Family Handbook

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ABOUT OUR TROOP

We are a “Super Troop” serving all elementary aged kiddos from Kindergarten through 5^th grade. We operate in 3 units: Daisies, Brownies (Fearless Cute Cats (“Cats”)), and Juniors (Adorable Radioactive Gummy Bears (“Bears”)). This is by far the simplest way for us to organize all the kiddos and adults. We are based at Olympic Hills Elementary School, but include kids from surrounding schools and neighborhoods in North Seattle, Shoreline, and Kenmore. We have a bunch of involved parents and we do fun things like Meetings, BBQs, outings and special events, community service projects, hikes, camping, etc. The kids are empowered to make decisions about what is important to them and make choices about what they want to do. They grow together to gain courage, confidence, character, creativity, and a sense of community. 

If you are interested in joining our troop, or have any further questions, you can reach out to Kristin at Troop46230@gmail.com

WHO CAN BE A GIRL SCOUT

Girl Scouts of Western Washington uses the term girls inclusively to speak to everyone who identifies with the Girl Scout experience, which includes cisgender girls, gender-expansive youth, transgender youth, non-binary youth, gender nonconforming youth, genderqueer youth, and any girl-identifying human. https://www.girlscoutsww.org/en/discover/our-council/belonging.html

EXPECTATIONS

Your Troop Leaders and parent volunteers are all donating their time to provide fun and educational experiences for all of the kids. We ask that families review the following expectations with their child to ensure that everyone understands their responsibilities to the Troop. 

PARENT EXPECTATIONS

ATTENDANCE

Meetings will start promptly at 4:45pm and end at 5:45pm. Pick up is no later than 5:50pm. Attendance at every meeting or event is not mandatory in any way. We ask for your cooperation in making sure that girls are on time for meetings, field trips and other activities. Girls that are late miss important information and it takes us a bit of time to loop them in and get back on track. Please pick up girls promptly when meetings are over. If you know you are running late, please call/text your unit lead and let us know if someone else will be picking up your girl. We will NOT allow another person to take your Girl Scout unless you have told us specifically! 

COMMUNICATING ABSENCES

Please contact the unit leader at least one hour prior to an event or meeting if your child cannot attend. If your child is ill and misses a day of school, she should also skip that day for scouts. As much advance warning as possible should be observed by parents. It helps leaders know who they are expecting. When we meet, the school is a locked campus and we need to know who is/isn’t coming so we don’t accidentally leave anyone locked outside.

MISSED MEETINGS

In the event your kid has missed a meeting and would like to make up the work at home to earn the badge, reach out to your Unit lead for information on the activities.

We want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to earn a badge they are truly interested in. Let your child decide if they want to do make-up activities. No one is expected to make up badge work if they aren’t interested. Some meetings won’t have make-up work, for instance, if there is no badges being worked on or if we have a guest speaker we can’t replicate. Please do not forget to let your unit lead know if your child has completed a make-up activity for badge work so we can order it for them!

KEEP CURRENT 

Keep up to date on Registration, Dues, and Paperwork. If you don’t re-register your child before the end of September every year their spot may open up publicly and there is not a lot we can do if it gets filled. The number of spots we can have open is dependent on the number of adults we can expect to attend meetings and events. Additionally, adults need to re-register every year and resubmit a background check every 2 years to participate in any way with the troop.

If your unit has monthly dues, this money goes towards meeting materials and badges (the troop will take care of purchasing and distributing badges earned). The troop relies on these dues to be able to provide fun activities. Dues may end after cookie season depending on how cookie sales go. We try to fully fund meeting supplies and badge purchasing with cookie sales every year.

I CANNOT allow girls or adults to participate in person with the troop without having physical copies of their health forms on hand and updated yearly or as necessary. Please get those to me in a timely manner. You cannot drive kids in the troop for carpools or events if I do not have a current transportation card from you.

Keep up to date by reading monthly emails in a timely manner.

There is financial assistance that can be applied to most if not all of the above and also can be applied to uniform needs and some special event fees https://www.girlscoutsww.org/FinancialAssistance 

FAMILY PLEDGE

As a member of a Girl Scout family… 

• We have a genuine concern and interest in our girl’s participation and knowing that our family has the biggest influence on her, we will reflect on the Girl Scout Promise and Law in order to be a positive role model. 
• We recognize that Troop Leaders are volunteers and will support those who are working with our child, in order to encourage a positive and enjoyable Girl Scout experience for all. 
• We will communicate concerns through proper channels, not in the presence of the girls, and should we have a complaint or problem, we will share a suggested solution. 
• We respect that the Girl Scout environment is free from drugs, tobacco, and alcohol and we will refrain from their use at all Girl Scout events. 
• We will place the emotional well-being of our child ahead of our own personal aspirations in order to allow our girl to be successful as a Girl Scout. 
• If our family decides that the Troop’s schedule, format or program does not meet our needs, I am free to seek another Troop or leave scouting, but we will contact the Leader with our intentions before departing or seeking another Troop. 
• We will support the Girl Scout efforts to provide an environment of acceptance for all girls and their families by asking our child to treat others with respect regardless of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, socio-economic/public assistance status, national origin or any other protected status. 
• We will read through all forms given to us, sign those needing a signature and return them promptly. 
• We agree to pay Troop dues by the beginning of each month or in advance for the entire year. We understand that dues will cover the cost for meeting supplies, including emergency snacks, craft supplies, and badges. Special events outside of meetings may require additional fees.
• We will attend Family Meetings, up to three per year, for planning, product sales, and celebrations. Other meetings may be called. Attendance at these additional meetings is not required but we ask that you be respectful of all members by attending. 
• If present, we will monitor behavior at meetings/Girl Scout functions – we understand it is expected that all girls are to be respectful to themselves and those around them. If a girl exhibits destructive or harmful behavior, we understand the leaders will first address the issue privately with us. If the behavior does not improve, we understand our girl may be asked not to participate in certain activities. If others’ safety is in question, they may be asked to leave the troop. 
• We agree that we will not bring siblings, friends, relatives, or any other people to meetings or events unless the event is specifically a family/friend event. This is a requirement for us to remain in compliance with the insurance provided to us from our Council.
• We will volunteer time at meetings, for cookie sales, or at events as possible. We aim for at least 6 hours of volunteer time, in some way, per family per year. If you cannot attend meetings or events, let the leadership know and we can work with you to find some other way to volunteer time. We are a completely volunteer run Troop. All units have leaders that will attend and run meetings (as possible), but will typically require one or more additional parent volunteers to help at meetings and events to meet minimum safety ratios required by our insurance. We cannot hold meetings if we do not have enough background checked adults present. Please consider registering yourself as an adult participant and completing the background check to help out in this way! If you cannot attend in person we can always use support with cookie season, treasury and accounting, and more that happens behind the scenes and can be done at home on your own time.

CHILD EXPECTATIONS

• Wear uniform to events/activities/Troop Meetings/during Cookie Sales. (required unless notified by Leader otherwise)
• Learn and follow the Girl Scout Promise. 
• Learn and demonstrate behaviors and attitudes that reflect the Girl Scout Law.

Girl Scout Promise

*As a troop we say “my beliefs” to replace the word “God” in the interest of being more inclusive.

Girl Scout Law

**sister may be replaced by any relationship noun applicable to the scout.

KAPERS

All Kids have a job or “kaper” to perform at most meetings and events. They may be clean up patrol after a meeting, the promise leader to start the meeting, the attendance taker, a cook at camp, etc. We rotate all roles so everyone gets a chance to learn and do each job. As the kids age, we add a more responsibilities (age appropriate) for running the troop meetings. Girls are expected to diligently do their kaper. Even if it’s not the most glorious one.  

MEETINGS & EVENTS

WEEKLY MEETINGS

Who: The entire troop. Each unit typically meets in their own room/space, but we occasionally do activities all together.

What: Work on badge activities, make decisions about upcoming opportunities and events, play and grow together.

Where: Olympic Hills Elementary School

When: Thursdays from 4:45pm – 5:45pm (We don’t meet when Seattle Public Schools is on vacation)

SPECIAL OUTINGS AND EVENTS

Special outings and events are totally optional. We may complete badges during them, and we always get a fun patch (back of vest patch) for each event. Since they are outside of regular meeting times, in a setting that likely can’t be replicated, and many of the fun patches are limited to those in attendance, we won’t ever have “makeup work” available for special events. Additional special events, field trips, and meeting times will be communicated as they arise with as much notice as possible. 

CAMPING

Our aim is to offer yearly at least one troop camping event over the summer as well as attend at least one Encamporee (overnight camping at a Girl Scout camp location with other N. Seattle troops of all ages) every year. In order to do this, we will need registered, background checked adults to come with us! Priority will go to leaders and other frequent volunteers. This is because we are usually very limited on how many adults we can take to each event (to be able to have as much bunk space for kids to participate as possible) and it’s important to take adults who the kids all already know and feel comfortable with and who know the scouts a bit making them more helpful chaperones.

Encamporee usually costs between $65 and $75 per participant for the weekend. Troop camping is typically funded by cookie sales proceeds for Units who have these funds.

OTHER EVENTS

Our troop will be doing events and earning badges, patches and pins outside of our regular meetings. We may also have opportunities to participate in Service Unit (all Girl Scout Troops in our area) or Council wide events (all of Western Washington). There are a lot of things to do in Girl Scouts and we will only get to try some of them!

There will usually be a separate cost for these events. The troop tries to subsidize some of the cost of events the leadership team organizes for the troop (for Units that have enough earned cookie money to do so). By doing this, we try to keep costs for outside events under $15 per participant (excluding overnight adventures). Participation is not required. You can also decide to attend an event without the troop or suggest events, activities or excursions to leadership that you think may interest the whole troop. Please see the GSWW Calendar for ideas.

SUMMER MEETINGS & EVENTS

Our troop holds a few Thursday meetings during the summer and also organizes other activities like playdates, craft meetups, movie nights, boating excursions, hikes and more. All of these are funded by cookie sales (and what we plan is contingent on cookie money available and the interests of the scouts). All of these are completely optional.

TROOP COMMUNICATION

We try to keep it as paperless as possible. There are certain forms we NEED to have physical copies of on hand, but otherwise, our communication is primarily digital. It is caregiver’s responsibility to check their email/WhatsApp and review important dates and times for events and other important meeting info. We will attempt to give you ample warning before an event so you will have the opportunity to plan your personal calendar. Let us know if we could improve this in any way.

EMAIL

Email is our mode of communication for large amounts of info, events, and documents. Please understand that sometimes there will be a lot to communicate. For instance if we are planning and organizing an adventure or field trip.  As a leadership team, we would like to keep everyone abreast of troop activities on a regular basis, without inundating you. To do this, we provide a monthly Newsletter sent via email.

WHATSAPP

We use a Troop WhatsApp group for quick communications and updates.

PHONE OR TEXT

We really try to keep phone and text to a bare minimum. We may use phone or text in instances of field trips or camping to contact individual parents. 

WEBSITE

Our Troop has a website www.Troop46230.com where we keep our calendar, our events that require an RSVP, basic information and more. We hope this helps Troop families find all the information they need quickly.

GOOGLE PHOTOS

We have a google shared photo album. Please share any photos you take at troop events or meetings! Not only does it help parents who aren’t able to be present feel connected, but Kristin likes to make a “memory book” for each of the kiddos every year… so really the photo sharing is to humor the Troop Leader and for inclusion in this photobook.

UNIFORMS

Scouts are expected to wear uniforms to meetings and special events unless specifically asked not to. Uniforms will never be required for boating, hiking, or camping. A uniform in our Troop only consists of the vest, tunic, OR sash for their level and the required basic badges to identify our council, troop, and membership. The cost of a uniform is approximately $75 every two years (when they change levels). It is the parent/caregiver’s responsibility to procure these for their scout(s). Financial Aid will cover the cost of these uniform needs. For specific information on uniforms you can check out this page: https://troop46230.com/girl-scout-family-handbook/uniforms/

PRODUCT SALES (COOKIES/FALL PRODUCT SALES)

Cookie sales are the biggest fundraiser the Girls Scouts have as an organization. A successful year of cookie sales can fund a troop completely for a year or more! They also fund all the amazing girl scout programming, staff, campgrounds, and more. They start in January every year and end in March. They include many steps such as pre-sales, door to door/wagon sales, and finally, booth sales.

We will have a parent meeting (usually via Zoom) all about cookies before the cookie season begins. Please consider volunteering some time to help the troop with operations during cookie sales as a product manager or assisting the product managers or even as a troop helper who can be with the kids at booth sales. Many hands makes light work. 

We will also participate in Fall Product Sales. This is a much lighter fundraiser where kids sell items to friends and family almost entirely online.

Participating in Girl Scout cookie sales and Fall Product sales are not required. Let your Unit Leader know if you plan to not participate.

SKILLS KIDS LEARN DURING COOKIE SALES:

• Goal Setting: Because your Girl Scout sets cookie sales goals and develops a plan to reach them.
• Decision Making: Because your Girl Scout helps decide how her troop/group will spend their cookie money.
• Money Management: Because your Girl Scout takes cookie orders and handles customers’ money.
• People Skills: Because your Girl Scout learns how to talk and listen to all kinds of people while selling cookies.
• Business Ethics: Because your Girl Scout is honest and responsible at every step of the cookie sale.

In addition, girls can earn girl recognition, Cookie Dough Reward Cards and Program Credits based upon the number of packages sold. Revenue from the Cookie Sale is used by the council for financial assistance, camp operations and improvements, and to continue to provide Girl Scout programs for girls in Western Washington.

FAMILIES SUPPORT THEIR GIRL IN PRODUCT SALES BY:

• Giving permission for her to sell Girl Scout cookies. Permission form coming in January.
• Attending the cookie activity training for her troop. A girl & parent meeting outlining all the need to know info.
• Helping her set and meet her personal goal(s) and her troop’s goals.
• Helping her observe all safety rules and guidelines outlined in materials provided by Girl Scouts of Western Washington.
• Helping her understand that you will be working with her in a supportive role; adults, however, should not assume sole responsibility for selling cookies.
• Helping to network with colleagues so that she can contact co-workers and family members to purchase cookies.
• Providing transportation to cookie events or special sales areas, like those outside a grocery store.
• Providing a safe place for the money collected, as well as frequent drop-offs of money to the cookie manager.
• Paying for any cookies eaten at home.

TROOP SUPPORT ROLES

By forming our troop, we are creating a community.  We ask that all members (girl and adult) arrive with an openness of mind and a willingness to participate.  Your troop and unit leaders cannot do this alone and really appreciate when parents can pitch in to lighten the load or make things like camping and fun events possible. Let us know how you can help!

A few roles to consider are outlined below. Thank you to those who have already made a commitment to help out! 

• The following roles can only be filled by adults who are registered with Girl Scouts and have been background checked. I should note (this is not always clear apparently) males can fill any of the below roles. If you’d like to register as an adult with the troop you can do so here: https://www.girlscoutsww.org/content/dam/girlscoutsww-redesign/documents/join/become-a-volunteer/adult-membership-form-MY23.pdf 

TROOP PRODUCT SALES MANAGER (“Cookie Parent”)

We need at least 2 from 2 different households to be able to sell cookies.

SUMMARY: 

• The Troop Product Sales Manager manages all facets of their Girl Scout troop’s annual cookie program. 
• Assure that troop is prepared to participate in the sale by training girls and parents, verifying that all participating girls are registered Girl Scouts and collecting a Parent Permission and Financial Responsibility Form for every participating girl. 
• Maintain regular communication with SU Product Sales Manager, SU Site Sale Manager, Troop Leader and families regarding cookie inventory, booth sale locations, deadlines, and sale updates. 
• Be available to answer product sale questions from girls and parents. Be willing to contact the Service Unit Product Sale Manager when you have questions. 
• Coordinate troop product inventory. Do ordering, re-ordering, pickup, distribution, and transfer of cookies, using the eBudde website. Be financially responsible for all product until it is receipted to a parent. 
• Maintain accurate financial records of transactions with girls/parents using receipts and the eBudde website. 
• Collect, deposit and account for all money generated from the sale. Make deposits to both the troop bank account and to the council bank account. Record council deposits in eBudde. 
• Finish and submit final troop responsibilities and incentive orders in eBudde website. Notify Service Unit Cookie Manager by specified deadlines. 
• Assist Troop Leader in distributing sales materials and incentive items to girls in a timely manner. 

TIME COMMITMENT: 

The Troop Product Sales Manager can expect to provide 2-4 hours of service total from November until early January. During January, the commitment is 2-4 hours per week. From late February until late March, the responsibilities will take from 7-14 hours weekly. During April to May expect to spend 2-4 hours total. The Troop Product Sales Manager is expected to attend an informational meeting ahead of cookie season (typically virtually for an hour).

REPORTS TO: 

The Troop Product Sales Manager is accountable to the Troop Leader and to the Service Unit Product Sales Manager.

UNIT ASSISTANT LEADER

We need one for each Unit (Daisies, Brownies, Juniors)

SUMMARY: 

• This is the point person for a unit and is expected to attend and help run most weekly meetings. 
• You will receive meetings plans or work with the Unit Leader on lesson plans and ideas and help to run a successful meeting using these plans for your unit.
• When the troop is meeting as a whole, you will help lead the activities.
• You will work with your unit to plan for activities and badges they are interested in doing.
• Help keep track of meeting attendance and badges earned.
• Stay after meetings until all children have been picked up.

TIME COMMITMENT: 

Unit leaders can expect about half an hour weekly for meeting prep and 1.5 hours weekly at meetings. 

REPORTS TO: 

Unit Leader

TREASURER(S)

Excellent role for someone who wants to help, but cannot attend troop meetings.

SUMMARY: 

• Complete Girl Scouts treasurer training (a small series of online videos about handling troop money)
• Collect dues as applicable
• Work with the Troop Leader and Unit Leaders to collect receipts and balance the troop ledger
• Work with the product manager and leadership team during cookie season to get change for booth sales from the bank, collect, account for and deposit cookie money.
• Complete the annual financial report in June

TIME COMMITMENT: 

Unit treasurers can expect to spend about 2 hours a month balancing the unit finances and about 2 hours a week during cookie season. 

REPORTS TO: 

Troop Leader

MEETING ADULT HELPER

Can you attend some meetings? We need to have a certain number of adults present or we have to cancel the meeting. Each Unit has a sign up sheet for their adult needs at the meetings.

SUMMARY: 

• Volunteer to attend meetings as necessary and help run the activities

TIME COMMITMENT: 

about 1.5 hours per meeting. 

REPORTS TO: 

Unit Leader/Troop Leader

OUTDOOR OR ACTIVITY CERTIFIED ADULT

This would be an adult willing to go through Girl Scout certification for either Outdoor Overnight (Outdoor Specialist), First Aider, Archery, Lifeguard, or boating training. We currently are in DEEP need of a certified “Waterfront Lifeguard”.

SUMMARY: 

• Complete girl scout certification in one or more of the above. 
• Come with the troop when we go camping, as needed, especially if on Girl Scout property, so we can do more fun things!

TIME COMMITMENT: 

Training is generally a full weekend at one of the Girl Scout camps. There are ways to be certified by Girl Scouts without attending training if you have current training or equivalent experience and can prove it. This generally feels more challenging than just going to the training weekends, except for maybe lifeguard. If you are already a certified lifeguard let me know! Other time commitment would be going with the troop on adventures.

REPORTS TO: 

Troop Leader

SPECIAL EVENT CHAPERONE AND/OR CARPOOL DRIVER

Can you chaperone an event or adventure? We need a certain number of adults present depending on what we are doing. 

SUMMARY: 

• Volunteer to attend and chaperone scouts at an event or drive a carpool to and from an event

TIME COMMITMENT: 

About an hour before the event to go over safety and requirements for the event/planning + the time of the event itself.

REPORTS TO: 

Troop Leadership Team

Troop Leader

OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP

You do not have to be a registered adult or attend any meetings to help in the following ways:

• Sew badges onto uniforms for other families. If you have sewing skills this is actually a GREAT way to volunteer with the troop!
• Do you have a cool job? Special skill set? We have used our troop parent that is a nurse for first aid learning. We are pondering asking one of our parents that are licensed HAM radio operators to contact the space station with the troop. Do you have outdoor camping or cooking skills and like to teach? Let us know!
• Plan activities and meetings. I can always use help with this. I have resources I can share that make this easier, but love organized people willing to help and see planning through to the end. 
• Setting up for and cleaning up after parties, family BBQs, big project meetings, events, etc. This is ALWAYS welcome! Most weekly meetings wouldn’t require this as they’re not time intensive, but sometimes… we could really use this.
• Camping preparation. Sometimes when we camp we have a shopping list that needs to be handled and some food that needs to be pre-prepped. 
• Other? If you have an idea that could be helpful. I’d love to hear it! 

FORMS

The below forms are required annually. Every registered child and adult is REQUIRED to have a Health History form on file with the Troop Leader in order to participate in ANY Troop Activities. If you plan on driving a carpool, or even driving kids that aren’t your own to and from meetings, I will need a transportation form. Some other activities may require additional forms or permissions including cookie sales. We will deal with these if and when they come up. Copies of all forms can be found here: https://troop46230.com/forms/

• GIRL AND ADULT HEALTH HISTORY FORM: required to attend meetings and attend field trips/events
• TRANSPROTATION CARD (CARPOOL DRIVER): If you are, for any reason, transporting more than just your scout to any girl scout event or meeting, we need one of these from you!

TROOP FUNDING

Troop funds consist of all monies paid to the troop by parents and girls, and monies raised during product sales and other approved money earning activities. Troop funds are managed by the Troop Treasurer(s), with the advice and guidance of the Troop Leaders and Girls. Troop funds are budgeted to cover the costs of meeting, supplies, patches and partial expenses for girls and Leadership for troop activities, trips and camping. Your annual registration with Girl Scouts of Western Washington covers administrative costs of GSUSA, GSWW, SU520 and insurance. 

DUES – Troop dues are currently $20 per month, per child for only our Daisy Unit (K-1st Graders). This can be paid in cash at a troop meeting (please hand it to either a troop leader or the treasurer) or via venmo to @knarmstrong. Please, if paying via Venmo, mark it as “Payment between friends” and not for “goods or services” as the latter incurs a fee that Kristin pays out of her personal pocket. Depending on how cookie sales go this year, we will assess the need for Troop Dues moving forward.

If dues are a burden to your family, please reach out to the Troop Leader troop46230@gmail.com .

OTHER EVENTS – Event fees, however, are extra. See section under Financial Assistance for more information of financial aid for events. Events include anything outside of regular troop meetings that require a fee. These event fees are an out-of-pocket expense for families attending and typically assessed per attendee (adults and children). Participation in these events is not required to be a member of the troop and are just extras if desired. Please reach out to the leaders or treasurer if you would like to attend special events, but that is not in your budget and not covered by financial aid. 

As a group, our troop decides what to do with the troop funds in our account. We discuss budget on an age-appropriate level following the Girl Scout level-guidelines. 

REIMBURSEMENT OF TROOP FUNDS – If a girl commits to an activity/outing for which the troop pays any portion of from troop funds and she does not attend, then the troop will have to be reimbursed for the amount of money that was paid on behalf of the girl. Girl Scout Law teaches us to “use resources wisely”.

Reimbursement Requests – There may come a time when you are asked or you have volunteered to pick up crafts or supplies for the troop. Receipts must be submitted with the items highlighted. We cannot accept credit card receipts without itemized detail. Please contact the Troop Leader and Treasurer before making a purchase you hope to be reimbursed for, it must be approved by both the Troop Leader and Troop Treasurer. 

          FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Girl Scouts is open to all girls and adults in every community and geographic area in Western Washington.  Financial assistance is available to currently registered girl and adult members who otherwise would not be able to participate in Girl Scouting.  Eligibility for financial assistance is based on the Federal School Lunch program.  Girl members who are eligible for free or reduced price lunch at school are eligible for financial assistance from Girl Scouts of Western Washington. For adults to receive financial assistance, they must qualify as serving in a role with the Troop other than ‘Troop Helper’. Please go here for more information on financial assistance and to fill out a form: https://www.girlscoutsww.org/en/members/girl-scouts-families/financial-assistance.html

MISCELLANEOUS INFO

GIRL SCOUT STORE

Want GS swag? The store is here: https://www.girlscoutshop.com/

This is also where you will acquire official GS uniform needs.

THINGS TO DO

• GSWW Calendar of Events (calendar format): https://www.girlscoutsww.org/Things-To-Do/Pages/Calendar.aspx
• Summer Camp (GSWW): http://camp.girlscoutsww.org/ This is available to all girl scouts. Scouts can even use “cookie dough” earned as rewards through cookie sales to apply to camp fees. This summer camp program is outside of what we will do as a troop and would be up to the individual families to register and pay for