Does anyone know where I can get grant money for a Daisy Girl Scout Troop?

Starting up a new Daisy Scout Troop in a town with no Girl Scouts at all. Need money to aid the Low-Income families and to ask for as little from them for activities and field trips.

Does anyone know where I can get grant money for a Daisy Girl Scout Troop?
First, do not contact the United Way without speaking to your council first. Most councils will only allow you to seek sponsorship from community businesses %26amp; organizations. If you receive a gift of $250 or more, it must go through your council first for tax reasons. Also, your council probably has a financial aid program set up to help girls afford activities, uniforms %26amp; books. As for field trips, Daisy travel activities must be local and no longer than a day. As a Daisy leader, your best bet is to find free activities for the girls such as visit a firehouse, contact local chain stores that might have GS programs in place (home depot, petco, mcDonalds, supermarket), go on a nature hunt, have a policeman come to a meeting, clean up a park. Always remember that these girls are still young and have many years of GSing ahead of them. Don't try to do too much the first year or they will get bored fast and you will burn yourself out.
Reply:Hi Girl Scout Troop 855! I am a Cadette girl scout. You will have so much fun once you get to go on field trips and experience the joy of helping out in your community. I certainly do enjoy it! If you need money to get the troop started, you should contact your local girl scout council.( i.e The Girl Scout Council of Southwestern Connecticut). Also, if you have a girl scout supply store near your area, you could ask someone there for a person to contact. You could simply just look for one of the supply stores phone #'s in the phone book. Lastly, you could try to see if there is another older troop in your area and ask them for advice! Never give up hope because when you truly need them, caring people won't be far away. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:Try the United Way. I know that they help the Boy Scouts so I would imagine they would help the Girl Scouts. Also appeal to the PTA of the local elementary school. They have fund raisers for everything and this could be one of their projects especially if this will be the first in town. Good luck.
Reply:Alot of scout troops are under the umbrella of a church organization. When I ran a scout troop and we needed funds, we went to the Catholic Church that sponsored us...ya know, where we met. May be a shot. Also, I think you can get funds from either the public school system the girls attend or the recreation department of the town the troop is in. Good luck!

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