• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to footer
  • Badges,
    Activities,& Beyond
  • Volunteer
    Experience
  • Family
    Experience
  • Cookies
    & Beyond
  • Ceremonies,
    Traditions, & Awards
  • All
    Posts

GSWO Blog

A Resource for all things GSWO

September 15, 2014 ·

Stepping Up Your Take Action Project with Community Mapping!

There are 5 important steps in any Take Action project. Not sure what they are? They’re actually the Five Stages of Service Learning: inventory and investigation, preparation and planning, action, reflection and demonstration! Like every great journey (and project), that first step is frequently the hardest part. After all, there are so many needs in the community that narrowing it down to one community issue can be daunting. So how do you start investigating? Try making a community map with your troop.

What’s a community map? A community map is a drawing or a list that shows the community’s needs and ...
Continue Reading

Share this post
Filed Under: Volunteers

« Preparing to serve the Girl Scout Way!
Is this Service or Take Action: The Basic 411. »

Footer

Topics

  • Badges, Activities, & Beyond
  • Volunteer Experience
  • Family Experience
  • Cookies & Beyond
  • Ceremonies, Traditions, & Awards

Get In Touch

Questions? We'd love to help!

Customer Care Hotline
888.350.5090
[email protected]

Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (October - June, first Saturday of the month only)
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

About GSWO

We serve more than 39,000 girls in a 32 county area throughout western Ohio and southeast Indiana, with the support of nearly 10,000 dedicated volunteers. And we love every minute of it!

We’re passionate about what we do. It’s more than a mission statement to us. We work hard every day to encourage our amazing volunteers so we can build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

GSWO Blog © 2026 | Site By Coded Creative

Footer 1 | Footer 2