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Dear Prospective Volunteer:

Welcome to Girl Scouts of Western Ohio!  We appreciate your interest in volunteering.  Your contribution as a volunteer truly will make a difference in the lives of girls.

1.  The First Step to becoming a volunteer with this council is to complete the volunteer application process, which consists of the following tasks:

• Complete the Volunteer Application.  Not sure which position best fits your needs?  Check out our position descriptions here.
• Provide the names and addresses of four non-related individuals on the application who can verify your qualifications for becoming a Girl Scout volunteer.  References from individuals familiar with any past volunteer experience(s) are highly recommended.
• Complete the criminal background check.  Further information about this process can be found here.  Please keep this page for future reference. If you have already completed this background check - do not do it again.
• Inform your references that you have selected them and that they soon will receive a confidential reference form from us.  Please encourage your references to respond as quickly as possible.

You can expect to be notified regarding the status of your application within 3 weeks after it is submitted.  There shall be no discrimination against an otherwise qualified adult volunteer by reason of disability, age, race, color, ethnicity, sex, creed, national origin, citizenship, or socio-economic status.   If your application is approved, you will receive an official letter of appointment to the position for which you applied.  Until appointed, volunteers should not serve in the position for which they applied.  For example, a volunteer applying as a troop leader may not begin meeting with her troop as the leader, until appointed to the position.

2.  The Second Step to becoming a volunteer with this council is to register as a Girl Scout member.  Please contact your neighborhood volunteer or the Girl Scout Center for assistance with registration.  All appointed volunteers must become Girl Scout members and agree to accept the Girl Scout Promise and Law.

3.  Complete the first required training course, "Orientation to the Girl Scout Organization" here.

4.  To understand how Great Rivers Council is governed, click here for the Council bylaws.

5.  Click here to register for training courses online.

Again, thank you for your interest in volunteering with us, and we wish you a successful membership year!

Sincerely,

Volunteer Human Resources Manager

***PLEASE PRINT THIS FORM FOR FUTURE REFERENCE***

Click here to apply:  ONLINE VOLUNTEER APPLICATION
 

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