ok so I'm at a little fair/fund raiser at the park today. There's a few girls from a local troop volunteering. I see one have a Bronze pin on so I ask what she did for her project... this is the conversation...
me "what did you do for your project"
girl #1 "ummm"
girl #2 (now she doesn't have a pin on) " We make some books for a day care center."
me "umm Ok."
girl #2 "ya, we had to do like 5 hours of community service for it, but I have more then that."
me "Really? The girls in my troop have over 30 hours each and still aren't done with their project."
girl #2 "I haven't finished mine yet..."
me "so your going into the 6th grade? Have you bridged yet?"
girl #1 (finally finds her voice) "No we're going into 5th grade."
me "Wow! you finished your project in less then a year?"
both girls "ummm"
I finally just walk away. Little man was done with is art project that the girls were helping him with. I never did see any leader type person there.
I know, I know the Bronze is done when the Leader says it's done, but really, how can you justify giving the pin to a girl or girls that #1 can't tell you what they did and #2 didn't even know the requirements for the pin and #3 got it done in less then a year??? NO WAY!!
My girls have been working on it for 2 years now and will be done before Oct. 1 which is when they will officially be cadettes thanks to the new allignment of levels (Not a gripe, just really glad we'll get it done before bridging!!)
And don't get me started on the fact that these girls vests weren't even put together right!! I know that I harp on this with all the troops I help with (including day camp) but really, if you are going to volunteer as a Girl Scout then you had better make sure that your uniform is correct!!!!
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