Service Team 223

Service Unit 223 is located in Grand Prairie, Texas. This service unit includes approximately 350 Girl Scouts in grades K-12. Members of the service team are usually troop leaders who volunteer their time to help organize the activities of the Grand Prairie Girl Scout community. We appreciate their time, effort, and dedication.

Service Team meeting dates for the 2009-2010 school year will be on the fourth Monday of each month. Specific dates will be available soon. The first meeting is scheduled for August 24th at 7:30pm.

RECRUITMENT IDEA: ADDING MACHINE TAPE DEMO
You need an 8-10 foot long piece of adding machine or calculator tape. Mark off the tape in ten year increments with 0 at the left end and 100 at the right. Use large numbers so parents can see from the audience. Roll the tape back up, so that the 100 is in the INSIDE of the roll.

For the presentation you will need two helpers to hold the tape in front of you so you can point at various points on the tape.

Start out saying: "With the current advances in medical technology its very likely that your daughter will live about 100 years."
(Have your helpers unroll the tape in front of you, so the whole time line is visible.)

"Here's a time line of her life. If you're 35 now, statistically, you'll likely live until you're 75 or so, when your daughter will be about 50."
(Rip the tape off at the 1/2 way point - the 50- and hand the end to your helper. Let the other half fall to the floor -- very important dramatic effect).

"This represents the years you and your daughter will have together in her lifetime. And she's probably about 6 or 7 now."
(Rip of the tape slightly below 10 - or at the appropriate age- and let that piece fall to the floor. Hand the end to your helper).
"So here's the time you have left together."

"How old do you suppose your daughter will be when she goes away to college (or you decide its time for her to be out on her own)? 18 - 20?"
(Rip off the tape someplace in this vicinity. Let that chunk fall to the floor. Hand the end to your helper).
"This is the amount of time you have left with her at home."

"When she's about 13 - middle school age - her friends start to become a much bigger, maybe the major, influence in her life."
(If you can -assuming you have/had a teenager - make a comment about how you know this from experience. Rip off the tape someplace in this vicinity. Let that chunk fall to the floor. Hand the end to your helper. Take the very short piece of tape from your helpers and hold in it front of you, and thank your helpers.)

"This is the time you have left to be the major shaping force in your daughter's life. You can show her how important she is to you by becoming involved in Girl Scouting with her. Girl Scouts is a remarkable opportunity for you and your daughter to share a great variety of fun, exciting and positive experiences. Experiences that give you the opportunity to help her grow into an adult that you'll be proud to point to and say: 'That's my daughter -she's a good person.'
(Go on to talk about volunteer opportunities in your council/service unit and how parents can participate in them.)
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