Let me introduce myself...

Hi!  My name is Emilee Rea and I really, really like to be organized.  I joined a newly forming troop in March 2012 with my eldest daughter who was then in Kindergarten and within a couple months was asked to take over the co-leader position because the original co-leader didn't really want to be a leader and the main leader couldn't do it all herself.  I felt really lost.  I was a Brownie and a Junior as a kid, but the badges all looked different and I couldn't find anything that we could use to track what we were doing.  I assumed that GSUSA would have badge checklists and meeting plans just ready for the taking!  What do you mean I have to track financials?  Why are there so many different kinds of permission slips?  Cookies?  Ummm.....

So, training helps with a lot of those, but not everything.  Now that I know better, I've been creating all of the resources that I need to keep my troop organized.  I created this blog as a way to organize the resources I put together and to have a central place to keep track of all of the things that I share in various social media groups.

You may freely share the link to this blog to any member of Girl Scouts that you feel would benefit.  If I provide a link to an editable document, you have permission to edit that thing to suit your needs.

I don't really like all of my stuff getting added into the various Files sections of Facebook Groups because then other leaders are not getting the updates when I make changes, so if you'd please include a link back to here when you post my creations to files, I'd feel much better.  :)

If you have any questions, you can find me on Facebook or email me.

~ Emilee

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  1. Thank you for all that you do Emilee. Your hard work, long hours, and attention to detail are appreciated immensely. By you sharing your wonderful creations , it allows the rest of us to spend more time with our girls instead of feeling like we have to reinvent the wheel. A sincere thank you. Your GS Sister, Summer K.

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  2. Thank you for your generosity! So appreciated!

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  3. These are great files! I have the excel know how, but not the training and patience to make files that look this pretty!

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  4. These are great files! I have the excel know how, but not the training and patience to make files that look this pretty!

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  5. I have pondered stepping down as a leader as I have 26 girls and it’s just overwhelming. Sadly, it means 26 girls are left find other troops or end their journey. This has helped more than you know. Thank you!

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  7. I just want to say thank you for all these resources! I appreciate the time and energy you have out into organizing and uploading everything - thank you!

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  8. I just want to say thank you!!! I love your resources!!! Best ever!!!

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  9. WOW! I am so excited to use your badge tracker. I attempted to create my own form last year but did not add in a column for received - and it killed me. Your formulas are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. Both my heart and the time I have to spend with my girls are expanded.

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  10. This is wonderful. As a new leader I'm so grateful to have resources like this.

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  11. Thank you so much for sharing. I truly appreciate all your hard work.

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  12. I love this handout! One suggestion - put your website / blog info at the bottom so as people share the documents or add them to their files they remember where it came from!

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  13. Your resources are amazing!!! Thank you so much your willingness to share!

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  15. WOW! All I can say is "WOW"! You are an excel GODDESS!!!

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  16. I just found your site (via Facebook Group GS Junior Leaders) and your resources are wonderful and JUST what I was looking for. I will be sharing you with other leaders, for sure! Thank you!

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  17. Will you be updating the trackers for the newly released badges?

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  18. Your resources are amazing and I appreciate everything you do! Will you be updating your badge trackers with the new badges? Thanks.

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  19. Amazing!!!! Thank you so much !

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  20. Hey! I love your forms! When will you be updating them with the new cookie for 2020?

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  21. Thank you so much for posting all this. We are a new troop and I feel like I have just been thrown a life preserver!

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  22. Thank You so much! You are amazing!!! I am truly thankful, I am new to cookie time with all the booths and as troop leader. You are an inspiration and have encouraged me, I can't say Thank You enough..

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  23. Thank you for your generosity! So appreciated!

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  24. Thank you for sharing your incredible tracking spreadsheets! They are incredible. I would love the ability to include membership stars, discs, tabs and world association pins in the tracking since these are items as a troop award at bridging and investiture but they are separate purchases that need to be made. Is there a way you manage those items for your large troop? Would love to hear your best practices.

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  25. Thank you so much for creating and sharing such universal resources! Have you considered adjusting the tracker for Service Unit Managers to coordinate Troop Leaders?

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  26. Thanks for your amazing resources! I just wanted to let you know that the images for the Business Jumpstart and STEM Career badges on the Junior checklist are switch :)

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  27. I love love love your badge trackers! Thank you for sharing your efforts with all of us busy and frazzled leaders. Your generosity is truly appreciated!

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  28. Thank you for updating the badge tracker and sharing with us. I have one question, how exactly are we supposed to use the troop tracker form? Do the names of the Scouts go at the top of the table or is that for dates? I'm not sure how to use it properly.

    Thank you!

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    1. When you rename the tabs for your individual girls, it will put their names on the top of the Troop tab. And as you fill in their earned and received dates, it will bring over slashes and/or X's to the troop page so that you can see at a glance how many girls finished certain badges.

      Read through the instructions tab and play around with the spreadsheet a bit and it will make more sense. :)

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  29. I love your spreadsheets! I used the Junior one last year and would like to use it again this year. Some of the girls did not return and I have new girls. How do I update everything to the updated version?

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  30. Can someone please help me? How do I update to the new version?

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    1. There isn't an easy way to update. You just download the new version and copy your data over.

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  31. THANK YOU for providing all these amazing resources <3

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  32. Thank you so much for creating this sharing portal and kindness! This is so wonderful!

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  33. need to change the excel after download however ask for a password. how i can bypass password?

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    1. The password is included on the instructions tab.

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  34. I cannot thank you enough for sharing all these resources. I'm a new Daisy troop leader; however, I was never a Girl Scout growing up so I have a lot to learn. Our troop is part of a huge council, but I feel like I've been left to figure out everything on my own. I turned to Facebook groups for help which eventually led me here. Thank you for generously sharing everything you've learned and created!

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  35. Just wanted to hop on and say thank you. I took over as leader of my daughter's troop last year. Since then we have doubled in size and have 23 girls over 4 levels (Daisy-Cadette). Your spreadsheets have been AMAZING! and instrumental in helping me keep track of everything. I tried out a few others, but yours are by far my favorite.

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  36. You are simply amazing! I cannot express how thankful I am for your spreadsheets and the time you have put in to making them and keeping them updated with the ever-changing cookie lineups :)

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

    -Danie

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  37. Thank you for this! Will you be updating LBB to include Adventurefuls?

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    1. Yep. I just need someone to send me a picture of the order form so I can confirm the order of all the cookies. My council doesn't have theirs yet.

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  38. Thank you! I was just a mom putting my daughter into Daisy's and have found myself also taking over and helping out. I have definitely not figured things out yet but your resources definitely help.

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  39. Hi do you have a Microsoft version of the LBB Booth Sheet.. i just need to edit two things

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    1. If you search for "Excel Version" on the page, you should see a link for that version.

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  40. Your tracker spreadsheet is amazing! One question/suggestion if you are up for modifying it. I would love to be able to enter my girl's totals from direct shipment orders so that I can get an accurate count for their totals without having those numbers taken from the troop inventory. If you have an easy way I could modify the existing sheet to do that for this year I would really appreciate it. Otherwise I will find a work around to add an inventory restock line that is equivalent to the direct ship orders.

    Thank you so much for so willingly sharing your awesome resources!!

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    1. On the girls' tabs, there are cells out to the right for the initial online shipped/donated and the additional online shipped/donated. That's where you would toss those numbers. It will add to their total sold, but not take them from inventory. It doesn't ultimately matter what flavors those are, so I just kept it a single box for initial and non-initial for ease of use and to calculate PGA accurately.

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    2. Oh, fabulous! Thank you so much!!! I love telling my parents... "Don't worry, I have a spreadsheet" when they get so concerned about totals, tracking, etc.

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  41. Any chance there will be a 2023 version?

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  42. You are such a beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing. Your work is amazing!

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  43. I just want to thank you soo so much!! I love to be organized but with being new at all this, it's hard to know what I need to organize!! This has been such a huge help! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

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