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.

December Dates - Girl Scouts

Hi everyone. Best wishes for a fun Thanksgiving week with
family and friends!

I wanted to update you all on our two upcoming December
dates. Please mark the calendar!

Saturday Dec 3rd
Arrival 4:45PM, start time 5:00PM
Evergreen Center
400 Inman Ave in Colonia
** there is no afternoon meeting on this date **
Our troop will participate in the Tree Lighting at Evergreen
Center in Colonia. Girls must wear any RED shirt with their
brownie sash. We will give them Santa hats when they
arrive. Start time is 5:00PM.

Saturday Dec 17th
Start time 12:00PM
Arenas at Woodbridge
600 Main Street in Woodbridge
This will be our troop roller skating / holiday party. We
will have a $10 secret Santa type gift exchange. Please
bring a gift valued at approx $10. Girls should please wear
any RED shirt with their brownie sash. We will give them
Santa hats when they arrive. Start time is 12:00 noon.
Lunch will be served. All RSVPs to Andrea Wells. Also, if
you have a sibling that would like to attend, please let
Andrea Wells know. Her email is wellsa1971@aol.com.

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you all at these two
fun events for the girls. Bye!!!

Great time at USA Karate & Fitness in Clark

On Saturday November 19th our troop participated in a karate
and fitness class at USA Karate & Fitness in Clark. What a
great time! Each girl learned alot and earned a certificate
and patch. Thank you USA Karate!

Building Scarecrows & Fall Fun

We spent a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon with the Girl
Scouts at the Haunted Woods in Old Bridge. The troop (and
siblings!) got to make scarecrows, take a hay ride, paint,
play games, and have relays. It was a fantastic Fall day!

Welcome Back to Girl Scouts!

Hi everyone! I hope your girls had a great time at our Girl
Scout meeting today. My girls LOVE the shirts - extra big
thanks to Keri for getting them setup for us. They are
super cute!!!

I will update the website calendar with our Fall schedule
later this week.

Welcome back!

I hope that back to school is going great for everyone!

Our first meeting will be on Saturday Sept 24th at
Microsoft. Parents are asked to please stay for the first
30 mins to review the schedule and get caught up on all of
the papers and money. See you then!