When you decided to become a Girl Scout Volunteer you probably didn’t envision your home becoming a warehouse or a small manufacturing facility but here you are. You soon discover just how involved Girl Scout leaders are in the lives of their girls and how supportive they need to be in their development. Educating each girl to be responsible citizens in their community and helping them to develop vital skills and habits is an ongoing task of each leader. Finding your personal Girl Scout Headquarters As a Girl Scout leader, you quickly find out that the only way to perform your duties is to be perfectly organized. Any disorganization on your part will only be magnified when your girls are involved. Part of coping with all of your responsibilities is knowing where all of your educational materials, awards materials, camping gear, and projects are at all times. You don’t have time to chase down everything you need. Nor can you afford to misplace anything. This is where US Storage Centers comes to the rescue. Here are some ideas from Girl Scout leaders on how you can use one of our air-cooled storage units to make your job easier. Let’s look at each important component of the program. Education The Girl Scouts is one of the largest independent educational support organizations for girls. They encourage and educate young girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), citizenship in the community, ecology, self-reliance, camping, faith, safety, and social interactions on every level. Each of these areas has their own printed material for each girl. The activities associated with each area generate displays and ongoing projects that need to be kept safe from week to week. Activities may also require specialized equipment, especially in the camping department. Most girls don’t know when they join the Girl Scouts that it is going to be a school. However, you will present the program in such a way that they won’t catch on until they realize that learning is fun. Involvement The Girl Scout program teaches girls to be involved in the world around them. They are also involved with each other. Camping teaches the girls many important lessons about involvement, including teamwork and cooperation, safety, self-reliance, respect for nature, service, and following instructions. Camping, as mentioned above, requires a fair amount of equipment to ensure that each camping activity has everything necessary for a safe and fun experience. Keeping all of your camping equipment in one place (your storage unit) makes it much easier to prepare for each camping activity. It also helps assure that you don’t forget important items. Don’t forget the cookies The Girl Scout Cookie program is much more than cookies. It prepares each girl for the competitive world we live in. It teaches the principles of marketing, customer service, and hard work. For you, it means your storage unit will need to serve as a warehouse for the cases of cookies you must store before the girls distribute them. We mentioned that our units are air-cooled; the thin mints will be fine. As a Girl Scout leader, you are to be saluted. At Peoria Self Storage, we want to make your job a lot easier.
