Service Unit: Sunny Peaks
Troop 6520
Years as a troop leader: 8
What kind of activities do you do with your troop? What is their favorite thing to do?
We go camping several times a year and the girls love to plan travel and service projects. Our troop meets at a community center and every year we attend and volunteer at their fundraiser, Ms. Cleo’s Tea Party. The girls love feeling connected to the community and the Murdoch Center.
What kind of service projects have you done with your troop?
The troop has built little libraries, made toys and care packages for the humane society, made wildlife escape ramps for the pool at Parsons Leadership Center, supplied and helped build an adult resource center at the food bank, and planted a pollinator garden and a new sign for the Murdoch Center.
What advice would you give other troop leaders?
It can be easy to focus on order and achievements, but the best troop is a happy one, where girls are comfortable enough to be a little wild and confident enough to speak their minds.
What are your troop’s cookie selling tips and tricks?
Keep morale high! Since we are in Flagstaff, we’ve had booths in snowstorms, and we’ve learned that if the girls are staying positive in rough weather, the customers buy more to support them.
What is the most inspiring moment you have experienced as a troop leader?
My co-leader, Lisa Brink, inspires me all the time. We have different talents and love working as a team. She does things every year that are impressive and inspiring, and it keeps me going and motivated to bring my best to every meeting and event.
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