Girl
Scout Newsletter
Daisy
Troop #3164 // Brownie Troop #5231
Can you
believe that the end of the year is fast approaching? With only 2 more meetings scheduled, we've got so many things to
accomplish and to talk about!!
Meetings at the school (After School-5pm): April 25th & May 9th!
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Bridging/End
of Year Ceremonies
We
have 7 Brownies bridging to Juniors this year. . . to get them ready for their
new adventure, we are having a 3rd Grade Brownie Meeting on Wednesday, May 15th
at the Freeman Community Club Building 6pm until 8pm - dinner & drinks will
be provided!!
Bridging
and Award Ceremony for all Girl Scouts will be Wednesday, May 29th at 7pm. The ceremony will be held at the Freeman Community Club Building. Your girls had a wonderful year, come celebrate
all their accomplishments!! We have 8
girls moving on to the next level of Girl Scouting -- the Brownies who have
earned their wings and are 'flying' to Juniors: Amanda, Brynnlin, Cali, Kiarra,
Laci, Samara, and Sydney. We also have
a Junior bridging up to join the Cadette troop -- Christine.
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Summer
Meetings & Activities
Don't
want to go all summer without seeing your friends?!?! Now you don't have too!
Stay active in Girl Scouts this summer!! Mark your calendars!
Right now, we have two Daisy / Brownie Workshops planned for this summer
-- Wednesday, June 12th & Wednesday, July 31st from 6pm until 8pm at the
Freeman Community Club Building.
Because our current, Junior troop is actively working on their Bronze
Award - 3rd grade Brownie who are flying up to Juniors in May can participate
in the Daisy/Brownie Workshops this summer as helpers. These new Juniors will have the opportunity
to earn their 'Junior Aid'.
The
Junior troop is currently in the process of earning their Bronze Award - the highest
honor a Girl Scout Junior can earn!
These girls are in the planning process of putting on a Girl Scout Field
Day. They will need your participation
to make it a success! All details and
planning are being decided by and put in motion solely by the Junior Girl Scout Troop. Be on the look out! More
details are to come about a date, time, and location.
This
summer our Cadette troop is going for
the Silver Award—the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. It gives them the chance to show that they
are a leader who is organized, determined, and dedicated to improving our
community. These girls are working on a "Stuff the Bus" school
supplies drive during tax-free weekend in August. It is a huge project that takes a lot of organization and
planning. You will be receiving more
information about our "Stuff the Bus" project as we get details
confirmed.
Both
the Junior Troop and Cadette Troop will need our support during the quest for
Bronze/Silver! In order to earn these
Awards, the girls must put a lot of time and energy into them (Jr's must
complete 20 hours and Cad.'s 50 hours), which includes stepping out of their
comfort zone and talking/meeting with new adults and community members. I asked that when the time comes, you help
us make our projects a success in whatever way you can!! Because hopefully one day - it will be your
girls working together, trying to make the world a better place!!
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Girl
Scout Camp
It
seems that EVERY girl wants to go camping again this year! So camping we will go; however, I do not
have any details yet. I am still
looking into our options and waiting for council to open up the registration
dates for our council campsites. I would
guess, that with the resident camps taking over most of the camp site in our council
this summer, if we stayed on a council owned site, we are looking at a July/Aug
camping date. However, I am looking
into State Parks and other approved camping facilities as well. I will let you all know the details as soon
as I have them!
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Early
Bird Registration
Early
Bird Registration for the 2013-2014 membership year will be April 15-June
14. Each girl that registers during
this time frame will receive a free early bird patch this fall and our troop
with also qualify for on-time incentives (remember the t-shirts this
year)! If your girl plans on being a
Girl Scout next year please consider registering them NOW! This will save both you and I time! By re-registering before June 14th, there
are no registration forms to fill out!
(However, at some point you will still have to update those Health
History forms.) And it's just a click
of a button for me! Registration this
year is $15 per girl / per adult.
Early
Bird Registration can be done at anytime - just get with me! If you don't want to Register as an early
bird, we will still have a recruitment night in Aug/Sept once school starts to
register new recruitments. However,
filling out all the paperwork will be mandatory.
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Daisy
RoundUp!
Wednesday,
May 22nd at the Freeman Community Club Building from 6:30pm until 7:30pm. We will be having a Daisy Recruitment Night.
. . this will be an informal Daisy Meeting were girls currently in Kindergarten
or entering Kindergarten in the fall can come see what Girl Scouting is all
about! This girls will have fun meeting
new friends while working on crafts and enjoying a snack! Parents are encouraged to attend and get all
their questions answered!! If you know
of a girl that would like to be a Girl Scout this would be a GREAT night to
have them register with our troops. . . Girls that register now, have the
opportunity to participate in our summer activities with us!
We have
had a fantastic year! I want to thank
all of you for your dedication to Girl Scouting. Without a strong parent/leader relationship, I could not do this
and be successful at it. Thank you for
your continued support as we finish up this year and celebrate in our
accomplishments!! If you have any questions or concerns, please
contact me -- together we can do more!
Heidi Daily XXX-XXXX
freeman.girlscouts@hotmail.com
