Camp Cedarledge Field Trip

We have been invited to help kick off and celebrate the start of the 100th year of Girl Scouts. 

When: Thursday, October 27, 6:00-8:00 p.m.  (There is no school on the 28th)
Where: Camp Cedarledge
Includes:  Dinner (hot dog, chips, dessert, drink), patch activities and campfire circle. Activities include: tatoos, story time, camp sing-a-long
Cost: Girls will be paid for out of troop funds
          Adults: $2.50 each

Unfortunately, I completely forgot about this at out meeting, and registration is due by October 1.  Please RSVP to me if you and/or your daughter would like to attend no later than noon on Friday.

Parent Meeting Recap

Brownie Troop 1980's Parent Meeting was held on Monday, September 12.  I am including a simple bulleted list of what we talked about and things that need to be done before the next meeting. 

For those of you who are new, I do keep a blog of all the emails I send out.  On the blog, you can Link to any of the references that I make by clicking on the underlined word.  You can check it/bookmark it here

• Meeting Time:  Meetings will be held at 3:45-5:00 p.m. on the following dates:  9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/14, 11/28, 12/5, 12/19, 1/9, 1/23, 2/13, 2/27, 3/12, 3/26, 4/16, 4/23, &5/14.  I will send this as an attachment with snack sign ups as well.
• Snack Sign-up went around, if you did not get a chance to sign up for snack, don't worry I am sure I will have a simple request at some point this year and I will contact you.  Simple snacks like Teddy Grahams,Goldfish, Cheez-Its work best.  They do not have to be individually wrapped.  I will email a reminder the Friday before the meeting.  You can either put the snack in their backpack or drop it off at my house.
• Any adult that stays in the cafeteria during meetings, drives for fields trips, or participates in an way with the troop, MUST be a Registered Adult Member.  Adult member pay an annual registration fee of $12 to Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri and must submit to a one time background investigation.  Please let me know if you need a copy of the paperwork for becoming a registered adult.
• Troop Dues is the money collected for use within the troop.  It covers pins, badges, crafts supplies, etc.  We are collecting $18 for troop dues this year. 
• Girl Scout Registration Fee is the annual fee that we pay to Girl Scouts.  If your daughter was in the troop last year, her registration has already been paid from the money they earned in cookie sales.  New girls will pay the $12 Girl Scout Registration Fee this year, but next year (after selling cookies) it will be covered with troop funds.  Please let me know if you have any questions about that. 
• Financial Assistance is available.  There is a "financial assistance" section on the bottom of the registration forms.  Just complete the statement of need when completing those forms. 
• The girls will be dismissed to Girl Scouts on meeting days per the form you have completed.  If I am missing your form, I will email a copy to you.  I will check the girls in.  If your daughter is sick, please send me an email or leave me a message.  I am a little neurotic about things like that and will call you if I do not have your daughter and haven't been notified. 
• Please come inside to sign the girls out at 5:00 p.m.
• Uniforms can be purchased at Checkered Flag (new location near Ronnie's Plaza), Ben Franklin the Girl Scout Shop, or online.
• Brownie Vest $17.25
• Brownie Numbers: 1, 9, 8, 0 (9 & 6 are the same numbers) $1.25 each
• Brownie Council ID Set $4.00
• Wavy Flag $1.25
• Girls are encouraged to wear their vests to school on days of meetings. 
• A HUGE thanks to Debbie B. for volunteering to be our troops Fall Product Sales Manager and to Debbie W. for volunteering to be our Cookie Sales Manager. 
• Another HUGE thanks goes out to Joan K. for the AWESOME JOB she has done the past 2 years in being not on Fall Product, but also Cookie Sales.

I think that is everything.  If you have any questions at all, never hesitate to contact me!

Your girls vote counts for Cookie Incentives

Help the girls vote for the 2012 Cookie Incentives that they will earn. All you have to do is visit here and submit your vote. The girls can choose their favorites by voting once before July 15.

http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/voting.asp?page=601

Troop Round Up -Camp Cedarledge

Save the Date...September 24

Troop Round Up is a fun-filled day of activities, demonstrations and games for girls of all ages and registered adults.

It will be an all day event with a LOT of walking.

Please RSVP and let me know if you and/or your daughter will be attending by June 20.

Each troop does have to supply one adult helper to help with an activity for 2 hours. I am willing to do that, but if someone else would like to do it, I am open to that as well.

Leadership FUNdamentals

Leadership FUNdamentals is a day full of fun workshops for registered adult volunteers with Girl Scouts. Classes such as: 30 Minute Meals, Beat the Bulge, Crafts for Dummies, Cupcake Boss, Event Planning 101, How to do Magic, Troop Meetings Made Easy, Zumba.

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, let me know. The date is: October 15, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm at Maritz in Fenton. Price $15, includes classes, lunch and a surprise.

Registration deadline is September 15.

Pottery Painting

Finally scheduled!!!

Baked Goods Pottery
11557 Gravois Road
June 26, 2-4:00 p.m.

Please RSVP by Monday, May 30, 2011.  I need to go in and pay our deposit and pick out what we will be painting on Tuesday.   There will be a hostess to help the girls (YEA!!!), I will obviously be staying, but I need 2 additional adults to stay in order to meet Girl Scout Rules. 

Tag-a-longs are more than welcome.  Obviously their pottery will have to be paid separately. 

Joplin Missouri Collection

I know this is super short notice, but wanted to throw it out there in case anyone would like to join us.  I have been trying to figure out something that the girls could do to help victims of the tornadoes in Joplin and saw this on the news today.

Rock Community Fire Protection District’s Ladies Auxiliary is collecting items for those devastated in the recent Joplin tornado. The items they are requesting are items such as non-perishable food, blankets, and bedding, toiletries such as soap and shampoo and toys for children. A 53 foot trailer was donated by A-Mrazek Moving in Fenton to store the items until Friday morning when the items will be shipped to Joplin accompanied by members of the Rock Community Ladies Auxiliary. Donations are to be dropped off at the following location:Rock Community Fire Protection District Headquarters 3749 Telegraph Rd. Arnold, Mo, 63010. Hours of Delivery: 9am-8pm Event goes until Thursday May 26^th at 8p.m.

If you would like to donate or would like your girls to participate in the donation, please meet me with your collected items after school tomorrow.  I am going to post that our troop is doing this on my facebook page and also send the girls to a couple of close neighbors to ask if they have any of the items listed that they would be willing to donate. 

We will take the donated items as a troop at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.   Please RSVP if you are able to join us and/or drive.  If you are not available, but would like to send your daughter, let me know and I will do my best to arrange rides to the Fire Station and home.

Again, I am totally throwing this together, so if you have any questions/comments, please let me know.