Historical June 1982 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Girl Scout Troop 2342, of the SkinkerDeBaliviere neighborhood, has just completed a year of interesting and varied activities. Its leadership style proved to be the beginning point for a transition year combining traditional scouting activities with some non-traditional ideas.
A group can have more than one leader.
During 1981-82, previous leader Mary Alice Krueger called upon the parents to provide a new source of leadership on a regular basis.
The parents responded, and a new system came about: each adult took a 3-4 week chunk of time and met with the troop during that period as its leader.
Instead of running out of leaders (or ideas), there was a surplus. Kicking off this multiple-leader plan was Peggy Hermes, who did a month with books (part of the badge requirement was conversing with a published author!). Further liberating the group’s activities were leaders of other badge endeavors: Bob Martin, Karen Bynum, Barbara Schmidt, Mary Brake, JoAnn Vatcha, and Venita Lake. Girl Scouts can have leaders from the working world by meeting at new times. Several activities were undertaken by such parents simply by changing the times of meeting to late afternoons. Having a new set-up doesn’t mean the old ideas die completely.
The troop was taken camping twice, by Mary Alice Krueger, doing what she loves best, and Dave Schmidt. Other parents, such as Ed and Dorothy Gotway, Maxine Harvey, and Bob Martin, assisted greatly by transporting girls to Camps Tuckaho and Fiddlecreek.
A tornado warning the night of a camping trip provided another new experience— an overnight at Grace Methodist Church, the troop’s generous host throughout the year. Cookies were sold again, and parents Helen Herron, Leroy Hornberger and Rich Krueger, helped with that massive undertaking. Rita Magyar was again the mainstay for taking care of the cookie drive.
And as for the Brownies, there has been a new leader, Dee Pipina, who with husband Randy, and Dorothy Gotway, kept the same late afternoon hour as the Girl Scouts.
Many parents are looking forward to a new year of scouting—any who missed out this year and would like to participate next fall should call any of the parents listed in this article to see how the girls and parents can be- a part of a scout troop that’s evolving—and happily so.
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Original scouting illustration accompanying Scouts Take on New Style. The Paper, June 1982, page 4. Creator not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, June 1982.
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