Troop Disband/Merge Packet
form #133 • 10/18 • page 1 of 4
Please fill out all information completely. Incomplete or missing items will delay
finalizing disband. Save a copy for your records before submitting.
Email: disband@girlscoutsosw.org • Mail: Girl Scouts OSW, Attn: Troop Disband, 9620 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR 97219
To Begin the Troop Disband/Merge Process:
1. Notify all current members and their parents/guardians that the troop:
a. will no longer be continuing, and confirm the final meeting date. Share the ways that their girl can still
participate in Girl Scouts, such as with a different troop or as an individually registered member in
council-sponsored program activities.
b. will be merging with another troop and when these changes will take place. Confirm the new meeting
date and time and when you will start.
2. Communicate disband or merge plans with your service unit.
3. Email disband@girlscoutsosw.org and include the following:
• Service unit and troop number
• Date the troop will no longer be active
• Person responsible for submitting the forms
What can you do with remaining troop funds?
As a troop, decisions on spending and/or donating the remaining funds of a disbanding troop must always be girl-
led appropriate to grade level. The group may decide to spend funds on a final Girl Scout activity or trip, a Girl Scout
program, or make a donation to their service unit, another troop, established charity or nonprofit of their choice.
If the troop does not spend all funds, a portion of the remaining funds can follow girls to the new troop they have
joined.
• No amount of remaining funds may be given directly to girls, parents or guardians. This includes any form of
cash, check or cash equivalents such as a gift cards.
• All transactions and any use of troop funds must be finished prior to disbanding, while the girls and
volunteers have current memberships.
• Any remaining funds at time of disband must be submitted to GSOSW.
What happens to troop funds submitted to GSOSW?
• If a troop re-forms within a year from disbanding, remaining funds may be restored to the troop. A request for
the funds for returning girls’ use can be submitted to disband@girlscoutsosw.org.
• If a girl from a disbanded group rejoins Girl Scouts within one year, a portion of the disbanded group’s funds
may be requested to be transferred to her new group. A request for a transfer of funds from her new group
leader is to be submitted to disband@girlscoutsosw.org.
• Any portion of the disbanded group’s funds remaining after one year will be used to benefit other Girl Scouts
through financial assistance.
Submitting Paperwork
See page 4 for detailed instructions on how to submit this packet.
Questions? Contact disband@girlscoutsosw.org.