Girl Scout Leader's Day

at locations throughout Western Washington

Celebrate your troop leader on Girl Scout Leader's Day!

Girl Scout Leader's Day honors all the volunteers who work as leaders and mentors in partnership with girls. Celebrate by thanking the Girl Scout leaders in your troop and area. Send a note or card, hold a tea party, have a cake at your next meeting, or give your leader a photo of your troop.

Some more ideas for thanking your troop leader:

• Have the girls cook and pack a cold picnic dinner, then provide babysitting so the troop leader can have an evening out.
• Make a homemade "country" goodie basket for your troop leader. Baskets could include: applesauce, herb vinegar, pumpkin bread, candy, etc. presented in a dishtowel lined reusable basket.
• Create a Troop Leader Survival Kit with bath oil for a luxurious bubble bath; finger nail file for a manicure; tea bags for a leisurely cup of tea, chocolate (no explanation needed), etc.
• Put "I Love Girl Scouting" stickers on plastic canvas, put lace around the edge and finish it with a magnet on the back.
• Give her a teddy bear wearing a sash the color of her troops' Girl Scout level. 
• Give a "Gumby" key ring for being flexible or another small gift that goes with the job performed or personality.
• Give a special patch or flower to a leader. (The GSWW Store has great leader gifts!)
• Take her out to lunch at a restaurant.
• Give a small seedling plant in a plastic pot complete with ribbon decorating it.
• Make a necklace out of rolls of lifesavers, for being the "Lifesaver" of your troop.
• Write a special personal note on cute stationery to thank the troop leader.
• Make a certificate of thanks.
• Give flowers or balloons.
• Have a leader-daughter bowling party.
• Call the leader and say thank you.
• Send a thank you card.
• Contact your leader's boss or place of work and see if they will recognize her in a newsletter or at a staff meeting.
• Do a good deed for the leader and her/his family
• Make a banner to hang at the leader's house
• Create a yard sign for your leader's yard
• Host a tea party for the leader and troop.
• Create a scrapbook of troop activities.
• Give a framed picture of the troop to the leader with a thank you card.
• Plan a surprise party.
• Write a poem of thanks.
• Share a story of how the leader has impacted you (or your daughter).
• Give your leader a plant or offer to plant flowers for her.
• Have a troop picnic . . . and the leader just gets to come along, no planning or work required of her.
• Give homemade cookies or treats.
• A gift card to a local restaurant.
• Tap into your creative side and make a gift for the leader.
• Create a coupon or coupon book of helpful ideas like free weeding of a plant bed, free babysitting one night, free car wash, etc.
• Give movie tickets.
• Call the radio station and have a song dedicated to your leader.
• Make up a troop cheer and perform it for your leader at a troop meeting close to April 22.
• Coffee anyone? Give a coffee shop gift card OR a bag of great beans.
• Make a video of the troop saying "thank you" and sharing favorite troop memories.
• Plan a surprise breakfast for the leader and her family.
• Put a thank you in the bulletin of your leader's house of worship.
• Create a troop display for the local library and thank your leader in it.
• Do a service project in honor of your leader.
• Write a "Letter to the Editor" thanking your daughter's leader for her efforts and mentorship.
• Create a troop recipe book; have each girl submit her favorite recipe for it.
• Put an ad in the local paper honoring your leader.
• Use your imagination . . . create your own surprise!

Note: Gifts are not required or expected. Remember, troop leaders get their best reward by seeing their girls grow into outstanding citizens and human beings!