THE PART THE COMMUNITY CAN PLAY The community can help by opening its doors for demonstration purposes or by lending its experts as speakers and teachers. They can also be helpful in making space available in which training courses can be given and discussion groups can meet. Because of the activity nature of the Girl Scout program and the necessity for demonstrating activities, such as first aid, folk dancing, homemaking, and camping, unusual meeting places are needed. The community can also be helpful by making persons trained in educational methods and techniques available as members of a training committee. USE THIS SPCAE TO LIST YOUR SPECIFIC LOCAL NEEDS 22 The Finance Job WHAT THE JOB HAS ALWAYS BEEN THOSE CONCERNED with financing the local Girl Scout work have always had the task of: analyzing the needs of the organization; analyzing the needs and resources of the community; making out the budget for the year; appealing for funds to the community, either through the community chest or independently; spending the money wisely and in compliance with the budget; accounting for income and expense at appropriate intervals. These persons are usually members of a finance committee. Qualifications. These finance person should have a sufficient background in business and money methods to enable them to work efficiently in one or more of the jobs listed above. Frequently, a finance committee has been strengthened by the use of business men as members or as members of an advisory committee that can be called upon from time to time to assist in the local financing job. Help on the Job. As part of the local administrative set up, these persons receive special training both before and after they undertake the job. Since they are usually members of a finance committee, they receive help from their chairman and fellow committee members. From the Controller’s Office at national headquarters they can obtain advice on local problems both through correspondence and personal visits from a national representative. This Office also issues publications prepared to give information concerning finance methods of all kinds. WHAT MAKES THE JOB MORE IMPORTANT TODAY The finance of social and educational agencies are faced today with the important job of seeing that the services of their agencies are supported in the face of added financial drains on the community in the interests of (10 the national victory program, and (20 war relief. IT is up to the finance committee to show the community that in addition to the investments it must make for today, it should make an investment for the future through its contributions to agencies that train youth to preserve and build this democracy of ours. This support cannot be postponed. 23