Girl Scout Adventures (PDF 2.77MB)
Girl Scout Adventures Online prepares you to successfully prepare a group of Girl Scout girls and adults for outings beyond your meeting location. These outings include council-sponsored girl leadership opportunities, day trips, and overnights in Girl Scout houses or hotels. An additional training, Outdoor Skills Weekend, is required to engage in camping or staying overnight in the out-of-doors.

Volunteer Essentials (PDF 2.97MB)

Safety Activity Checkpoints (PDF 4.07MB)

Upcoming Girl Scout Adult Volunteer Opportunities (PDF 47KB)

Volunteer Essentials

Designed to prepare volunteers to effectively facilitate the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE). This includes: understanding the three keys of Discover, Connect, and Take Action; learning how to use resources to support the delivery of the GSLE; understanding how to facilitate activities so they are girl-led, cooperative and learn-by-doing; acquiring the ability to convey the value of being purposeful in ones leadership. Journey books are available to share at the training site.

Volunteer Essentials Online

Leadership Essentials is now available to take online at http://www.gslearning.org/leadershipessentials/ A set of Journey books (Adult "How to Guide" and girl Journey Book" for your grade level) is needed for this course. Follow the instructions to answer the Learning Log questions. When submitting your personal information please select "Gulfcoast" as your council in order to get credit for taking the course.

Girl Scout Adventures Online

Girl Scout Adventures Online prepares you to successfully prepare a group of Girl Scout girls and adults for outings beyond your meeting location. These outings include council-sponsored girl leadership opportunities, day trips, and overnights in Girl Scout houses or hotels. An additional training, Outdoor Skills Weekend, is required to engage in camping or staying overnight in the out-of-doors.

Outdoor Skills Weekend

As the Girl Scout Processes of girl led, experiential learning, and cooperative learning are embraced for girls, they are being applied to volunteer training as well. Last year Troop Camp with Your Girls; where girls and volunteers learned the outdoor skills needed to camp effectively in partnership; was very successful in not only preparing girls and volunteers to camp, but demonstrating the Girl Scout processes in action. Due to its success, Troop Camp has been replaced with Outdoor Skills, a rebranded version of Troop Camp with Your Girls. This new training allows you to bring your girls for a fun, easy weekend of learning and is replacing Troop Camp. This training is required for all volunteers serving as the certified adult volunteer for overnight troop camping. Course includes camping procedures, outdoor cooking, and safety. One adult with each troop must have completed troop adventures training. Up to two adults per troop will be allowed to participate in the training. How it works: All meals and activities will be provided by trained volunteers and staff. Girls and adults, being trained, will participate in activities together and separately. Troops are allowed to bring girls along with the number of adults required by safety activity checkpoints. At least one adult with your troop should be designated to spend the entire weekend with the girls and will not complete the training. When the girls are not participating along with the adults being trained, they and their accompanying adult(s) will be engaged in fun camp activities led by trained volunteers and staff.

Backpacking (overnight course)

Offers trail packing and advanced primitive camping skills. The council furnishes the backpacks, tents, stoves, and cookware needed for this course. Pack light for this one. Prerequisite: Advanced Troop Camp.

CPR and First Aid

A Girl Scout “first-aider” is an adult who has taken Girl Scout council-approved, First Aid and CPR training. Check "Volunteer Essentials" (Chapter 4 Safety-Wise) and "Safety Activity Checkpoints" for acceptable First Aid and CPR courses and specifications regarding the need of a “first-aider” for any activity.

Canoe

Learn canoe basics including strokes, maneuvering, equipment, and safety techniques to take your troop canoeing.

Kayak

Experience the thrill of paddling sit-upon kayaks and learn how to maneuver them in calm Florida waters.

Archery

Practice shooting and learn about proper equipment, how to set up a range as well as how to teach your girls to shoot.

Event Cooking

To use the commercial kitchen at Camp Honi Hanta for neighborhood and council events.

Lifeguard

A lifeguard is required for home pools as well as public pools. You must be a strong swimmer. Course includes distance and endurance segments.