OUR NEXT MEETING PLAN

It has been a slow start and chaotic this year. Between finding days that all girls can meet, the school football schedule and my work schedule we haven't had as many meetings as I would like. So our next meeting in a couple of weeks, we will have alot to cover.

First up will be a short parent meeting to complete the health forms, contact info, dues requirements, etc.
I will also have everyone read and sign the code of conduct, adults and girls!

We will be choosing and explaining troop government. I did this last year with half the girls so the other half will have the opportunity to have a position this year.

We will also vote on badges, service projects and trips for 2012. To keep it simple we will plan for 2013 in December or January.

My plan is to do a service project, badge work, crafts and a trip each month.

October:
Service project: collect and distribute personal hygiene items for the VA Hospital here or prepare Operation Shoeboxes to send in November.

Badge: Budgeting/Money and NO BULLIES

Trip: Dance and Girls Fun Run

Crafts: decorate small clipboards and  tile necklaces. These I already have in our craft stock.

November:
Service Project: Food Drive for local pantry. This is a all service unit event.

Badges: Cooking (at the girls request MORE COOKING)

Trip: Camp Noark Work Day

Craft: I will have to come up with something for Thanksgiving and cooking

December:

Service project: Random Acts of Kindness- This will be something done individually, I will give them the tools and encouragement and they can roll with it.

Badges: Girls Choice or First Aide

Trip: Possibly a Christmas drive to look at lights / Girls Pick

Craft: Gifts for family, thinking salt scrub

Now if we can just pull it off!! :)

FUN MEETINGS

Our last meeting we made duct tape wallets. I found this idea from the Michaels.com


Ours didn't turn out quite like this. The girls decided they were more of a Clutch.

I took 1 sheet of felt and covered it with duck tape overlapping each side.
Turn it over and fold up half way
duck tape each side closed
cut the top to form a V
tape all edges
folder over the top
add velcro closure to top and bottom

when open you will have a felt covered pocket for money or whatever.
Some of the girls did patterns with different tapes and they also did the tops different.

They love the crafts.

Next meeting will be a parent meeting planning and preparing for the next few months.

Planning our year

It is that time of year again.

I have started thinking about our GS year.

Our troop usually begins in August rather than waiting until October. I just can't fit in everything i want to do from October -May. We also just meet everyother week, thinking about moving to every week. As Cadettes we are going to be working on our Silver awards, journeys, badges and I want to incorporate as much homemaking skills in this year.

My girls are mostly 12 year olds with a couple that will have turned 13 soon.

Do you miss the old fashioned scouts where they learned skills like sewing and cooking and cleaning, etc?

I know I do. Even our schools have taken out the HomeEc classes that I had in high school.

Some of the skills I want to incorporate into are year are:

Laundry/washing/ironing

housekeeping/cleaning

cross stitching- found some first time samplers on sale at Hobby Lobby

Manners/etiquette

Computer etiquette

These are just a few I hope to work into the year.

Do you plan out your whole year in the summer or do you play it by ear?

I would love to know your tips and tricks to a successful year.

Until next time

Your fearless Leader



Juliette Gordon Low

I found this article today. For the celebration of our 100th Birthday Madame Toussads will be making a wax figure of Mrs. Low. See the article here.

I hope to someday see this.

Faithful Leader
Pam

GIRL SCOUTS 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Friday afternoon me and my co-leaders checked out our troop from school at 2pm. We took a road trip to Little Rock for the 100th Birthday celebration of Girl Scouts.

They were happy just to get out of school an  hour early.

The event was held at the Clinton Presidential Library.

Year of the Girl 2012

Saturday morning we got there at 7:30 am waiting for the events to begin.

Old train bridge converted into the trail system.

Morning Flag Ceremony

Girl Scouts Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas

Girl Scout History Exhibit at the Presidential Library

Touring the Library

Bridge walk into the next century of Girl Scouts

Team Building activity

We even had a special Juliette Gordon Low look alike to lead us into the next century.

We had a break in the afternoon so we took a trolley into Little Rock to see the Duck March at the Peabody Hotel

These ducks march into the fountain at 11am each day and march out at 5pm each day. Girl Scouts were the honorary Duck Masters for the weekend.  This was so cool to see.

We walked back to the Library because our trolley stops at 5:45 each evening. The celebration continued that night until 10:30 with crafts, food, dancing, games and movies.

We stayed until about 8pm. I was so exhausted, I wish I had worn a pedometer to see just how many steps we took. We really walked all the live long day. We got back to the hotel and the girls played truth or dare and mash. They enjoy just hanging out together more than anything.

Sunday activities were supposed to be at the nature center for a service project but the forecast was 80% chance of rain. Instead they made Sunday a girls only program of showing a movie about Going Green. Our girls did their Bronze Award project on recycling so they voted to sleep in and come home early. We stopped at Taco Bell for lunch at got home at 3:15pm.

MEETING

Tomorrow is our 1st meeting of March. Same time same place.

We have several events coming up this month.

March 3 - Scouting U

March 4- Cookie Booth Lowes

March 9-11- 100th Birthday Celebration in Little Rock

March 12th - Girl Scout Week - I have big plans for the girls this week.

March 17 - Cookie Booth Lowes

March 19-23 - Spring Break

A very busy month indeed. I look forward to spending the time with the troop making memories and making the world a better place!!!

Welcome Girl Scouts

Hi and Welcome to Troop 5780.
this will be a place for our troop to connect and share what we are doing.
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