You can use what we’ve already done.

So you’re ready to start planning Girl Scout meetings. Start by choosing a couple badges and field trips, and make time to get the girls’ input before finalizing the rest of the year. It’s important to let them influence their troop activity in big or small ways, in an age-appropriate way. That’s how you create a girl-led experience!

Suggested Year Plans

Draft a calendar plan that includes a variety of activity to keep the girls engaged, not bored. Use a pre-built outline or create your own unique plan. You’ll make a plan and then it will change. That’s how it goes and that’s ok!

• Choose a pre-assembled Year Plan inside the Volunteer Toolkit.
• Check out the national Troop Year Plan suggestions for every program grade level. Activity details are in the Volunteer Toolkit.
• Earn Super Troop status and a free fun patch by including 9 simple activities in one year.
• New troops at GSNWGL are eligible to receive Council Kits with quick-start supplies, while all troops are invited to use the printed resources available here.
• Choose one badge and a complementary field trip from each of the four program pillars of Outdoors, STEM, Entrepreneurship, and Life Skills.
• Select one Journey to earn and add in the complementary badges and suggested field trips.

Plan with a Pro

Need help planning your next Girl Scout troop meeting? In this free, virtual one-on-one session, you’ll meet with a Girl Scout staff member who will guide you through planning a troop meeting that’s fun, engaging, and rooted in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

Whether you are brand new or a seasoned volunteer, we’ll help you:

• Brainstorm ideas that match your troop’s interests and goals
• Plan an effective, youth-led meeting using our Meeting Plan Template
• Troubleshoot common challenges and discover helpful resources

Your staff partner will ask thoughtful questions to understand your troop’s unique dynamics and help you walk away with a clear, customized plan—and the confidence to lead it. Learn more and book.

Troop Meeting Resources

Once volunteers and girls have decided what to include in the year, use these resources to assemble the agenda. Pull together the pieces you like best.

• The Volunteer Toolkit and the badge pamphlets are the standard planning tools.
• Find “guest speaker” recordings in the National Girl Scout Activity Zone.
• Schedule a field trip in the Council Field Trips and Travel pages.