Cadette Girl Scout Troop 4715 Newsletter
May 26th, 2000
Updated 08/19/2011
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Cadette Girl Scout Troop 4715 Newsletter Updated 08/19/2011 |
June 3 – Big Day
Thinking Day Event - St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 2-6 p.m.
Court of Awards – new location! Leslie Beach, 6-9 p.m.
June 3 was our original choice for our Court of Awards, but we’ve had to revise the schedule a little bit. The Service Unit Thinking Day event that was cancelled because of the ice storm last February will happen from 2 until 4 pm on June 3 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Tucker. It will be another segment of the Cultural Arts patch like last year’s Native American program, but this year will focus on African-American contributions to our culture. Most of the girls present at our last meeting want to attend, so we have moved our Court of Awards to the evening instead of lunch time.
We plan to have a cookout at Leslie Beach, and the leaders will supply hamburgers, hotdogs, buns, condiments, and Cokes. Anybody who would like to add to the menu is welcome to do so. If you’d like to be organized about it, Janet has agreed to organize our food.
On Friday night the girls who want to participate in the Cultural Arts Patch program agreed to help out with the SU Bridging Ceremony that will follow. This is a good thing to do because it helps younger girls know about the neat stuff that happens in Cadettes. Anybody who wants to come to the Cultural Arts program is welcome and invited also to be a role model at the Bridging Ceremony. We should be ready to leave St. Andrew’s at about 6:00 p.m. Pat will be at Leslie Beach from 6:00 p.m. to help set up for the cookout. We’ll plan to eat at about 7:00 p.m. and do awards at about 7:30 p.m. We can stay until 9:00 p.m. when the pool closes. Let Pat know if you’ve finished your Leadership Award hours in time for the Court of Awards!
Silver Award Project: Badges or Patches?
We had a very productive meeting last Friday night and learned a lot from Debbie Pompie.
(Girls Present: Stephanie, Rossie, Evelyn, Diana, Chandler, Anne, and Afua)
One of the things that we learned is that a Panda Badge may not be a good project for three reasons
After discussion we had a total of five things up for consideration for our Silver Award Project. Here’s the list
There were seven girls present on Friday, and several were interested in more than one of the possibilities. All seven, however, felt that our best bet was to redesign the Zoo Patch and do both parts, maybe breaking up into teams to do it. Debbie Pompie would like for us to finish by December because someone else at the Council Office will be taking over liaison with the Zoo, and we’d have to develop a relationship with someone new.
The steps toward redesigning the Zoo Patch include
These steps don’t look impossible at all to complete by December, but we need to get an idea of how girls who were not present at the meeting feel. We don’t actually all have to do the same Silver Award Project. An individual girl can do her own. Think about what you are interested in doing. Maybe we can talk at the Court of Awards. A helpful summary of how each girl is progressing towards her Silver Award is now online. Help us keep this Silver Award Progress Chart up-to-date!
Swap Making Day
Katie, Liz, and Christina will pick out a day in June and a swap idea, and we’ll let everyone know when it is. We’ll probably do it at the Callaway’s. If you can come help make swaps, you are ever so welcome.
Possible Fall Fundraising Event
The planning for the St. Bede’s fall festival began this week. It will probably be October 21. The committee chair thinks that our troop could have the babysitting concession and games for kids. Since Girl Scouts may not raise money for other organizations, she thinks we could operate our part as a service and keep the money we earn. How does this idea sound?
The Incredible Résumé Prize
Girls present last Friday worked on developing their own résumés showing their leadership skills. Pat is offering prizes to those girls who turn in a beautiful résumé, preferably typed, that could actually be used by its owner. What is the prize? Find out June 3. It’s a good one!
How to earn Leadership Hours leading a troop project
Worried Girl: It says on the chart that I need leadership hours, and they have to be in at least two projects with a minimum of 3 hours spent on each project. Well, the SciTrek NSP day when we taught Juniors counts for 5 or 6 hours. That leaves about 20 to go. Where will I ever find 20 leadership hours?!! Okay, okay, here’s this list of possible troop projects that I could organize. Oh, the Special Olympics was Memorial Day Weekend. Guess that won’t work. What are all these others, and what would I have to do?
Trusty Advisor: Don’t panic. Your trusty advisors do this all the time, and it’s no sweat. One of the examples of leadership hours on page 131 of the handbook is "Take charge of planning a troop trip or special event." If you decide to do this kind of project, we can work out the specifics of the hours earned. All the other girls who participate in your project will earn service hours, but the girl in charge will earn leadership hours.
Here are the steps:
Say you liked the idea of the "Suitcases for Kids" project. See who else is interested and make a list. Call Pat and get the number for the troop that is sponsoring the project. Call the troop and ask if they still need help staffing the Lowe’s stores where the suitcases are to be collected. If they do, tell them how many are in your group and ask where they would need you and for how long. Write everything down. Be sure you leave your name and phone number with them.
Now you make a permission slip. Ask Pat for a form and advice. This is an established Girl Scout project so that it’s already passed Safety Wise. Figure out which parent will drive and how many seat belts/cars/drivers you need. You’ll need 2 adult chaperones, one of whom should be a trained Girl Scout volunteer. Probably no supplies would be needed, except water and a truck to take the suitcases to the drop off point. Each girl could bring her own lunch. How long would you be there? Would you need shade?
Write everything up in your permission slip and pass out the slips. Get carpool packets from Marie because they have our health forms, and add a map to the Lowe’s store. Get the troop first aid kit from Pat. Be sure that you’ve planned who will take the suitcases to the drop off point and who will take the girls home. Go do it!
Not so worried girl: That’s not so hard after all! I can do that!
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