Volunteer Training Updates: June 2025
New Courses for Volunteers Leading Trips & Travel in gsLearn
Girl Scouts love getting out of the meeting space and exploring the world around them. The GSUSA Field Trips and Travel course provides guidance, recommendations, and tips for planning a trip with Girl Scouts. It also covers the Girl Scout Travel Progression, which helps volunteers understand where to start with travel and how and when to progress. Whether your Girl Scouts want to plan a day trip or an international adventure, this course is the place to start. Find it in your “Content Library” in gsLearn today!
Rallyhood Training By Request
Rallyhood is our place to connect, share resources, and get inspired with the entire Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois community. Learn more.
Our Adult Education team will deliver a workshop-style training to meet the needs of your service unit and/or troop team needs. Whether you hold the access as an administrator or basic user, we’re here to help with your orientation and understanding of how Rallyhood can help keep you organized, connected and informed of all the exciting things happening around your area and our entire council.
Do you have at least six participants who would like to take the training? Schedule your training by submitting our Training By Request form
Youth Mental Health First Aid Training By Request
Now through September 30, 2025, GSofSI is offering our Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training program for a discounted price of $25 per participant.
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach Girl Scout volunteers, parents, family members, caregivers, and other caring individuals how to help an adolescent who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. There is a certification that is valid for three years and can be renewed online. There are also six contact hours of continuing education credits. Learn more about this course.
Do you have at least six participants who would like to take the training? Submit the Training By Request form to bring the program to your service unit or troop team!
Reminder: Medication Safety Tips
Welcome, summertime! From GSofSI Day & Overnight camp opportunities to Service Unit/Troop trips, this season is full of outdoor adventures. While preparing for camp and other outdoor fun, don't forget to think about your plan for administering and storing medicine.
If you are attending a council-run program, staff will have you fill out the necessary forms and store the medication safely. If you are going on a campout with your Troop or Service Unit, and there won’t be a camp nurse present, here are a few tips to follow to keep girl and adults safe:
Keep prescription and over-the-counter meds locked in a bag/box. Any container you can lock with a key/combination lock will work.
This does not apply to medications such as inhalers, EpiPens, insulin, etc. These types of medicines need to be carried by the girl, if she is old enough to know how to properly administer the medication, or an adult that has the dosage and administration information.
Keep all medications in their original packaging.
Keep medications in a temperature-controlled environment.
Obtain parent permission and instructions to administer over-the-counter and prescription medications before the trip.
Make sure you have a clear schedule of when girls need to take their prescribed medication and the correct dosage.
Visit the Adult Training and Resources page on our website to learn more about this training and all things adult education.
