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BROWNIE ~ JUNIOR ~ SENIOR GROUP TROOP #5158 CADETTE TROOP #3185 Girl Scout Email Address: Westmer_Girl_Scouts_Rule@yahoo.com (please send me your email address so I can keep you updated via email & save postage) Edited on May 6, 2004 IT'S TIME FOR EVERYONE TO SPRING REGISTER! All Girls and Adults who plan to participate in the 2004 - 2005 Girl Scout Activities/Troop Year are asked to register at this time. Registration forms can be picked up any time between now and "The Cookie Connection Celebration" on Sunday May 23rd. ALL forms must be completed and returned with a $10.00 registration fee NO LATER THAN MAY 27th! ( I would prefer to collect them all at the Cookie ceremony if at all possible, to save me loads of last minute paper work!) Financial Assisatnce is available if needed.EVERYONE who SPRING REGISTERS will be invited to Special Summer and Fall Events. If you do NOT Spring Register than you can NOT participate in these activities. CO-LEADERS DESPERATELY NEEDED! With all that is happening here, I desperately need more adult help. In the fall we will be adding another Troop for our Bridging Brownies, IF they choose NOT to bridge to Darby's Troop. So I will have a total of four troops with five age levels again. The first SEVEN Adults to register as a CO-LEADER and attend training will receive a FREE T-Shirt! Let me know if you are interested in becoming a Co-Leader!
WHAT'S HAPPENING ~ TROOP EVENTS & MEETING REMINDERS ~ MEETING REMINDERS ~*~ **THE GIRL SCOUT YEAR IS SLIPPING AWAY! ** *Dear Girl Scout Parents,* *WOW! Where has time gone? Our Girl Scout year is almost HALF OVER! It's been awhile since I've seen or heard from some
of you. Hope this letter finds you all in good health and doing well in the New Year. I just wanted to touch base on a few
issues and let you know what some of the up coming plans are. We have SEVERAL very important things happening that you need
to be aware of! ADULT AND FAMILY IMVOLVMENT MAY BE NEEDED! *Your Girl Scout may also need some extra help getting caught up and/or finishing some of the following activities. I'm
going to set up a ONE ON ONE Schedule plus you can help her at home. PLEASE read through this News Letter carefully and let me know if you have any questions **Looking foward to seeing ~ hearing from you! ~*~Love
~*~ Jamie
MAY NEWS NOTE SPRING & SUMMER PLANS FOR DAISY TROOP #114 ~ BROWNIE TROOP #1487 CADETTE TROOP #3185 & JR/SR GROUP #5158 MONDAY, MAY 3, 2004 This News Note will be posted online at the "It's A Girl Thing" Girl Scout website all
summer. I'll try to keep the website updated as often as possible in case anyone needs to know what is happening. PLEASE check
our Girl Scout website as often as possible during the summer! THANK YOU ~ Jamie IF you have an email address (or NEW email address) and I do not have it PLEASE send an
email to: Westmer_Girl_Scouts_Rule@yahoo.com to help save me paper, ink and time keeping you informed. It would be MUCH APPRECIATED!!!! COOKIE REMINDERS: 2004 COOKIE SALE ~ COOKIE CONNECTION!
COOKIE SALE & TROOP GOAL RESULTS
"ALL COOKIE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE COOKIE CONNECTION CELEBRATION! Which is being planned for sometime
in April" REMINDER ONCE AGAIN: COOKIE SALE MONEY WAS DUE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 15TH !SEVERAL GIRLS STILL HAVE NOT TURNED IN ALL OF THEIR COOKIE MONEY! THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP SO THAT AWARDS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR THE WARDS CEREMONY IN MAY! Everyone will recieve prizes earned, at the Cookie Connection Celebration! TAKE BACK STIKES/FOUL BALLS Returning signed Officer Folders: Tori, Larissa & Cheyenne Calling about missing meeting: Cheyenne MAY 17th DAISY FIELD TRIP MAY 27th LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! MAY 28th END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR PARTY!!
TRIPS * TRIPS & MORE TRIPS... REMEMBER ~ IF YOU DON'T PLAN IT ~ WE DON'T DO IT! IT DOES NO GOOD TO MAKE THE PLANS IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH! Don't know if we'll make it there before summer Maybe just wait until this coming fall and go as an attendance incentive for those girls with perfect/good attendance. OR as a recruitment party? Your ideas? ADVENTURELAND
NEED TO DECIDE: 1.) Do we want to spend the whole weekend or drive over and spend one day and drive back that night? 2.) What time do you want to leave? YOU decide what you want and let me know ASAP! 3.) MONDAY MAY 10TH FINAL ADVENTURELAND PLANNING Monday May 10th All older girls and available Parents are invited to attend Daisy Meeting. At the end of Monday's meeting EVERYONE who plans to go to Adventureland with us needs to gather real quick for about 15 minutes or so, so that we can discuss final plans. (Decide rather or not to spend the night, departure times, turn in ticket order forms, ect.) MAY 17th DAISY FIELD TRIP TO FLOWER SHOP
MEETINGS ~ ASSIGNMENTS ~ PLANS ~ PATCH/BADGE WORK WE NEED A NEW MEETING DAY!
ASSIGNMENTS: DAISY Assignments: If you havn't earned Promise Center yet complete that. Learn the beginning of the Girl Scout Law and first three - four Law Petals BROWNIE Assignment: Work on all Try-It's you want to earn. Start on Bridging Activities for you. Help plan DAISY Bridging workshop! JUNIOR Assignment Sheets attached PLEASE try to complete all worksheets by the end of March so patches/badges can be purchased for April Awards ceremony. JUNIOR GIRLS DECIDED THEY WANT TO START HOLDING PATCH/BADGE WORKSHOPS:
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS TO LOOK FORWARD TO:
AGE LEVEL SUMMER WORKSHOPS: I'll need help planning and holding several workshops throughout the summer. If you are available and would like to help &/or drive please let me know ASAP! A planning meeting to set dates for these workshops will be held sometime in late June - early July.ALL AGE LEVELS
DAISY WORKSHOPS
BROWNIE WORKSHOPS
JUNIOR WORKSHOPS
CADETTE WORKSHOPS
WORKING ONE ON ONE
RECRUITMENTS ~ MEMBERSHIP CHALLENGE!
UPCOMING SUMMER ACTIVITIES PLANNED: SUMMER MEETINGS ~ VACATIONS ~ PARADES JUNE IS VACATION & PARADE MONTH! I always take the full month of June off to rest, recooperate and regenerate! We will NOT hold any "Meetings in June. Regular
Meetings/Workshop will resume sometime Mid- July. The ONLY thing we will do in June is participate in both community Parades.
The Girls voted and decided they did NOT want to walk in any parades this year. Instead they want to build floats and RIDE! I need at least one adult volunteer from each town to be in charge of the "Girl Scout Float" for their parade. You'll need
to find a hay rack &/OR truck/tractor, a place to put things together and someone to drive. You'll also be responsible
for getting together a planning and decorating committee and contacting all the girls to remind them of the parade date and
what to wear. I WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO PLAN OR BE IN CHARGE OF ANY OF THESE DETAILS! I will be available the day of the parade, just let
me know where to be and what to do for that day. DAISY TROOP: We will try to attend Camp Conastoga as a GROUP. Other "DAY CAMP" and summer activities will be planned for
the younger girls. Let me hear your ideas and available dates. The Older girls have decided that they do not want to go to "GIRL SCOUT CAMP" instead they all want to plan and hold their
own camps. We chose partners and themes. YOU just need to plan the campout, find a place (if you haven't done so already)
and set a date so information and permission slips can be sent to the council and the other girls. Go through each of the
Badges/IPP's listed and come up with which activities you want to do to earn each Badge/Patch and get it to me ASAP so we
can work out a schedule and cost per campout. Each group must also work out a Kaper Chart and menu for their campout. GOOD
LUCK! (*Be sure to read THINGS TO CONSIDER written in purple on your assignment sheet, these rules MUST be followed!) JAYDE & JAYSON - "Battle of the Sexes". (JRS = Out Door Fun and Out Door Cook CAD = Outdoor Surrvival) TWO part
campout. First part SOON to learn the basic camping skills & trail signs. Part Two camp in April with Boy Scouts and have
competitions like: Capture the flag, tug of war, fire building, knot tying...and put to rest once and for all who the better
scouts are. COZ WE GIRLS RULE! CHEYENNE A."Camping Together". (JRS = Camp Together CAD = Camping) Armentrouts cabin late Spring or early summer. Cheyenne
already has the campout planned just need to do the "Official paperwork" TORI, TARA & LARISSA "Eco-Action ~ Taking Care of our Earth" (JRS = Eco-Action, Earth Connections & Finding
your way CAD = Eco-Action, Planet Power, Orienteering) Gilmour's Farm late summer early fall BRITTANY, KIRSTIE D. & JAMIE "Water Everywhere ~ Outdoor Adventure" (JRS = Water Fun, Wildlife & Hiking CAD
= Water Sports, Paddle, Pole & Roll and Wildlife) Maybe Delabar or Jamie's Grma's this summer. ELIZABETH & CHRYS "Horse Lover" (JRS = Horse Fan & Horse Rider. CAD = Horse Sence) Summer or Fall HOLLY, KIRSTIE 2 & SAMANTHA "Fun with Art in the Out of Doors" (JRS = Outdoor Creativity & Your Outdoor Surroundings.
CAD = Visual Arts & Textile Arts) you choose details...... SUMMER ~ BRIDGING ACTIVITIES Any Girl who is completing 1st, 3rd, 5th and 9th grades (and moving to the next grade level in the fall) will be Bridging
to the next girl scout level in September. Through out the summer we will hold "SPECIAL BRIDGING WORKSHOPS" for these girls
only so that they may complete all their bridging requirments. At this time I have that list as being as follows, GARDENING Some of the Badges/Ipp's we'll be working on this summer ask for us to "PLANT A GARDEN". Instead of having ONE garden we'll
probably have EACH girl try to plant something where she can care for it all summer. EX - Cheyenne = tomatoes, Brittany =
cucumbers, Jayde = green beans, Holly = green peppers, Tori = corn, ect. When it comes "Harvest Time" the girls will set up a produce stand and sell what they grew. This will be a team effort
and will ONLY work out if everyone pitches in so we need to decide before we ever get started who wants to participate and
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MEETING RULES TO FOLLOW: MEETING ATTENDANCE & COOPERATION: Don't forget our NEW Attendance Incentive we started this
year. I totally understand that not everyone can make it to every meeting, but it is VERY important to TRY to make it to at
least one meeting a month or call me if you can't so I can fill you in on what you missed! REMEMBER: only absences
beyond your control are excused. As of January STRIKES will be given to those who miss meetings and don't call to let me know
what's up at least one day prior to meeting day. I take time from my busy schedule and time away from my family to make these
meetings possible for you. All I ask out of you is a couple hours each month in return. THANK YOU for your Cooperation &
Understanding! ATTENDANCE VS TEEN REACH & OTHER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: IF you choose to attend Teen Reach on a night of a mandatory meeting instead of coming to Girl Scouts you WILL receive
one strike. IF a Teen Reach activity is being held on the same night as a Girl Scout Activity and the Girl Scout Activity was planned
FIRST and you choose the Teen Reach Activity instead of the Girl Scout Activity you WILL receive one strike. BUT if the Teen Reach activity was planned first your absence will be excused. IF you choose to go to an after school event that does NOT directly involve you as a player or participant, instead of
a MANDATORY Girl Scout Event then you WILL receive one strike. (BUT ~ IF we watch our calendar closely while planning events
this shouldn't happen) POLICY ON BRINGING FRIENDS: Everyone is asked to PLEASE follow these rules: On Special Occassions you will be asked to bring a NON REGISTERED friend to a meeting. NON REGISTERED girls CAN NOT attend weekly meetings! It is against the Girl Scouts of the USA policy to allow a girl to
attend weekly meetings without being a registered Girl Scout! IF a girl wants to attend weekly meetings she MUST register as an official Girl Scout so that she and we are both covered
by the Girl Scout Insurance. A girl is allowed to attend 2 weeks in a row as a guest (without registering). After that she MUST register ~ NO EXCEPTIONS!
If you plan to bring a friend to a meeting you must notify me and the girl in charge of the Treat Bucket for that week
(List was in last weeks news note & on website). IF you are not a registered Girl Scout or you bring a friend without
notifying the Treat Bucket, and there are not enough treats to share ~ Registered Girl Scouts ONLY will be served first ~
before Non Registered Girls and Siblings! Sorry.....