In the Community

• All the employees at the local copy center know you by name
• You have business cards made up with your title - GS/GG VOLUNTEER!
• Your almost-20 years old son introduces himself at his new job with, "Wow! Weren't you a Brownie Brother in Troop 33?"
• You have seen the inside of church more for Girl Scout ceremonies than for worship service
• The good-looking blonde, that honked at you last week, turned out to have been in your Junior troop seven years ago
• You go on a picnic to the beach with family and end up playing with two of your brownies ---and love it.
• You carry a mascot onto a plane and take photos of her on the flight
• You sit your mascot in the car and put a belt on her
• People see you carrying a stuffed animal around and they don't even blink because it's old hat.
• The copy store clerk looks at the money in your hand, blinks and says "You mean this isn't for your troop?"
• The checkers at the grocery store get upset for you for not coming through their line earlier in the week...after all, they wanted to order cookies!
• The people who just referred others to you shrug and say "She's a Girl Scout leader" and no further explanation is needed
• You have voted for more Council Presidents than for Presidents of the U.S.
• You see a stranger do something in a certain way and feel led to ask "Were you a Girl Scout?"...and she was!
• You turn every trip to the grocery store, park, museum, etc into a recruiting event
• You're at the museum and tell kids you don't know that they shouldn't be going anywhere without a buddy
• The ladies in the WalMart craft section start asking you for ideas and referring their customers to you, too
• You stop Girl Scouts where ever you see them so you can check out their badges
• You stop into the grocery store on your way home from Brownies every week and you can't figure out why the checkout girl keeps looking at you funny and then finally she asks you how many kids you actually have. (I took different girls home every week and they thought they were all mine - well they are aren't they?)
• You're on your way home from a Girl Scout Lock-In and stop at Ames and the grocery store and then finally go through the drive-through at McDonald's and discover you still have a large red heart painted on your cheek when you catch sight of yourself in the mirror they have positioned to see how long the line is. And yes that was my troop that laughed for the rest of the trip home because they hadn't told me why everyone had stared at me while we shopped. (I just figured I must have looked exhausted after being up all night!)
• Everyone you meet in the grocery store knows of your participation in scouting and needs advice on something and you know the answer
• You introduce your daughters by program level.