All participants must be separated into activity groups of no more than 20 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 Dec. 8, 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.
Rapid testing may be required upon arrival at camp and will be
determined based on test availability and nature of program
plan/participation.
Note: Troops and individual adult volunteers may choose to self-test prior to driving to camp to ensure that everyone in the group tests negative, and if doing so, may skip the testing at camp check-in. Individual girls attending camp will continue to be tested at check-in. For guidance see Form F-219E GSSJC Pretesting Option for GSSJC Camp Activities
Those who have recovered from COVID-19 in the last 90 days may provide a doctor’s note or confirmation of a positive test from a medical clinic or testing facility in lieu of required testing. If this applies to you or someone in your troop and you are unable to secure a doctor’s note, please contact Melissa Hardy at mhardy@sjgs.org for further guidance.
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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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Before Each Activity
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All girls and adults should answer all screening questions before each in-person activity and stay home when not feeling well or exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. Volunteers should create the screening log at check-in, indicating yes or no answers for each girl and adult in attendance.
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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:
- All passengers in each vehicle should be participating in the
same activity group once they reach the destination.
- If carpooling to camp-based activities that may require testing at check-in, consider pre-testing before departure to ensure that all carpool passengers will be admitted at check-in. Note that if a carpool passenger tests positive for COVID-19 at camp check-in, the entire carpool will not be permitted to attend the activity.
- 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.
- All passengers in each vehicle should be participating in the
same activity group once they reach the destination.
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Helpful Forms
