Ways to Volunteer | Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA)

Find ways to participate that fit your schedule.

You can help Girl Scouts become their best selves. You can give Girl Scouts opportunities to have fun, meet friends, and make a difference in their communities and in the world.

When you become a volunteer, you’ll immediately start to feel and see the impact you can have on the lives of Girl Scouts. You’ll support them as they experience new adventures and learn new skills. You’ll watch their confidence soar. You’ll experience the joy of creating a more fair, equal, and compassionate world where everyone has a seat at the table.

Explore the volunteer roles available to you.

Troop Volunteer Roles

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Are you excited to work directly with Girl Scouts in a troop to discover new skills, make lifelong friends, and have fun changing the world? You will love being part of a troop’s leadership team! Troop leaders are provided with start-up training resources and ongoing support from dedicated council staff members. They set up the troop’s schedule, plan and facilitate regular troop meetings, and connect with the local Girl Scout community. Need more information before you say yes? Check out the New Leader’s Guide to Success and Troop Leader position description.

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Are you detail-oriented and love to stay organized? You may love being a troop’s product program coordinator!

Troop Fall Product and Cookie Program Coordinators are responsible for managing troop cookie and fall product inventory, including pick-up at council offices and distribution to families, as well as payment collection. These volunteers are provided with annual training on resources and processes. These are seasonal roles (September-October and December-March).

Troop Fall Product Coordinator Position Description
Troop Cookie Coordinator Volunteer Position Description

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The Girl Scout Friends and Family Network is a great way for caregivers to contribute in their own way! The Friends and Family Network can be utilized on an “as needed” basis. Whether it’s providing snacks or an extra set of hands at a meeting or during an activity, joining the Friends and Family Network is a great way for caregivers to get involved in Girl Scouting when they may not be able to attend each troop meeting. Varying interests and abilities are needed for a troop to be successful; use this worksheet at a meeting with families in your Girl Scout troop to identify where caregivers' personal interests might align with the troop’s needs.

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Troop Treasurers oversee and maintain the troop’s finances by serving as a cosigner on the troop’s bank account, and by submitting an annual troop financial report. This is a great role for the detail-oriented volunteer!

Service Unit Volunteer Roles

A service unit is a community of girl and adult members in a city, town, or group of towns. Service unit team volunteers are the key liaisons between GSEMA staff and local troops within a community. Volunteer roles include:

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Manage the service unit membership (girls, caregivers, and volunteers) throughout the troop year by coordinating regular meetings and events, promoting and communicating council initiatives and objectives, and providing guidance and support to service unit members. Learn more.

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Oversee and maintain the service unit’s finances including the service unit bank account(s). Submit an annual service unit financial report and guide troops with completing their annual financial reports. Learn more.

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Grows membership in Girl Scouting by increasing local awareness through community connections. Learn more.

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Operate the Fall Product Program in adherence to GSEMA guidelines and policies found in GSUSA’s Volunteer Essentials and Safety Activity Checkpoints. Become familiar with the Fall Product Program products, procedures, deadlines, and girl and troop recognitions, and encourage troop participation. Learn more.

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Operate the Girl Scout Cookie Program in adherence to GSEMA guidelines and policies found in GSUSA’s Volunteer Essentials and Safety Activity Checkpoints. Become familiar with the Cookie Program products, procedures, deadlines, girl and troop recognitions, and encourage troop participation. Learn more.

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In partnership with the service unit team, and GSEMA Engagement team, the New Leader Mentor will provide local context, connections, information and support to new leaders. Learn more.

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Promotes Girl Scout activities throughout the service unit to raise awareness, build trust, and keep Girl Scouts top-of-mind among residents in your community. Learn more.

Council Volunteer Roles

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Support Gold Award candidates and the Gold Award process set forth by Girl Scouts of USA (GSUSA) and GSEMA through direct support of individual girls’ projects and aspirations to earn the highest award in Girl Scouting. One-year commitment. Learn more.

GSEMA's Gold Award Committee is actively seeking new advisors. Complete our online application to apply today.

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The Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill in Waltham houses one of the most extensive collections of Girl Scout memorabilia in the country. Archives include primary source photographs, newspapers, and artifacts connected to the beginnings of the Girl Scout Movement in Massachusetts, and showcase life in Boston, Waltham, and New Bedford over the past 100 years.

The museum welcomes project-based volunteers to scan, sort, and archive our many artifacts. Additionally, if you’re interested in providing tours and programming to Girl Scout groups at one of our museum sites (Andover, Waltham, Middleboro), you can become a Museum Docent. Read the position description for more information.

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Are you passionate about the policies that impact Girl Scouting in Eastern Massachusetts? Become a GSEMA Regional Delegate, and lend your voice to critical council governance decisions. Contact us to learn more.

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We believe that to help today’s girls we must provide opportunities for them to meet women immersed in the STEM disciplines. We believe that providing a variety of opportunities for exposure to STEM careers will increase interest and awareness among girls about STEM and encourage them to pursue higher education and careers in these fields. The main focus of this committee is to plan GSEMA's Annual STEM Fest. Apply today.

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Review nominations for annual council-wide volunteer recognitions, and shape the ongoing policy of how, when, and why we recognize volunteers.

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GSEMA affirms its commitment to comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations with respect to its programs, activities and service to girls and volunteers. GSEMA is committed to assuring inclusion of all population groups within its jurisdiction, and is committed to extending the opportunity of Girl Scouting in the recruitment, selection, placement, development and recognition of girls and volunteers in all communities within its jurisdiction. Any benefits and terms and conditions of this program, are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, genetic information and military service. GSEMA policy and federal law prohibits reprisal for engaging in protected activity (reporting discrimination or harassment, participating in investigations of such allegations, or intervening to assist those who are subjected to prohibited behaviors), and it will not be tolerated. In addition to filing a complaint with local and state agencies that are responsible for resolving discrimination complaints, you may bring a complaint to the attention of the Corporation for National and Community Service. If you believe that you or others have been discriminated against, or if you want to seek advice, contact: Jessica Miller, Director of Human Resources, 111 East Grove Street, Middleboro, MA 02346, (781) 208-1107, jmiller@gsema.org. For more information, see GSEMA Volunteer Policies and Procedures. Compliance history information is available from GSEMA.

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