Girl Scout Meeting 11/16 Recap

Hi everyone - thanks for a great meeting! Here is a recap
of what we did plus some reminders. Kindly review all of
the details.

Operation Gratitude Candy Collection - WOW! We collected
over 8 large boxes worth of candy to drop off for the
Operation Gratitude collection. I had planned to weigh it
so we could tell the girls how many pounds of candy we
collected, but it is just too much to take out of my car to
weigh! :) We also have 27 cards/letters for our soldiers
overseas. Thank you for your participation. Each girl
received a special blue "Girl Scouts GIVE back" patch which
can be added to the BACK of their uniform.

Troop Holiday Performance - On Saturday, December 7th @
1:45pm we will be visiting the Roosevelt Care Center to do a
fun holiday performance for their residence. Girls should
wear a red shirt and their uniform. We will have Santa hats
for them. We will send out the schedule/program for the
Troop Holiday Performance in a few days so everyone can
begin practicing :) Erica will be collecting RSVPs for this
event in case anyone cannot attend.

Troop Holiday Party - On Sunday, December 15th @ 1:00pm we
will have our Troop Holiday Party. Please bring a $15
Secret Santa gift (wrapped with no name on card). Girls
should wear red. Erica will be collecting RSVPs for this
event.

Junior's Bronze Award Project - We spent about 30 minutes
talking about the upcoming Bronze Award Project. The Girl
Scout Bronze Award is the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout
(4th and 5th grade girls) can achieve. The award is earned
by completing a troop community service project run by the
girls (not the mom's) :) Attached are the project check
list and the time log sheet in case your Junior misplaced
hers or you want to review. All girls in the troop will
participate in the fun (its going to be a really fun party!)
however, the Juniors will be asked to do the majority of the
work. Girls were asked to start a notebook for Girl Scouts.
They should keep their check list and time log in the
notebook and use the notebook to start jotting down ideas
about the project.

Cookie Sale - Starts January 16 and ends February 23rd.
Dawn is our troop cookie mom and will be sending out details
as it gets closer. Plan ahead for both individual sales to
family/friends as well as participation in troop cookie
booths. More info coming soon!

Calendar - over the next few weeks we will be publishing the
calendar for January through March. Stay tuned - we have
some very exciting things planned :)

A few general reminders for all of us:
- Girls should not use phones/electronics at Girl Scouts
- Girls should always wear the green shirt, unless told
otherwise
- Girls should bring a snack and drink to every meeting,
even if not reminded

Thank you and if you have any questions, please let us know.

Cookie College 2014

See attached flyer for Cookie College :). It sounds like a really fun event. We will not participate as a whole troop but this would be fantastic for girls to attend, especially the new and/or younger ones. See attached. Register direct via the website. Enjoy!

 

Upcoming Nov 16th Meeting

Hello everyone. Just a reminder that our next Girl Scout
meeting is this Saturday, November 16th at Microsoft. The
updated time will be 3:00 to 4:30 (not 5:00).

Things to bring / reminders:

#1 - Girls should bring excess Halloween candy as donation
plus a card/letter (make at home) for the soldiers over
seas. Girls that bring both candy and a card/letter will
earn a community service patch.

#2 - We need some sturdy boxes to collect all of the candy.
If you can bring boxes (large brown and/or copier paper
boxes would be great!) - we would appreciate it.

#3 - Each girl needs their own single subject notebook or
composition book that they will use to plan and make notes
for the Bronze Award project.

#4 - Wear troop green t-shirt and uniform plus bring a snack
and drink to every meeting, even if I forget to mention :)

Thank you and if you have any questions, please let us know.

Saturday was Buggy!

We hope everyone had a great time on Saturday learning about
bugs and plants! Thank you Kristin Germinario for spending
your time with our girls. It was fantastic!

Girl Scouts kick off

Hi everyone,

We hope your back to school week was fantastic! Our first
meeting will be Saturday 9/14 at 3pm at Microsoft.

The upcoming Fall calendar is included in the info packet
sent via email. Please save these dates.

End of Year Celebration and Bridging Ceremony

Thank you to all the families that attended our end of year
celebration today. We hope the girls had a great time.
They did a really great job! Special thanks to all of the
moms and DADs that helped with setup and clean up. Thank
you to Valeria for getting us the YMCA to use - the room was
perfect!

A few girls asked for a copy of the highlights video, so
here is a link to it on YouTube. Enjoy:
http://youtu.be/JfOeLNYSwcM

Have a great summer. See you in September!

The Father Daughter Dance was Divine!

Everyone had a great time at the Father Daughter dance, and
they looked beautiful too!

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.