Leadership Opportunities

Looking for ways to build your courage, confidence and character? Take advantage of the programs below to learn invaluable skills, deepen your understanding of what leadership development means and become a role model in your community.

Girl Scouts care about others and love helping out! A variety of national leadership and service awards are also available to recognize girls who have gone above and beyond to help other Girl Scouts or their community in a meaningful way. Click here to learn more about these awards!

Program Aide Training: Program Aide Training
Program Aide is open to all Girl Scout Cadettes as an opportunity to develop leadership skills and confidence in working with younger Girl Scouts by sharing their skills, passion and experience. Program Aides might assist younger girls on Journey activities, badge activities or other sessions at their meetings, at a day camp or during a council event.

There are several Program Aide trainings scheduled each year. Check the online calendar for more details. Program Aide training is also offered on a service unit level via volunteer facilitators. Check with your service unit specialist for your area’s Program Aide facilitator.
Volunteer-In-Training: Volunteer-In-Training
Experienced Program Aides can take the next step in their leadership of younger girls by becoming a volunteer-in-training! A three-hour course is required before working with a troop or group to earn the VIT pin.

There are several trainings scheduled each year. Check the online calendar for more details.
Girl Advisory Board: Girl Advisory Board
Do you have ideas about events you would to see our council offer? Want to meet girls from across the council? If so, then the GSCP2P Girl Advisory Board (GAB) is for you! As a part of the GAB, you will be able to give input as to what you would like to see offered in our council. This is a great opportunity to wield your leadership skills.

MISSION: The GAB allows Girl Scout Cadettes and older the opportunity to serve as the council’s voice for all girls in Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont. Through girl-led activities, the board will enrich the lives of girls through leadership projects, mentorship and living by the Girl Scout Law. By lending a voice to a movement that wants, needs and values girl-led contributions, these young leaders will play a significant role in shaping the ongoing work of GCSP2P.

PURPOSE: This select group of girls will work as an advisory group who partner with staff members and volunteers on projects ranging from program development to research and marketing. By facilitating youth-adult partnerships, these leadership opportunities allow GAB members to influence decision-making processes in our council.

Who can join the GAB? GSCP2P registered Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors or Ambassadors.

GAB Organizational Structure: The GAB will be made up of five girl members from each area (Asheville, east Triad, west Triad, Gastonia and Hickory) for a total of 25 girl members. Members will meet regionally on a regular basis and will meet together one time per year. Each regional team will be guided by a GSCP2P program manager and GAB volunteer mentors.

For more information about GAB, please e-mail us or contact the program manager at your local service center.
North Carolina Girl Scout Governor & Legislative Page Program: North Carolina Girl Scout Governor & Legislative Page Program
Do you have an interest in government or current state issues? Are you between the ages of 15-18 (or 14 if already in 9^th grade)? Do you want to learn more about how laws are made? If so, consider applying to serve as a House or Senate Page during Girl Scout Week, March 13-16, 2017 in Raleigh.

You will join Girl Scouts from all over North Carolina to learn how our state government really works. This program offers youth the opportunity to learn about, and participate in, the legislative process of our state. It is a four-day long experience that allows high school students to observe firsthand how our laws are made. They participate in daily sessions, committee meetings and perform other duties including, but not limited to, delivering messages and materials within the legislative complex, answering phones, passing out documents or running errands during daily sessions.

Participants are selected through a short application process and must be in good academic standing. The deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 3. For more information and an application, please contact our sister council, North Carolina Coastal Pines.

Leadership Opportunities

Program Aide Training

Volunteer-In-Training

Girl Advisory Board

North Carolina Girl Scout Governor & Legislative Page Program