Cadette, Senior, Ambassador
50358
Combined Activities for
2007-2008
(Girl Notes / Leader
Notes / program connection)
June 20: Encampment training – learned how
to prepare and cook food that we are going to be cooking at camp using the
methods that we will be using at camp.
May 31: Encampment – fill out permission
slips, on June 20th is Encampment training. Each girl is doing separate
swaps. Fill out Early Bird Registration, $12 per girl, get it back to Mrs. D
this week! Program Aide on June 13. We painted rocks and did shrinky dinks.
April 24: Bag-A-Badge – went over very
well.
April 12: meeting – went over Science in
Action Try-it: collected everything we’d need, did a run through.
April 8: BIA food packing – few showed
up to help, lots to do
April
5: EK did her Treasurer duties; Bag-a-badge planning session - EK lead girls in
planning; GS checked the award packets to be sure that everyone will have
gotten what they have earned at the Older Girl Recognition Ceremony;
March
29: Cheryl C, Council Outdoor Trainer, came to meeting to recruit SOS trained
girls to run outdoor cooking event at encampment and to share cruise information
for
March 15, 2009: AB, CD and EK preparing
for the Outdoor Training on
March 1: Booth
Election: President = CD; Vice-President = MH; Secretary =
MG; Treasurer = EK; Program = AB
February 15, 2009: First,
we painted a base coat on reclaimed tulips from Girl Scout week to assist
younger troops when painting theirs. We spoke about our
long-term trips and how we will raise money for the trip we choose. Some girls
leafed through the Junior and Brownie handbooks to look at badges they may
offer as a bag a badge. Also, the option of allowing troops to choose the badge
they want us to earn with their girls was presented. Lastly, elections will be
held next week =D. service = 1 hour
February 8, 2009: Shrinky dinks!!!
Discussed individual expenses and family partnership event. We will be doing
Japan for the family partnership event. Talked about trips. Bermuda- $2500,
Alaska- $1500, California (legoland)- $1000-1250, YES Disney, Myrtle Beach-
$700, Canada/Washington- $500, Hershey Park/NY trip- $250, Yankee game, NY
trip, Boston day trip-$100. Family Partnership prep =
1 hour service
February 1, 2009: CD and EK prepared baked
goods for the troop to sustain hunger again. Then upcoming activities such as a
program discussion, Girl Scout swim, and the long-term trip. We again discussed
fund raising for the trip such as bag a badge- including factors such as how it
will be presented and which badge each girl wants to do.
January 11, 2009: CD and EK prepared baked
goods for the troop to sustain their hunger. This was followed by a discussion
of the long-range trip and possible alternatives for us to come up with funds.
Right now, our trip looks like it will cost $2,000 per girl (this includes
payment for leaders). We are looking at alternative locations, cruise lines,
and group rates (we will only get this if we have enough people). This brought up the issue of cookie
sales, which everyone needs to get cracking on. Optional MEA’s were also
discussed, as well as financial aid options; these include things such as bag a
badge or making soap.
December 14: We cut the first batch of
cookies so they could bake while we had our Bridging ceremony then we did
SWAPs, exchanged secret santa gifts, and decorated cookies; we ate the brown sugar shortbread and heath cookies
while we discussed our long-range trip; KB gave us our cookie training.
December 7: Discussed National Honors
Society and US Heritage Award. We also talked about the cookie rally that AB
will be in charge of. Next week we will be making cookies (Bring dough and/or
recipes). KB will talk to the troop about cookie sales. The younger girls will
be bridging so please make swaps (about 10) for next meeting. We also will be
doing a secret santa. Names were picked today.
December 2: MH taught younger troop
(50329) to crochet scarves for special olympics.
November 23: EK and CD made cookies which
we all munched on while discussing the long overdue bridging ceremony; all
officers did their jobs; SP worked with KB in tallying Leadership Award hours
while LD worked with AB, CD, and EK on their Gold Leadership.
November 19: BIA food packing - CD
November 16: Orienteering meet – at Hoyt
Scout reservation – we did the yellow course.
November 9: CD and EK made CC cookies
and we chowed on them at the start of the meeting. EK filled out and copied
permission slips for next week’s field trip. We discussed the long-range trip
and have one option in the works.
November 2: MH taught JC to crochet and
helped her get started on her scarf; AB and KB taught MH and CH to cast on and
try their hand at knitting. Orienteering trip arranged.
November 1: Election Day cookie booth
sale at DD. We spent 4 hours selling 130 boxes of cookies, which is very good
for us as people are more likely to say no to older girls.
October 26:organized and repacked HP
items; talked about long-range trips and trips in general; crocheted and
knitted scarves for 2009 Special Olympics. AB taught knitting
and MH taught crocheting = 1 hour.
October 24: Halloween Party: CD & SP
packed the van; CD & SP began prepping the room and were later joined by
the others who helped them finish, then everyone set up their stations. JC ran
the prize table, EK ran the games, AB was the fortune teller, MH ran the tattoo
parlor, MG ran the craft table, SP helped where needed, and CD was the event
leader go to gal. I handled the registration at the door as I was the lead
leader and I had leader paperwork to collect and check. Troop 50626 ran the
haunted alley, 50002 helped run games, and AG (50261) helped run a game. We had
unstructured play, a group mummy (leader) wrap for candy prizes, sang happy
birthday, and had more unstructured play. We misplaced the trivia and the girls
wanted me to wing it but I had my own station (girl’s picture taken while in
cage) to keep me busy so that was dropped. Other than that, the event was well
run and, though we had ¼ of our venue denied us at the last minute making it a
tight fit, we got rave reviews from leaders and girls alike. All 50358 stayed
to clean and pack the cars, we unpacked the cars here, and then we went out for
ice cream.
October 19: Finished preparing for the
Halloween Party.
October 15:Leader’s meeting to promote
HP and collect reservations and payment = SP & CD and later HP promotion EK
& AB; AB delegate report.
October 12: Today's meeting wrapped up
positions for the Halloween Party. JC took an inventory of the prizes. AB and
MH talked to the troop about crocheting and knitting for an organization and
worked on putting together our new first aid bag. We also did some Juliette
Low trivia to see what we knew. There was a reminder for troop dues ($3 per
meeting). CD & SP filled bags with game tickets; EK tweaked the game
instructions from last year to account for the changes that we made in prize
structure; MG went through her craft supplies to see what else she needed and
re-evaluated her craft selections; JC went through the prizes and assigned
prize points. SP stayed after meeting to update checkbook excel spreadsheet and
make up deposits; CD updated HP guest list.
September 28: Today both troops worked on
individual jobs for the Halloween party. AB printed ghost catchers for coloring
and reproduction, SP and CD counted and made more prize tickets, MG collected
craft items, made list of items needed, and made samples of her items. JC went
to OT to find prizes, MH picked out tattoos and gathered materials for the
tattoo station. EK went through program book to find things for us to do. We
also discussed troop dues ($3 per meeting).
September 21: business meeting = caught up
on paperwork that has piled up over the summer and introduced new stuff from
Council and the SU. Handed out QSP packets to all those who had completed their
registration, annual consent, and HH forms.
September 17: leader meeting to promote
Silver projects and Halloween Party. CD; AB; MH; MG. AB delegate introduce.
September 14: Share session: Welcome new
member EK; Halloween Party planning: CD tweaked flier from last year for this
year; SP worked on flier on publisher but wasn’t happy with so will complete at
home, JC couldn’t make meeting so sent in current prize tally via e-mail, EK
checked out games from last year; MG Silver sewing lesson, created several hats
and scarves for BSS; MH worked on flier to leaders and that was e-mailed to SUM
for leader distribution and a copy of another flier was put in troop bundles;
SP and CD started early to make cookies for snack and to discuss creating
costumes for future cons.
HP duties: CD=registration and event leader;
SP=flier and snack table; JC=prize table; AB=fortune teller; MG=craft table;
MH=tattoo parlor; EK=games
September 7: meeting – we got a really
late start so all we had time to do was discuss the Halloween Party as MEA,
keeping dues at 3.00, and the Election Day cookie sale.
August 17: meeting – getting some things
out of the way / dealing with unfinished business.
August 8-10: Otakon – two 1/2 days of
travel, 2 1/2 days and 2 nights of cos-playing, two days and nights checking
out local attractions of interest: National Maritime Aquarium; The USS
Constellation and Inner Harbor; and Fort McHenry.
August 1-3: Connecticon - 12 hours service and three days and
two nights of cos-playing
July 31: Connecticon volunteer training
and volunteer hours (4)
July 27: meeting to work on Silver and
costumes; Otakon trip planning
July 13: meeting to work on Silver and
costumes; Otakon trip planning
July 6: meeting to work on Silver and costumes; Otakon trip planning
June 29: MG and MH worked on their Silver Challenge while AB, CD, and SP worked
on some of our current ongoing service projects. They sorted and packed the
blankets; the children themed ones will be given to a local hospital and the
town social services dept. has dibs on the rest. They did write ups and took
pictures of the 11 gowns we collected. We have a bit of repair work to do then
these are to be brought to Council and the BOE.
June 22: Meeting- We looked at Internet
badges at the beginning of the meeting. Super Panthers discussed possible
long-term trips. We agreed on Italy. For “homework” we have to research Italy
prices/costs for the trip. We also held an auction for leftover encampment
food. We also welcomed a new member to the troop J
I read leader responses and the girls evaluated
their part in Encampment; we all made suggestions as to how we could make it
better next year.
June 6-8: Encampment –
Friday afternoon we packed two vanloads
full of food, supplies and girls and off we went. We unloaded all the food then
the girls headed to the campsite to set it up to move in our gear. We drove
through camp to drop off all the activity supplies at every site and set up
what we could. We cooked tacos for dinner followed by s’mores, cleaned and
shredded a dozen heads of lettuce, then cooked 30 pounds of chicken breast over
the fire and put it all in the fridge. CD; MH; SP; SZ
Saturday we set up the dining room, then
the girls headed off to low ropes while I recruited a few adults to help slice
watermelon and fill the ovens with nuggets while I made 30 gallons of bug juice
and prepped the rest. I cleaned all the surfaces and set up the serving
station. When the girls got back a few cut the chicken and assembled the
Chicken Caesar salads while the others served. We served about 160 people in
less than one hour then cleaned up…the menu order follows for the curious. Half
of the girls left to run stations and half stayed to clean up and assist
younger girl troops prepare prep their sites and prepare their fires for
dinner. Some girls left to study for finals and one headed to a Sea Scout camp
event and the remaining went out to dinner as they had had enough of the 90+
degree heat and of cooking period. AB; JC; CD; MH; SP; SZ
Sunday the remaining girls packed up their
stuff and went out to breakfast. AB; JC; MH
I remained with my fellow coordinator to
oversee the close of camp by another older girl group…thank you ladies! The
camp schedule follows for any who are interested in that. For ease of
scheduling, and crowd control, we divided camp into four parts (Quads 1-4) and
had many activities in each one for all age levels. It was pretty much
freestyle in that people could do what they wanted; our only request was that
they be where they should be when they should be or be at their campsite.
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nuggets |
CC salad |
PBJ |
roll |
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carrots |
fruit |
salad |
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cookies |
chips |
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punch |
water |
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113 |
43 |
6 |
162 |
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110 |
42 |
10 |
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136 |
26 |
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146 |
16 |
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opening |
session |
session |
lunch first, |
session |
session |
swaps |
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flag ceremony |
1 |
2 |
then IC social |
3 |
4 |
camp fire |
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7-Jun |
9:30 |
10:00-11:00 |
11:15-12:15 |
12:30-1:30 |
1:45-2:45 |
3:00-4:00 |
4:15-5:15 |
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K |
Daisy field |
Quad 1 |
Quad 2 |
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Quad 3 |
Quad 4 |
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1 |
Daisy field |
Quad 1 |
Quad 2 |
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Quad 3 |
Quad 4 |
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1 |
jump rope |
Quad 1 |
Q2 jump rope |
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Quad 3 |
Quad 4 |
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2 |
Daisy field |
Quad 1 |
Quad 2 |
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Quad 3 |
Quad 4 |
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2 |
Daisy field |
Quad 2 |
Quad 1 |
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Q4 arts and crafts |
Quad 3 |
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2 |
Daisy field |
Quad 2 |
Quad 1 |
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Quad 4 |
Quad 3 |
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3 |
Daisy field |
Quad 2 |
Quad 1 |
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Quad 4 |
Quad 3 |
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4 |
bubbles |
Quad 4 |
Q3 |
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Quad 2 |
Quad 1 |
campfire staff |
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4 |
scavenger hunt/golf |
Quad 4 |
Q3 Frisbee Golf |
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Quad 2 |
Quad 1 |
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4 |
scoubidou |
Quad 4 arts and crafts |
Quad 3 |
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Q2 tie dye |
Q1 scoubidou |
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4&5 |
compass 101 |
Q2 compass 101 |
Quad 3 |
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Quad 4 |
Quad 1 |
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5 |
Daisy field |
archery or Q2 |
LR 11-12:30 |
IC social help |
Quad 1 |
Quad 4 |
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5 |
tie dye/sand |
Q2 tie dye |
Q3 Sand/bag lunch |
LR 12:30-2 |
archery or Q1 |
Quad 4 |
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6 |
Daisy field |
Q1 knots/macrame |
Q2 / lunch |
LR 12:30-2 |
archery or Q3 sand |
Q4 arts and crafts |
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6 |
IC/FP |
archery or Q2 |
LR 11-12:30 |
IC social staff |
Quad 1 |
Q4 flower press |
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7 |
LR 9:30-11 |
archery or Q4 |
lunch / Quad 2 |
Q3 field games |
Q3 field games |
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8,9,10,11 |
LR 9:30-11 |
archery or Q4 FP |
Lunch staff/Q2 |
Q1 knots/macramé |
Q1 knots/macramé |
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June 1: Meeting- made shopping list for
troop menu; discussed girl schedule / running lunch for all troops / who is to
be where and when; put together more craft kits; adults discussed macramé
session troop is running to confirm our responsibilities.
May 25: Meeting – discussed encampment and
helped prepare craft stuff for and troop menu
May 17: Family Partnership Event – CD and
SP got together earlier in the week to make a display for Japan and gather
objects of interest for the troop table; the day of we arrived early to help
set up the room for all the troops and set up our own display, shared with
others, then cleaned and packed up after all the troops. We had rice and
California rolls to eat with chopsticks and a happy coat and hapari to try on
for fun. We had a tape of Tyco drums that we played for the duration and we had
a really good time teaching the algorithm march. All the girls got a passport
and took it from table to table to be stamped as they listened to the girls
talk while they tried the food of that country. It was an excellent event, well
done ladies! CD & SP leadership = 2 hrs
May 5: Older Girl Award Ceremony – all
older girls in Bethel recognized for achievements in troop and beyond. 50358
had one Silver, one graduated Gold, and 5 girls moved up to Ambassador level.
April 28: delivered 20 backpacks to two
K-3 schools for needy kids at the start of the next school year- SZ
April 27: meeting: signed up some for
upcoming cons; finished backpacks and prepped for delivery; organized blankets
that were returned and decided not to do any more; when we get back the
remaining that are still out we can ship them; will fix up the gowns for
donation to Gala and Bethel School at a later date as we are waiting for the
rest come in from the cleaners; AB and MH decided they need to meet with CH to
discuss macramé sessions for encampment; discussed trip to Broadway play and
funding options; AB lobbied for Bermuda cruise as a long range trip.
April 13th, 2008:
Today
we briefly discussed conventions (who was going, how many people per hotel room,
etc.). We looked at the badges/patches to make sure everyone had what they
needed and to ask any questions we had. Next, we got permission slips for the
family partnership event and the award ceremony. We also talked about what an
early bird is. Lastly we decided to keep the dues at $3 instead of changing it.
Leader: I talked about making choices and long-range planning. I asked the
girls to come up with a realistic long-range trip that meets everyone’s needs
and wants and talked about financing being an issue if we keep going on these
other expensive trips.
SZ worked on backpacks; AB & MG took
home blankets to finish
April 12: Writer’s
Workshop – AB silver
April 6, 2008:
During
today’s meeting we decided to wait until next year for the senior outdoor
program so we can all do it together. We passed out a contact list and the
troop finance sheet. We worked on blankets for the remainder of the meeting
(for a children hospital). We also discussed family partnership event, SP is
doing a display for Japan and HB is bringing a snack for Japan and KK is doing
a display for Korea. Everyone else will be facilitator for the event. We also
discussed a play sometime is January 2009. We need to think about how we will
finance it since it is expensive. Lastly we talked about who would be going to
an award ceremony in May, girls, adults, and family members.
SZ worked on backpacks; AB & MG took
home blankets to finish
April 5: Writer’s
Workshop – AB silver
March 30,
2008:
Today we discussed various events we could attend and decided who wanted to
attend which ones. We also planned out a menu for encampment. The hostess' made
snack. JC and MH came early to work on their silver. We also briefly discussed
a play that we could go to and went over troop finances.
March 20-22:
Boston Trip: Anime Boston Convention and tour of historic sites and museums. We
volunteered at the Convention assembling table centerpieces and the balloon
arch for the Cerulean Ball, a black tie event, which we attended the next
night. Two young men sat and danced several dances with the girls and there
were hosts (dance instructors) who came around asking as well so all of us had
ample opportunity to get on the dance floor. We learned how to waltz, tango and
fox trot…all but one of us danced…the gals looked great! We had a good time
learning new things, showing off the costumes and props that we had made over
the past few months, and checking out the things others had made. We met old
friends there and made new ones. We conferred with fellow artists, purchased
art supplies, and picked up a few souvenirs at the dealers room. We couldn’t
stay as long as we would have liked as it was Easter weekend but we were happy
to have the opportunity.
March 11:
Bethel Girl Scout Week Proclamation at the town hall with the First Selectman.
AB; CD
March 9: The
patrol leader was asked to call office. One of the patrols is deciding on a
patrol name (possibly super panthers). We discussed the patrol crests and decided
we need more time to pick one. JC and MH needed to know the time for the bring
a buddy swim (5-6). We discussed what an anime convention is and what goes on
during one. The troop looked at an art kit pamphlet to see if we were
interested in doing one ourselves but decided we wanted to wait until summer.
AB talked about her silver award project (creative writing). There will be no
booth sale or meeting next Sunday (3/16). Brotherhood in Action is holding an
Easter event for anyone interested (march 18th and 19th). Lastly AB, MG, MH,
and KK talked about possible trips we'd want to take and the costs.
March 9:
Cookie Booth Sale at Dunkin Donuts. AB=2; CD/LD=8; JC/YC=5; MG=3; KK=2;
MH/CH=5; SP=3
March 1:
Cookie Booth Sale at Wachovia. KB=2; CD/LD=2; MG=1.5; MH=1.5; SP=2
February 24: Meeting; discussed March events (buddy swim, cookie
booth sales). Voted for elections: Patrol Leader-KK, Archive/photographer-MG,
Secretary-MH. JC and MH came early and worked on silver. SZ worked on
backpacks. Hostesses made cookies =] Anime patrol worked on costumes.
Anime patrol leader=CD; Hostess = HB; Treasurer = SZ.
Talked about cookies and booth sales.
SZ leadership = 2 hour
February 17: meeting; introduced MH and JC to our troop; discussed
our event for GSE and AB decided to run it; explained troop positions to MH and
JC.
Encampment events and leadership options discussed; some will stick with
running events and some will choose running some part of the encampment on the
whole. Most went through backpacks and stuff to see what needs to be purchased.
AB; CD; MG; SP -
Service = 2 hour
February 3: meeting; talked about taking a long-term trip;
discussed the possibility of doing macramé for Encampment.
January 20: worked with SP to organize gold leadership component;
SZ had everyone count and organize the school supplies to see what’s needed;
and we interviewed Mr. D. for the CIEL IPP. SZ leadership = 1
hour; CD & SP service = 1 hour
January 13: discussed what we are doing in Boston; looked into the
possibility of a cruise for a long-range activity and looked at scrapbooks of
past cruises taken by troop. Travel IPP
January 6: MG and AB worked on their Silver, our hostess made cake
to celebrate a birthday; we went over cookie goals again and played with the
cookie cards then had a game show to see who knew what for silly prizes. Cookies and Dough
IPP
December 30: discussed which events we were attending/running, did
Christmas gift exchange, distributed cookie selling forms, discussed goals for
cookie sales in regards to raising money for trips, discussed costs of trips,
we ate delicious faux food.
December 2: discussed funding of long range trips and made cookies
to bring home to our families (not too much left after we got to the batter and
those hot out of the oven!
November 25: researched car rental for AB trip, called and got
estimates that did not include gas, figured out how many miles per gallon the
car got and how much it would cost for gas and insurance then figured out how
much more that would cost per girl. Discussed money earning activity ideas.
November 18: figured out how much was earned, how much was owed
and how much the two trips were going to cost each girl if all came, or one
less came, or two less came…. The girls committed to the trips, reservations
were made for the rooms, and chaperones confirmed.
November 6: Election Day cookie Booth sale at the SHFD. We sold a
few cases in a few hours and called it a day as it was very cold and windy.
November 4: meeting – we discussed what events in the program book
we might be interested in signing up for, we talked about the past two money
earning events and about upcoming Cons and expenses for those.
November 2-3: Tag Sale – We set up the night
before and sold from 9-3 on Saturday. We had very good participation for girls
and adults; everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and everyone pitched in. We
didn’t make a lot of money; it was too cold for the girls to stand outside with
signage for too long. It was a really good team building effort though and all
had a great opportunity to bond.
October 28: meeting – discussed tag sale, reported on the HP –
decided to require latecomers to pay more at the door because buying everything
last minute very expensive…why should early birds suffer?; discussed upcoming
SU events and election day booth sale.
October 27: Halloween Party – We had about 100 girls attend. There
were games that we had last year and some new ones. SZ was the event leader; SP
did the flyer; CD accepted registrations; AB was the fortune teller; SP ran the
prize table and CD assisted; 626 ran their games and the snack table; KK worked
on games and 261 assisted; troop 341 assisted with the games and craft table,
which MG was in charge of and HB was in charge of the costume contest. All went
well, the girls seemed to have a good time and all were very well behaved…it
was a very nice evening. AB/MG/SP/SZ earned
Leadership = 6 hours; CD/HB& KK earned 6/4 & 4 service hours
October 26: SP over to set up prize board SP earned
Leadership = 2 hours, CD earned service = 2 hours
October 21: meeting
Our hostess made brownies and everyone worked on their tables for
the Halloween Party.
MG, AB, and KB prepared the dangerous aspects for the craft table.
SZ and HB helped CD and SP with the points for prizes.
J J !!THANK YOU LD
FOR HELPING US FIND STUFF FOR OUR TABLES!! J J
Meeting started early and ran over for some. Everyone was very busy
getting stuff for their stations ready. AB/MG/SP earned
Leadership = 2 hours; CD & HB earned 3 service hours; SZ earned 2 hours
service & 1 leadership.
October 17: Went to Service Unit meeting to promote Halloween
Party. Took registrations, payment and promoted party. CD/ HB/ SZ/ SP
earned Leadership = 1 hour
October 12: SP worked on consolation prize pops Leadership = 2
hours
October 7: meeting
We ate very, very delicious chocolate cake for KB’s birthday J
We’re planning an award ceremony in the spring J
We discussed the US Heritage award (that has a nice pin!) J
SP is doing a flyer for our Halloween Party and prizes, HB is
doing a costume contest, AB is our fortune teller, MG is in charge of crafts,
SZ is our supervisor, KK is doing the game table, and CD is helping SP with
prizesJ
and is the event registrar.
September 30: meeting
QSP MAGAZINE SALES BEGIN OCTOBER 1
(orders due to leader by 10/22)
Everyone can complete an address book for $2 by completing at
least 8 cards, Nuts, candy, and magazines count for 15%, sell five magazines
for $100, and 100% participation for an election day booth sale.
Received QSP packets and order forms (parent consent forms must be
completed before selling!!)
No more double dough for cookie sales.
Agreed on per girl profits.
October 27, 2007 – Halloween Party
Field Trip for Bethel Girl Scouts to the Storm King Sculptures
(hosted by LD)
(date to be determined)
Troop Dues = $3 (per meeting)
Elections:
Patrol Leader –CD
Secretary-AB
Treasurer-SZ
Hostess-HB
September 20: SZ finished letters and worked on program
materials with advisor. Senior leadership = 2 hours
September 19: pick up at schools, talked to principals, drafted
parent and leader letters and program materials. CD = 1 hour
service, SZ= Senior leadership = 4 hour
September 16: meeting
Planned and budgeted Halloween Party (on October 27)
Responsibilities: Games, Crafts, Snacks, Haunted Alley, Prizes, and Patch.
Elections next week. QSP: every girl participates with an address books, sell
five magazines for $100 and nuts for a pretty patch J
NO MORE RECYCLING (not enough moneY0
Talked about doing a family tag sale for more money. Per girl
Profits.
September 12: SZ - leader’s meeting to ask if BSU will continue
legacy (prep and present). Senior leadership =1 hour
September 11: SZ and HB = met with GS troop 261 to discuss
projects and get their take on them. HB silver & SZ Senior leadership
=1 hour
September 5: SZ collected donated items from elementary schools
and checked to see what items she was still short on. Senior leadership
= 1hour, CD = 1 hour service
September 2: meeting: Welcome new member! HB and crew worked on
Silver program box. Silver = 1 hour
August 31: SZ dropped off B boxes, stopped in school office to
find out where they’d like them, discuss pickup, etc . SZ = 1/2 hour Senior leadership
August 30: SZ and crew finished decorating B boxes. Senior leadership
= 1 1/2 hours
August 28: SZ and crew dropped off R boxes and letters. Chatted
with secretary and principal about pick-ups and deadlines. Senior leadership = ½ hour
August 27: SZ went to several stores to ask for empty cardboard
boxes. Went to B school for principal to approve letters. Changes made with
Principal and then changes made to publisher docs and reprinted. 4 boxes
papered, decorated, and marked K-1-2-3. Senior leadership
= 5 hours
August 26: ink cartridge collection, and trip to office supply
store. HB organized tutorial and made copy. SZ tallied supplies troop already
has and shopped for bargains. (CD helped) HB/SZ/ CD =
Silver/ Senior leadership/Service = 2 hours
August 24: SZ and HB worked on leadership/silver (CD helped). SZ
on B parent and R&B teacher letter and HB on program box (gathering
supplies, making list of needed stuff and planning girl program for box). Senior HB/SZ/CD =
Silver/leadership/service = 2 hours
August 19-20: SZ finished drafting R parent letter and e-mailed
it to me for review. Edited copy went to R principal for approval. SZ called R
office and got verbal approval of wording, flyer expected tomorrow for
reproduction. Senior leadership = 2 hours
August 18: Assisted at a GS Gold event at our town’s animal
shelter. We helped set up the pet ID table at the entrance then we helped clean
out a large storage area. The area was covered but exposed to the elements and
hadn’t been cleaned in some time. We emptied the contents onto one of the large
yards filling half of it. Everything had dog fur, dryer lint, dirt, and mold on
it. We shook the items, swept the items, washed them, and then set them out in
the sun to dry. While everything dried we shoveled the remains from the floor,
swept away what remained, then cleaned the fencing (walls) and concrete floor
with a power sprayer. While that dried we organized everything in the yard. We
returned everything that was in good condition to the four-roomed storage area
and brought the rest to the dumpster. We picked up the yard, packed away the
stuff we used and came with and left the others early because we had to catch a
3:00 bus to a parade.
The description above makes our day seem easy but it was anything
but. I am so proud of all of the girls because they were great sports and
worked very hard for over five hours straight. We were working in tight
quarters and the area was divided into four sections by fencing which made it
difficult to navigate. Some items fell apart when we tried to pick them up or
were just plain unwieldy so it took a lot of teamwork to get things done. Some
of the items were broken but repairable so these were repaired by the handier
among us. There was a lot to be done so the girls worked assembly line style:
one dry swept or vacuumed, the next wet swept, the next washed with dishtowels,
the last rinsed. Though we had to replace the water at the wash stations many
times we did our best to conserve by using them dirtier to cleaner. Although I
hear a lot of “EEWWWWs” the girls did not flinch when: the rust water ran out
of the other end of the poles they carried and onto their shoes; they placed
(less then gracefully) a bucket of stuff down and foul water sloshed out and
onto their front; they found out that the stuff on the tarps had deposited them
after shaking them out; etc.
The volunteers that I chatted with while I was there were all very
pleased with your work and your dedication. They were disappointed to hear that
you all were too young (their insurance companies idea, not theirs) to
volunteer there on a regular basis, but are very hopeful that you will come
back when you come of age.
Service = 5 hours
August 17: SZ started drafting letters for principal’s review. Leadership = 2
hours; CD and HB helped paint mural in Danbury. They have been
volunteering at Escape, helping where needed, at various art classes over the
summer. Service = 5 hours
August 16: Silver Challenge = SZ tied up loose ends and finished
proposal – sent to Council
for approval. = ½
hour
August 15: Silver challenge = SZ (&CD) met with Social
worker, who pooh-poohed idea but did have a lot of other suggestions; met with
Board of Ed again and discussed change of plans; went to Berry to talk to
principal and to Rockwell and talked with principal there. Both principals very
nice and extremely helpful. = 2 hours
August 14: Silver challenge = SZ (&CD) met with Selectman,
Social worker (away), Bethel Board of Ed, and NJROTC(away) head to get
permission for project. Talked about what she’d like to do and whom she’d have
to speak to, etc…everyone was very helpful and informative. = 2 hours.
August 12: 5 hour Gold and Silver meeting – all work, no play - challenge work
August 5: party and swim – all play, no work…yea!
July 29: meeting to work on our Silver and gold projects –
challenge work
July 13-15: Connecticon- CD in Artist Alley for the weekend and HB
helped on Saturday. We stayed at the Hartford Marriott and took turns manning the
table in the artist alley so some could confer with other artists and take time
off to eat, attend workshops, etc.
July 1: meeting with more trip planning
June 24: meeting – trips and long-range planning discussion
June 16: Recycling – CD; SZ
June 8: relay for life: CD (2) & SZ (2+)
May 27: Meeting – HB worked on Silver paperwork then swim
May 25: Pocket full of Poses – We were shown cameras from past to
present and several were taken apart so we could see how they worked. We took shots
of each other and a group shot was taken then morphed for fun.
May 20: Memorial Day parade, lunch and hung about town for a
while.
May 19: Recycling and service at multicultural day. We offered
Japanese Kanji face painting and body art. Service = 2hours
May 15: Flag Placement at veterans graves at the Cemetery with
pizza following at the American Legion hall
May 11-12: Encampment – We dropped our stuff off at our
A-frame and unpacked a vanload of activity supplies before making our dinner.
Dinner was tacos (beef and chicken) and foil packet Italian and regular chicken
followed by brownies and s’mores. We made our troop totem and painted a few
wooden turtles for the beaver/turtle race game and packed it in for the night.
We got up bright and early the next day, cooked our breakfast of bacon and eggs
over the fire (no camp stoves for us), and set up a few stations as the troops
that were running them were late and camp was about to begin. Then it was off
to our own stations where our first guests were waiting for us. Our stations
was Fairy Trails, a Silver project by HB. All helped her get started for the
first session then we went off to Archery and a picnic lunch. For the third
session three of us went back to Fairy Trails and two went off to help with a
cooking event. The forth was again Fairy trails and cooking (until the tribal
members arrived when I pulled them from that to rejoin their troop) and the
fifth was hurry up to get the last activities in and clean up. We attended the
closing ceremony and most attended the last powwow, which was really good, and
then we finished packing up and headed out. We picked up fast food on the way
home because we were starving, making this encampment the most abbreviated,
with the least amount of cooking and fuss that we ever had…but it was Mother’s
Day weekend and many of us had to get home for family gatherings…we’ll have
more time to ourselves next time. HB Silver project event (5/11= 4 hours; 5/12 = 6 hours)
April 30: Older Girl Award Ceremony –
There were four troops attending: 645 set up, 358 provided refreshments, 070
did the readings, and 423 did the opening and closing ceremonies. It was very
nice, the girls barely had time to re-warm their seats before being called up
to receive another set of recognitions, a fair amount of family attended, and
most stayed for refreshments afterward and to clean up.(service: set up=2 hours & clean-up=1 hour)
April 20-22: Boston Anime Trip – We
drove up Friday late morning stopped for lunch along the way and checked in to
our hotel rooms. We changed into our costumes and headed to registration. We
pre-registered so our line was shorter but it was still a long wait because
there were so many people attending. Once we got our nametags we got breakfast
then CD had to go get her key blade bonded (anything resembling a weapon has to
be checked out for safety reasons). We walked around to see what was where. We
started in the dealer’s room and checked out what they had for sale there. By
the time we were done taking pictures of and with everyone it was time for
dinner. We ate at Legal Seafood and then went back to the room to dress for the
Cherry Blossom Ball. It was black tie only…we looked good. We met a few nice
people there, danced a little, and then headed back to the room. The next day
we got going a little late, had breakfast and went to the AMV viewings and
voted on those. We checked out the artist colony, ordered a few commissions
from the artists and checked out the Dollfie meet before heading off to the room
to change for dinner. We ate at the Cheesecake Factory and then went to another
dance. Our last day we went to the artist colony to pick up our commissions and
entered raffles there. We also saw the cos-play chess match which was
interesting…we enjoyed rooting for our favorite characters. We went back to the
artist colony for the raffle and we all won something as the later crowd wasn’t
too big and there were a lot of prizes. Then we headed out, taking pictures all
the way. This Con was much bigger than the Connecticon and it was harder to
find the activities.
Leader’s perspective: The lines were huge
but everyone was really nice making waiting less of a chore. It was great to
talk to the artists and connect with them…we took a lot of their cards and I’m
certain that the girls will be seeking their input. The dealers room had a lot
of great art supplies and some very interesting
items for sale that are hard to come by so that was valuable too. What was
of the most value was the cos-play photo-ops. Throughout the event the members
would gather to take pictures of each other in costume and in character.
Similar characters would compare costumes (many of which were homemade or self
assembled) and comment on each other’s handiwork and cleverness. In school
these kids are odd man out but here they are all in their element, surrounded
by fellow anime/manga/artist/gaming/cos-play nerds. Though they were dressed up
as someone else they got to let their guard down and be themselves with others
that shared their passion.
This experience was an incredible boost to
these girls self esteem and confidence, it was well worth the trip.
April 17: HB worked on silver for 4 hours, CD and SZ helped = HB Silver project prep, everyone else service
April 15: cake decorating class followed
by meeting; HB discus silver with others to see what they can do for her.
April 13: BFF older girl planning board
meeting & pizza = Leadership service for 1 hour
April 7: teen yoga
April 3: BIA sort
April 1: HB worked on her silver. Then, the whole troop talked about Anime
Boston, and made a packing list for the things we’ll need to bring. Mrs.
DiMarzio talked to us about the things we’re allowed and not allowed to do. = HB Silver project prep = 1hour
March 30: We did a career
exploration at Putnam Imaging. They make prints of photographs and original
works of art for artists to sell. They also do calendars and mount and frame
prints for sale there. The girls really loved one artist’s work; his originals
would be too expensive for them to buy but the prints would be affordable. We
met the owner, Bill, and her introduced us to Patricia who took us around.
Patricia went to school for photography. She took us to see Josh who takes
digital pictures of original art. He started out as a photographer and was in
the dark room a lot before digital imaging. Now he spends his time on the
computer and photographing art. He took a picture of the artwork he had. The
camera that he uses was mounted on a moveable frame and the many 1000 watt
bulbs made the room really bright. After that he gave Patricia the last piece
of artwork they were working on and we headed to her station. On the way she
explained what all the equipment was for. There were big racks to lay pictures
on as they gas out. There were many very large printers, rolls of
canvas/plastic/laminate and really big paper drawers. She got Phil to turn on
the light in the dark room and showed us that which was really cool; the girls
loved the round door. There is absolutely no light, not even red, in here and
they have to work in the complete dark, use infrared goggles, or use a special
camera to do their work. She tweaked an image of the artwork that she had and
printed a copy of her work for us. She explained how computers and digital
imaging has changed the art world, how printers/inks/media have changed and how
much easier it is to do today than just a few years ago. This trip was very
interesting and everyone was so nice to us; we learned a lot.
March 25: Talked about
Boston Anime, Encampment, and upcoming field trips. We met in our newly
redone lair, which the girls gave a thumbs-up. We looked into signing up for BA
contests but we missed the deadlines. We planned the menu for encampment and
discussed HB’s possible silver project = Nature walk
meets Fairytales.
March 18: meeting – not
much done as we didn’t get back from the parade until later, papers were handed
out and recognitions were sorted through and envelopes made for the upcoming
recognition ceremony.
March 17: Bethel Girl
Scout family movie night event – it went pretty well considering the weather.
It appears that the fate of 358 has befallen yet another group of scouts. We
plan an event and it storms big time. The numbers were low as few were able to
dig out in time.
March 6: Emergency
Preparedness event planning meeting – we met with a representative who was
looking to recruit Girl Scouts to spread the news/hold events to increase
awareness about emergency preparedness.
March 3: Operation Cookie
drop packing at SHFD with the Perkins. All the meltables went in this shipment
and the others will go when it gets warmer. The cookies were packed with other
boodle (stuff they like to have or need but isn’t government issue) and the girls
packed everything up and we had pizza and soda compliments of the Perkins.
Thank you Mr. and Mrs. P for the opportunity and dinner, we really appreciate
all you do for our troops overseas.
February 24: teen yoga
February 23: Thinking Day
event – the country was Viet Nam. Our hosts did a great job. They held a
Vietnamese lore play, had several activity stations, and served us dinner at
festively decorated tables. We had appetizers, the main course and dessert with
cold tea while music played. It was outstanding.
February 18: meeting -
deliver Gift of Caring – Dropped off the cookies (two van loads full) to the
gift of caring and then played with the dogs that were at the house. We talked
about Anime Boston, and raffled off of the left over food and drink from the
Japanimation Fascination.
February 17: bottle
recycling – Cold, didn’t get any bottles. Organized and looked at our silver
binders in the car, it was too cold to be outside.
February 10: Booth sale at
Silver Touch – Didn’t sell a lot of cookies. It was freezing so we didn’t stay
long.
February 10: teen yoga
February
9: Japanimation Fascination – CD ran drawing station, AB ran
the food table, HB and SZ ran the two DDR stations, and KK ran the media
station. We had a guest artist that helped out at the drawing station. A
council member helped run the event and brought extra gear for the DDR station
and craft station (council handled registration because the girls came from all
over Connecticut). HB made onigiri for the food table and brought extra gear
for the photo-ops. KK and parents brought in extra gear for the media station
and DDR station. CD and family brought in extra gear for DDR station, and
arranged for guest to come to expose girls to traditional Japanese custom and
writing. AB brought in extra gear for the DDR station. At the end of the event,
we read the reviews. They were good; most of the girls thought it was an
awesome event.
February
4: Talked about how to raise money, different events coming up, and the
Japanimation Fascination that we’re running on Feb. 9th.
January
28: Cookie Booth Sale at DD
January
20: bottle recycling – we studied for midterms in the van because it was way
too cold to be outside. Our regulars brought by their bottles and cans but
not many showed up due to the extreme cold…teen
yoga
January 13: teen yoga
January 11: Silver Training
January
7: the Girl Program Coordinator from Council came to the meeting to discuss
the Funky Friday event that we will be holding in February. The girls shared what
they did last time and plans were put into place for the upcoming event.
Cookies were counted and girl orders filled and picked up.
January
6: Cookie pick up and cookie booth sale at Silver Touch.
January 3: Helped wash and fold sheets and
blankets for the Dorothy Day shelter.
December 17: Talked about entering an
art contest, the Japanimation Fascination Funky Friday event we will be running
soon, and did holiday grab bag. A speaker came to talk about social etiquette.
AB presented to the
troop her Breast Cancer Awareness poster to fulfill a badge requirement.
December 10: We talked about grab bags,
Dollfies, and breast cancer awareness. We made chocolate chip, and holiday
sugar cookies.
AB presented to the
troop her experience at the Breast Cancer Awareness Funky Friday Event to
fulfill a badge requirement.
December 9: HB, CD, and SZ went to a
Dollfie meet
December 6: We served at a
local Soup Kitchen. The girls set up, served, packed up, cleaned up, and did
dishes with almost 2 dozen other volunteers. A lot of people came in for dinner
to eat there or take away. The girls really seemed to enjoy this experience. Creative
Cooking IPP SP/ 2 Service hours
December 2:
November 26: Meeting. Bought candy for SZ’s
business project and for our wreath.
The meeting was pandemonium because we had so much to do in so little time.
A couple of us got together to go shopping at
November
19: Meeting. Talked about cookie selling and calendar selling. We talked about
the movie Happy Feet, and we did the Peanut Butter Jelly time dance/song. We
sold cookies door to door today.
We have a new member, Welcome AB!
The
officers did their jobs then I brought the information
from the leader’s meeting to the table, the troop wasn’t interested in most of
it so I handed the flyers to the girls who were so they could pursue these on
their own. They made plans for the next meeting, we divided up the jobs to be done
to prepare for it, and then we went from door to door in the neighborhood
selling cookies.
November
18: Bottle Recycling. Not a great turnout but it’s near the holidays and we
were competing with two craft fairs in town. We did not let the time go to
waste, CD worked on her art and HB worked on her silver binder. Afterward we
checked out the closest craft fair and treated ourselves to fine chocolate.
November
15: Packed food at BIA Thanksgiving food drive. AD introduced Gold proposal at
Leader’s Meeting.
November
12: Talked about Super Dollfie meet-up. Made and ate cookies, talked about
selling Girl Scout cookies. Talked about feeding homeless at the soup kitchen.
A new girl joined us to check out our troop. We made a lot of decisions
about a lot of upcoming events and opportunities.
November
10: Funky Friday – Sweet Shoppe: Taste tested chocolate, and made chocolate
lollipops. In the chocolate bar, we made lattes, ate rice crispy sushi and made
deep fried Oreos. We also made stained glass lollipops out of Life Savers and
other hard candies. CD’s looked like a fish, and SZ’s looked like road-kill.
There was a chocolate fountain, but we didn’t do that.
This was a great event, There were five stations: a chocolate tasting
station where blindfolded girls compared different kinds of chocolate and
carob; a deep frying station where they battered and deep fried cookies; a hard
candy station where they made lollipops and sampled candy sushi; a chocolate
molding station where they made multicolored chocolate pops and chocolate
covered spoons; and a latte café where they made lattes and dipped fruits and
other goodies into a chocolate fountain. The Crew who ran the event was well
prepared and was very appreciative of our help cleaning up afterward. All
participants earned the Sweet Shop IPP.
October
27: Halloween Party: got there early to set up; ate pizza and soda for
dinner; did some more setting up and positioned our volunteers. Leaders checked
in, paying $5 per girl, and each scout got a bag with 20 tickets in it to use
to play games, consult with a fortuneteller, and go through the haunted alley.
Each game awarded 1-3 prize points that could be redeemed for prizes. The
fortuneteller had her own fortunes and fortune fish to give out in her own
personal room illuminated by a black light. The haunted alley was illuminated
by a disco ball and consisted of a talking picnic table, a magician, and
several other older girls performing in various stage sets. The girls could
also have their faces painted, do two crafts (a Halloween themed cootie catcher
to color and fold and a clear plastic glove to fill with popcorn and candy corn
and top off with a spider ring) at their leisure. About half way
through, the first shift of volunteers was relieved by the second shift (who
had spent the first part of the evening enjoying the event) and then the
costume contest winners were announced; 8 spooky Japanese lanterns were awarded
as prizes. The snack table was a big hit with three large bags of chips, four
bags of Oreos, 90 cupcakes, and 32 quarts of lemonade and punch consumed! Those
who stayed to help clean up were allowed to take home the small pumpkins on the
tables, thanks again for all your help! This event took one month to plan, 100s
of hours of prep, and 5 hours of set up/run/clean-up that day. We did have the
benefit of left over decorations, games and prizes form past events, which
saved us a lot of time and legwork, and we are very grateful to our Service Unit
for these. If this event were to be duplicated from scratch it would have cost
over 600, over $7.00 per girl, but because we had the benefit of this largess,
used troop supplies, borrowed equipment, received the decorations donation, and
exercised very careful spending, we were able to keep the cost of the event to
$5.00 per girl. HP Leadership
= 5hr
We owe a debt of
gratitude to all those who helped, especially the many leaders and girls who
served were needed. Thank you!
October 26: made and decorated cupcakes for the party. HB = HP Leadership = 1hr
October
22: Meeting, election, talked about and prepared for the Halloween party event.
CD (unopposed) will continue as Patrol
Leader, SZ elected to continue as Treasurer, HB (unopposed) will continue as
Secretary, and KK was elected to Hostess position. HP Leadership = 1hr
October
15: THREE HOUR meeting, all business: Sign up for Funky Fridays – sweets is
a go, fashion is a maybe; Cookie training and tasting – double dough or no?, booth
sales till we drop is a yes, Gift of Caring to US military overseas is a big
yes; we worked on designing and creating games for the Halloween party and
tried them out ourselves, we checked out the prizes that we have so far and
discussed the logistics of the prize point system, and HB did snack table
layout/grocery list and presented to troop for approval – yummy! HP
Leadership = 2hr; HB finished S2B booklet
October
2: We toured the Vanderbilt mansion and estate in Hyde Park, NY. We started
in the Hospitality Center, what was once their home while the mansion was being
built and then, moved on to the mansion where we toured the first, second, and
first basement level floors. A volunteer came in and played the Stradivarius
while we toured and our guide was excellent. Since everything there was
original right down to the music selection being played it was just like going
back in history. We had a half an hour to tour the gardens and then raced to
the Culinary Institute of America for another tour. Janelle, a bachelor degree student, was our guide and she
was very informative. We got to see all the students in action, the classrooms
in session, the Escoffier and American Bounty restaurants and some of the
grounds. It was the nicest campus
I have ever been to, everything was immaculate, well maintained and just
beautiful. We had a half an hour
before dinner so we stopped into the Apple Pie bakery café for a snack because
some of our scouts had not had lunch and were starving by this time. Then it
was off to the ST Andrews Café for dinner. The food was excellent and the
service was good but a bit disorganized…it turns out this was this class’s
first night and they were very shorthanded. We spoke to their instructor on the
way out and she explained how much training they had and how they run the
restaurant program. It was a very interesting trip; all the girls said they
liked it very much. Cost-wise, it ended up being much less expensive. The
Vanderbilt was free (arranged in advance), the CIA was a reduced rate for
scouts (found that out at Hospitality, and the meal was a lot less because they
had shortened the menu considerably due to the small class size…less cooks,
fewer choices. Creative Cooking IPP: CE#3; CE#2(in part); SB#4(in part); Tech#1(in part);
Tech#2(in part); Tech#4(in part - we saw a turn of the century
kitchen/storage/icebox/wine storage/etc).
September
24: Talked about Anime Boston 2007, the Connecticon 2007, and the Halloween
party we’re running with troop 645. We talked about double dough and cookie
sales, and upcoming elections. HP
Leadership = 1
hr
September
17: Bowling, the score was: LD-84, HB-20, CD-5, SZ-59. CD is the gutter
champion! We met two people, TR and BN. We ate food, and played a hunting game,
and a racing game.
September
16: Bottle recycling
September
10: Vegan meal - Supertroop-diversity
September
2: Orienteering at Huntington State Park hosted by WCOC. Since only two of
us had participated in a meet before we competed in a yellow-O beginner course.
We divided into two groups, signed in, marked our maps, rented compasses, got a
tutorial in the beginning from Pavia Brautigam (US orienteering team and
international competitor), timed in, and walked the course finding all the
markers over 3K in 69 & 72 minutes. The girls learned how to read and thumb
a map, orient the compass to the map, and use the azimuth ring to direct us to
the next goal. We got to keep the maps and one of the punch cards and we were
given a free compass in celebration of National Orienteering day. Orienteering
IPP SB#1,#2(in part),
August
27: Meeting. Talked about events, orienteering, bowling, Anime Boston,
Connecticon, and possibility of doing a Halloween party. SZ checked out
hotel/hostel options for Anime Boston; CD worked on HP logistics (what do we
need, who will we ask to help us and for what); all checked the OT prize
listing for possible prizes for the Halloween party.
HP Leadership
= 1hr; SZ finished S2B booklet
August
19: Finished and displayed sculptures on front lawn of town hall, while we
collected and recycled bottles, for visual arts badge. Visual Arts
IPP SP #2
August
13: Worked on bottle sculptures for visual arts badge. Visual Arts
IPP SP #2
August
6: Meeting. Did badge work, ate some popcorn, drank soda, and hung out.
July
30: Meeting. Worked on our silver and gold binders, and did troop business.
Started recyclable sculptures and swam. Visual Arts IPP SP #2
July
23: meeting and swim. Three spent one hour working on badge work and another
in the pool. They are all in art camp so it was easier to work with them on the
badges they were earning & figuring out what they still needed to do
separately. KK got in late and we worked on putting the silver binder
together and completing final reports.
July
21: Trip to Borders to buy more books for area libraries. We had raised the
money with GS cookie sales and have been buying books as good deals came along.
KK made a list of what we had gotten as donations, what the libraries had
requested and what we wanted. The girls collaborated in choosing the last few
titles, as we were running out of money and our wish list was still lengthy.
All told we collected two hardcover picture books, three art books, and 20
paperbacks. Service = 2 hours considering, finding
and cropping the selection.
July
16: Meeting to catch up on website notes and troop business then we got on-line
to check out all the resources that we collected at the Con.
July
15: Bottle collection - it was
sooo hot and it took two hours to redeem the bottles because the machines were
acting up but, as always, we are very grateful to everyone for their support.
Thanks to all who donated their bottles and cans!
July
7-8: Connecticon: The Connecticon is a cos-play convention
(anime/manga/sci-fi/fantasy fan and dress-up convention). The first day we
walked around and took pictures of characters we liked, and gave them hugs. CD
was in the Artist’s Colony, which was a hall where artists created, displayed
and sold their art and spent most of her time there. HB and SZ went into an AMV
(Animated Music Video) contest to watch the entries and vote for our favorite
one. We checked in to our hotel, ate dinner and went to the Connecticon dance
(we hung out more than we danced). The second day, we checked out of our hotel
and went back to the convention. We went into the dealers’ room and bought some
things. HB and SZ went into an information panel for Asian ball jointed dolls, and
we talked about face-ups, body blushing, and all about Super Dollfies (ABJDs).
All of us went to a screening of Final Fantasy 7, Advent Children then we
packed up, said our good-byes, and then left for dinner and home.
The
girls had wanted to stay for three nights but the Convention Center hotel was
very expensive and one of us had to leave a day early anyway. Though the hotel
rooms were extremely comfortable, the convention center amenities were
impressive, and the convention activities and staff were awesome, by the second
day we were exhausted so it was good that we had changed our plans to leave
when we did.
July
2: Planned for the Connecticon: checked on-line for all the activities, panels
and workshops and chose what we wanted to do.
June
17: Bottle recycling – a few more people brought cans and bottles and profit
was up a few dollars but we were still under 15.00. The girls had a good time
hanging out and we got more people’s attention. I think it’s going to take
quite awhile to build up this project.
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Activities 2005-2006
June 2-3: Encampment – on Friday we
packed and got there around five. We immediately went to cleaning the A- frames
and setting up tarps over the fire pits because rain was in the forecast. It
poured all night and into the next day so all the older girl events were
canceled. We spent a lot of time around the campfire to keep warm and as a
result our asthmatics were in bad straights. Since we were absolutely soaked and
cold to the core we called it quits late Saturday. The two youngest groups
slept over my house.
May 20:
Bottle recycling – Only two people
brought any cans and bottles besides ourselves but we didn’t really expect a
lot because it’s the first time in a long while that Girl Scouts have done
this. We spent most of our time making posters for next time. A reporter from
the Bethel Beacon came by and asked some questions and took pictures. While she
was doing her thing we asked her questions about her job, major in college, how
she got this internship, what is an internship, etc. She showed us the pictures
that she took of us and we did some posing…it was fun.
Bring-A-buddy dance – only one troop
showed which was disappointing but we made the best of it. Our media specialist
had arranged to have a 100 CD changer on hand with an awesome stereo system and
speakers galore. Decorations consisted of a disco ball that reflected off a
mirrored wall on stage; there were balloons all over the floor, and a clothesline
of mismatched clothes (to be used later for the crazy clash dress contest)…all
of which clashed horribly. Since there were so few girls we had a lot more
options as to what we could do. We held endurance line dances, had a dance-off
contest, held an idol contest where girls lip-synced and performed to a tune,
and the clashing contest where girls either entered with what they came with or
got stuff off the clothes line. These girls were really good and it was really
tough to pick a winner. The prizes were large stuffed snakes that complimented
you when you pulled their tongue. The snack table was a hit as well with
homemade brownies, Jax, potato chips, pretzels, cookies and country time
lemonade and water. The girls said they had a really good time and were glad
the others didn’t show up. They said they did things they wouldn’t have in
front of others and they were glad that they had this opportunity. We are glad
they had a good time; it just was an awful lot of work for so few people.
May 17: Shopped for snacks and
prizes then ate ice cream at Dr. Mikes.
May 16: we placed flags at Veterans
gravesites for Memorial Day. It was a nice day to be out doing good works and the
veterans of the local VFW treated us all to Pizza and soda when we were done.
May 7: Patrol leaders duties done, Bring
A Buddy dance discussed; Connecticon discussed; upcoming calendar adjusted;
badge work, and play.
April 23: meeting: officers duties;
leader’s meeting news items brought to the table; Early bird and other events
decided on; Fundraising discussed and calendar updated; Bring A Buddy event
accepted; Silver/leadership/badge paperwork/scrap booking done; and award
presented with many thanks to Mrs. K for all that she does for us. It was a
three-hour meeting but it felt like a days worth.
April 22: We rented space at Bethel
Blooms Artisan fair and offered: assemble your own Perfect Plushie for 4.00;
make your own necklace, etc. at Bead Magic; and 10 or so other kids crafts for
a dollar and under. We were there all day. Mrs. K brought breakfast in honor of
Leader Appreciation day and we sent out for lunch as well; business was very
slow so (between all that was brought in and all the munchies bought at the
event) we pretty much ate our way through the day. Plushies were a big hit, the
beads a close second, and the rest of the crafts a distant third. Even though
we barely broke even we came away with a lot because we learned a lot more about
business. It was even better for us that business was so slow because the girls
were able to spend a lot of time with the other artisans; since they weren’t
busy they had time to talk about their craft, complain about the lack of
business and how the event should have been publicized better, etc. …shop
talk...and take advantage of the discounts the artisans gave each other. 8:00-8:30 pack the
stuff in the van, 9:00-9:30 sign in, unpack van, set up stations, 9:30-10 price
everything, 10-3 sales (with time off for lunch and to schmooze during slow
times), 3:00-3:30 cleaned up and packed the van, 4-4:30 unpacked the van. (KK
10-3:30; CD 8:00-4:30; HB 9:00-3:30; SZ 9-3:30).
April 21: Made plushie kits: cut fabric
and felt ears, partially sewed plushie, put plushie and stuffing in bag and
labeled it; made sign.
April 12: Packed food at BIA Easter
food drive.
April 9: We made brownies and popcorn and
took pictures using the rest of the Polaroid film left from the event. The
officers did their jobs. We talked about the event, what we could have done
better, what stations and activities were really popular and what wasn’t, and
what the scouts and leaders had to say about it. We worked on our silver
binders – putting pictures and stuff from the event in page protectors so they
won’t get ruined or lost.
April
8: Expressing Yourself Event: It
was a long day full of hard work and play but we did well and got lots of
compliments on what a good job we did and how much the girls liked it and there
were several requests to have it done again next year. CD collected lots of
great art supplies; everyone was very generous. KK got good input on the media
review and now has a better idea of what will be best appreciated by this age
group. Judging from the reluctance of all the girls to leave the stations when
time was called (for them to move on to the next station) they really liked all
of them. The favorite station by far, though, was the DDR station…girls were
playing as we cleaned up…it was the last item packed. We owe a great deal of
thanks to many people: Bethel and BHS librarians and media specialists, Bethel
Park and Rec. for the room, TVs and VCR, Atlantic Market and Shop Rite for
special ordering food and discounting the price of it for us, Mrs. K for all
her help before, during and after the event, and to all the troops who
participated and made our projects a success.
8:30-9
pack the stuff in the van, 9-10 organize the room and unpack van, 10-11 set up
stations, 11-12 try out everything, 12-1 quick lunch and last minute
details, 1-4 ran stations at event and started to clean up stations no longer
in use, 4-5:30 finished cleaning and packed the van, 5:30-6 unpacked the van
(KK 10-5; CD 8:30-6; HB 8:30-5:30; SZ 9-5:30).
April 2: Checked out some AV equipment to make sure it worked, pre-packed stuff
for stations, and went to two Asian markets to buy food for the event.
April 1: went into town to clean off the three windows we painted
earlier. It took us awhile, that paint was thick! And, OF COURSE, it rained on
us…just hard enough to get us wet but not hard enough to help with the window.
Then we took our soaking wet selves to Dr. Mike’s for ice cream…we earned it!
March 26: We talked about how we could earn money for the
Connecticon. We talked about our 4/8 event and how we’re going to set it up and
run it.
March 18: Made a poster board with kanji on it for our face
painting section, then went through the troop supplies to see what we had on
hand. Discussed what we need for all the different stations and made a list of
what we have, what we need, and what we
want. We made a needs and wants list. We went price shopping at the Atlantic
Asian Market and spoke to the owner. We asked about buying in bulk, how to make
sushi and what supplies were best for that, and placed an order for mini
tropical puddings (more like jellies). Super troop
March 11: Sold Girl Scout cookies in
front of Dunkin Donuts, went to eat at Burger King, then went to the candy shop
How Sweet It Is.
March 10: Window painted and pulled out
evergreen cuttings from in front of Occasions and then planted our painted
wooden tulips.
March 8: Went to the town hall for the
Girl Scout week proclamation by the selectman. Then went to leader’s meeting to
promote our event.
February 25: meeting to do Real Deal
activities and trip to JoAnn’s store to buy door prize to donate to service
unit to benefit Capital Campaign.
February 21: Cold Stone Creamery with 006
and PetCo with 070. The owner and the manager of the Cold Stone: gave us a
tour, showed us the machines and explained the technology employed in making
ice cream and gave a demonstration how it is made (Creative Cooking Career
Exploration #2 –in part); described their safe food handling sanitary
practices, told us about what training was needed to work in the store and what
the daily responsibilities of each person were; and let us mix our own
creations on the cold stone. We learned about the chemistry in
making ice cream (tech #2 – in part) and about some things that could ruin the flavor or consistency
of it. They explained how they store food and why. They showed us the recipes
of their creations (tech#3 – in part).
An
employee of PetCo gave us a tour of the facility, explained the care and
feeding of the animals in the store (Pets SB #4 – in part), and told us about
their abandoned pet adoption program. We got to pet the animals, observe them
feeding and socializing and watched as she introduced new fish to the tanks.
She explained how to handle, train, and socialize several of the animals (SB#3 – in
part). As we went through the store we checked out the new products, marveling
how pampered today’s pet is. Our tour guide explained how products and
standards of care, especially for fish, have evolved primarily due to
better-educated pet owners. Products change to meet demand and more
pet-friendly products are becoming available because more pet owners are more
aware of the value of these products. We asked her how she came to work her,
what experience/training she had, and about her own pets. (CE#5)
February
20: Operation Cookie Drop = packing Girl Scout cookie Gift of Caring donations
and other “boodle” with 070 to send to US military overseas. Because of the
considerable generosity of Girl Scout families and troops, and our Bethel
community we were able to send over 300 boxes of cookies and pay for their
shipping.
February 19: we had a quick meeting to
decide a couple of upcoming events and schedule conflicts then we worked in the
Real Deal booklet and discussed self esteem issues while we chowed popcorn.
February 5: Painted tulips for the troop
to put in town for Girl Scout Week; finalized this months and some of next
months events; did a couple of activities from the Real Deal booklet over
popcorn and soda; patrol officers did their jobs; free time; finished painting
the tulips.
January 29: business meeting – a lot of
decisions made about upcoming events: Yes to It’s a Girl Thing event, Bring A Buddy
swim, Movie night, window painting, and tulip painting if we’re free; No to
Mardi Gras, and possibly the Bring A Buddy dance – both mainly younger girl
events. Long Range events are Cookie Cupboard Clean out (which CD is not going
to be here for), Silver/Leadership events, Encampment, and Connecticon.
January 21: Cookie booth sale for a few
hours and Fun Station for laser tag for the remainder. The deal was when we
sold all that we had that we would go out for a treat.
January 14: Cookie booth sale with 070 at
Silver Touch. Some hawked cookies, some advertised, some handled the cash.
January 8: meeting was all business: what events do we want to go to? What
events do we want to run? How are we going to raise the money for our summer
trip? Silver projects standing calendar proposal.
January 7: Booth cookie sale with 070 at Dunkin Donuts. Some hawked cookies,
some advertised, some handled the cash. We all took turns so the others could
warm up in the store or nosh on lunch in the cars.
December 18: 4 hour meeting and party =
COOKIE making followed by a quick meeting and present exchange. SZ & HB
made their first ever chocolate chip cookie dough from scratch. They doubled
the recipe, measured the ingredients at the start, and carefully followed their
recipe. I served as cheerleader and, a baker by trade, explained the kitchen
chemistry behind why the recipe reads like it does and what the ingredients
purposes are and what would happen if you skipped stuff/steps. Then all the
girls formed and cooked CC cookies. KK brought sugar cookie dough and rolled it
out. She learned the importance of flouring the board and the rolling pin,
rolling evenly from the center out and rotating the dough, cutter placement for
maximum yield and ease of removal, the benefit of dampening the cookie face to
get decorations to stick and moving fast before it dried, and getting those
done cookies off the sheet as soon as they were cool enough. The business end
of the meeting was quick: a reminder to bring in summer clothes for donation;
booth cookie sales dates/times/locations; upcoming field trip and ideas collected
for future trips; SZ worked on the cookie booth sale banner.
December 10:
business meeting – HB stepped down as Treasurer and became our Secretary, KK
became our official Troop Photographer/Historian; and SZ became our Treasurer.
We agreed to bring in clothes, etc. to the next meeting for children in Ghana.
We discussed how we’d like to serve at encampment, a predicament since current
leadership cannot be present. We evaluated our Business projects from 12/3 –
KK: “we could have done with less signage as it wasn’t noticed”; the rest said
that they’d have been more effective if they had one more person so they could
serve in pairs and coverage wouldn’t have been so sparse when buddies went for
meals, etc. Several patrons said that we had a really good thing going, it was
very affordable, and they’d like to see it back for next year. I think we did a
good job representing the value of Girl Scouts in our community, though the
vendors around us might have found working around so many children a bit of a challenge.
December 3: GALA = we tried our hand at running our own businesses. With
the help of the other scouts, CD ran an ornament business and KK ran a jewelry
business. The two scouts were given 20.00 start-up and we rented a table at a
local craft fair to sell our wares for 40.00 for the day. We were set up by
9:00, sold stuff until 3:30, and each scout made 35.00 profit. We are 10.00 in
the red and spent every penny we each brought on food and Christmas presents
BUT we did knock off a career requirement of the Your Own Business IPP, making
us one step closer to the Silver Award, and we will use the left over stuff for
service projects for Super troop. We also learned one very important lesson,
none of us really have the patience or desire to continue to run our own
business. 8:30-9:00 pack
the stuff in the van, 9:00-10:00 sign in, unpack van, set up stations, 10-3
sales (with time off for lunch, 3:00-4:00 cleaned up and packed the van, 4-4:30
unpacked the van. (KK 9-3:30; CD 8:30-4:30; HB 8:30-3:30; SZ 9-3:30).
November 20: We had a girl who wants to join come to our meeting so we
had a few s’mores to celebrate. The meeting covered events, the upcoming Gala,
and the Connecticon. Of course we also discussed cookies and how many we need to
sell to get to where we want to go; that’s a lot of cookies!
November 14: Older Girl Recognitions Ceremony – Members from Troops 070,
358, 845, and one Juliette attended. Several scouts assisted in running the event:
Senior Scout NC set up the snack table; HB(358) & CD(358) ran the check in
table; KK (358) was the caller, MH(070) and JC(845) were color guards, and
AB(070) was the flag bearer; LH(070) led the Welcome, MH(070) led the
Investiture, and SR(070) led the Conclusion. Eleven scouts were recognized for
their work and three were invested to Cadettes.
November 6: Two created Brochures for their businesses here and one
created promotional posters at home (only two computers were available at
meeting site so we had to outsource). So now we have three business outlines,
three product lines are being developed and mass-produced, and we are looking
into a location to sell all our products at one booth. HB’s business will be
called H’s Perfect Plushies, CD’s business will be called C’s Creations, and
KK’s business will be called K’s Bead Magic. As well as offering products to
take, they will offer a donation option as well, donated items to go to BIA for
this Holiday season.
November 5: The orienteering meet was an O course (runners race to
collect points from as many of the markers as they can in as little time as
they can for the best overall score) so we chose the intermediate yellow course
and took our time. We came in nest to last in the group category, not bad
considering we took our time and checked out the sites along the way. We
spoke to Donna Fluegel, publisher of the US National Orienteering Magazine:
Orienteering North America to see if you could make a living in this field.
Turns out that Donna is retired and volunteers her time to put out the magazine
and hosts meets as well. Orienteering CE#1(1/2 done); CE#3(1/3 done).
October 30: trip to several area craft stores to get ideas about turning
hobbies into a business: how much does it cost for supplies?; how much will be
needed/wasted?; how are similar items marketed by the stores? Picked up extra
craft supplies to add to what we already had at home.
October 26: Apple picking at local orchard – we had donuts, cider and hot
cocoa, and picked a bag of apples for 7.50 check to Americares to aid hurricane
victims. A great event, a cold but otherwise great day weather wise. Afterward
we stopped in the orchard store and purchased baked goods and goodies to
go…yum!
October 23: CD & KK
created brochures for their businesses.
October 21-22: Program Aid overnight – included training and three hour
specialty training
October 19: Castle Hill Farm event: we took younger girls through the corn
maze, built to fire for everyone to cook their dogs and s’mores over, and hung
out on the hay bails and talked just older girls together. We didn’t go on the
hayride or participate in the guessing games, and costume contest because we
wanted the younger girls to enjoy those things.
October 17: Women in Business Night: 5 Businesswomen, one student, and
three troop moms shared their experiences in business: as an owner, as a boss,
as a tradesperson, as a student, and as an employee. Four tables were set up in
a U with chairs on both sides and the ladies sat on the outside with the girls
moving from chair to chair on the inside. Snacks were set up on the snack table
and scouts were recruited to serve in the flag ceremony. After the flag
ceremony and then I read the welcome and introduction to hurry things along
since we were starting 30 minutes late. The women were given a piece of paper a
marker and tape and asked to make triangular name plates so the scouts would be
able to figure out who was who and the scout were given a handout. The scouts
had two pages of questions to complete: one was in a BINGO format and the other
listed four of requirements from the Your Own Business IPP. The goal was to
complete all questions on both pages but the scouts were told that since there
were three distinct parts that it was best to complete all of one before moving
onto the other (ex: all of the IPP page and/or an “X” on the BINGO page and/or
a “+” on the BINGO page. The “X” consisted of the questions from the Silver 2B step
three What’s out there?, the “+” consisted of the questions from the Silver 2B step
three Who’s out there?, and the IPP page met the: Skill Builder
#4, Technology #1 & #4, Career Exploration #2, (and if the scout invited
any businesswomen to attend they fulfilled Service Project #3)
requirements. We started at 6:30, drinks were allowed throughout, the snack
table was opened around 8:00, the last of the girls had finished by 8:30, and
we packed up and left by 9:00. The girls seemed very hesitant at first but
really seemed to enjoy flitting from person to person to complete a section
consulting with each other along the way. It would have taken the girls a good
portion of the year to do this on their own and it was so much more convenient
to have these ladies at hand on one evening. We owe these ladies a debt of
gratitude for being such good sports: Pat Cosentino principal of Berry School
who was our college student; Marci Benitez of Fun Cuts; Donna Lawrence of the
Parent Teacher Store; Irene Mardal of Take Time Relaxation Center; Nora O’Neil
of Rainy Day Paperback Exchange; Lorraine Schrameck of Silver Touch Jewelry;
Uta Robertson for at home childcare, a Danbury troop parent spoke about her
job, and I was the baker.
October 16: We prepared for the Women in Business Event: collected paper
goods and utensils from the troop stash; made chocolate chip cookies from
scratch; and stapled event handouts together. We went over our calendar for the
month and pared some activities from the list and added others. We also went
over cookie sales information and decided who would benefit from our Gift Of
Caring collections. We went 30 minutes overtime and even though we got a lot
done there is much left to do last minute…yikes!
September 25:
finished the booklet, the girls weren’t very impressed by it; it got poor
reviews.
September 18: worked on Studio 2B booklet Looking in Reaching Out.
September 14: delivered toiletries to women’s shelter, signed the book
and took pictures. The kits were cute. The girls opted to buy sturdy plastic
zippered bags and filled them with the donations of shampoo, etc. from area
troops and what they had collected and/or purchased themselves.
September
11: business meeting – we decided what activities we will be participating in
and wish to know more about. There are several that are iffy because the
activities are not quite to our liking but we’ll see. The bottom line is that
the girls want to go to many events and sleepovers.
September 4: Silver work only
August 7: Dinner at Fortunato’s Villa Pizza – the scouts took we leaders
out to dinner to thank us for being there for them. It was a very nice evening.
They presented us with flowers and a Leader Bear, complete with vest, and cards
that made us cry. God I’ll miss you all. Best of luck in college and the Navy
ladies!
July 30- August 6: Cruise to Bermuda on the Celebrity Zenith out of Cape
Liberty New Jersey
July 30: 10:30 meet at leader house to verify ID/ticket completion/etc.
and distribute cruise luggage tags;11:00 limo bus which got us to port around
1:00; Porters took our bags away and we were shuttled to the terminal where our
carry on luggage and we were screened at a security checkpoint, our
ID/tickets/parental permission forms/etc were thoroughly checked and verified
before our sea passes were released to us, pictures were taken at the next
station as we checked in with our sea pass and we boarded the ship. The port
was depressingly sad looking but the speed with which we breezed through check
in was well worth the sacrifice of a decent view. We were in our room by 2:00
and at 4:30 the boat left port. It took awhile for the luggage to get to our
rooms as it was all passed through the X-ray. Since our first aid kit had a
small set of scissors in it we had to go to security, open our first aid bag,
remove the scissors and immediately surrender them…oops! We had a smooth sail
out, a marvelous dinner at the Caravelle restaurant, where we ate every night,
and a good night at sea.
July 31: The entire day was spent at sea. We explored the ship to check
out the services and programs that it
had to offer. Menus were tweaked to accommodate dietary restrictions, on shore
excursions were cancelled and added, three day bus passes were purchased, and
banking was done to prepare for the next day. This night was the first formal
night so it took the better part of the day to get ready, we had portraits done
and it was off to dinner.
August 1: Some of us got up early to join the Fantasea Bermuda Triangle
Shipwreck Snorkel. It was really cool.
Two of us remained on the boat (it was glass bottomed) and watched while the
others snorkeled for an hour. We met the others at the Ferry terminal to head
to the Royal Navy Dockyard. We had lunch at Pirates Landing and headed right
over to the Maritime Museum to check in for our Dolphin Quest Family and
Friends program. We didn’t really check the fort or museum out because it was
too hot to move and it was not air-conditioned but the girls had a great time
once they got in the water with the dolphins. They spent about 40 minutes in an
education seminar in a very close room (hotter and more humid than any sauna
I’ve been in) but they were attentive and active participants. Then they were
off to meet the trainer to be instructed how to avoid injury to self and
dolphin, the handsome young Australian had them wrapped around his finger for
the duration of the program. He led them along the dock to a seat that was
submerged in the water and there they met the dolphins. They did all sorts
of tricks with the dolphins and had an excellent time. They had an extended
session as I had informed them that we were Girl Scouts and had a sincere
interest in the animals and their care and handling, etc. Turns out that
Heather, the very helpful gal that helped arrange our booking, is a Gold Award
recipient! After this it was back to the ship via ferry to get cleaned up and
chill.
August 2: We walked to the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. We
checked out the exhibits, which were
definitely geared toward younger kids, and had a good time playing there. Then
we walked back and on the way down Front Street we shopped, ran back to the
boat for a quick lunch, and then it was off to Coral beach. I don’t advise this
beach for those who can’t hoof it long distances. Fortunately there was a
resort nearby and they graciously shuttled one of our members from bus stop to
the beach. The rest of us hiked the rainforest-like path and well manicured
greens back and forth.
August 3: We were stuck in Hamilton courtesy of Tropical storm Harvey (WE
ARE THE STORMTROOPERS!) and had to be tendered (use lifeboats) to get ashore.
We left as soon as the downpour
subsided and walked to the bus terminal where we took the first bus to Saint
George. We stopped at Crystal Caves and saw that, hired two vans to take us to
Fort Saint Catherine (where it poured once more), huddled under a porch of a
nearby restaurant for a while until the rain stopped and walked to Horseshoe
beach. We took a minibus to the Saint George terminal and took a bus to the
Hamilton bus terminal, walked to the Ferry terminal, and caught a lifeboat to
be tendered to the ship. After we got cleaned up and dry we headed back out to
take part in the Harbor Night on Front Street. There were vendors and bands and
dance groups and it was great…until it started to pour again…then it was good…then it poured…certainly not
our best day weather-wise but it was to be expected.
August 4: Some ran out to get some last minute shopping and sightseeing
done and the ship was off for home.
Because Harvey was still a threat the ship was headed away at top speed. I
didn’t know that a ship a big as this could go so fast. Sea sick bags were left
all over the ship by crew for the queasy…it was bad…many of us stayed in bed.
By sunset, however, we were out of the thick and headed out to the formal
dinner which was followed by the grand buffet.
August 5: We slept in, enjoyed a leisurely day, returned all rented
items, packed and had our bags picked up, and caught a show before dinner.
August 6: Got up early and went for breakfast, paid all our bills,
assembled for disembarkation, searched for our luggage which a porter took out
for us and waited for our limo bus. It was a very interesting wait as we
witnessed much of the crew boarding a shuttle bus to the airport. We found out
that some members we had come to know well were dismissed while others had
completed their 2/3/5/7/8 month contract.
Our most memorable GROUP moments (I’m sure the young ladies had their own
best moments) were:
Dinners – our wait staff was absolutely wonderful and we had a really
good time around that table
Dolphin Quest
Bermuda Triangle Shipwreck Snorkel
Chatting with the locals under the porch in Saint George
Elbow beach
Shopping – gotta get that extendable fork!
Harvey – not a good memory, but definitely makes the brag bag.
July 24: Mandatory Trip Planning meeting 2: our troop trip leader and the
adults sat down to go over the schedule and make sure we had appropriate
trained/adult coverage for on-island activities. We did a walk-through of the
trip to make sure there were no conflicts between the on-board
events/activities they wished to participate in and the island activities they
wished to participate in.
July 17: Mandatory Trip planning meeting 1: went over everything from top
to bottom. Collected HHforms and distributed extra copy to those who lost their
first set; collected money for activities/livery/etc. ; some completed their
on-line booking.
July 16: Conneticon – anime/manga fest…the girls got dressed up and
enjoyed hanging out. There were role-playing events; costumed human chess;
video and game screenings (the DDR tournament had some amazing competitors in
it); the dealers room had everything Japanese/Asian for sale (beware
parents…they even sell “display quality” weapons). It was a lot of fun but we
had a lot of downtime because of poor planning (we couldn’t get a schedule
until we got there and it was very confusing) but we finally did figure it out
so next year the girls will be able to take advantage of everything. Also,
since it is a 24-hour event it really is best to sleep over. It would also be a
good idea to bring several adult chaperones…parents tend to drop and go…I was
asked to volunteer but I turned them down as I did not know what to expect. My
scouts were fine, the site was safe, security was ever-present, so next time I
may volunteer as may the ladies who are 14 or older. And next time they will
bring their friends so they can role-play on their own.
July 8: Bridged Junior Troop 070 to Cadettes
Thank you Gail from A
Pocket Full of Poses for the tutorial and pictures.
Thank you Beefy for being our second adult for encampment, you rule!
Thank you Gail for the cake decorating lesson
and all you did for us.
Thank you troops 645 and 107 for handling the baskets at the Father
daughter dance.
Thank you troops 330 and 626 for arranging for the door prize baskets
and handling them at the movie.
Thank you Sally for the many free yoga lessons, you have inspired us.
Thank you Putnam Imaging for the tour and
sharing your vocation with us.
Thank you Bethel GS troops who have
donated pet goodies to DAWS.
Thank you Rebecca for coming to our meeting and helping us work out
event details.
Thank you Mr. D, Mr. B, and Mrs. K for taking turns serving as second
adult at our booth sales.
Than you Danbury older GS for holding the Sweet Shoppe event, it was
awesome.
Thank you Mr. Be. for getting us all to the party site and getting the
pizza for us!
Thank you Girl Scout troops who helped out at the Halloween party: 108;
141; 261; and 626 rule!
Thank you to the older Girl Scouts who assisted, we don’t know what
we’d do without you!
Thank you to the troop leaders who helped out, you were marvelous!
Thank you Bethel Senior Center for the use of your Café for our
Halloween party and for donating the table coverings and decorations, they were
very much appreciated.
Thank you Bethel High Media Center librarian for allowing our scout to
keep a book donation box in the center; your donations were very much
appreciated.
Thank you Bethel librarians, teen and children’s, for your assistance
with our Silver.
Thank you troops 070 and 094 for your part in our Silver.
Thank you Social Services for allowing us to be a part of the Easter
Basket project.
Cadette 358... Senior 711...
Cadette/Senior 358/711…
Activities 2004-2005
July 3: Bermuda Planning session – we worked on our on island schedule.
One scout had to work and sent in her preferences; the rest said they’d abide
by whatever we decided. Of course we want to do it all, we have a lot of paring
down to do.
June 17-19: Encampment – it was O-mi-gosh a lot of work…we were exhausted
come Sunday.
Friday we packed up here and three cars of gear/food/stuff and one of
girls were on our way. We got there a little later than we had planned so a few
of our guests were waiting for us. While NA and AD, our site coordinators,
checked in our guests the rest of us unpacked the one car full of food, the one
car full of troop gear and encampment activity stuff, and the other full of
personal gear and files then set up the tent. 358 swept the a-frames out and
moved our personal gear in one and the troop gear into another then we helped
the seniors prepare. We started a fire at the nearest fire shelter and spent a
soggy evening around it (yes it rained, it always does when we camp!). Troop 645
hosted the campfire, which was well attended, and it was lights out for the
night. We went back to preparing the dining hall for the dance and the lunch
crowds the next day and unloaded the fourth car when it finally rolled in
around 11 pm.
Saturday
–
NA and AD were posted at the entrance; their job was to make sure that everyone
entering camp was a registered GS or staff, that everyone had a health history
form on file, and that no one was driving in camp unnecessarily. JS ran out for
breakfast from DD and the rest were preparing for the rest of the activities
while our adults prepared lunch for our guests. After a quick breakfast I
borrowed the graduating Senior GSs for their last (sniff) troop flag up
ceremony and we were off to sessions.
Session 1: NA & AD at checkout; BD & SR running
co-operative games; JS in the kitchen; and AD as one of our lifeguards. HB
& CD participated in low ropes activities.
Session 2: NA & AD assist where needed; BD leaves due to illness; JS
is still girl Friday in the kitchen which is serving their first round of
lunches; and AD is getting her lunch. HB & CD are running cooperative games
with Junior troop 070.
Session 3: NA & AD grab their lunch, clean up, and finish preparing
for the dance party to be held in the hall later that night; BD is at the
doctors; JS is ran more errands for the dance party and headed to the
waterfront to chill; AD is back to the water front. HB & CD are eating
lunch and spray-dying their t-shirts, which came out very well.
Session 4: BD returned and all go to Archery, which was very cool, and
the girls got to try a compound bow.
Session 5: All go canoeing with 070. The instructors said they were
interesting to watch (part of the exercise included exchanging seats in transit
and I hear things got a little tense) but the girls really seemed to enjoy it;
I’m sorry to have missed it. I remained to run the early campfire. The troops
exchanged their swaps there, though I had hoped they would wait for the older
troop that wished to exchange as well, and it was off to the flag down/scouts
own ceremony.
Dinner: All returned to prepare and eat dinner – 711 in the dining hall
and 358 ate with 070 at the campfire circle. There were fajitas and tacos left
over so I brought them to several sites to share with other troops.
Late Campfire: was run by BD and SR; JS and AD were back in the kitchen;
I was seeing that everyone was prepared for the night; HB & CD were at the
campfire with 070.
Dance Party: while the girls made ice cream sundaes, danced, played with
balloons and socialized the leaders had the choice of attending a PC party or
just hanging out. I had to leave to escort BD home because she was unwell
again. I hear it went rather well.
Lights out around 11pm.
Sunday: I got back early to close up camp while the others packed up gear and
made breakfast. The waterfront and memorial field were left in excellent
condition. Candleberry took me an hour; I collected two large bags of
garbage
when all was said and done. Bridges, the fields, and Captains weren’t too bad;
I spent an hour at Yarsloop (mostly re-doing what had been done incorrectly)
and collected one bag there. Catamaran was by far the worst site; I spent two
hours there re-doing what had been done incorrectly and picked up three large
bags of garbage. I take some of the blame here as I had asked the troops here
(mainly younger) to restock the wood in the fire shelter…they carefully placed
large piles of wood IN every fire circle at the site. I had to call in two of
my older scouts to help me here. After that it was off to the dining hall for
another two hours of clean up. The ride home was very quiet and we were late
(thank you parents, especially our dads, for your patience!).
June 12: meeting to walk-through encampment responsibilities and
protocol. We made sure the walkie-talkies worked, ironed the staff logos onto
the t-shirts, and finalized the shopping lists.
June 5: New member to 358! Planned a trip for July, prepared for encampment, and
swam. Chatted about upcoming class/graduation events Worked
on Encampment staff t-shirt logos and made a shopping list.
June 5: Silver award luncheon for NA and AD. It was very nice; our thanks
to Council for hosting this great event.
May 29: Encampment preparation, troop notebook and file closing, and
minor recognitions distribution.
May 15: We catered the Adult Recognition Celebration. We had a cart with
coffees, water for teas and a punch bowl. There were two tables of goodies: egg
salad, tuna salad, and chicken salad finger sandwiches; smoked salmon with
capers; sweet and sour meatballs; tortellini kabobs with ranch pesto dip; fresh
vegetable tray with honey mustard dip; fresh pineapple boats and grapes;
pepperoni and several cheeses with crackers; BLT spread with slices of French
bread; sweet breads and iced cake-lets; and two sheet cakes. The amount of food
was obscene but it went except for the cake – we could have done with just one.
We received raves all night on the food, the presentation, and for our hard
work and a job well done.
May 14: prepared for catering the next day by getting as much as we could
get done ahead of time. Silver was already polished and all other gear gathered
so we mixed and chopped until we dropped. The girls learned how to make several
party dishes, we ordered out for pizza and soda, and taste tested our
creations…yummy.
April 24: meeting: 358 worked on silver and 711 discussed upcoming
events, made arrangements for catering, and commitments for this month and
next.
April 18: American Patriotism IPP bag-a-badge – three troops and one
Juliette assumed a portion of the prerequisites and either presented or had
guests speak or organized a craft or activity for us all to participate in.
1.
Mrs. Falls talked about her experience in the Air Force serving in
combat, working on generators, her base in Japan…the scouts were enthralled.
CE#2
2.
We wrote letters to send to soldiers in Iraq stating how much we
appreciated their sacrifice and our freedom. SP#3
3.
Cheryl and I spoke about our many positions at the state and the government,
how we applied for and were selected for our positions, and shared our
experiences. CE#3
4.
070 brought in all manner of craft items to decorate the plain caps that
we brought. Tech#1 We
had the snacks that everyone brought to share
5.
320 reported on how the flag was made - Tech#3
6.
And when the flag is considered unusable and how to dispose of it – SP#1
7.
Our Juliette spoke about seamstress Betsy Ross and what it was like for
her in that time compared with today. CE#1.
8.
We all took part in a flag ceremony, while scouts presented the colors
troop 070 related the history of the Star Spangled Banner,
9.
And we ended with a flag folding ceremony, a first
for all the girls. And
the girls hung out…some for an hour after the event as many of us did not want
to leave, so I guess our next event should involve a sleepover!
April 17: 358 - finished the leadership award
April 10: 358 - finished Uniquely me booklet; 711 made sculpy beads and craft packets
for encampment while discussing some fundraising opportunities.
April 3: 358 silver prereq work; 711 went out to Osaka for Super Troop diversity
fulfillment. We ate at a hibachi table and the girls enjoyed sampling the
different foods, especially the desserts!
March 20: 358 worked on their Silver; 711 worked on encampment paperwork, the
menu and learned how to use the two-ways.
March 17: Daisy Troop 610 – cooperative games
March 13: Cookie Cupboard Clean out at Stop and Shop. It was the easiest
we have done so far, the booth sale was indoors – hallelujah! – and we did very
well.
March 11-12: Those who planned the bowling event shopped for prizes for
it; we went to the movie night and those who went to that slept over and
shopped for more prizes the next day; then it was off to bowling. Three of 358
ran the event and it went really well. The girls ran the GS table at the
beginning and after everyone was signed in they bowled while the adults took
over the table. When people signed in they got a ticket for shoes and a lane, a
slip of paper for raffle drawings, and every Girl Scout got a patch. The table
also held prizes for the raffle drawings, for trivia questions answered
correctly, and token prizes for every spare and strike. The Girls announced the
raffle winners and posed trivia questions on the loudspeaker every 15 minutes
or so and those who won; knew the answers to the trivia or got a strike or
spare would race to the prize table. Needless to say the place was hopping;
every one had a good time and seemed well pleased with the event.
It was an invaluable experience: girl leadership and adult leadership
learned to work together and communicate better; the girl leadership learned to
lead and take ownership of the event.
March 6: Girl Scout swim at the YMCA.
February 27: meeting – scrap booking silver notebooks, planning bowling
event and toiletries drive, created flyer for drive to pass out at next leaders
meeting.
February 25: Thinking Day event – DF assisted the host troop in setting
up for the event and taught the song “Cherry Tree” in Japanese to all the
(100+) scouts; KK brought in a display on Korea and mom baked Korean a ton of
almond cookies to share; 358 contributed 150 fortune cookies; CD, KK, BD, and
AD face painted Kanji and Bonji on attendees. The scouts LOVED the tattoo art.
February 21: Bingo / Tea – Troop 070 invited us to join us at an event
they were holding for local senior citizens. The Juniors did a great job and
hope to meet with us again to fulfill their bridging requirements.
February 17: Daisy Troop
610 – Potluck dinner
February 13:
CD and JS made brownies, they set up their silver binders, and worked on their FFtoF IPP: they looked online for fashion schools CE#2; and Senior scouts had them try on a host of outfits SB#4 and pose for photos. 711 had a potluck and after some event and encampment prep.
business was addressed.
February 6: CM
spoke about her experience as a Mary Kay Representative: while it does not require
formal training, attendance at the seminars is strongly encouraged; work time
is flexible, 1-8 hours a day or more; it requires skill as a salesperson; you
are often approached for donations of time and product; an initial investment
for start-up materials is necessary as well. We had show and tell about our own
skin care regimens; a ton of business (parents please check that parent
packet). From Fitness to
Fashion CE#3 ½
711 addressed their ton of
business very quickly, we addressed the need to go over encampment issues but
decided that could wait, and the meeting was over early so everyone could go
watch the Superbowl.
February 3: Daisy Troop
610
January 23:
Sledding – too many meetings missed and the snow was new so to the sledding
hill we went.
January 20: Daisy Troop
610
January 16:
meeting – silver prep for the Cadettes; encampment planning for the Seniors
January 15:
Cookie Booth Sale at Bagel Crossing
January 9:
Cookie Booth Sale at Giovanni’s
January 2: Seniors
works on encampment – we reviewed the encampment material that we had from the
last meeting and made commitments and claimed ownership of several areas and
still have yet to delegate the remainder out.
December 19:
meeting – Cadettes picked
out what Studio 2B materials they wished to buy and filled out badge logs so
they could easily see what they have done towards several badges and what is
left to do yet. Seniors worked on encampment – whom is
going to be responsible for what, which events they’d like to see and how this
is all going to be funded. Everything was put on the table but no commitments
were made.
December 15-17: Brotherhood in Action – sort, pack, and deliver food and gifts
to those in need in town. Car
Care SP#
December 5:
Bowling at Brookfield Lanes – all bowled, ate, and played games for a few hours
then we headed back to the meeting place to hang out. We leaders met to discuss
what favors we were calling in for the BSU encampment then called the older
girls down to see what they could commit to. Being that graduation is DURING
encampment the scope of each older girl’s involvement will be very limited.
November 20: BIA food
delivery = Car Sense SP#4
November 18: Daisy troop
610
November 18: BIA – pack
perishables for delivery =
Car Sense SP#4
November 17: BIA – pack
non-perishables for delivery =
Car Sense SP#4
November 16: BIA – sort
food donations = Car Sense
SP#4
11/14:We
had guests and food cooking in the oven so the meeting was brief. No one was on
the agenda and we had important troop business so we skipped the SU news and
went directly to events: bowling – meet there; gold – elders need to get a move
on and youngsters have new program to follow; encampment: falls on graduation
day (ARRGGHHH!) which means that we MUST prepare well. Kudos to our cooks for
the evening: KN-chicken in red sauce with ziti; KS- water chestnuts wrapped in
bacon in sauce; JS- monkey bread; NA- crescents; BD- chocolate/chocolate cake.
11/14: meeting: JS called agenda: 1. BL is concerned about the money
raised for the dog bullet-proof vest since the police dog has since been
retired – resolution= we’ll contact the PD to see when they expect to get a
replacement and we’ll go from there; 2. KK won’t be able to go on long-term
trip – resolution= letter sent home to parents to see if others may not be able
to attend (trip may have to be tweaked); 3. CD says she hasn’t sold many
cookies – resolution= we are signed up to participate in the Cookie Cupboard
clean-out, entered in a Mall booth sale lottery, and we will be standing in the
cold hawking cookies at area stores; 4. JS brought in a box and an item for
Operation Xmas Child and encouraged us all to do the same; 5. I related SU
business – we voted on whether or not we will be attending several events, we
committed to running a Family Bowl during Girl Scout Week and permission slips
were handed out for our troop bowl in December; 6. IPP work – we made
connections between much that we have done since bridging and several badges
then I walked the girls through the paperwork and challenged them to complete
the From Fitness to Fashion IPP. They spent the rest of the meeting inventing
some really interesting fashion accessories. IPP: FFtoF tech# 4
11/10: Trip to the AAC to have our hair done. CD got French braids, KK
got a trim and two beaded braids, BL got cornrows half way back and beaded
braids, and JS got bouncy curls. We asked our stylists all manner of
questions: how they got there and
where they hope to be someday; what’s it like at the academy; entry
requirements; etc. Several instructors shared with us as well. IPP: FFtoF SB#3,
CE#2(part), CE#3(part)
11/7: meeting: passed out pictures from past events; talked about
preparing for future meetings – something we are not doing well at the moment;
the girls decided, since those who were scheduled to bring food/cook did not
come to the meeting, that they’d go out to eat. They decided on a place,
arranged for transportation, figured out how they were going to pay for this,
got permission from parents and an earful from me about safety and behavior
protocol, they firmed up meal plans for the next meeting, adjourned this
meeting and off they went. There is a lot of business to discuss on Encampment
but they were hungry and it could wait. We leaders appreciated the time to ourselves
to organize and make plans for the year, so it worked out well.
11/7: meeting: looked up Studio2B destinations on the computer until all
were present; looked at and claimed pictures taken at past troop events while
we ate snack; JS passed around an agenda and called it out & KK took notes;
there were many questions with regard to the Silver award and projects, but I
assured the gals that I will see to it that they are prepared – there is a
process that is clearly spelled out in the Studio2B materials and I will see to
it that they get these. The rest of the meeting was spent on IPP walkthrough:
what have we done so far; where does it all fit in; what do you do outside of
GS that fits in to the GS program.
11/4: Silver/Studio2B training- two facilitators from Council instructed
us how to go about pursuing our silver award.
10/30: Halloween Party – NA and Ad were our hostesses, BD was the DJ and
CD was her helper, JS lead the face painting station. The event got a late
start, as many troop leaders were very late. 6:00-Troops checked in at the door
with our hostesses, paid and were told to pick up the party bags near the end
of the evening. 6:30-Once in the gym the scouts hung out and listened to music
until most of the guests had arrived, then everyone was called to attention for
the pledge, promise, and announcements. Girls were to get their requests (to
perform or teach dances) into the DJ at the beginning of the evening, and could
bob for apples, complete a scavenger hunt, and get their face painted until the
rest of our guests arrived. 7:00-The refreshment table was opened (cake service
was delayed as the spatulas were mislaid-oops) and the first group game was
done. 7:30 – second group game, a troop taught was a dance, and two scouts
offered to run the “stick the wart on the witches nose” game (we were short
several troop members that night so their help was MOST appreciated). 8:00 –
cake served, younger scouts left, those remaining did a conga line and the
Macarena then we had the third group game. 8:30 – girls blew up the remaining
balloons and had a ball playing with them until their parents came to pick them
up. 9:00 – 10:00 – we packed up and cleaned up.
10/29: snack prep for the party
- 3 cakes, two trays of decorated muffins, one tray of circus peanut
monster fingers, and two trays of witches hats.
10/26: Gold Award training
10/17: meeting –
Halloween party favors were prepared; we discussed what Sundays we would meet
and the conflicts that there were with Junior Youth group; talked about several
local field trip opportunities; I disclosed the cost of a Disney YES program
trip and the troop debated over several options; cookie packets were
distributed.
meeting:
BD prepared a veggie appetizer and dips, demonstrated how to prepare brasciole
and we had that with pasta and sauce, and cup cakes for desert; cookie packets
were distributed; Halloween party favors were prepared.
10/12: Wider Ops night – BD shared about her two trips, AD was present to
field questions with regard to the cruise, and CD was there to learn more about
National and International wider ops.
10/9-11/04: Robert’s Event.
9th: We packed up gear and delivered it to CA. We hauled gear and wood,
inventoried food items, and made a list of stuff we forgot. I left and the rest
stayed for the night. 3-4 hours service
10th: Those who stayed had bagged and labeled food for each
troop-appetizer, main meal, and dessert; and set up the “store” and gear table.
I shopped for the stuff on the list and gathered the day-trippers. We picked up
beverages for everyone, hung balloons to mark the way to camp, and hauled the
rest of the stuff in. Everyone was assigned a group, a fire pit, and three
recipes. Each group assisted with tending the fire; reported to the “store” to
pick up food items, cooking utensils, and gear; made their appetizer and
brought it to the buffet where all shared. All did the same for the main meal
and dessert. There were crafts/s'mores/hikes/songs and games. Evaluations were
completed by each group and clean up was begun. Garbage bags were gathered,
dishes done, gear gathered and prepared for stowage. I packed as much as I
could and took some scouts home. 9 hours service
11th: Those who stayed inventoried, finished packing and closed the
site. 3
hours service
Stats:
There were around 100 people at the event (including the 10 of us); there were
five fire circles with 6 box ovens, four dutch ovens, three dozen fire forks,
and a dozen buddy burners in use at any given time; there was over $400.00 in
groceries/charcoal/paper goods/etc. (four car loads full); and I’m guessing
$100.00 in crafts. The adults spent days preparing, the girls worked their
butts off setting up, working with their group for 6 hours straight, and
cleaning up, and the adults spent the next day putting everything back into
storage.
10/1-3/04: Camp Jewel. Friday: stop at McDonald’s for dinner; arrive
after 6:00, move into cabin, orientation at dining hall with snack (meatball
grinders); Mt. Wood (climbing tower). Saturday: DF went off to waitress and the
rest of us fed animals at the farm; buffet breakfast; candle making; BB’s;
leather craft; beading; basketball; Trading Post camp store; JS went off to
waitress; buffet lunch; some of us rode horses while the rest took the
mega-slide to archery; they came back and did archery while the rest played
court sports; the girls didn’t want to canoe or kayak so we went back to candle
making and arts and crafts; EK & CD went off to waitress; dinner; group
games (knee tag, different version of captain’s coming); ice
cream social; campfire with s’mores. Sunday: LB & AD went off to
waitress; breakfast; checked out of and cleaned cabins; did arts and crafts;
those who did not go riding yesterday went today while the others climbed Mt.
Wood and tried the slide; BL & KK went off to waitress; some of us had
lunch at the main dining hall, and those who rode ate at the dining hall near
the horses; we regrouped and left. Everyone is exhausted, sore all over,
body/hair/clothes stained and wax-laden. We ate/walked/played way too much. We
slept way too little. All in all, I’d say we had a pretty good time.
September 28: upcoming events review and sign-up while parents filled out
paperwork for camp, dues collection, share, blast from the past: gum-clove,
Beemans, blackjack, play.
September 26: meeting to go over all the dates of trainings and events
coming up in October-there are many! NA&ADi appealed for help at the
Halloween party-ADu offered to do food/snacks with her mom (they have some
great ideas) and there were some offers to DJ. The second half of the meeting
ADu shared her experiences traveling France this summer-sounds like a great
place to visit!
September 14: play, business
meeting, then swim. Business: upcoming trips/payments/times and dates, etc.
September 12: Thank you dinner of pizza, soda, and fresh chocolate chip
cookie; speaker from the GSCSWCT gold committee about projects and the process;
upcoming trips/payments/times and dates, etc.
September 5: meeting for younger group to prepare for a thank you party
for the older Seniors and adults who helped them.
August 24: meeting- Business meeting; thank you note to Loews; financial
assessment for CJ; Officers elected; swam. Patrol Leader=JS; Secretary=KK;
Treasurer=BL; Phone Tree=DF.
August 15: meeting- KS brought her foreign exchange friend from Germany
to the meeting so we spent the full time getting to know her better and finding
out what it’s like in Germany and what she thinks of the USA.
August 8: meeting- Update on trips and GR commitment. There was a motion
to have each scout take turns bringing dinner to meetings.
August 3: Saturn Dealership tour and car care
bag-a-badge. Charles and Jessie showed us the cut away car and explained the
different systems of the car; Charles explained what a lot of the technology
means to us ABS=better control of the car, air bags=better protection,
front-end crash protection=car absorbs impact to protect passengers, etc. We
learned how to maintain a car, we checked the oil and air in the tires, then we
went off to meet Mat the mechanic. Mat was very informative; he explained what
training is required to become a mechanic and what training is expected yearly,
how much one could expect to earn and what additional incentives there are. He
also told us about the technology involved in his job and in the car and how
that affects how he approaches each problem. We also asked him “What were his
favorite repairs?”. It didn’t take him long to come up with two: one client
couldn’t understand why his car was making a whirr sound, turns out he rode
over a wall; and the hunter who brought his truck in to see if any systems were
damaged when he accidentally shot his truck. Then it was off the parts
department, where Angel and crew explained their responsibilities and we
followed Angel to the service bay to learn about Saturn service protocol. We
learned what you could expect when you brought your car in and reviewed the
posted prices for routine car care and beyond. Then it was back to Charles and
Jessie to review car manuals and find our dream cars, which ranged from
15,000-40,000 and change. Car Sense IPP: SB#1; SB#3(part);
SB#5(part); Tech#1; Tech#3(part); CE#1.
August 1: leaders
meeting while scouts hung out. The girls were done with current business and
didn’t want to tackle anything new just yet so they chose to chill, which
served we leaders just fine because we had a lot to plan/catch up on together.
Theme for this meeting: Sometimes time wasted is time spent best.
July 27: meeting- discussed upcoming events and
Interest Project Patch (IPP) requirements; went through the IPP book to see
where our interests might take us, what each will earn us, and what more we’d
need to do to get that IPP.
July 25: Silver Paperwork wrap up.
July 20: movie theater tour and movie-the man who is
in charge of all that goes on in the projector room gave us a tour of his
domain. The equipment was intriguing; there was film migrating back and forth, and
windows to every movie to look out. We got an appreciation for why it costs so
much for a movie, when just the projector bulb alone costs hundreds to
thousands of dollars. We learned a lot about our host: He’s one of a few who do
this work and is on call 24/7; he has to go to continuing education (he’s
taking a class now) to keep up on the latest technology; he’s been doing this a
long time and has seen a lot of changes in the film industry (he compared the
new tech with that of the older days); he travels a lot to service three
theaters locally and he is called upon to go as far as Chicago occasionally;
his work is exacting, if film/adds/promos not done exactly the way the company
has contracted, things could get ugly. After the tour and all questions were
answered the girls received a length of the film “The Little Black Book” which,
at 24 frames per second, translates into a few seconds of the movie. Then we
all went to view Spiderman 2. IPP-Computers in everyday
life-Tech#3(part), From A to V: Audiovisual production-CE#3.
July 18: meeting – discussed what the
upcoming meetings (“party all the time, party all the time, party all the
ti-ime”); some committed to Girlz Rule; no seniors committed to much more
because they expect to be swamped during the school year, looks like it’s up to
our sophomores to step up and take the reins.
July 13: meeting – voted on wish list of
field trips and firmed up others already in the works; discussed
responsibilities of officers, and made some plans for the fall.
June 27: meeting: Discussed gold submission and proposal; wrapped up silver project paperwork.
June 22: meeting –chat and swim;
discussed wish list for the summer
Cadette 358...Junior 096/894...Cadette 096... Cadette/Senior 358/711…Senior 711...
Activities 2003-2004
June
14: Girlz rule –End of year party
June 11, 12, & 13: Encampment / two silver events- set-up campsite,
helped bring in food and equipment for NA and AD, and went out to dinner;
cooked breakfast, some assisted with orienteering event, some assisted with
cooking event, made lunch, some went to the meals of great splendor event,
older girls chilled while NA and AD prepared for their next two sessions,
dinner, campfire-10 year pins and service pins awarded, s’mores; breakfast,
clean-up, pack up and out, closed camp.
June 11, 12, & 13: Encampment: set-up campsite, helped bring in food
and equipment for NA and AD, and went out to dinner; cooked breakfast,
orienteering event, cooking event, meals of great splendor event, swimming,
chill, dinner, campfire, s’mores; breakfast, clean-up, pack up and out, closed
camp.
June 10: silver prep – worked on orienteering set-up, made shopping list and then went shopping
June 8: meeting- planned encampment menu and finalized
event schedule
June 3: silver prep – finalized menu, making adjustments for
last minute troop additions, and worked on orienteering set-up
May 30: meeting – business meeting, then half created
“keys” for AD’s silver and half tallied the food we have already for NA’s silver
and for the group.
May 25: meeting – discussed packing: what to pack, what not
to pack, and definitely don’t bring
May
24: Girlz rule
May 23: Memorial Day
Parade – 096/358 marched and JS assisted CC with end of parade watermelon &
refreshments
May 18: meeting
– minutes were read; again verified who was definitely going to attend
encampment and for how many days, signed up for two events, and worked on
menus; handed out recognitions and paperwork; reviewed responsibilities of our
leadership; talked about the Memorial day parade.
May 16: meeting – two went off to do Gold work; everyone else stayed to
help our Cadettes with their Silver prep: painted large and small treasure
boxes; cut out and glued foam topo maps; and made clay cuneiform tablets.
May 10: Girlz rule
May 2: meeting – three went off
to do Gold work; everyone else stayed for Silver work planning and encampment
prep: menu planning and equipment scouting
April 30: Bring a Buddy dance
April 27: encampment meeting: signed up to go;
considered how to run the Meals of Great Splendor event and what our part in it
would cost; voted for our officers. Patrol Leader = LB; Secretary = BL;
Treasurer = CD.
April
26: Girlz rule
April 25:
Bridging 096 and meeting: helped 096 set up, during ceremony, and took
pictures. 358 worked on
their silvers and 711 worked on their golds.
April 25:
Bridging ceremony. 096 prepared for their ceremony by making a bridge out of 12
helium balloons and 2-2x4s; wrote their prose; set out the feast and candled
the cake. The ceremony started with each girl reading her piece and crossing
the bridge to meet the Cadettes and Seniors. After all were on the other side
they were escorted by an older scout, one by one, back over the bridge to
collect their Bronze award and the last Junior recognitions they will ever
receive. They lit one candle for every girl in the troop, recited the I Will
piece on their awards packet, then blew out the candles. The rest of the
afternoon was spent feasting and playing.
April 18:
Trip to Camp– AD and NA planned their Silver projects as Senior scouts served in
an Advisory Capacity.
April 13:
business meeting; brought
those who missed the last few meetings up to speed; did one more Sign of the
Sun related activity; finished model
citizen badge and Sign of the World; finished preparing for bridging.
April
12: Girlz rule
April 4: Trip to camp – AD and NA planned their Silver projects
as Senior scouts served in an Advisory Capacity.
March 28:
meeting – discussed upcoming encampments, focusing on spring: what trained
adults we’ll need; what camp site and shelters we’ll need; how long we plan to
stay; how we’ll fund the trip, etc. Seniors went off to learn how to use
the camcorder and we walked through more Silver Project paperwork with our
Cadette.
March 23:
meeting – brought those who missed the last few meetings up to speed; did a few
more sign related activities; planned the bridging ceremony and made
invitations; had a cookie recognitions micro-ceremony and presented our cookie
mom with a small gifty. But mostly the girls were silly, ate popcorn, and drank
soda.
March 22: Girlz rule
March 14: meeting - brought those who
missed the last few meetings up to speed; did a few more sign related activities;
planned the bridging ceremony.
March 13: YMCA Swim
March 11: Movie Night (Freaky Friday); all girls provided a
donation to DAWS
March 9: meeting-
discussed upcoming events and opportunities;
made arrangements for parental coverage for encampment and confirmed movie
night; and completed much badge and sign work. Planning Bridging/award
ceremony.
March 8: Girlz rule
March 8: Blood Mobile-served at the event
March 7: Senior (Cadettes welcome) Planning Board meeting/pizza
March
6: Pasta Dinner to benefit family whose home was devastated by fire; some girls
worked it, the troop offered a gift to the older girl in the family (cosmetics)
February
29: meeting-minutes from last leader’s meeting; review of the LOOP; appeals
from local troops; field trips discussion and funding issues addressed; Senior
planning board ideas refined; minimalist award ceremony; 358-Dreams
to Reality completed
February 24: meeting – discussed upcoming
events; made arrangements for parental coverage for the movie night; and
completed much badge and sign work.
February
23: Girlz rule
February
15: Booth sale at the mall, shopped and went to Uno’s afterward
February 10: meeting = we reviewed what we
did this past year and made a wish list of what we’d like to participate in
this coming year. We will have to pick and choose because we won’t be able to
afford to do it all. The fall encampment is a great opportunity, but expensive,
so we have to save/raise more funds.
February 8: meeting
= Some business then 711 went off to plan filming while 358 did
badge work and silver prep.
February 1: meeting = our camera gal was not able to attend so we could not
film, but we had lots of decisions to make with regard to the start up of a
Senior Planning Board, fund raising/fiscal update, booth sales, etc.
January 26: Girlz rule – first session
January 25: MANDATORY meeting – the party video fell
through because our camera gal was unavailable. There was a lot of paperwork to
go over, so we culled the pile. Decisions made: No, we do not want to go to any
sports teams Girl Scout day games; No, we do not want to participate in the
Oregon, West Point, or GSU campborees; Yes, we do want to start a Senior
Planning Board and hold events like survivor, spa night, open gym; Yes, we will
contribute to Thinking day fund and the dog bullet proof vest; Yes, some of us
will serve at the Bloodmobile; Yes, we all want to participate in the Fall
Encampment and most likely will run an event at the Spring one; Yes, most of us
expect to facilitate the Girlz Rule program.
January 24-25: Booth sale @ SMC
January 24: booth sale @ DD – excellent site but it was freezing out and
it took many of us all day to thaw out.
January 23: FIELD TRIP to Serra Dourada Churrascharia – done for cultural
exploration (req. for super troop); we ate things we’ve never tried before in a
Brazilian restaurant. How they served the food was interesting, they rolled a
meat cart around several times during the evening and everyone had their pick
of: lamb, veal, chicken, steak, chicken hearts, rabbit, quail, and things I
can’t recall. We tried passion fruit and guava juice, passion fruit mousse,
flan, and a whole host of items from the buffet. There was a slight language
barrier, the waitress and server had difficulty with our accent, but we got
along just fine. We’d all go again.
January 17-18: booth sale @ SMC
January 14: Leader’s meeting – BL introduces LA project with support from
troop members
January 13: meeting – leadership award discussion;
BL’s LA = bullet proof vest for police dog
January 11: 711 only : trip planning; upcoming
events = 4 days of solid of work and play
January
6: bronze documentation completed and planning meeting: where do we go from
here? Who wants to complete their leadership award before moving on?
January
4:
PARTY VIDEO, Media Savvy, SP#6; silver prep finishing dreams to
reality
December
28: meeting – video prep, Media Savvy, SP#6
December 16: meeting – hang out
and chat, still more in our system.
December 12:
Mother/Daughter Holiday Pajama Night
December 9:
meeting – hang out and chat some more
December 7: meeting – video
prep, Media Savvy, SP#6
December 2: meeting – hang out and chat, lots to catch up on
November 30: Munch and crunch – Pot luck & meeting: the troop is
working on the Media Savvy IPP. For their SP req. they decided on producing a
safety video. Since SR’s b-day is coming up it seemed logical to have it be a
“How to hold a great and SAFE party” video.
November 18: meeting, create a plate and event discussion/evaluation
November 16: Fashion Do’s & Don’ts show – CD and KK ran; 096, 358
& 711 assisted
November 11: meeting – dress rehearsal = Leadership:
2 hour
November 9: meeting – planning meeting: planned out
our next few meetings and recognitions check
November 4: meeting - silver prep = Leadership:
1 hour
November 2: meeting – planning meeting: how we
should approach the challenge & starting up a Senior planning board
October 28: meeting – silver prep = Leadership:
1 hour
October 26: meeting – passed on all info from leader’s meeting; discussed
possible troop trips; cookie meeting and tasting; change of meeting time finalized.
October 24: hay ride event = Leadership: 4 hours
October 21: meeting - bronze prep = Leadership: 1 hour
October 19: Safety day Event = Leadership: 6 hours or Car Sense IPP finished
October 15: Eco badge and trail restoration with Brownie troop = Leadership: 2 hours
October
14: meeting – bronze prep = Leadership: 1 hour
October
13: Outdoor cooking event/ Robert’s Event II– 711 outdoor trained scouts taught
troops how to cook, etc; 358 ran compass workshop and letterboxing tutorial,
and helped 711 where needed - orienteering
IPP SP
October
12: Robert’s Event – 711 outdoor trained scouts taught troops how to cook, etc;
358 ran craft table and helped 711 where needed; 096 assisted as runners.
October
8: Leader’s meeting to request help for our bronze award projects = Leadership:
1/2 hour
October
7: meeting: business and bronze = Leadership: 1 hour
September
30: meeting: business and bronze = Leadership: 1 hour
September
28: business meeting; committed to upcoming events
September
23: meeting: business and bronze = Leadership: 1 hour
September
21: 711 ONLY meeting – business meeting and badge/recognition work.
September
20: Early Bird event at Quassy
September
13-14: Fall adventures- Senior Scouts (and adults) - training and development
classes
September
9: meeting – troop business, silver prep and swim. = Leadership:
1 hour
September
7: start-up meeting: revisited proper dress issues; officers caught up on group
business; leaders relayed information from leader’s meeting; planning for
fundraisers; commitment to events (council/BSU/troop/other)
September
2: leaders meeting to announce Bronze events = = Leadership: 1/2 hour
Fashion
show at Fashion Bug – practiced modeling and interviewed those who run the
event.
August
25: meeting – Bronze planning session & swim = Leadership: 1 hour
August
22-23: Outdoor I&II for Senior Girl Scouts
August
19: meeting – Bronze planning session & swim = Leadership: 1 hour
August
12: meeting – Bronze planning session & swim = Leadership: 1
hour
August
11: Outdoor I&II planning session for Senior GS’s
August
11: parent meeting – caught up on business and went over proper attire for
outings.
August
4: Saturn Dealership – Car Sense IPP (all that’s left to do is Service
Project) – BD; AD; KS; JS – NA; RB; AD
August
1-3: road trip to Vermont
8/1- lunch at diner along the way;
settled into hotel suite; dinner at another diner; grocery shop; swim in indoor
pool
8/2 – breakfast at hotel; Vermont Teddy Bear factory tour and store; made own
lunch in our kitchen; perused Church Street shops; toured glass blowing
factory/shop; checked our iron sculpture shop; hung out in Battery Park
overlooking Lake Champlain; shopped at the University mall; returned to cook
our own dinner; swam
8/3 - breakfast at hotel; drive around town and visit local relatives;
Friendly’s for lunch and home by dinnertime
July 29:
358 meeting only to discuss Vermont trip
July 29:
meeting – Bronze planning session & swim = Leadership: 1 hour
July 15: meeting – Bronze preparation & swim = Leadership: 1 hour
July 7: meeting – Bermuda letter on
rooming arrangements created & swim
Senior 711…Cadette 358/139…Junior 096
Activities 2002-2003
June 27-28: Bridgeport Bluefish game and sleepover: marched
in parade; watched game; caught balls/candy/etc.; ate dinner/snacks; slept on
field; movie; fireworks.
June 23: Bermuda Planning; fundraising ideas; swimming.
June 14: Daisy Day: we painted faces, helped with a craft, and ran an
I-SPY game table.
June 7-8: encampment:
711 - AD organized and ran, with help from BD and KN, the
I-SPY scavenger hunt. We pretty much just hung out waiting for the troops to
bring in their I-SPY report sheets and claim their prizes.
096/894 – ran tie-dye and ice cream sundae events; swam;
hiked; and had fun hanging out and sleeping out for their first time.
June 2: meeting to finish swaps and plan menu
June 1: Pot luck/meeting: everyone brought yummy food and dessert and
we had meeting following. 711 did scrapbook and 358 did Vermont trip planning.
May 30: lead Juliettes meeting
May 28: Comcast tour and video creation. It was great! Senior girls
worked the cameras while the Cadettes performed. We left with a tape promoting
“Girl Scouts Today”.
May 23: lead Juliettes meeting
May 19: worked on swaps, checked out our pressed flowers, and business
May 18: Memorial Day Parade with watermelon following
May 18: business, NIE supplement, and trip planning/fundraiser discussions
May 10: program aide course at Council
May 9: Wider Opportunity Ziti dinner: some girls served, some prepared
food and drinks, some set up and cleaned up. It was a really nice meal and
night out. Thanks to all who helped, you really made a difference and are
greatly appreciated.
May 5: pressed fresh flowers in a mini flower press and made Oreo swaps.
Since the theme for encampment is diversity, the stuffing of each Oreo is of
many different colors and designs.
May 4: business followed by patrol meetings; wider-op ziti dinner prep
for 711 and trip prep for 358
April 28: decided what we’d make for a swap; signed up for the many
events coming up.
April 27: business followed by patrol meetings: 711 picked out prizes for
scavenger hunt and 358 worked on trip
April 25: Juliettes
April 26: camp workday
April 15: sale at WestConn
April 13: business meeting and patrol meetings
April 11: Juliettes; Bring-a-buddy dance
April 7: business meeting– lots of things going on confirmed
April 6: business meeting then 711 dismissed and 358 did silver prep
April 2: Girl’s Career Night at the Maritime Aquarium.
March 31: business meeting – lots of things going
on and to be decided
March
24: business meeting and Bronze discussion = Leadership:
1 hour
March 23: meeting
March
21: lead Juliettes meeting, lead sing-a-long
March
17: business and practice skits
March
16: meeting – business and 358 trip as a family affair with 711?
March
15: cookie blitz
March
10: practice skits
March 9:
GS mass and YMCA swim
March
8: Tulip planting – and window painting.
March
7-9: Senior conference
March
7: Juliettes: friendship circle and game; snack set up and flag ceremony; bread
making, snack, and tulip painting.
February
26: Tour of Channel 23 and making of videotape. From A-V audiovisual IPP
February
24: planning meeting – discussed Girl Scout week and decided which activities
we wanted to take part in. Then we played silly games since many had to leave
early.
February
21: Juliettes: caper chart; games; parent meeting
February
19: went to Junior troop 320’s meeting to take part in the Zink the Zebra
program.
February
16: meeting to work on loose ends and evaluate where we are in relation to
where we want to be this time next year and the year after.
February
9: Wood workshop at Home Depot. Girls made a heart-shaped stool, which turned
out really nice.
February
9: Potluck dinner as diversity study. We had a quick meeting then enjoyed food
from around the world. Scouts did a great job preparing all sorts of tasty
recipes.
February
8: Booth sale outside store in town.
February
7: Juliettes – more Girl Scout ways
February
3: badge in a box = Math Wiz: estimation station; standard/metric
comparison/conversion; 12 square game; listing of the times and activities in
which we use math everyday; drawing to scale; Morse code messaging; shapes
search, etc. The girls went from station to station, going at their own pace
and spending more time at those that interested them. They were only required
to go to five stations, though many did them all. The purpose of this activity
was to give the girls an appreciation for math and a can-do attitude on the
subject.
February
2: business and calendar meeting - didn't accomplish much because no one
brought in their calendar! We do have a rough timeline for most things. Don't
forget the calendars next week ladies!
February
1: Booth sale at the BMC. We could only have three girls so those who easiest
for Mrs. F to get to went. We didn't sell much, but at least it was inside.
January
31: lead Juliettes meeting: Kaper chart; flag ceremony; promise; law
January
27: patrol leadership positions for the remainder of the year decided.
Practiced for performance we will hold in February-ish.
January
25 & 26: 096 do Booth cookie sales @ SMC
January
25: catered breakfast at the Adult Discoveree at WestConn. There were about
80-100 leaders; about 80% of them helped themselves to our spread. We moved our
stuff in at 8:00, began set up by 8:20, and were ready to serve by 8:45, with
the exception of coffee because the circuit tripped - fortunately I brought a
12 cup coffee machine, just in case! Coffee came slow at the start, but we were
able to get the big pot up and running by 9:40. We received many compliments on
our presentation and the variety of our breakfast items. We had three kinds of
danish, croissants, 3 kinds of mini muffins, 3 kinds of tea cakes, a variety of
jams and jellies, a variety of bagels and favored cream cheeses, 2 juices,
coffee and hot water for a variety of teas and cocoa, etc. This was served on
silver platters and four-tiered server with a silk flower arrangement on green
table clothes with complimenting floral napkins. It really was nicely done.
January
20: grocery store tour and career exploration = we learned how things are
prepared, stored, delivered, purchased, tracked, etc. at the A&P Super Food
Mart. We had a great time making pizzas, fruit salads, and decorating cupcakes.
We learned a lot, ate our yummy creations, made carnation boutonnieres, and
presented them several boxes of Girl Scout cookies as a thank you gift.
January
18 & 19: Booth cookie sales @ SMC
January
17: led Juliettes meeting. We met with our new Daisy, 5 Brownies and 2 Juniors
for the first time today. We started with introductions and sharing. Then the
girls prepared microwave popcorn, mixed up a batch of brownies and mixed up
three batches of kool-aid. Our hostesses set the table, placed pretzels in a
basket, distributed popcorn, and everyone dug into the brownies barbarian
style. We talked about their level in scouting and what they can expect at the
meetings. Girl Scout Ways learned today = the speak sign, kapers, and sharing
circle.
January
13: events and camping planning session and Junior aide event preparation
January
12: events and camping planning session.
January
5: business=events sign-up/commitment, badge ops., cookie pick-up and sales
dates and ops.; Party.
December
15: quick business then made LOTS of colorful soaps in a multitude of shapes
and sizes.
December
9: business meeting-picked songs to sing and skits with Brownies, worked on
designing a BSUGS T-shirt, and listened to Leader's reports.
December
8: Wood workshop at, and exploration of, Home Depot.
December
7: Holiday Gala-we ran a gift wrapping table and the reindeer craft, as well as
assisted children with the other crafts.
December
2: broke into interest groups to come up with song ideas for a show we plan to
hold for the BHCC with the Brownies we will be bridging as part of our Junior
Aide program.
December
1: created a menu and came up with a bid to cater to Adult Discoveree.
November
25: We made pilgrim hats out of chocolate and decided on leadership positions
for our bronze. Then we chose who would lead each committee. = Leadership: 1
hour
November
18-19: Scholastic book fair service.
November
18: Met at the BMC. We made and tried out honey/oat facials; there was a
general business meeting with all officers reporting and others having their
say. Others shared badge work and we all worked on upgrading our uniforms to
make them more presentable.
November
17: there were few present so we painted, snacked and hung out. Where was
everybody?
November
16: Family Partnership Girl Scout Ice Skate.
November
13: Leader's meeting - 711 finished the
photo albums, made foccacia for the Leader's meeting/pot luck, shared photo
album and talked about their trip to leaders at meeting, and remained for the
rest of the meeting as leadership. 096/894 presented their
bronze project event idea. = Leadership: 1/2 hour
November
12: wider ops interviews.
November
10: business meeting = 2collections completed (welfare and DAWS); volunteer ops
confirmed; PP event attendance confirmed. 711 worked today and
the next few days on several photo albums (ours, Council's, and LP's). 358 reported what they
learned from their research.
November
8: Things that go bump in the night at the NCNC. We learned all about the
animals that roam in the night, why they do, and what adaptations allow them to
get around better in the dark. We met a couple of nighttime critters and then
went on a night hike. We stopped at several intervals to do some very
interesting tasks that help us to learn about the way we see in the night. It
was a nice night, a great program, the girls really enjoyed it. It was
definitely worth the trip.
November
4: Business meeting followed by patrol meeting to work on what we are going to
say/request for Bronze project at leader's meeting. = Leadership:
1 hour
November
3: Business meeting = collections, volunteer opportunities offered, explanation
of parent partnership and event discussion. Patrol 358 meeting =
trip prep. with research assignments. Patrol 711 meeting =
sharing, gold prep. opportunities discussed..
October
28: flag ceremony; cookie badge work; patrol cookie rules and goals.
October
27: Cadettes = silver and trip progress; general business meeting; Seniors =
gold prep
October
24: Gold Award training.
October
23: Hayrides and bonfire at CHF with 096 running costume judging contest. We
toasted marshmallows and made s’mores. All troops shared songs and silliness
around the fire circle.
October
20: Cadettes business: hayride=yes; La Cabana friendship session=yes; orienteering
course in =yes; basic compassing=Orienteering IPP SB#
October
16: Seniors to Leaders meeting - BD; KN; JS
October 14: Girls ran a very nice flag ceremony by themselves, there was a general meeting, then troops divided up for patrol business: 096 - Bronze award project discussion and Jr aide ideas; 894 - pre-Bronze prep. and Jr aide ideas. = Leadership for 096: 1/2 hour
October 13: general meeting: 358 did basic compassing and 711 did catering and trip explorations. Orienteering IPP SB#
October 6: 358 discussed Silver direction and trip plans then went off to do badge work; 711 met themselves then brought what they had come up with to leaders.
October 6: Buddy Walk to benefit Down's syndrome. We served at the registration booth, walked, and cleaned up. Thanks Mrs. B for the ice cream.
September 30: made goodie bags for the buddy walk. Played some games.
September 29: First Meeting: New member with introductions all around, business, divided up into patrols for double dough/trip discussions, Painted wooden boxes for fun.
September 23: Flag ceremony followed by painting and decorating wooden trinket boxes. MK demonstrated Irish dance, brought in a book with pictures of dancers and a River dance tape, which we viewed for a short time, completing the Dance badge. The business meeting was brief, as time was needed for 894 elections. 096 patrol went off on their own while 894 chose LH as Patrol Leader, MK as Secretary, and LB as Treasurer. Congratulations ladies.
September 16: Start-up meeting: introductions and sharing about ourselves; officers reports; agenda (girls wants and expectations) = go to zoo?, go to amusement park?, earn bronze award?, earn frosty fun?, kaper chart?; upcoming trip to dude ranch; badge share.
September 13-14: sleepover and Early Bird Event at LQ. We hung out and ate lunch at the pavilion, rode rides, and played games. It was a neat event.
August 17-24: Cruise to Bermuda
Meeting the WAGGGS was very interesting: we were unsure, excited, overwhelmed,
grateful, and more. The activities of the meeting had been changed last minute
and it showed, but I think the girls enjoyed the better part of it. We talked
for a while, we taught them a few games, had pizza and soda, interviewed each
other, had Girl Scout cookies, and exchanged gifts. We had our differences to
be sure, but we had shared interests as well. We exchanged e-mail addresses; I
hope the girls keep in touch.
We left NYC late noon on the
17th on the Celebrity Horizon. We had two staterooms: one for the 4 adults and
one for the 5 girls. It was tight, but most of us didn't spend much time in
them anyway. On the 19th we entered St George and checked out the Crystal
caves, the Bermuda perfumery, the Bermuda glassblowing studio, Fort Saint
Catherine and its beach. On the 20th we entered Hamilton and checked out the
Aquarium, zoo and museum and later met with the Bermuda WAGGGS. On the 21st we
chartered a glass bottom boat to take us snorkeling and for a sightseeing tour.
At night we enjoyed the Harbor nights craft festival. On the 22nd some headed
for the Botanical gardens while others headed for the beach, everybody got in
some last minute shopping and we arrived back home on the 24th. When we were on
board there were many activities for the teens, the "Admiral Ts", and
the adults. Paired adults did shifts supervising the girls so each had time for
themselves. Many thanks to LP, our only lifeguard trained adult, for being a
great sport at the beach and poolside.
August 12: last of the trip prep.
August 5: early bird confirmation, badge works: KS performed and KM on travel IPP; Welcome board as part of WAGGGS culture badge. LP joined us to discuss trip particulars.
July 29: Trip planning session for the older group while the younger occupied cc (thanks again AB and AD).
July 15: Basic Water Rescue Course the YMCA.
July 14: on-line meeting – 711
Cadette 358/139 and Junior 096
Activities 2001-2002
July 9: badge meeting - some finished, some sharing, some begun. Previously earned Badges awarded.
July 8: general business meeting: wider ops discussed; early bird event considered; volunteer opportunities shared; Bermuda prep. reports
June 30: intensive trip prep-711, each scout given research to do, and Silver prep-358.
June 25: Elections: patrol leader=CD; Treasurer=DF; Secretary=BT
June 23: Group business meeting
then divided into older and younger patrols. Both discussed their respective
troop trips.
358 worked on Silver paperwork: Challenge = 1.Myself - p46=self esteem & p52=oat facial;
2.Others - p75=#1 & #4; 3.Scout's own & poem="what Girl Scout's
means to me"; 4. Children's Arts and Crafts at Gala; 5. Camp workday=
worked with GSCSWCT Ranger on Trail restoration.
June 21: Bluefish game and sleepover event. Great time, little sleep.
June 11: meeting - finished up some badge work and practiced speeches for patrol leadership positions.
June 9: Business catch-up meeting and summer schedule. Divided up into levels and discussed Bermuda and Silver.
June 1-2: Lock-in at the YMCA. We did high and low ropes, climbing wall, swam, played mini golf and basketball and just hung out. There was pizza for dinner, ice cream for desert, and bagels and muffins for breakfast.
May 26: business meeting and making more "bottles of hope". We didn't have the benefit of sculpting tools or guidance, but they turned out rather well.
May 25: Tag Sale - We Set up the night before. We had about one carload of donations from our Service Unit and each brought our own stuff. Some had more stuff than others, but everyone had a good time playing with/on the donated toys.
May 19: Many marched in the Memorial Day parade: Two seniors were flag bearers; Juniors marched as a troop; and a Cadette sold candy. Following the parade the flag bearers helped with the distribution of the watermelon.
May 7: Discussed our upcoming field trips. Shared our badge homework and went over Field Sports Badge - scouts have only two more reqs. to do to complete on own. Did award/scouts own ceremony.
May 5: First Aid Certification at SHFH.
April 28: CPR review at SHFH. It was a CPR refresher course, not certification. We presented our hosts with a box full of stuffed animals. These will be kept in the ambulance and given to injured children.
April 20: recycling fundraiser @ BMC. Only our leader showed up. Where was our scout?
April 20: Camp clean up. Our group, Junior troop and Junior troop 894 spruced up the "Billy Goat Trail. The Cadettes and Seniors did the more involved work and the Juniors raked, leveled, and lopped. We did one hour before lunch and two hours afterward. When it started to rain we lost our Juniors and the older girls lost heart working alone, but we did get about 2/3 the trail lopped; half of it raked (a little too well in some places); 1/3 of it leveled and bordered; and 1/4 of it stepped. We had gorp for snack; cooked mac and cheese, pizza and chicken fajitas for dinner; had brownies and apple crisp for desert; and donuts and bagels for breakfast. We stayed the night, older girls braved the cold in an Aframe and the Juniors slept in the hall. We were out late morning. Juniors learned and practiced the Flag Ceremony many times, and held a scouts own ceremony. Camping SP#2
April 16: Planned for the camp clean up and stay. Went over equipment list, decided menu and cooking method, and divied up the shopping list among the scouts. Several scouts shared their talents and interests so as to meet badge requirements. BD officiated at the meeting and CC was present as outdoor cooking consultant.
April 14: Service project- Bottles of Hope. GW, a local artist, attended our meeting and taught us how versatile polymer clay can be. She had some beautiful works that she had done with her and showed us how to do some of it ourselves. We each made one or two bottles of hope that will be handed out at the relay for life to those battling cancer. Artistic Crafts SB#2 ; SP#2; CE#1
April 7: business meeting. Candy bar kits handed out. Younger Cadettes made kitchen cosmetics. From Fitness to Fashion SB#6(part)
April 4: We, Juniors with our two Older Cadette Program Aides and Younger Cadettes, went to the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. We went to the gift shop first because it would be closed by the time our "Harbor Seals" session ended. We looked around a bit, went to our session, then gave the booths we were interested in a thorough looking over. Throughout the evening we collected small tokens to take home, crafts, or lotion we had made. We asked the ladies present about their careers. One firewoman had been at ground zero and told us a little about it. She let us try on some gear too, it was heavy. Representatives from Clairol showed us our skin and hair (or bandana) up close and we made lotion for ourselves. There were young ladies there at one booth to educate us about the plight of Harbor Seals - they did a good job for those so young. We also enjoyed the exhibits as we moved from one table to the next. We spent most of our time around the table of our Leader MF; she had a great demo on electricity. This is a must do for any girl, especially Cadettes, interested in learning about careers. Dreams to reality?
April 3: Green Circle with three other troops. Learned what a Green Circle is and how it grows as we grow and the Green Circle song. Discussed differences in ability, culture, skin, age,etc.
April 1: Younger 358 met with Junior Troop 151 to assist them with bridging requirements. We shared what it was like to be a Cadette and they assisted us in assembling toiletry kits with stuff we collected and a few additions of their own.
March 24: general business meeting then broke into patrols for badge work and travel, etc.
March 26: badge share meeting; Connections activity on stereotyping for a sign; BL's activity = duck-duck goose game
March 17: business meeting then divided into patrols. Older patrol just hung out, taking a breather after a busy week. The younger made wax bead candles, one for themselves and one for a Mother's day gift. Artistic Crafts SB# 1(part)
March 16: Bring a Buddy Dance - scouts prepared the snack table and kept it up during the event (with leaders taking over periodically so our scouts could enjoy dancing with their non-scout guests).
March 16: Recycling fundraiser at BMC
March 15: Ice cream social. BD, KN - AD, RB set up and ice cream sundae prep. Juniors took turns marking hands paid, girl scouts were free but they got hand art too, and helped clean up.
March 11: Dropped off cookies at RC bloodmobile. Younger 358 served at bloodmobile and painted wooden tulips placed in window box at area store.
March 10: GS Sunday mass and YMCA swim.
March 9: Window painting at NSB with brownie troop. Cookie Blitz and lunch out.
March 3: MK beauty consultant CM
came to our meeting to instruct us on proper skin care and beauty care product
application. The girls left with clean, made up faces (CM's make-up advice for
teens = less is more), and a handful of samples. Painted wooden tulips for
placement throughout town during GS week.
From Fitness to Fashion SB# 2(part), Public Relations SP#3, (possibly CE #3
part - cosmetics representative-if you took the time to interview CM)
February 26: meeting: business meeting to introduce what events in March to attend or assist with; painted tulips for placement in town during Girl Scout week.
February 24: meeting: discussed events and commitments for April. Divided into patrols: younger worked on the challenge; older wrote e-mail to WAGGGS.
February 20: field trip to AAC to have hair done- younger only. Obtained and reviewed a brochure and application for the school. CE#2
February 18: tour with equipment, technology, and training review; at neighborhood fire department and drill in local business parking lot. Many firehouse professionals were available for interviews and we rode in the emergency vehicles to the site of the drill and back. Emergency Preparedness CE#1; Tech#1.
February 17: meeting: commitments to events in March. Divided into patrols: younger worked on silver; older researched and voted on trip must sees and dos.
February 12: Pizzeria Uno- we assembled our own pizzas, had our meeting, retrieved our pizzas from the kitchen and chowed. Then we roamed the mall looking for bargains. Each girl was given $3.00 and told to see how far they could stretch the money. Each chose a store to bargain hunt in and off we went. They did well, with an average of $25.00 worth of discounted merchandise each! Then we checked out the bedroom displays, for the art in the home badge.
February 10: business meeting to introduce what events in March to attend or assist with.
February 9: Program Aide training- About 13 Cadettes + BD and KS got together to learn leadership skills. They now need 25 hours service aiding younger troops and they'll receive their patch and pin.
February 1: Fireman's dinner- AD sang "Amazing Grace"; we all served and cleaned up; then the seniors told us about what it's like to be a senior and the opportunities they have had and look forward to. The firemen were very appreciative. AD completed performing arts SB#5; all Cadettes that attended completed their bridging reqs.
January 27: night of beauty / KN's silver project -: From Fitness to Fashion SP #4 (and
possibly CE #3 part - cosmetics representative & The Food Connection CE
part #4 - nutritional consultant- if you took the time to interview these
ladies.)
foods for a more beautiful you inside and out
beauty care professional - skin care; appropriate use of make up / color use
nail and hair craft station - nails polished and accessorized and hair
curled/crimped/etc.
personalized computer fashion station - utilizing "cosmopolitan"
computer program and imputing each girl's measurements/personal characteristics
January 22: meeting - upcoming field trips report; "sign of the star" and "being your best" completion.
January 19-20: Booth sales after masses
January 19: BS @ GD
January 14: banner and finished "frosty fun" badge.
January 13: AD and CC sent to 506 meeting - report emailed
January 12-13: Booth sales after masses
January 8: meeting - "frosty fun" outerwear fashion show, fun in the snow, & cold related health issues; independent badge program girl/home/school advisory;
January 6: meeting - business meeting: fundraisers; Bermuda site choices made; cookie and other profit discussion; treasurer's update.
December 30: Older 358/711 New Year's party.
December 21: younger 358 Christmas party.
December 16: business meeting and party planning.
December 11: "Being your best" and badge review.
December 9: Parent Partnership Talent show. 096 did "Little Bar of Soap" and older 358/711 did "The Reporter". All of 358/711 participated in set up, concessions, and clean up. the Performing Arts SP#5(older Cadettes) and Public Relations SP # 1.
December 6: "Being your best" and practice for show.
December 4: "Being your best" badge and practice for the talent show.
December 2: Silver work, cookie tally, and practice for talent show.
December 1: SMS Holiday Gala - scouts helped out with crafts, clean-up, and as Santa’s elves - -NA; RB; AB; AD- BT; CD; DF.
November 27: meeting: Worked on "being your best" badge and practiced skit.
November 25: business meeting: discussed silver projects, cookie sales and other fundraisers for our upcoming trips and practiced show skit.
November 18: business meeting: discussed show and silver.
November 13: decided on show skit - "I wish I were a little bar of soap". CD=can of pop, EK=orangie-orange, DF=little washie clothie, BL= little bar of soap, BT=sparrow. Worked on "being your best" badge.
November 11: business meeting: discussed bridging opportunity; 712's coat collection; BD thanks KS for her help at silver event with huge bag of candy; and talent show, we do concessions and reporter/bridge skit. Sent e-mail to WAGGGS and Practiced skit.
November 8: Field trip to the
Academy of Cosmetology - Hair wash, dry, cut/trimmed and styled. NA got
crimped; RB got twisted, tailed and bottle curled; and AD got cornrows. We learned
about the academy and curriculum, how one goes about getting into the school
and how long the program is, and what they could expect after receiving their
degree.
RB - leadership for organizing
this trip. NA, RB, AD - Fitness to Fashion SB#3, T#4, & part of CE#2 &
3.
October 28: meeting for younger 358 - business meeting: cookies rules/deadlines/reqs. for double dough...; silver project plan of action - decided to start with the challenge first and did one activity from Fitness to Fashion = design accessory/clothing, AD and RB will call beauty school for hair appointment.
October 27: BD's silver project
Outdoor cooking class at camp: Creative
Cooking SB #5 and Camping SB #4
fire starting / safety / minimal impact
fajitas in a foil packet prep
safety circle / cooking with sterno
hobo stove hamburgers and hotdogs on a stick
hot cocoa over a fire
safe handling of hot coals / degrees per coal for oven cooking
pizza in a box oven
dish washing instructional / dunk bag and line / keeping garbage from wildlife
and removal
bread rolls on a stick
Outdoor Cooking Skills certificates distributed
brownies in a box oven
October 25: Silver Award Training - AD and RB are very excited about pursuing silver - they are planning an outdoor skills workshop and now are working on a path to follow.
October 23: Bridging - Troop 308 assisted us with our bridging and lent us their mock bridge, a nifty item. We started with a Flag ceremony, the Juniors brought us over the bridge, they pinned us, and handed out recognitions. Then we had the cake that held our bridging candles. It was very nice ceremony.
October 21: meeting for older 358/711: business meeting - double dough reqs.; booth sale options; super troop is a go; review of trip reqs. and Docs needed. Thanks scouts for entertaining Corey.
October 20: Early Bird Event & Halloween Party - Juniors did team
games, new games, farm tour and pony rides. Cadettes did wall climbing and canoeing. The Juniors went to Halloween party and
enjoyed a haunted house hosted by 308, and games hosted by 555. Every troop
brought treats to share and there was an amazing balloon sculptress.
High Adventure SB#5; Paddle.
Pole, and Roll SB#3
October 7: Discussed needs and wants: hard copy of calendar (AD will do); older Cadette web site name (the Cool Troop); Candy sale in Feb is a go (if we can sell all the cookies we have to order to get double dough); newsletter every month (BD will do); went over list of girl/family reqs. and docs. for trip. See computer related SB & SP.
October 6: Troop 096 joined us at the Family Health and Safety Day. We did face painting and tattooing to entertain children as their parents perused nearby booths. While the scouts decorated the children they asked them questions on safety & gave out stickers. The Food Connection SP#1
October 2: Parent's meeting and scout start up. We made arrangements to attend several October events; chose what we'd like to do for the Early-Bird event and worked on picking out a troop crest. The girls got their first taste of a girl-run meeting; It was a learning experience.
September 23: Events meeting -
everyone signed up for the events they plan on attending. If you weren't at the
meeting let me know if you plan to attend any October event ASAP.
Thanks everyone for entertaining Corey.
KN did Service component of
Computers in everyday Life IPP.
September 16: Calendar meeting.
Decided on fundraisers; day we will meet; and voted on officers. We have two
patrols, one of older Cadettes & one of younger.
Patrol leaders: BD & NA
Secretaries: KN
Historian: KS & AD
Treasurer: SR
September 8: Fundraising meeting. SR & BD had some great ideas on this year's fundraisers. The consensus was to have many events that were fun for the SU.
September 1: general meeting to decide what we want to do and what to expect for the year.
August 18: bake sale & car wash @ SFM. Cookies and Dough CE#2
August 4: Did 3 hours service at
Family Fun Day at SFM. We told stories, taught crafts, sold Girl Scout cookies,
and made princess hats. Child care SP#1
Troop 358 Activities as Cadettes 2000-2001
June 22-24: Fundraiser: catered
three meals at encampment for the service unit. Did lunch (3.00 pp) and dinner
(6.00 pp) on Saturday and breakfast (3.00 pp) on Sunday. We also sold coffee,
tea and cocoa throughout.
The Lunch menu was: hotdog or chicken patty on roll with assorted condiments,
bag of potato chips, side salad, choice of Popsicle or fudgesicle and bug juice
or lemonade.
The dinner menu was: 2 tacos or plate of nachos with taco meat on the side. The
fixings bar included shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, sliced black olives,
onion, shredded cheddar cheese, salsa, sour cream, and cheese sauce for the
nachos. There was bug juice or lemonade to drink and brownies for desert.
The breakfast menu was: 2 Eggo waffles with syrup, 2 brown and serve sausages,
choice of fresh fruit, cereal, juice and milk.
Time off: swimming at the waterfront, face painting, tie-dye, working/meeting
with a bridging junior troop, and tent-time.
IPP reqs: Creative cooking SP#6
& CE#2.
June 9: met with travel agent and put down payment on trip. Ate deadly chocolate cake to celebrate a B-day. Tallied food orders and did some business and played. Travel SB#2
June 2: regular meeting: we discussed alternative trips in case this one does not work out- painted wooden beads for swaps (gifts for leaders). Travel SB#3
May 26: AD awarded her 10-year pin and caught up on badge work for silver.
May 20: KS marched in the Memorial Day parade with the scouts and AD and SR marched in the bands.
May 12: scout/parent meeting to discuss troop / trip finances and project figures for 2002 and 2003. Dollars and Sense SB#2
May 5: regular meeting/beadwork assessment.
April 28: bowling
April 14: dance party and encampment catering meeting
April 12: Career Exploration Night at the Maritime Aquarium for girls ages 8-18. About 100 women professionals in science and technology fields were located throughout the site. They offered activities related to their field of expertise and were available to answer questions. Inventions & Inquiry CE#3
March 31: We served at a fundraiser to benefit our sponsor. Before hand we did a career study on cookware consultant and made food for the event and our dinner. Creative cooking CE#4
March 10: photo shoot for resume work. Photography CE#5 &6
March 3: planned next meeting; Super troop diversity - a wedding in India; recognitions work
February 17: recognitions work
February 10: Cookie Booth
February 9: Girl Scouts Around the World event- great event organized by SR and SR. Had around 45 scouts in attendance. Nicely done.
February 3: Cookie Booth sale
1/27 General meeting. Decided to cater lunch at encampment(s) as a fundraiser - need to know which Saturdays you are available. Cookie sales evaluation.
1/20-21 Cookie booth sales
1/15 Girl Scout in the USA event. Went well considering BD was sick prior and had to "wing it". Around 30 girls came, almost all of them Bridging Brownies.
1/13-14 Cookie booth sales
12/16 Finalized 1/15 fundraiser and considered catering encampments as possibilities to raise funds. Made Swedish "cats eye" buns.
12/9 Discussed fundraisers, recognitions due at upcoming award ceremony 1/27 or 2/3, and assessed silver progress.
12/6 SR and BD at leader's meeting to promote GS in USA and Around the World events.
12/2 Winter Seal Watch Cruise and
visit at the Maritime Aquarium. We completed the Wildlife IPP:
sb #3: identified
and recorded wildlife seen during cruise. Learned where to look for seals and
how to differentiate between them.
sb#4: time=8:45/clear skies/ calm waters/
westerly winds at 5mph/ watched for seals until 11:00 and found none (little
other wildlife to be seen today). We went to the aquarium to observe the seals
during feeding (1:45/48 F) since there were none to be observed on the sound
today.
tech#1: learned
about and used equipment that a marine biologist would use.
tech#4: learned about how our latest use of
larvicide’s against west Nile may be reducing our lobster population in the
sound, etc.
sp #2: we
completed wildlife surveys of what we found - keep in mind that the fact that
we didn't find much is useful information as well.
ce #2: We
interviewed marine biologist, Robyn. Nifty gal.
ce #4:
1972 law passed to stop hunting of and interaction with sea mammals. Brought
about by irresponsible hunting of and exploitation of these creatures, etc.
11/18 Rededication Ceremony and short meeting for updates and catch-up on silver and other recognition work.
11/10 Field trip to Instapack. We saw how foam packaging is created and learned how this and many other different kinds of packing materials area applied and tested. It was very interesting to visit the site, see the lab, and meet the people there. Inventions and inquiry CE#4
11/4 Meeting: firmed up fundraisers - KS will do flyer for GS in the USA & around the world events.
10/21 Early Bird event- all but
one was not able to make it and had to leave early due to illness. The facility
was marvelous, it's really too bad it didn't pan out for us that day. The high
ropes were really high and it was fascinating to watch everyone's attempts (few
made it all the way up). High
adventure #4
Meeting: discussed possible
fundraisers
9/23 Car Wash. We did well; profit was around $250. BD 5 1/2 & 6; KM 4 1/2 & 9; KN 5; KP 5 & 4; SR 6 & 6; KS 5 & 5.
9/16 Arts festival selling bubble stuff, origami, tattoos. Origami was a hard sell, bubble stuff did better, but tattoos were the best seller by far. Profit was low - not something we'll likely to do again as a fundraiser. BD 6 1/2 & 9; KM 3 1/2 & 4; KN 9; SR 9 & 9; KS 4 & 4 Paper works CE#2
9/9 Made sign for car wash, cut paper for origami, signed up for time slots to serve at both events, did double dough application, and voted in our Court of Honor. Congratulations: KS-president; SR-VP; KN-secretary; BD-treasurer; and KM-public relations. Paper works SB#5
9/2 We firmed up plans for the upcoming fundraisers, discussed the RE, and assessed progress on Silver. Then we had birthday cake and lemonade.
8/5 We tested handmade bubble flower wands and continued planning for the arts festival. CC says she might be able to get a dining fly so we have some protection from the elements. We also decided to add make your own origami to the mix. So now we plan to sell temporary tattoos, bubble stuff with handmade wand and do/sell origami.
7/22 KM reported on money we have
and calculated the money we'd need based on 100% and 50% funding. We discussed
what fundraisers we'd like to do and opportunities in the community.
Troop 358 Activities as Cadettes 1999-2000
6/28 Bridged troop 234 at the park. We did flag ceremony, bridged the Juniors, presented them with pins, then shared a picnic dinner and played at the park.
6/24 Future trip plans part 2.
6/17 We planned our first meeting of the coming GS year, discussed meeting for the summer and what our troop trip might be. Then the girls made bead wax candles (my gift to them).
6/10 Award Ceremony. Cadettes finalized plans, set up, and readied themselves for the ceremony. Parents filed in and they began with the flag, then candle lighting, then award ceremony.
6/2-4 Encampment. We camped therefore it stormed (while we cooked-it's tradition) on our first night. We had chicken foil packets and s’mores. We were stuck in camp due to a downed line and trees BUT we had electricity when most our parents didn't - go figure. Saturday got off to a late and rocky start as camper’s gear had to be trucked past a tree and the girls had to take the long way to their sites. We made pancakes and bacon for breakfast and taught Troop 234, the Junior troop helping us out with our tie-dye session, how make their own tie-dye Tees. Once everyone got settled in we assisted troop 234 with the first session. We had hotdogs on sticks and mac & cheese for lunch. We ran the second and third session ourselves, and left the fourth to 234 (we swam last session). We swapped our bugs for other nifty creations and had stew and banana boats for dinner. Sunday we invited another troop to muffins, donuts (made in our box oven), french toast, bacon and eggs for brunch. We packed up, ran a flag down/scouts own ceremony, and then bugged out. Creative cooking SB#5; artistic crafts SP#1
5/27 Finished planning for encampment and made bug swaps.
5/21 Memorial Day Parade. Two Scouts marched in the band and two carried the colors for the scouts. Well-done ladies.
5/20 It rained; we planted anyway. It looks great! Remember to water our creation when it needs it. plant life SP#1
5/19 BD and AD waited tables at the Bethel Girl Scouts Ziti dinner to benefit our Wider-ops fund and Family Partnership initiative. They were two of three older scouts helping out. Thank you girls, we REALLY appreciated your help.
5/13 Update on patch progress for upcoming Award Ceremony; Planting and parade head count; Ziti dinner donations collected; Encampment details and menu planning (AD and KS are in charge of the menu).
4/28-30 CJ trip:
28th- Boulder basin; mini golf; orientation and snack.
29th- breakfast; candle making; hike Sunrise mountain playing games (monster
vomit, boomerang and camouflage) along the way; archery; lunch; group
initiatives; pretzel making; Mt. Wood; Trading post; dinner; arts and crafts
(everyone did one or more of the following: scratchboard, sand art, painting,
everyday color, etc.); campfire
30th- breakfast; feed the farm animals; leather craft; BB shoot; lunch. High
adventure SB#1,3,5 &CE#3; Artistic craftsSB#1, Tech#1
4/15 Business meeting: Encampment - yes we're going, we're running 3 or 4 sessions of tie-dye with the two Junior troops that we're bridging; Planting - everyone's parent says their free so everyone should be there for the Juniors; BD is collecting toiletries to make travel kits for kids in shelters; Ziti dinner - everyone brings in one jar of meatless sauce and a gardening item for the gift basket we'll be donating to the Wider-ops program and Parent Partnership drive. From fitness to fashion SP#2
4/8-9 Midnight Jam: swimming, basketball, volleyball, movies, cards and crafts with Cadettes and Seniors in our Council. Stayed up till 2 a.m., slept on the floor, got up bright and early = life is good. Women's health SP#5
4/2 Moonlight bowling at CB. The lanes were nice and computer scoring was cool. There were prizes for spares and strikes and trivia answered.
3/25 Mr. O came in to discuss the DD Hospitality House. He described the homeless and explained why many were so. He did a run through of what he does every night: the late night start; the uncertainty & lottery for beds; the reasons one might be rejected; showers/laundry/hygiene; personal issues; volunteerism and the lack thereof; and early start for the next day. Family living CE#4
3/22 Trip to EMS at the mall. We spent 1 1/2 hours with PB investigating careers in orienteering and learning about how she got started and her personal experiences. Afterward we gathered over snack to plan to shop for our "dream" room. A realistic budget was set (no fair!) and off we went. Many were surprised with what they could live without and a fair portion of you had quite a bit of "money" left. Orienteering CE#1; Home improvement CE#4
3/18 Troop business = lots of decisions made: CJ trip date set; moonlight bowl may replace 4/1 meeting; dates for planting at SMC as service project projected; bridging derby idea introduced, etc. Diversity activity - "Let's pretend we are...walking in someone else's shoes": everyone was given a sheet of paper telling them what disability they "had". They were to come up with three hints to give the group. They gave the less revealing hint first, then the second, until someone guessed what disability they had.
3/12 Cookie Blitz at S&S. We sold about 20 cases of cookies.
3/4 Newman patrol arranged for diversity activity for Super troop. We each wrote down some unknown factoid about ourselves, put them in a paper bag, shook the bag, drew a paper out, then read the factoid and everyone had to decide whom it belonged to. The girls really enjoyed this and were very interested to learn more about each other. We did a study of hand wedging/ handling of clay. Then we made beads out of clay. At a later meeting we will critique our method.
2/26 One-on-one: broke down into groups to check/update individual’s work and brainstorm. Now everyone should know what they have done and have a good idea where they plan to go with it. QSP packets distributed.
2/25 Sadie Hawkins Day Dance was a hopping time. The DJ was real good, the mirror ball and decorations transformed the gym, photos were taken of dad and daughter under a flowered trellis, and snacks were plentiful.
2/12 Boca patrol arranged for munchies and soda. Troop business: Winter camp prep done; began to plan for CJ trip; chose activities from Connections for two future meetings to meet Super Troop requirement.
2/9 KM attended Leader's Meeting to promote sock collection in Service Unit. Flyers were distributed to all troops. Family living SP#3
2/5 Book collection ending. SR brought in collection boxes for eyeglasses; all took some to distribute. Voted to see who wants to do: Sadie Hawkins day dance; Hikes; winter camp? Family living SP#3
1/29/00 Made chocolate candy. Troop business: KM-collect White cotton crew socks for homeless at DD and collect books for DHPU; planning trip to DFM to meet with PB to finish Orienteering IPP; discussed camping/jamming and other upcoming events. Everyone wants to do it all, BUT choices must be made.
1/23/00 Booth Sale at VH 12-2(SR and BD), 2-4(Ad and KS) and 4-6(KN). Boy was it cold. It was not as profitable as it could have been had it been nicer, but it did shave a few dollars off the per person trip cost.
1/15-16/00 Booth cookie sale at church after masses. Those who sold/# of masses: BD/3, AD/1, JH/1, KM/2.
1/8/00 Did cookie distribution. Discussed: SR-collection of eyeglasses-starts 2/16 and ends 3/16; the possibility of winter camping and attending a midnight jam.
12/18/99 Holiday Cookie bake and share. Scouts baked snowball, oatmeal raisin, candy, and butterscotch peanut butter cookies. While they did this FO shared the food prep dos and don’ts that Marriott employees practice daily as they prepare commercial fare. Every scout and leader took home a plate of cookies and several were given to parish clergy. The food connection CE#4
12/11/99 Orienteering career study. CC brought in her computer and drafting program as well as area maps of a local intersection, recent and old. She explained how the surveying was/is done, and the importance of it, in the past and the present. She described her responsibilities at the workplace and educational prep for her position. Orienteering CE#1
12/4/99 Rededication ceremony. SR brought cake and girls put candles on cake. Girls began with flag ceremony then each lit a candle after they stated their achievements and part of the law. AD handed each their patch then all had cake and punch.
11/20/99 Field Trip to Made by Hand. Owner JA explained what he does as an artisan, discussed the cultural significance of tribal/all natural items that he sells, talked about what he has to do as a merchant. Artistic crafts CE#1 &3
11/13/99 Discussed super troop and
upcoming trip. Divided into and named two patrols:
Newman: AD as PL; KP; SR; KS and
Boca: BD as PL; KN; KM; JH
Patrols each planned one of the next two meetings, incorporating reqs. from
super troop.
Boca - 11/20 meeting: field trip and Rededication Ceremony
Newman - 12/ 4 meeting: cookie tally with booth projections and Hanukah share
Boca - will plan 12/11 meeting....
11/6/99 Reviewed wider ops. Gave
them all forms to apply.
Discussed area sites of interest. Girls had previously decided to go on lots of
mini-trips so FO shared a Housatonic tourism guide with all. The girls were
polled as to how many of the places on the list they had been; few had been to
any of the local museums. Hmmmm.
10/30/99 Regular meeting followed by the Forest of Fear. We discussed the Silver award reqs. and checked our progress. All are asked to complete an evaluation for the troop that will be doing it next year and keep a copy of it on our Silver award packet. I went over cookie info, booth and blitz sales. Then we went to the Forest of Fear. BD, JH, KM, KN, SR.
10/22/99 We ran a Halloween Party for the Service Unit. AD and BD did the Haunted alley, JH and KN did the Fortune Teller, KM and SR did the Prize table, KP did the Games, and KS helped organize the event and manned the leader check-in. It was a great event. We received rave reviews. You all did a great job.
10/21/99 Attended Silver Training: AD,BD,JH,KM,KN,KP,KS.
10/16/99 HP prep meeting. Some painted the scene of the haunted alley on three sections of 5 ply. Others made up the ticket bags with goodies for all those who signed up timely (those who come late don't get goodies). Signs were made to direct traffic inside and outside; items were collected for the fortuneteller's tent; and pizza and soda orders taken (for the day of the party).
10/9-10/99 Robert's event. Great date! Female international orienteer PB came on 9th to aid we Cadettes with the first part of the Orienteering IPP(SB#1,2,3,5; Tech#3; SP#1,4). We completed a yellow course and made maps and clue sheets for the Juniors white course. That night we gathered around a fire ate s’mores and sang. We were the only group to sleep out- it was perfect weather for it. On the 10th the string course was set up for Brownies, a white course set up for Juniors, and stations were set up for Brownie Try-it and Junior bag-a-badge. We made a fire in the FS to keep all-warm on this cold, rainy day. Some aided DG with her map reading program while others cut and taped/whipped lengths of rope. Then we taught 30 some odd Juniors knife safety, knots, and layering and later stood ready on the white course to keep the Juniors from straying too far.
10/6/99 KS and BD attend Leader's meeting to tout the HP.
10/2/99 Firmed up prize and snack orders for HP. Layout of hall, location of games/bathrooms/kitchen/etc., addressed. Design of alley and teller discussed.
9/25/99 More decisions: All plan to attend Silver Training on 2/21; Robert's Event will be in lieu of regular meeting. Members going? 4yes, 2no, 2absent; Halloween party will be held in lieu of 2/23 meeting. Event Leader= KS, haunted alley= BD & AD, prizes= SR & KM, and fortuneteller= JH & KN. Plans/outlines will be presented at the 10/2 meeting.
9/18/99 Honor Guard was elected. Patrol Leaders are AD and BD; Secretary is KN; and Treasurer is KM. Decisions made: All will pursue Silver Award; all are for frequent mini- trips and SU events; and all agreed to do Super Troop program.
9/12/99 Our first Group meeting with Troop 711. We decided on a meeting time and were given plenty to think about over dinner. BD prepared taco fixings, salad, soup, a cold cut tray and chocolate mousse as part of her Creative Cooking Patch.
9/4/99 KM and BD helped out at the Bethel Town Picnic; held yearly to benefit the Scotty fund. They served at two stations during their three-hour stint.
6/30/99 Movie with tour of cinema followed by dinner. Because some of our members might not be able to remain in our troop, due to change of meeting time/day next year, the girls decided to have a party with the money they had saved. We attended a matinee showing of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace". After we were given a tour of one of the huge projection rooms. Our guide explained how everything worked and what expertise his job involved. We got to see him at work keeping 6 films running at once. He gave us each a clip of the film "Big Daddy", the parts that are left over when the several rolls of one film are spliced together, and explained to us how much each piece of equipment cost. That's $900.00 for a bulb, $600.00 for a film cleaner, ...we now have a greater understanding of why it costs so much to see a movie these days. After the movie we went to an old fashioned drive in diner. We sat inside surrounded by 50's and 60's memorabilia and sucked down home made root beer, burgers, malts, floats, etc. 'till we were ill. We all had a very nice time. Computers in everyday life Tech#3
Troop 358 Activities as Juniors 1998-99:
6/16/99 Bridging ceremony. We met at the park and set up our bridge and ceremony area. Our bridge was made of two sets of helium balloons: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple - one for each world and one for the handbook. The girls tied the balloons to five foot pieces of wood to form an arching rainbow. The arches were placed side by side with a path between them. The caller began the flag ceremony, which lead into the candle ceremony, then the bridging and presentation of recognitions. After we ate our cake, drank lemonade, and played in the park.
6/14/99 We met with the Cadette troop that we will be meeting with next year. We will be forming a group. Our troop provided the materials to create flower boxes. Both troops decided to donate to boxes to the Bethel Health Care Center.
6/9/99 Mrs. M came to visit and the girls interviewed her for the S. of the S. We finished up the last of our business then played with the award that we received from the Service Unit for holding the field games at encampment (mini balls and bow and arrow - the girls love them).
6/2/99 Mr. D Sr. came to visit and the girls interviewed him for the S of the S. We made pizzas in our solar oven. They were...different. And we planned more of our Bridging ceremony.
5/26/99 Solar oven cooking clouded out. Instead we did more work on our EMSofA with credo. A Bridging committee was formed: KS, SN, KP, and KM. They will plan and lead this ceremony to meet a Super troop requirement.
5/12/99 We finished the solar oven and worked on the Seal. Then we studied the appeals collected over two months and created stations for each one. Everyone was given monopoly money and instructed to give each organization should get what portion of the money. One person represented the charity at each station and tried to get the others to give their money to their charity. They described the hardships of those helped by their organization and offered incentives to those who gave. We then tallied the money collected, compared the take of each charity and discussed why we gave the way we did.
5/5/99 Began making solar oven. Began Earth Matters Seal of Approval.
4/30-5/2 Encampment with Troop 319; three days and two nights of non-stop activity. We ate grilled, fried, baked, toasted, boiled, foiled and burnt food in massive quantities. It all tasted great. We ran three sessions of Field Games for 130 Scouts with the assistance of Troop 319.
Thank You All. You did an outstanding job!
Together we ran the Flag up, Flag down and Scout's Own Ceremonies. We hiked, played, and performed till we dropped. We went on two night hike/sparkle parties (that's hiking in the dark, no flash lights, to a dark location and biting on wintergreen lifesavers with our mouths open and checking out the sparks). And we exchanged swaps; ours were autograph booklets we had made from invitation scraps picked up from a local printer.
4/28/99 Met with troop 308 and shared our Cadette experiences with them. I distributed the pine seedlings we had ordered to each Scout. We reviewed our badge logs to see what more is required of each girl to complete the Sign of the Satellite. We searched the kitchen, hall and our stuff to see where it was made.
4/26/99 BD and I met with Troop 319 to teach them the field games we'll be doing for encampment. Then we helped them make some swaps.
4/23/99 Bring a Buddy Dance. Congratulations girls on an outstanding job! Eleven troops attended with 139 scouts and 59 buddies. Thanks a million to LM, DD, and TP for all you did for us.
4/21/99 We added the extras to the goodie bags. We discussed the BAB dance and what the safety rules were. As their job during the event, the girls chose to man the doors of the hall and escort scouts to their troop tables. We were then treated with Troop 308's practice performance of a song from the Sound of Music.
4/14/99 We went on a field trip with troop 139 to White Memorial Foundation in Litchfield. We ate a picnic lunch, hiked the Little Pond trail, checked out the museum, a local ice cream parlor and some old mansions on the way home.
4/10/99 Candlewood workday. Some of us arrived earlier and cleaned tables. When we late birds arrived we helped with lunch service and cleaning up. Then we joined Senior Scout CD in revitalizing a trail on site. The girls got a lot out of helping the older Scout.
4/9/99 Wider op night. Several area Senior Scouts shared their experiences on Wider opportunities. Third grade Brownies and above were invited to attend with their parents. It got the younger scouts very excited about the program. Thank You Elise and Thank You Ladies!
4/7/99 Leader's meeting. We presented our LAP to the adult Leader's.
4/7/99 We made party bags for the Bring a Buddy dance. The girls prepared about 180 of them assembly line style. We met with troop 139 to decide where to hike, what to bring, etc., for the completion of the hiker badge. Then we taught troop 139 some FIELD GAMES outdoors. We will be running two field games events at encampment - this was practice in instruction. We learned that it is a lot harder to teach a game than it is to learn one.
3/31/99 Met with DJ from WLAD to discuss BAB Dance. Made swaps for Encampment and signs for BAB.
3/28/99 Hike with Cadette and Senior Troops. We hiked for two hours around a nearby reservoir. We trekked along established paths, half way through we stopped to have GORP, and we examined curiosities.
3/27/99 Workday at Overlook Park. BD, AD, KM, LM and myself joined JO to continue work done at local park. We picked up trash from grounds and stream, then cleared the trails, and had lunch. We then replaced a step of tires that served as erosion deterrents, finished clearing trails then AD and BD dug ditches that would become the bases of two new fire pits. Congratulations AD on removing that stump!
3/24/99 We went over the traffic survey that we did during the cookie blitz and our family travels for the week with Mrs. M. We did a cost analysis of the BAB dance then chose what to order for the party bags and firmed up the patch design.
3/17/99 Computer room to finish up our LAP. We put our work in a binder with some of the items we collected to create a Leader's resource. The rest, books and tapes..., was put in a milk crate with the notebook. We finished early so the girls played some computer games. Sym-town was the favorite.
3/13/99 Cookie Blitz in front of local video
store. We sold about 10 cases. At 90 cents profit for each we now have enough
to attend a session of troop camp again this year! Thanks Council cookie
cupboard!
While we waited we did a traffic survey. At the end we presented a box of
cookies with a troop thank you card to the owner.
3/10/99 We caught up on some troop business. Then Mrs. M came in to help us with our Eco-Action activities. She shared pamphlets supplied by her company that encourages car/vanpooling. She explained that not only is carpooling good for the environment but it can be cost effective and even profitable to the employee if their company offers monetary incentives to do so. We will document all the times all family members use transportation, and to where, for a week.
3/3/99 Trip to the computer room to do word processing. Each Scout organized their subject matter then created an index, title page, flyer, etc. for the leader resource guide.
2/24/99 'Special Olympics'.
We invited Troop 308 to come to our meeting to celebrate diversity.
I welcomed the Brownies and explained to them what the purpose of the event
was: to understand the difficulties faced by the disabled by trials. KM and BD
began with a story written by a blind girl about a day in her life and her
advice to the seeing community about how she would prefer to be treated (See American
Girl Magazine). They explained what sign language was and demonstrated it.
Some of the Brownies were invited up to share what phrases they knew. KM then
passed around a letter written in Braille for the girls to feel.
I read a list of famous disabled and what their disability was. Then we took a
quiz that I picked up from the Internet, matching names and disabilities. When
the rest of our troop arrived, our troop members arrive at different times, we
held our flag ceremony and had snack.
The Brownies were divided into small groups. Each group attended different
stations on rotation. Junior Troop 139 later joined us. Everyone had a great
time; no one wanted to leave.
2/17/99 Prepared for Girl Scout Sunday. SN prepared exhibit for troop table. Topic: Endangered species. Our choice: chinchilla. KP had done a report on the chinchilla, which she will include. BD had information off the Internet. KM will present a diorama on her own animal since she could not make it to the meeting today. AD will draw a big picture to top our exhibit. KS is looking for a stuffed animal chinchilla or the like so girls can feel how soft they can be. We also made swaps out of recycled materials: a chinchilla 'head' out of old plastic coffee cup lids, googly eyes, Styrofoam packing peanuts, retired telephone wire, etc.
2/3/99 We sorted through the stuff we had collected from various sources for our Leader Resource Guide. We divided it into groups and each girl took ownership of a grouping. We then tried our hand at duplicating a craft packet; a packet containing instructions, stencils, materials, and one completed craft for reference. The girls inadvertently used the stencils they had made in the finished product so we'll have to do it all over again. I assured the girls that this failure is good for us because it will help us to be more explicit in the directions that we put in our craft packets.
1/27/99 Awards Ceremony. Parents were invited to attend; KP was responsible for the invitation. Scouts began with a Flag Ceremony then posted the flags. I explained to the parents the requirements fulfilled to obtain the recognitions. Each scout read a list of seven accomplishments that demonstrate her leadership ability, then lit her own candle, from the larger candle that was already lit, and placed it on the cake. Cakes make very good candleholders, BD was cake leader. I presented the scout with her badges while parents applauded, then called the next scout for the same. When all had gone, the flags were retired and we all ate cake and punch.
1/20/99 Attended troop 139's Award ceremony, had a popcorn party (as prescribed in handbook) and planned our own Award ceremony. Each scout made a list of seven things that they have done or been involved in that demonstrate or have improved their leadership abilities. BD volunteered to make cake and each scout will light their candle after reading their list. KP designed poster for event. Each scout picked 'S.O.' activity to prepare.
1/13/99 Met with troop 308 and invited them to our 'Special Olympics'. Scouts went over packets on disabilities borrowed from Council. They then designed appropriate activities for Brownies to do that would show them the difficulties particular disabilities might pose. I shared some information I had gotten off the Internet on famous disabled persons.
1/6/99 Caught up on troop business. In order to complete Super troop we chose to devote two meetings to pluralism/diversity. After much discussion we settled on a 'special Olympics' to show the difficulties of being disabled, then we read the portion that dealt with the disabled in our handbook.
12/21/98 Service project. Sort holiday gifts for the less fortunate with Brotherhood-in-action.
12/19/98 Recycling
12/18/98 Santa's Alphabet Play. Held at local school for Daisies and first grade Brownies. Begun with snack made by Leader's followed by play done by troops 139 and us. There were also several crafts and activities run by troops 555 and 139 followed by a sing-a-long run by troop 101.
12/16/98 Meeting with troop 139. Dress rehearsal for play. We held our first performance for troop 308.
12/9/98 Meeting with troop 139. Painted large cardboard boxes then put them together to resemble a large sleigh and Christmas tree. Then we made tooled ornaments to put on the tree and sleigh.
12/2/98 Meeting with troop 139. Had Flag ceremony and practiced play. Assembled bees wax candles (from a kit), made safety pin and glass bead 'JOY' swaps, and gift box ornaments to donate to the craft fair benefiting local school (and made extras to give as gifts).
11/21-22/98 Camp-in. Slept over at the Science Center and took part in the astronomy program. We completed the remainder of the Sky Search badge (we had been working on it last March) by making a star chart, creating a constellation and myth* to go with it, and watched a show in the planetarium. They enjoyed petting a chinchilla and checking out all the other animals; played in the various exhibits; ate a goodly amount of pizza and doughnuts; got neat stuff at the store; and had a blast. Of special interest to them were the Satellite dishes on the back lawn. They enjoyed whispering secrets to each other long distance.
*I asked each girl to put one star anywhere on the table; we connected the stars; we decided that it looked like "Nessy"; and that "Nessy" had gotten to the stars in search of water.
11/21/98 Recycling.
11/18/98 Hike at PP. Prepared Troop 139 for hiking while we ate our snack. I went over proper dress for the woods, discussed potential hazards, and minimal impact. BD and KP handled the first aid instruction by assigning each girl a secret malady and pretending to diagnose and treat their patients as they took turns reporting their symptoms to these 'nurses'. We made gorp at the park and hiked the trail while doing an ABC nature hunt. When we came back troop 308 had brownies for us that they cooked in the box ovens we had lent them. We returned and did a quick run-through of the play.
11/4/98 Meeting with Troop 139. Troop 139 chose to earn the hiker badge and asked us to come along. We left the choice of park to them and agreed to lead them in earning this badge. Created hardcopy of leadership in action plan and practiced what we will say at the leader's meeting later that night. BD, KS, and AD attended that meeting later that night and presented our plan to local leaders and ask them to share their knowledge and resources with us. These young ladies made me proud as usual, getting compliments on their poise and plan from other leaders.
11/1-11/30/98 Cookie sale time. We had calculated that each girl would have to sell 185 boxes apiece to cover the full cost of CJ.
10/30/98 Halloween Party. The Cake Leader AD made a cake and brought it to the event that night where the rest of us decorated it before the party with goodies we all brought in. It was a chocolate cake with vanilla icing of various colors. It had a black house with a cookie graveyard in front and all manner of ghastly looking embellishments. We took turns playing Halloween Party Games during the party and running the prize table.
*Each girl was given 16 tickets with the option to buy more sets at $2.00 per set. Each activity 'cost' one ticket. There were a dozen or so games, a haunted alley, and a fortuneteller. There was also a craft table, raffle activity, and prize table where prize tickets may be redeemed. We snacked on the cakes each troop created and punch.
10/28/98 Meeting with troop 308. We showed the Brownies how to/what to weed; discussed super troop; firmed up leadership in action plan; and discussed Halloween cake decoration- AD volunteered to organize: she helped troop compromise on design, contents, and assigned items to be used for decoration. Cookie packets were reviewed, our cookie mom saw to it that the scouts completed the activities required to get the cookie pin (we earned our cookie badge last year), and the girls watched the tape. (They thought the dancing was cool but it went on too long and the background made them dizzy.)
10/21/98 Song Workshop. Met with troops 139 and 308 and enjoyed singing and learning to lead others in music with RP. Song leader RP came to our meeting place equipped with Sangam song books and soon had us singing chants and 'rounds like pros. For those in the Southwestern CT Council I suggest you take advantage of the song workshops available. You don't know what you're missing!
10/17/98 Recycling
10/14/98 Meeting with troop 139 for auditions for the play. Everyone was assigned parts and alternates designated. We chose from the leadership badge requirements remaining and decided on a LAP. The LAP outline is quite extensive. I plan to include it in this letter when it's done. (see 4/7/99)
10/7/98 Meeting with Troop 139. We held our Rededication ceremony. It began with a flag ceremony and GS Promise, followed by a Candle ceremony and presentation of recognitions. Troop 139 invited us to do a play with them. We accepted and did a run through of the play with them.
Meeting Notes -
9/30/98
9/30/98 We weeded then planned our Rededication ceremony. BD was assigned to
make a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting to hold the ten candles that we
would light as we recited the Law.
Meeting Notes -
9/23/98
9/23/98 Patrols one and two (the girls did not want to name them) met and
duties were carried out. We began weeding the church grounds with Troop 139. We
created an impressive mound of what we pulled. Our sponsor was pleased. Check
out the 9/23 and 9/30 meeting notes taken and posted our Patrol Secretary KP.
9/19/98 Recycling and Face Painting. Despite several snags in our plans the day went well. We did not bring a table because we were told there would be one for us (next time I bring one anyway) and the face painting sticks did not work well but fortunately I had our own as well. Working off of a small bench and sitting our patrons on beach chairs, we served a few dozen young people. Our Scouts did not let their disappointment get the better of them and I am very proud of the leadership skills they showed that day.
9/16/98 Meeting with Troop 308. We held a Flag ceremony, sang songs and played games as part of their badge work, then made arrangements to teach them to weed in October. We planned our trip to a local store* where we would be face painting as a service to the community during our town's art festival. We then practiced face painting on each other. *The store approached us and provided face paint and area next to Boy Scouts (who were selling hot dogs).
9/9/98 First meeting. Met with Troop 139 for Flag ceremony, songs, and games. Picked patrol leadership positions: Two Patrol Leaders; Two Assistant Patrol Leaders; Secretary; Treasurer; Two photographers; Two hostesses; and two 'fill-ins' (who will take on other Leadership positions as they become available). This was done by lottery - all girls interested in a position put her name card in a bag, one was drawn to fill that position and the process begun again for the next position. We also voted on which service opportunities we wanted to do. As a Super Troop we are required to do several different kinds of service in a year.
8/15/98 Recycling.
7/19/98 Painting with vegetables in front of Country Touch. We helped children of all ages make masterpieces with shapes created from vegetables. Artwork was displayed on latticework behind us while it dried. The artwork was really quite impressive.
7/18/98 Recycling.
6/29-7/1/98 Troop Camp. We had several meals provided and cooked on our own as well. We participated in programmed activities such as: swimming; boating; arts and crafts; storytelling; and nature now on a rotating basis daily. We weeded and planted; built two box ovens, which we later cooked in (we'll never forget cooking those pizzas in the box ovens in heavy winds and rain - the pizzas turned out great in spite of the poor weather.); went for a night hike; and performed for the others. We gave certificates of appreciation that were prepared ahead of time on the computer and personalized at camp, to the camp staff and counselors-they were thrilled.
6/24/98 Troop Camp planning session. Each girl was given a copy of paperwork sent to the troop by the camp. We reviewed camp rules, safety issues, and dress. A Scout was chosen to be a Camp Leader. We planned our meals; set meeting times; and discussed activities etc. One girl brought in a Kaper Chart that she created, one drew up a menu checklist (to make sure we didn't forget anything and to check against before we left for camp), and one made a shopping list. Each girl was assigned food and paper goods to bring.
6/20/98 Recycling- This is a money-earning endeavor. For the past 6 months we have accepted donations of 'for deposit' cans and bottles from area residents. A couple of times we have collected all sorts of recycling, collected from lakes and streams, and sorting redeemable, recyclables, from the garbage as part of our Sign of the Satellite work. This event is advertised in the local paper. Money raised was/will be used to defray the cost of camping and other trips. We've been doing this regularly and it will appear below only as recycling.
6/3/98 Bridged troop 139 to Juniors. We met at the park and held a very nice Bridging Ceremony using portions of a bridging poem that I obtained through council. One of our troop walked under a bridge created by attending adults, recited the first two lines of each stanza, the Brownie then recited the last two stanzas, then the Junior took the Brownies hand and walked her through to the side we Juniors stood on. When all Brownies were across we all recited the last stanza together. We then had ice cream and played afterward.
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