Online Support for Volunteers

The Volunteer Toolkit is a digital resource that supports troop leaders and co-leaders, making the process of running a troop easier and more efficient.

  Important VTK Information:

The Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) will be unavailable for 24 hours starting the evening of Monday, July 1, to accommodate the annual archiving process. This means any year plans created in the “Year Plan” tab will be moved to “Past Years.” You will be able to access prior year plans by clicking on “Past Years” and then selecting the year you want to view. Do not set up your year plan for the upcoming membership year. Wait until after July 1!

If you are not registered for the 2020 membership year, you will not have access to the Volunteer Toolkit after July 1. Renew now!

The system will be functional on July 2; however, from July 1 to July 16, the “Explore” “Year Plan” and “Meeting Plan” tabs will not be available. During that time, new badge and Journey content will be added to the VTK.

NEW! On July 25, new users (service unit/administrative volunteers and individually registered members) will gain access to the VTK.

Direct any questions to customercare@gsccc.org.

Through the Volunteer Toolkit, troop leaders can:

• Plan the troop’s calendar year.
• Email parents with one click.
• View the troop roster, renew girls’ membership, and update girls' contact information.
• View Daisy through Ambassador Journeys and badges (to plan for troop meetings), including prepopulated tracks for younger and older Multi-Level troop groups (K–5 and 6–12).
• Customize meetings by troop year with other badge and Journey options.
• Explore individual meeting plans that show a breakdown of every meeting, including a list of materials needed and editable time allotments for each activity within a meeting.
• Record girls’ attendance at meetings and their badge and Journey achievements.
• Add council or custom troop events to the troop’s calendar.
• Enter the troop’s finances (depending on the council’s process).
• Easily locate resources both national and local council resources, such as Safety Activity Checkpoints. 

• Parents can now access the Volunteer Toolkit to see what their girl’s troop or group is doing (e.g, meeting information and which badges and Journeys she is working on).
• Parents can also view the troop’s finances (depending on the council’s process).

Log in today! Click on My GS in the upper right-hand corner to get started.

Superpower Your Girl Scout Troop Year with the Volunteer Toolkit
Learn how this fully customizable digital planning tool can save you time and energy all year long, so that you can focus on unleashing the G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™ in her, ensuring she has every opportunity she deserves to build a lifetime of leadership, success, and adventure.

The Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) is a digital resource that supports troop leaders and co-leaders, making the process of running a troop easier and more efficient. Check out some of the toolkit’s top features below. Then watch the video playlist above for a detailed walk-through.

Through the VTK, troop leaders can:

• Plan the troop’s calendar year
• Email parents with one click.
• View the troop roster, renew girls’ membership, and update their contact information.
• View Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Journeys and badges to plan for troop meetings.
              o  There are three prepopulated year plans in the VTK for                         Daisy, Brownie, and Junior leaders, with 15 meetings each.
• Customize meetings by troop year with other badge and Journey options.
• NEW! Access the VTK as a multilevel troop (troops with a mix of girls in Daisy, Brownie, and Junior levels).
• Explore individual meeting plans that show a breakdown of every meeting, including a list of the materials needed, and editable time allotments for each activity within a meeting.
• Record girls’ attendance at meetings and their badge and Journey achievements.
• Add council or custom troop events to the troop’s calendar.
• Enter the troop’s finances (depending on the council’s process).
• Easily locate resources, such as Safety Activity Checkpoints.
• NEW! Access 18 activities that now include a “Get Outside” option, which provides alternative outdoor options.  

Want some tips on using the VTK?

Meeting Plan Overview- Fourth video in the series, this one focuses on the Meeting Plan Tab and everything it has to offer. It shows the tools available and how to customize the agenda with activity options. 

Setting up your year plan- Welcome to the Explore Tab! This video introduces how volunteers use the pre built or select your own year plan options from the Explore Tab. 

• Parents can now access the VTK to see what their girl’s troop or group is doing (e.g, meeting information and which badges and Journeys she is working on).
• Parents can also view the troop’s finances (depending on the council’s process).

Log in today! Click on My GS in the upper right-hand corner to get started.

Check out our FAQ and the following links to get excited about the different ways to use the Volunteer Toolkit. Send further questions to Customer Care.