3/21/11 Meeting Recap

It was a packed meeting on March 21st!

At Monday's meeting we learned all about the March of Dimes from Ms Steffany. The girls have also decided to help support this great charity by distributing water and snacks for the people who will be marching for babies on April 30th at the St. Pete Times Forum. More details to come but the girls can also assist in raising money or have people they know join the march. The March of Dimes banner to the left can direct you to my team site for more information or click here. If you have any questions relating to the March for Babies contact Ms Steffany.

 The girls also voted on what to spend their cookie money on. The three finalists were:
1. Swim with manatees
2. Busch Gardens
3. Pool Party Pot Luck

We also assigned a little homework due at the Apr 4th meeting
1.Bring a white  t shirt to decorate for the March of Dimes Walk for Babies
2.Be the first to find "Prince Neely the Chihuahua" on our troop blog and be the first to post a comment that you found him and where and win a prize.
3.Choose your charity and tell why you chose it.
4. Bring back the "super secret assignment" Ms Steffany gave you. Don't forget not to tell you know who. (Parents, the girls can explain what this is about but if they forgot feel free to email me.)

Don't Forget:

Anyone who has not turned in their cookie money please do so by Wednesday.

If you did not attend Monday's meeting please bring your encampment money to Ms. Andrea no later than Thursday 24th.

Also, we will not be meeting again before the Princess Pinewood Derby. Since the troop has covered registration for all girls all that we ask is for you to be there on Friday April 1st ready for some fun. If you have any questions about the derby contact Ms Steffany.

2/21/10 Meeting Recap: Encmapment, Thinking Day and more!

Encampment info:
Your Encampment theme votes helped choose this years theme! Our Annaual Encampment will be held April 5-17th at Camp Dorothy Thomas. As always we will camp for the weekend with other troops in our service unit. The online votes to choose our encampment theme have been tallyed and the winner is "Camp Rock". "Tropical Luah" was a close second.

With Camp Rock in mind the contest to design this year's Encampment T-shirt is now open.
 Instructions for how to enter drawings is given at the link:

http://rainbow.yaacotu.com/wprain/

The cost of Encampment should be somewhere in the range of $20 to $30 per girl and will go up based on amount of time staying.  The cost will include all meals, activities, T-shirt and patch.  There will be choice of Fri.-Sun., Sat. day only or day and evening only, and Sat.-Sun.  Activities planned as of now are swimming, archery, dance lessons/freeze dance, and a craft, with 1 additional activity yet to be determined (ideas are welcomeJ).  There will be a campfire (conditions allowing) and talent show Saturday evening.  I will have all date combinations with pricing after the leader meeting on Feb. 28th. 

World Thinking Day info:

World Thinking Day is February 26th 10:00am to 12:00pm at IDS. Our chosen country is Iraq. With all the media coverage of the war I think our girls were surprised to learn of the simple lives and rich culture most Iraqi famalies have. For our costumes we will wear black shirts and black pants with a scart covering our hair to simulate an Abayah (the traditional dress of most Muslim Women). If you don't have black any dark solid color will do. Also please remember to bring your Girl Scout vests. Also each girl who wanted a speaking part in the Thinking Day Skit has been given one. It us up to each girl to memorize her lines and to bring any props that she may need. If any girl can not make it on Saturday please let us know as soon as possible so we can make arrangements to fill her spot.

Other News:
Welcome to our newest troop member Jolie! She is 10 years old and in 5th grade and has made it just in time to have a part in our World Thinking Day Skit/

And just a reminder that our troop has Dues of $2.00 for each meeting. This helps cover costs of supplies and trips. If you are behind on Dues or would like to pay for meetings in advance please see Andrea at the next meeting.

You could design the next Girl Scout Encampment Shirt!

At our last meeting we talked about any girl interested in creating a theme and art work for this year's Encampment T-shirt.

Last year's T-shirt is the yellow one with a girl riding horse back jumping a fence. The theme was "Sporty Girls Love Horses". This was the winner after girls voted.

All troops are eligible to submit entries from all girl members and will be posted on the site below after all submissions are in.
A few themes have been suggested but you may create your own.
Below is a link to the Rainbow Service Unit's web site.

http://rainbow.yaacotu.com/wprain/

Brownie/ Junior Encampment will be April 15-17 at Camp Dorothy Thomas.
GOOD LUCK!
And if you have any questions contact Ms. Andrea.

January 11th Meeting & World Thinking Day

Yesterday was the first meeting of the New Year and we discussed Girl Scouts World Thinking Day.

For those of you who don't know what World Thinking Day is here is a little info.

Each year on February 22, World Thinking Day, girls participate in activities, games, and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in other countries. World Thinking Day is part of the WAGGGS Global Action Theme (GAT) based on the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which aim to improve the lives of the world's poorest people. The theme for World Thinking Day 2011 is girls worldwide say "empowering girls will change our world."

This year our Service Unit will hold our World Thinking Day activities on Saturday February 26 from 10am until noon. It is a chance for troops to share information on different countries, exchange SWAPS, and of course everyones favorite... food!

This is our 3rd year participating in the event and this year we are representing Iraq and we want to have a particular focus on Babylonia.

All the girls have been assigned a task or topic to research.

Melissa and Emma will be working together to write a script for a skit we will preform.
Patricia will be researching what family life is like.
Hanna will be looking into the industry and exports.
Paige will be finding information on religion and cultural beliefs.
Aubrey volunteered to research and report on clothing and cultural attire.
Emily will be reporting on the geographic location and climate.
Gretchen requested to research the flag and make a model for us to display.
Lauren will be finding information on fortune telling and looking for ideas to make that into a SWAP.
Brianna choose to research food and drink for the country.
Haily, Issabella, Madelyn and any girl who has not already been assigned a task will be finding at least 5 interesting facts about Babalonian Iraq.

All girls are encouraged to not only research and bring in written information on their assignments but to also provide pictures and craft samples. Be creative. What the girls bring in to report will be incorporated into the skit that we will preform.

At our next meeting we will be sharing what we have found and also finalizing the script and assigning tasks for World Thinking Day.

Because each girl will be assigned a role any girl who can not attend should let us know at the next meeting.

All girls who attend World Thinking Day will receive a patch!

More details on the actual event will be given a little later.

Cookie Season is underway!!!

And last night each girl was giving her cookie sales information. Cookie sales generates a lot of money for our troop so please be sure to sell, sell, sell. This is how we pay for our activities throughout the year.

If you have any questions you can contact Pam. Her information is listed on the cookie form and I will post more info on the sale shortly but in the mean time... sell those cookies!

And there will be no meeting on January 17th as it is Martin Luther King Jr Day.
Our next meeting will be on February 7th.

Merry Christmas Troop 1040

Today was the Troop Christmas Party and what better way to celebrate then with your fellow Girl Scouts.

Ms Andrea opened her doors to the troop and fun was had by all. With yummy food and a gift exchange what could be better? Smores you say? Well we had smores too and the marshmallow on top was hot chocolate to keep us warm while the girls played outside.

It was fun and I can't wait till the New Year to see our troop again. Until then, have fun and be safe.

Lots going on with our troop

The troop is meeting again and this year we kicked of our activities with an amazing camping trip... and SMORES!!!

Ms Andrea and the girls worked very hard planning and making the arrangements for the trip and it was a huge success. We loved sitting around the campfire and roasting marshmallows for smores and staying up and telling scarey stories. Thanks to all the girls and moms who joined us.

But during the last several meetings we have been discussing what our activity goal as a troop is.

We collect dues and raise funds through cookie sales, nut sales, magazine sales and other fundraisers to help us pay for the fun things we love doing.

The girls are very excited to collect... and spend the money. The question is what we want to spend it on. Some of the options we came up with were camping and horseback riding, a beach party, a trip to a theme park and even helping animals.

With so much going on and the motivation these girls have to have fun this will be an amazing year!