tigger51276
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2004
That is great to have so many girls interested! Have you spoken to your Service Unit Manager for some suggestions. You may need to have a parent meeting explaining the need for them to volunteer on a regular basis. Keep in mind that Safety Wise requires Daisy troops to have a minimum of two adults for the first 12 girls and 1 additional adult for each additional 6 girls for meetings. With 30 girls you would have to have 4 more adults at each meeting. Trips and camping will need even more adults. I know my council is really strict on this.
There are a lot of ladies here that have a LOT more experience as a Leader than I do. Maybe someone else has some ideas too!
Everything you've said is dead on. There is no way I'd even want to be responsible for a group of 30 girls. I just don't think you'd get much done. She definitely needs more help than one person and usually if the parents know it's either they help out or half the girls will need to find another troop, you can usually find someone(s) who didn't have the time before to suddenly be able to help! My council is very strict with the safety wise, thankfully the parents of my girls are great and I can always find someone to help out when needed. The one time I couldn't I had my aunt help out who is a school teacher.