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Volunteer Toolkit

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.

What is the Volunteer Toolkit (VTK)?

Make this Girl Scout year your best yet. With the Volunteer Toolkit, the new web app that helps you save time and plan for success, you can make every troop meeting awesome!

For Girl Scout Daisy, Brownie, and Junior troops, the Volunteer Toolkit comes with pre-populated plans for everything—a full year of Girl Scouts right there on your device! Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador troops don’t get pre-populated meetings yet (coming soon), but you can still access great planning features.

Parents, now you can see what your girl’s troop is planning this year in an easy-to-use calendar view, stay in touch with your troop leader and find new ways to participate.

Troop Leaders, have your own idea for a meeting? Perfect. Everything in the Volunteer Toolkit is fully customizable. You can add your own activities and change their order with a quick drag-and-drop. You can also report on troop finances, access your girl and family roster, and track your girls’ achievements and attendance.

No more hunting for the right activity or book—you’ve got everything you need right on the app, accessible from your home computer or tablet or other mobile device.

Ready to get started? You can access the Volunteer Toolkit from the top of any page on our website by clicking "My GS" or "Sign In."

VTK Video Tutorials

Watch the video playlist above for a detailed walk-through of the VTK!

VTK Features
  • 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.
    • 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.
  • 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).
Superpower Your Girl Scout Troop Year with the VTK

MyGS Member Community

Your MyGS Member Community is an online profile that gives you access to manage account information and memberships for everyone in your Household and/or Troop!

Every Household has a MyGS Member Community. You access your Community through our website on the navigation bar. MyGS Member Community allows for easy renewal of the memberships in your household and your Troop!

Learn more about your MyGS Member Community by watching a helpful walkthrough!