2019-2020 Early Bird Renewal

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Welcome

Are you ready to Early Bird yourself

and your troop for the 2019-2020

membership year? Whether you

are brand new to Early Bird renewal

or experienced, this guide has

some important information and re-

sources to help make Early Bird fun

and easy.

The Early Bird renewal period is a

time for troop leaders and parents

to renew their individual and troop

memberships for the upcoming

membership year. In May, you have

the opportunity to register early for

the membership year starting on

October 1, 2019. Review this toolkit

to learn about all the amazing ben-

efits of renewing during Early Bird.

GSUSA Renewal Patch

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Why Early Bird?

Renewing yourself and your girls during Early Bird has many benefits for all levels of our

organization.

- Parents ensure that their girl will be

right back in the same troop by se-

curing their spot

- Girls have the opportunity to rein-

vest in themselves and plan exciting

adventures for the next year

- Council and Community incentives

- Early identification of the girls and ac-

tive volunteers in your troop

- Troop leaders will have first access to

next year’s Volunteer Toolkit in July

- Troops are ready for the Fall Product

Sale

- Troops have the ability to pre-plan

and get started on the right foot in the

fall

- Council and Community incentives

- Communities will have better planning for fall recruit-

ment and Community activities

- Early Bird renewal indicates a Communities’ successful

support to healthy, active troops returning for another

year of Girl Scouting

- Free money! Council offers financial bonuses to Com-

munities that reach Early Bird goal so they can better

serve troops

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Important Dates and Incentives

Girl Scout Shop Discount

• Buy 4, Get 1 Free Fun Patches—6 patch limit

• 25% off Non-Uniform Apparel

• Available to all members who initiate renewal (whether a Troop Leader or Parent)

between May 1st and May 12th

• Girl Scout shop coupons will arrive via email

FREE GSUSA Renewal Patch

• Available to all members who renew between May 1st and August 31st

• Available in Girl Scout Shops through August 31st

• Proof of renewal by receipt or accessing MYGS will be required

Community Bonus

• Available to all Communities that host a qualifying renewal-based Community Incen-

tive Plan and reach their Early Bird goal of 45% or 50% of adult and girl members re-

newed by June 14th

• Eligible Communities that reach 45% Early Bird renewal will receive a $250 bonus

• Eligible Communities that reach 50% Early Bird renewal will receive a $350 bonus

Community GSSJC Tablecloth

• Available to all Communities that host a qualifying renewal-based Community Incen-

tive Plan and increase their total member Early Bird renewal from last year by 10% by

June 14th

• Each Community can earn up to 3 tablecloths (one tablecloth per 10 % increase)

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Important Dates and Incentives

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How to Early Bird

MyGS, your Girl Scout Member Community, is a one-stop shop to renew Girl

Scout membership online, update your contact information and make sure

your volunteer roles are correct. To access your MyGS account, go to

www.gssjc.org click on MyGS or Sign In. The direct link is

https://gsmembers.force.com/members/login.

How to renew your troop:

1. Login to your MyGS account. Need help? Check out our Logging into MyGS guide, lo-

cated on the Early Bird page of our website.

2. Click the Member Profile button.

3. Select the Troops tab. If you have more than one troop, select the troop you will be re-

newing.

4. In the upper right hand corner, make sure you have selected Next Year in the drop

down box.

5. For each member you would like to renew, select Renew, Do Not Renew or I’ll Decide

Later from the drop down under the Renewal Choice column.

6. If you are adding a girl or adult member to your troop, select from the drop box at the

bottom of the page and click Go. Once their profile information is added, click Contin-

ue.

7. Enter payment information, review your order and print your itemized receipt. You’re all

set for next year!

Tip for success: Renew your troop members first in groups no larger than 10 and print your

receipt, then switch to your membership tab to renew family members. Do not register

both your family and your troop in one transaction. This may result in registration issues.

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Additional Leader Resources

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