SERVICE UNIT SUPPORT IS
NEEDED
The Girl Scouts - Great Rivers Council
Inc., includes more than 23,000 girls
and 8,000 adult volunteers. In order to
make this number more manageable and
provide a high level of support, the
council is broken into more than 70
geographic areas called service units.
Your service unit will contain girls and
adults from your neighborhood and
surrounding schools. Monthly
leader meetings, called service unit
meetings, are held in order to
distribute important information about
policies, events, and updates. The
dates, locations, and times of these
meetings vary, but it is very important
that you or another representative from
your troop attend in order to get
accurate and timely information about
local and council-wide events.
Within the service
unit, several volunteers fill
“service team positions.”
These administrative positions are
used to support leaders. The primary
team positions include:
Service Unit Manager:
The service unit manager is responsible
for managing the service team members
and troop leaders and provides support
where needed. Your service unit
manager is responsible for conducting
the service unit meetings.
Program Consultant:
The program consultant is responsible
for coaching and supporting leaders for
effective delivery of the Girl Scout
program to the girls in the troops.
Recruiter/Troop Organizer:
The recruiter/troop organizer assesses
the community, recruits and places girls
and adults in troops, assists in
securing meeting sites and aids leaders
in conducting parent/guardian meetings
to gain support.
The Registrar:
The service unit registrar ensures that
all girls and adults are registered and
maintains troop rosters for the service
unit. He/she will have information
on how to complete registration forms
for both girls and adults.
The positions on a service team may
vary. Other service team positions
include training liaison, treasurer, and
service unit cookie manager.
