VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT
Volunteers - GSUSA Wants to Hear From You!
Please take a few moments to take
a Pathways survey for GSUSA. This is your chance to have your voice
heard on the national level. Please click
here
to start the survey.
Earn the
President’s Volunteer Service Award
Girl Scouts of West Central Florida is a certifying organization for
the President’s Volunteer Service Award program.
The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a presidential honor that recognizes the valuable contributions of volunteers nationwide who are answering former President George W. Bush’s call to serve others through their current volunteer activities or lifetime service. As a certifying organization, GSWCF will identify eligible recipients, verify their service hours and order the awards for outstanding volunteers. The cost of the awards ranges from $2 to $3 per person. If you meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the table below, we invite you to apply for the award. Many of you may already meet the requirements!
Eligible volunteer service hours are not limited to those performed on behalf of Girl Scouting. Service hours can be accumulated through work on a variety of projects throughout the year. The only requirement is that the hours be completed within 12 months; you can qualify for a new award each year.
The President’s Volunteer Service Award website can help you keep track of your service hours. Create an account and provide Record of Service Key RMH-8866. This will link your account directly to the account of Girl Scouts of West Central Florida so that we can certify your volunteer hours.
For more information, contact the volunteer records manager: 800-881-4475, ext. 1766.
At this time, the program is only certifying volunteer hours served through 2008. These certificates will be signed by former President Bush.
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Bronze |
Silver |
Gold |
Lifetime |
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Children |
50 to 74 hours |
75 to 99 hours |
100 hours or more |
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime) |
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Young Adults (Ages 15 to 25) |
100 to 174 hours |
175 to 249 hours |
250 hours or more |
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime) |
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Adults (25 and older) |
100 to 249 hours |
250 to 499 hours |
500 hours or more |
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime |
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Families and Groups (two or more people)* |
200 to 499 hours |
500 to 999 hours |
1000 hours or more |
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime) |
First
Annual Florida Conference for Women
The first annual Florida Conference for Women will be held Tuesday,
May 12 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, and you
are invited attend!
Hosted by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, the Florida Conference for Women is a non-profit, non-partisan, one-day annual conference that features more than 75 renowned speakers sharing inspirational stories and leading seminars on the issues that matter most to women, including health, personal finance, business and entrepreneurship, career resources, work-life balance, media and more. Click here to learn more about the conference.
Volunteer
Training Records & Traveling Troops
Adult volunteer training records and service unit reports are not
available at this time due to a software and database transition.
Individual training can be manually pulled and checked if
verification is needed for an upcoming trip, but will require
additional processing time. For fastest service, please include
copies of certifications, and/or training cards with your troop trip
approval form. Just a gentle reminder: troop trips can be approved
at the service unit level for all travel within the state of
Florida.
Last
Basic Camp Training – Don’t Miss Out!
Basic Camp Training will be taking the summer off so that girls can
enjoy our resident camp programs. Don’t miss the last
Basic Camp
Training until the fall at the Plant City Troop House in June.
Check the website for the most up to date list of trainings and for
more details.
Training
May 14
CPR
Re-Certification
Tampa Service Center
May 30
CPR
Certification
Tampa Service Center
June 13
CPR
Certification
Tampa Service Center
June 13 &
14
Basic Camp
Training
Plant City Troop House