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Rallyhood is our place to connect, share resources, and get inspired with your entire Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois community.

Rallyhood is all-in-one platform that combines many tools Girl Scout service units and troop leaders use to communicate with each other, manage event promotion and registration, share files and photos, collaborate with other volunteers and families, and more!

A Rally is a digital space for groups, with collaboration features to help you share information and coordinate events and activities. A Hub is a landing page with a grouping of related Rallies under one umbrella.

Join our “Council-Wide Hub” to get started! You’ll be asked to create an account or login.

See the list of Hubs you can join and the types of Rallies that are within them!

Getting Started

All users of our council’s Rallyhood agree to our Rallyhood Code of Conduct and our Terms and Conditions. Rallyhood can be accessed through Rallyhood.com or you can download the app in the App Store or Google Play.

FAQs

What is the GSofSI staff involvement in Rallyhood? Should I use it to get in touch with staff members? toggle arrow

Our primary goal in launching Rallyhood is to connect GSofSI members with each other and facilitate communication across our geographic area. GSofSI staff members will be in many of the Rallies and Hubs to help answer questions and facilitate conversation, but they will not be monitoring Rallyhood on a 24/7 basis.

If you have a specific question that needs to be answered by staff, we ask that you continue utilizing our Customer Care channels. The Customer Care team can be reached by email or by calling 800-345-6858.

What is it for? How will it help my Service Unit or Troop? toggle arrow

The purpose of Rallyhood is to make the day-to-day responsibilities of volunteers in leadership roles easier. The Rallyhood platform combines the functionality of tools like Eventbrite, SignUp Genius, Shutterfly, Facebook, Flickr, Google Calendar, Google Forms, and Survey Monkey in one place. It seamlessly integrates so many of the functions our volunteers need — communication, calendaring, file sharing, surveys, and payment — and that’s just a partial list! Service units and troops can customize their sites with their own photos and information, creating their own space for volunteers and families to communicate.

Why did GSofSI choose Rallyhood? toggle arrow

GSofSI launched Rallyhood to provide an additional level of support to service units and troops at a time when staying connected online is more important than ever. Rallyhood has been working with Girl Scout councils for 5+ years—they’re familiar with the Girl Scout movement and the needs of its volunteers. In fact, Rallyhood has worked directly with council staff and volunteers to build out functionality that addresses our organization’s unique needs. Rallyhood has created an ecosystem customized to our council and volunteer groups, and will continue to work with council staff to improve how the system works for our volunteers.

How is Rallyhood different from other apps? toggle arrow

The inconsistency of using fragmented tools can create lots of challenges and make volunteer lives difficult. A key benefit of Rallyhood is that it helps us take a more streamlined approach. The intent is to have one platform with all the tools and all our council groups in one place. It provides us with a council-wide solution that brings all of our groups, troops, committee panels, and forums together on one platform to create a more consistent and efficient Girl Scout experience for all of us.

How much does it cost? toggle arrow

GSofSI covers the cost of using Rallyhood. The only cost associated would be processing fees for Stripe if you choose to use the payment feature for events or activities.

How do I start a Rallyhood Community for my Service Unit? toggle arrow

GSofSI has already created a Rallyhood community hub for each service unit. Service unit managers will receive an email invitation to access and start using their Rallyhood site, which they can choose to use, ignore if not interested (It’ll be there later if you change your mind!), or delegate to another volunteer on their service unit team.

How does a Rallyhood Community work? toggle arrow

There are a number of council-level community hubs categorized by types of volunteer roles and activities where content can be posted for volunteer groups or Girl Scout families. In addition to these council-level Rallyhood communities, each service unit may have its own community hub with additional rallies (sub-groups) within it, such as rallies for troop leaders, troop cookie managers, families, event coordinators, day camp volunteer committees, and others that are specific to that service unit. Within these community hubs and rallies, a service unit or troop can promote events, post information, start conversations, take registration and payment for activities, create calendars, etc. There is no limit to the number of rallies allowed to be created within a community hub, and these can be created by anyone who is an admin on the account.

Who can see my Rallyhood Community Hub and Rallies? toggle arrow

Community hubs and rallies can be set to public or private. If set to public, anyone could find that hub or rally in a search, join it, and access content. If set to private, an individual would need to be invited or have their request to join approved by an admin in order to access the hub or rally. This way you can control who is a member of individual rallies, such as inviting all troop cookie managers within your service unit to a rally specific to them.

What are the fees associated with using the payment and special events tools in Rallyhood? toggle arrow

Rallyhood partners with Stripe to offer a safe, secure, and easy way to collect payments. Rallyhood charges a platform fee of 2.9% to help cover costs for things like development of functionality, maintenance of the technology, and security for users.

Stripe charges a credit card processing fee of 2.9% + $.30 per transaction. Organizers have a live calculation of any associated fees (platform and credit card processing) right on the setup page. As organizers are creating tickets or payment requests, they can see exactly what the fees might be without any guessing.

Rallyhood tries to keep fees as low and fair as possible. For comparison, fees on a $10 ticket in Rallyhood are $.91 vs. $2.24 in Eventbrite, which is almost 2.5 times higher.

What if I need help getting started? toggle arrow

Check out the Rallyhood Quick Start for Families and Caregivers to get started. Volunteers and families can access the Rallyhood Members User Guide for even more information.

Questions or Concerns? Contact customercare@gsofsi.org or call 800-345-6858.