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Resources for Troop Leaders
- 4HER Program Build family support for your troop and make life easier! Check out this toolkit to get parents and families involved this year in Girl Scouting. More >
- Earn money for your troop with Product Sales It is not too late for your troop to participate in the Fall Product Sale Program. More >
- January 10: Get ready for the cookie sale with Cookie University Hands on activities teach selling techniques, how to have a successful booth sale, safety tips, as well as the importance of setting goals and marketing. More >
- Need a letter to open a troop bank account? This letter allows you to open, close or add/delete a signer for a troop bank account. To get your letter, use the online form. Once verified that you have met all the requirements a bank letter will be emailed to you within 1 week.
Requirements for opening a bank account.
- Troop must be registered with at least 2 adults and 5 girls
- Two authorized signers – registered adult Girl Scouts, and not from the same family.
- Signers must have a criminal background check on file.
- Resource of the month: Good Life Assisted Living Center 928 Westwood Drive in Amarillo Good Life is a great resource for troops looking to put in service hours and they are constantly doing really fun activities (making homemade dog treats, having masquerade parties and doing chair yoga). Also, girls may earn the Silver Lining Patch. To contact Good Life, please call Arial Spence at 806-651-9515.
- Hey Leaders! We have some exciting things coming your way! We’re here to provide support and guidance for every new adventure, discovery, and all the fun your girls will have in Girl Scouts. Keep an eye out in November for a great new resource just for you! Get to know us at gs-top.org/volunteers/resources - <3 Your GS-TOP Program Team
Great Deals at the Girl Scout Shop
Juliette Low Birthday Bash
Receive a free Juliette Low Birthday Patch with the completion of the scavenger hunt and a $5.00 purchase. One free patch per customer. October 30 8am-5:30pm and October 31 8am-11:30am
GS-TOP Shop Fun Patch Sale
November 1 – 15 all stock of Snappy Logo and Advantage patches will be only $1.00. Special ordered patches will be $1.25. *In-store at GS-TOP location only, GSUSA patches not applicable.
Upcoming Fun for November (Registration for events closes 1 week prior)
November 8 S’MORE ENGINEERING Participate in a fun, educational, and challenging engineering program. Cadettes will meet women engineers and learn what engineering is all about. Then, they will have the chance to compete in a surprise engineering competition and make something they can be proud of.
November 15 IN THE WOODS Your troop will enjoy learning tent pitching, knots, GPS, fire building and various kinds of outdoor cooking.
November 22 DAISY DESTINATION (Daisies) at camp Kiwanis: The girls will participate in a service craft to be donated to a local retirement home for the holidays.
November 22 CHALLENGE COURSES Brownies & Juniors Low Ropes 9 to Noon. Juniors & Cadettes High Ropes 1 to 5pm.
Trainings
November 12 New Member Orientation WEBNIAR
November 13 Leadership Essentials Journey
November 18 New Member Orientation
November 20 Outdoor 101 WEBINAR
We’re here for ya!
Kathi Schutz, Amarillo Area Director, kschutz@gs-top.org
Traci Jones, tjones@gs-top.org
509 Moore County
510 Parmer County
512 Castro County
516 Oldham County
518 Hereford
522 Boise City
533 Guymon
548 Dalhart
534 Potter/Randall Co (West Amarillo)
530 Yellow Rose (East Amarillo)
Mildred Sutton, misutton@gs-top.org and Holly Hayes, hhayes@gs-top.org
504 Beaver
513 Randall/Canyon
517 Valley
523 Lipscomb
531 Silverton
532 Perryton
535 Spearman
536 Borger (Tri-City)
542 Canadian
545 Groom
551 McLean
555 Pampa
511 Stratford
514 Panhandle
543 Clarendon
544 Claude
552 Memphis
560 Wellington
561 Wheeler
562 Childress
563 Cottle Co
Amarillo Area Office and Shop
6011 SW 45th Avenue, Amarillo, TX 79109
Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Friday 8:00 – 11:30 a.m.
806-356-0096 | 800-687-4475| Fax 806-356-0099
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