-518-4407 or ccardozo@gshnj.org.
Need training? Have your checked our calendar? Don’t see the training you need? Feel free to use our Training Request Form.

 

Welcome to the great adventure of Girl Scouting! Thanks to volunteers like you, generations of girls have learned to be leaders in their own lives and in the world.

We know you’re busy and need to be efficient with your time. For that reason, this Quick-Start Guide to Volunteer Essentials gives you the nitty-gritty—what you need to know now, as you plan for your first meeting with girls. We encourage you to read through these tips as soon as you can, and then feel free to put down this handbook for now.

The rest of Volunteer Essentials is a reference for you to use only as needed. When you have a question, simply look up the topic in the Table of Contents, and you’ll find your answer. Think of Volunteer Essentials as your encyclopedia to Girl Scout volunteering: it’s here when you need it, but there’s no need to read it all today. 

Ready to get started? Then read the following handy tips, and you’ll be on your way!