All participants must be separated into activity groups of no more than 15 total people (including at least two adults or required adult ratio). Meeting space must accommodate the size of the group and include the ability to maintain six feet of physical distance between members of different households. Volunteers will receive additional guidance about maintaining activity cohorts/pods at larger events.
COVID-19 Updates from GSSJC
Last updated Sept. 1, 2021 at 5 p.m. CT.
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto strives for all Girl Scouts, volunteers,
and families to feel included and safe throughout their Girl Scout
experience. We continue to monitor COVID-19 through the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, local public health
departments, and counties and cities within our council jurisdiction.
COVID-19 is an extremely contagious virus that spreads easily in the community. Volunteers should take all reasonable precautions to limit potential exposure for girls, themselves, and families. The status of community spread and risk to participate in activities is continually changing. Girl Scouts should ensure they are following current guidance from GSSJC as well as the CDC and local public health authorities for personal health and hygiene, and cleaning and disinfecting. Additionally, Girl Scouts should be prepared by having masks, hand sanitizer, and cleaning supplies available.
If any Girl Scout or participant is confirmed to be COVID-19 positive within 14 days of participating in a Girl Scout activity, the family must contact Melissa Hardy (mhardy@sjgs.org) to allow council staff to manage communication and contact tracing and maintain appropriate confidentiality.
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Group Size
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Masks
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Vaccinations
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Physical Distancing
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Pre-Screening
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Attendees should complete a permission slip and pre-screening form before each in-person activity and stay home when not feeling well or exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. Volunteers should maintain the screening log at check-in.
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Travel
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Carpooling
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Carpooling
It is imperative to take all safety precautions when girls are traveling in motor vehicles. Coronavirus transmission risk is high when people are in close proximity, less than six feet apart. The risk increases when people are in a closed-in area or indoors for longer than 10 minutes. Always, for every in-person event, meeting, or transportation arrangement, conduct the prescreening process to ensure that coronavirus does not touch Girl Scout gatherings. GSSJC advises against participating in carpooling if high-risk individuals live in the households of the passengers.
GSSJC cautions that parents should be very careful with carpool decisions. Individual parent/household drop-off and pick-up are encouraged. When necessary, carpooling is permitted with the following requirements:
- Passengers from a maximum of three households in the same vehicle. Passengers to and from the same activity must be from the same households. (e.g., the same girls from three households, but one parent could drop off and another could pick up).
- All passengers in each vehicle should be participating in the same activity group once they reach the destination.
- All carpools must be documented on the activity log kept by the volunteer at check-in.
- Drivers must complete the pre-screening process when picking up girls from their caregivers. Caregivers/Parents must complete the permission slip and acknowledgment forms in advance and give them to the carpool driver to submit at check-in.
- If any passenger in the vehicle cannot check-in at arrival or must leave during the event due to COVID-19 symptoms, exposure, temperature, etc. All passengers in the same carpool must leave together.
- All passengers in the vehicle should wear a face mask that covers nose, mouth and chin.
- External air ventilation is required. Do not recirculate interior air, and when possible at least crack the windows or a sunroof to increase outside airflow.
- Arrangements are preferred between households who are regularly carpooling for other activities or school/childcare.
- No eating or drinking (i.e., activities requiring masks to be removed) while in the vehicle.
- Passengers should sit as distant as feasible within vehicles, hard surfaces such as handles and seatbelt buckles should be disinfected before and after.
Volunteers and parents who do not comply with these requirements are at risk of not being allowed to participate in Girl Scout activities. Volunteers responsible for each activity and who are documenting check-in and participation log, are empowered to limit participation for non-compliant participants on a case-by-case basis.
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