When the measure of the success of our program delivery is counted by the number of journey badge sets sold in a council shop; when council has to meet a quota of said badge sets, to have their charter renewed; when volunteers are asked to do more and more and more, because there are not enough people at the council office to keep up after the realignment, which nearly doubled the size of our council; something isnt right. It feels like GSUSA is more concerned with the corporate bottom line than the volunteer trying to teach Girl Scout Ways to kids from such diverse backgrounds. The new program is pretty, but it feels watered down. The emphasis on STEM, yet without supporting badges, bothers me greatly. The pink and purple junior badges...whats wrong with green??? Girl Scouts and green go together, Green is a color of growth, of renewal, of indomitability, why have they dumbed it down to pink and purple? Yes, I have gone through the badges, its part of my day camp responsibilities. ~Comment from the GS Members and Supporters Survey gsmembersupportersurvey.weebly/
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:57:18 +0000