College staffer supports Girl Scouts more more than 3 decades
Barbara Galvond didn’t become a Girl Scout until she was a woman.
As a youngster, she wanted to join the organization but never had the opportunity. Years later, her husband, David, signed her up as a leader at the same time that he signed up their then 5-year-old daughter as a Daisy. “He thought I could do it, and I’ve been involved ever since,” said Galvond, who is an academic advisor at UGA’s College of Education. “We laugh about that.”
Thirty-four years later, Galvond has seen her involvement with the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, one of the state’s two councils, come full circle. “I actually had some girls who were in my troop when my daughter, Dava, was in Girl Scouts become Girl Scout leaders,” she said.
The Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia is one of more than 1,400 charities benefiting from UGA’s Campaign for Charities, which ends Dec. 15.