Apple Picking Fun

Thank you to the families that joined us for the apple picking event on Sunday! The younger Brownie troop invited our girls to come along as part of their making friends badge during their Brownie Quest. Several of our girls are in scouting families and used the opportunity as a family outing. Due to drought in our area, we had to drive an hour in order to be able to pick our own. When we got to the farm, we all were given bags for the apples we picked. Then we loaded the girls up for a hayride to the fields.

Once we got to the fields, the girls had fun together picking apples....and maybe sampling some......

All of us gathered to walk back and pay for our picked apples, but first we took a much deserved break in the shade:)

After a quick trip to the store at the farm, the girls snacked on caramel apples covered in sprinkles and frozen cider popsicles. There were 21 girls total from a combined 3 troops!! We took a group picture and made our way home! The girls had a great time and the weather was perfect!

This is a picture of the badge the participating girls will receive!

First Meeting 2012!

What a great first meeting we had on Friday!! We are up to 9 members and recruitment is still happening! The girls did fantastic. I had a very packed meeting planned! They did not lose attention and seemed to have fun. I hope they brought home their individual stars and mentioned our activities to your families! They each identified some of their own talents, shared them with the group and even related it to their families and the Girl Scout Law! Let me tell you we have an EXTREMELY TALENTED group! The journey they are working on is called The Brownie Quest and you can read more about it here. The girls have earned their first key and are half way through key #2!

We did decide to support our fellow girl scout Kayleigh at the Light the Night walk in October as part of earning key#3. I mailed out some details for that this morning. Please let Karen or I know of any questions that you may have. We did participate last year. However. this year Kayleigh is the honoree!! You can register for the walk so Kayleigh's Crusaders know who to expect. Getting up in front of a large group of people to speak about her experiences is a hard thing to do (for a lot of adults even). The support she could have from us would mean a lot to her and her family. She is even going to talk to the girls at the meeting on the 21^st as a guest speaker!

Our next meeting is September 21^st. There is a possibility we will have a change in space, I will let you know more as that works out. Any feedback from your girls- positive or negative- we would like to hear itJ The feedback helps us make the troop theirs!

SO MUCH INFORMATION!

Hello everyone!

Hopefully, you had a great start to the new school year. I can’t wait to hear all about it from the girls at our first meeting on Friday! This post is mainly to communicate all of the information I have at current moment. I have created agendas for the first two meetings September 7 and September 21. You are welcome to look them over so you can ask your daughter about the activities later or if you are just curious about what goes on at the meetings (Elise was never one to communicate what she did). If you have any suggestions, I will also take those into consideration with Karen and the girls.

Apparently, I needed to fill out a request to use the facilities at the school. I will be going to take care of that this morning. Hopefully, it will not put a wrench in our plans for Friday. I will look for a backup just in case. Typically, our meetings will be at the school with a pickup time of 3:30PM. If someone other than a parent will be picking up your daughter please communicate that in advance. Don’t forget your notes to teachers on meeting days and to send me teacher’s names and bus numbers.

We have decided to handle snacks differently this year. The girls will be on a rotating schedule (displayed on the right) to provide a snack for the meeting. We will have snack at the beginning of the meeting so it will be necessary to send snack with your daughter in the morning or bring it to the school prior to final bell. Karen and I will be at the school by 1:30PM to prep, you could bring it to us or even attend the meeting if you like, parents are always welcome.

The schedule that I have posted here on the blog and have emailed out extends through December. I do have tentative dates for the remainder of the school year and am happy to share those with you. The spring schedule is likely to change so be aware if you calendar those dates. The girls need to complete certain tasks to bridge to Junior Girl Scouting and we will start those when we come back from winter break.

I have talked to a few parents about dues and uniforms. We all seem to agree, the beginning of the year is when we all get asked for SO MUCH MONEY for every activity. The girls will need a new vest at the end of the year if they are planning on participating in Girl Scouts next year. The vest with all required startup patches costs around $40 and is itemized here. The sash is less expensive and is itemized here. We will have the uniform fees due after we come back from winter break. I have to collect all the money and order the uniform to have it available for the bridging ceremony. Then the girls will have them available to wear to summer activities. The dues for the girls will be $35. These are due by November 1. This fee includes one outing (to be determined by the troop) and any badges the girls earn throughout the year. Any other activities will be communicated with costs and girls will be given the option of participating.

If you are wondering, email has always been and will REMAIN our primary form of communication. This blog is for more frequent updates without flooding your inbox as well as an easy way to share with family what your daughter has been doing.

I am looking forward to a spectacular year with your families!             

Darlene (D.D.)