Caroling for the Seniors

On December 1st, our troop went caroling to the St. Joseph
Senior Home in Woodbridge. Our "friends" enjoyed our songs
plus the girls played their new recorders. SO CUTE!
Afterwards, the troops sat with the seniors to spread some
holiday cheer (and calories!) and they all made adorable
gingerbread houses. See everyone at the troop holiday party
at Henderson's Gymnastics on Saturday 12/22.

Welcome back to Girl Scouts!

It was great to see everyone today! A few notes:

Girl Scout Cookie Sale - More info to come in December,
cookie sale officially starts in January.

Snack - Each meeting your girl should bring their own water
and a small snack, even when we go on field trips.

We are targeting to meet approximately once per month, on
Saturday afternoons. We will try to give you at least 4
weeks' notice for our next meeting. Dates and times will
vary, so check email.

Next meeting:
Saturday, October 27th
Location - Lisajoy's Driveway
Time - 3:00 to 5:00pm

Pumpkin carving party! Wear your play clothes bc the girls
will be carving pumpkins! Girls (and siblings) should bring
their own pumpkins. Choose a pumpkin that is smooth, firm,
and symmetrical. They don't need to be giant! We will
provide the pumpkin carving tools, the templates/patterns,
and snacks. If there is time, we'll cook a batch of pumpkin
seeds for each of the girls to take home. Parents and
siblings are welcome to stay and carve pumpkins too! If you
CANNOT attend, please let Lisajoy know.

Upcoming meetings:
November – Andrea Wells (possible Wegmans field trip)
December – Erica and Carol (possible Singing for Seniors,
holiday party, gingerbread houses, etc)
January – Cookie Sale / Cookie booths
February – Cookie Sale / Cookie booths
March – Lisa and Valeria TBD
April – Marjorie and Elaine TBD
May – Jill TBD
June – End of year party TBD

Welcome Back - first two meeting dates

Please mark your calendars!

Saturday, September 29th
Location - Microsoft
Time - 4:00 to 5:30
Kick-off meeting and registration event! Mom's - you will
all need to bring your credit cards to complete the
registration for your girls. It is online only and our goal
is to get everyone registered at this meeting. The annual
registration fee is $24 per girl (Girl Scouts registration -
we do not control this). We will order pizza for the girls
for this kick-off meeting. If you CANNOT attend, please let
Lisajoy know.

Saturday, October 27th
Location - Lisajoy's Driveway
Time - 3:00 to 5:00pm
Pumpkin carving party! Wear your play clothes bc the girls
will be carving pumpkins! Girls (and siblings) should bring
their own pumpkins. Choose a pumpkin that is smooth, firm,
and symmetrical. They don't need to be giant! We will
provide the pumpkin carving tools, the templates/patterns,
and snacks. If there is time, we'll cook a batch of pumpkin
seeds for each of the girls to take home. Parents and
siblings are welcome to stay and carve pumpkins too! If you
CANNOT attend, please let Lisajoy know.

Please note: we are NOT going to do the Colonia Pride Day
parade on Oct 7th. Too many girls had conflicts with Verne
Fowler Nutcracker practice.

Our girls are "Fashion Stars"!

The girls of Troop 81423 were treated to a special afternoon
with Graphic Artist (and Auntie) Dawnmarie McDermid and
Fashion Designer Beth Lucas. Dawn and Beth inspired our
little divas to be designers with a great presentation about
their careers and a hands-on activity to design their own
outfits. What fun! Thank you Dawn and Beth!

Great job reading at Saint Joseph's Senior Home

Troop,

I just wanted to send a note and say that I thought everyone
did such a great job at Saint Joseph's Senior Home - again!

I love, love, love listening to the little conversations
between the girls and the seniors :)

I also thought the girls did quite a nice job reading.
Reading in public is not easy to do in general, but reading
to a group of strangers, in a loud room, with "challenged"
hearing is even harder. I was very impressed with our
girls!

Sister Z left me a vmail at home already tonight to thank
us. She just raved about the girls and how polite they
were. She said she loves to see children in the residence
home and cannot wait for us to visit again. Sister also
commented (yet again!) about the cute yellow shirts and how
"well dressed" the girls all were. Ker - nice job on those
shirts - we are getting a ton of compliments this year ;)

Next meeting is this Saturday 5/5 from 1-3 at Microsoft. We
have fantastic guest speakers coming to talk about fashion
design and graphic design. The girls will "create" outfits
and do a fashion show. If a parent can stay for the first
15 minutes on Saturday, I'd like to review the rest of the
calendar and the process to purchase tickets to the 100th
anniversary party.

Colonia Easter Festival and Bonnet Parade

We hope everyone had a great time at the Colonia Easter
Festival and Bonnet Parade!

Great Job at Saint Joseph's

I just wanted to send a note and say that I thought everyone
did such a great job at Saint Joseph's Senior Home. It
exceeded all of my expectations! I thought the girls did a
fantastic job with the seniors - they really impressed me.
I loved listening to their conversations and watching them
interact during the crafts. It is not easy to do that,
especially when you are 8 and under, and I thought it was
just so so so impressive. Nice job!

Mr. Charles (the manager) was also impressed and asked us to
come back in the future :)

Special thanks to Carol Kuntz for her fruit trays (what a
hit!), Dawn for serving, Lisa for egg supplies, Erica for
flower tutorials and supplies, and everyone else for their
craft supplies. Great, great job!

Girl Scouts Winter Schedule

Welcome to 2012! The troop site has been updated with the
new Winter schedule. Please take a look and mark your
calendars.

As we reviewed today, it is Girl Scout cookie sale time! Oh
boy! The sale officially starts on Thursday, January 19th.
Your individual cookie orders are due to Dawn at each
meeting (on Saturdays). She will arrange a time for you for
pickup one day that week. The goal per girl is to sell 120
boxes. Our troop cookie manager's name and address is Dawn
Scalise devinsmom98@verizon.net. If you have any questions
about cookies, let Dawn know.

Next meeting is 1/28 at Verne Fowler in Colonia.