The following poems were taken from this website. To me they explain why I spend so much time volunteering to run a Rainbow unit. If you have kids, please make sure you appreciate the volunteers who give up their spare time, we may not be perfect, but we try our very best. If you have the time ask them if they want help, you can guarantee they won't say no! If you don't have kids, why not volunteer anyway, trust me it's well worth it.
Remember volunteers are unpaid not because we are worthless, but because we are priceless.
They're looking for volunteers again,
Be quick and duck your head.
Don't meet their eyes what ever you do,
Or just pretend you're dead.
Girl Guides and school and basketball,
Footbal and PTO,
Turn them down, every request,
Be firm and just say no.
I'm much too busy to help out,
Others have much more time.
It might cost me extra money,
I don't have an extra dime.
My work keeps me too busy,
I've no time to relax,
To spend time with some kids you see,
Is way too much of a tax.
And I've never volunteered before,
I don't think that I know how,
Everyone else knows more than me,
At least they do right now.
Others seem to know just what to do,
They've a knack to sustain it,
They must have done it all their lives,
Nothing else can explain it.
So rely on them for scout leaders
For the girls and boys,
They can coach my kid's football team,
And deal with all the noise.
They make this world a better place,
I want my kids to learn that,
Thats why I have them in the scouts,
and sports and stuff like that.
I guess that if I admit it to myself,
I've a little time to spare.
They say you can see a kids eyes light up,
When they know you care.
So come on and volunteer with me,
We'll learn how it is done,
I think that I will make the time,
What it might even be is fun.
Adapted from the original poem by Paul Nepermann, Cub Master, Pack 153
Because you said 'yes':
a young girl will feel the pride of being someone special as she carefully puts on her uniform for the very first time.
a girl can move to a new town and have "instant friendships" with girls she might never have met.
parents will experience that special pride when they listen to their daughter say the Girl scout Promise for the first time.
bright eyes will become a little brighter with excitement as the kindling finally catches on the first campfire.
nervous giggles will emit from tents as girls try to fall asleep their first night of camp.
the community, and the world will be richer because a girl has learned the importance of caring for her environment, and the warm feeling that comes from giving service to someone less fortunate than herself.
a parent will find a gold trefoil carefully tucked away in a drawer as their daughter packs to leave home for her first adventures as a young adult.
a young woman will contact the Girl Scouts one day and say, "I had so much fun when I was a Girl Scout, I'd like to try being a Leader."
And the circle will continue...because you said, "YES"
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