Rallyhood

Rallyhood is the place to connect, share resources, and get inspired with Girl Scout families, volunteers, and GSNWGL staff!

Rallyhood is an all-in-one platform for Girl Scout communication and collaboration, combining many of the tools Girl Scout members, service areas, and troop leaders use to communicate with other volunteers and families. Rallyhood enables groups to manage event promotion, registration, and payment, share photos, post, respond, and collaborate with other volunteers and parents, among other features.

If you are the troop leader and you want your troop to be activated in Rallyhood, just call or email customer care at 888.747.6945 or info@gsnwgl.org. Please include your troop number. We'll get you all set!

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Rallyhood Quick Start for Families & Caregivers
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Rallyhood FAQs

What is Rallyhood for? How will it help me, my Service Area, and/or my troop? toggle arrow

Rallyhood will allow volunteers and families to connect with their troops and service areas as well as people throughout our council. We have multiple groups, known as Rallies, set up to ask questions, help each other, and learn about Girl Scouts.

One of the main purposes of Rallyhood is to make the day-to-day responsibilities of volunteers in leadership roles easier. The Rallyhood platform combines the functionality of tools like Eventbrite, SignUp Genius, Shutterfly, Facebook, Flickr, Google Calendar, Google Forms, and Survey Monkey in one place. It seamlessly integrates so many of the functions our volunteers need — communication, calendaring, file sharing, surveys, and payment — and that’s just a partial list! Service areas and troops can customize their sites with their own photos and information, creating their own space for volunteers and parents to communicate.

Why did our Council choose Rallyhood? toggle arrow

For many years we have heard from volunteers that they want to be able to connect better with other volunteers. So our council is launching Rallyhood to provide an additional level of support to volunteers, service areas, and troops at a time when staying connected online is more important than ever. Rallyhood provides a secure, GSNWGL-only space to do this—no ads, no data tracking, just Girl Scouting!

Rallyhood has been working with Girl Scout councils for 5+ years—they’re familiar with the Girl Scout movement and the needs of its volunteers. In fact, Rallyhood has worked directly with council staff and volunteers to build out functionality that addresses our organization’s unique needs. Rallyhood has created an ecosystem customized to our council and volunteer groups, and will continue to work with council staff to improve how the system works for our volunteers.

How is Rallyhood different from other apps? toggle arrow

We have heard from many volunteers that the inconsistency of using fragmented tools creates lots of challenges and makes volunteer lives difficult. A key benefit of Rallyhood is that it helps us take a more streamlined approach. The intent is to have one platform with all the tools and all our council groups in one place. It provides us with a council-wide solution that brings all of our groups, troops, committees, and chats together on one platform to create a more consistent and efficient Girl Scout experience for all of us.

How much does it cost? toggle arrow

Our council covers the cost of using Rallyhood. The only cost associated for volunteers would be processing fees for Stripe if you choose to use the payment feature for events or activities.

What is the GSNWGL staff involvement in Rallyhood? Should I use it to get in touch with staff members? toggle arrow

Our primary goal in launching Rallyhood is to connect members with each other and facilitate communication across our geographic area. Staff members will be in many of the Rallies and Hubs to help answer questions and facilitate conversation, but they will not be monitoring Rallyhood 24/7.

If you have a specific question that needs to be answered by staff, we ask that you please contact customer care. Personal questions about your or your child's participation—including specific questions about payments, memberships, allergies, and more—should not be posted in Rallyhood.

How does a Rallyhood community work? toggle arrow

There are a number of council-level community hubs categorized by types of volunteer roles and activities where content can be posted for volunteer groups or Girl Scout families across our council.

In addition to these council-level Rallyhood communities, each Service Area may have its own community hub with additional rallies (sub-groups) within it, such as rallies for troop leaders, troop cookie managers, families, event coordinators, day camp/encampment volunteer committees, and others that are specific to that service area. Within these community hubs and rallies, a service area or troop can promote events, post information, start conversations, take registration and payment for activities, create calendars, etc. There is no limit to the number of rallies allowed to be created within a community hub, and these can be created by anyone who is an admin on the account.

How do I start a Rallyhood community for my Service Area or troop? toggle arrow

Our Council has a Rallyhood community hub for each Service Area! Service Area managers will receive an email invitation to access and start using their Rallyhood site, which they can choose to use, ignore if not interested (it’ll be there later if you change your mind!), or delegate to another volunteer on their Service Area team.

If you have a troop that is ready to be on Rallyhood, please call or email customer care at 888.747.6945 or info@gsnwgl.org. Include your troop number and we will get you started!

Who can see my Rallyhood community hubs and rallies? toggle arrow

Community hubs and rallies can be set to public or private. If set to public, anyone could find that hub or rally in a search, join it, and access content. If set to private, an individual would need to be invited in order to access the hub or rally. Please keep your rally set to private. This way you can control who is a member of your troop rally.

What are the fees associated with using the payment and special events tools in Rallyhood? toggle arrow

Rallyhood partners with Stripe to offer a safe, secure, and easy way to collect payments. Rallyhood charges a platform fee of 2.9% to help cover costs for things like development of functionality, maintenance of the technology, and security for users.

Stripe charges a credit card processing fee of 2.9% + $.30 per transaction. Organizers have a live calculation of any associated fees (platform and credit card processing) right on the setup page. As organizers are creating tickets or payment requests, they can see exactly what the fees might be without any guessing.

Rallyhood tries to keep fees as low and fair as possible. For comparison, fees on a $10 ticket in Rallyhood are $.91 vs. $2.24 in Eventbrite, which is almost 2.5 times higher.