Girl Scout Senior Troop 4715 Newsletter Revised November 05, 2001

Great meeting in October

Aisha and Jamie did a great job of planning and chairing the meeting.  Katie took the minutes and volunteered to be the scribe for the rest of the year.  Christina, Karen, Katie, and Elizabeth volunteered to baby sit for the October 9^th Three Leaves Service Unit Meeting.  Our Service Unit meetings come up on the second Tuesday night of each month at 7 PM at Embry Hills UMC.  If girls would like to baby sit at future meetings, please contact Lianne Griffin, our Service Unit Director, to tell her when you want to come.  This is a great way to earn leadership or service hours.

Mrs. Unger passed out a few bills for fees leftover from last year for horseback riding and so forth.  New rosters were passed out.  Instructions for using Calling Post were given to the girls heading up the fall meetings so they can record & send out phone reminders the week of their event.  Everyone who needed to pay for a handbook has now done so.

Mrs. Lott asked that girls please let her know about things to go on the troop web site, especially when you arrange to have guest speakers come to our meetings and when you complete work toward an IPP or part of the Gold Award.  The whole troop did some work on the Leadership Award by reading half of Chapter 3 in the Senior Handbook.  Girls are supposed to finish reading Chapter Three at home at home.

Then the troop broke up into committees to work on the Camping and From Stress to Success IPP’s.  No report yet on plans from those committees.  Diana and Jenny will be in charge of the November meeting, which will be at the Callaways’ house at 7:30 PM on Friday, November 16 (please note change in start time). Don't forget to finish reading Chapter 3 in the handbook & to bring $1 for the Afghan children's fund. Liz and Katie have requested 25-30 minutes at the November meeting for a group discussion about the Senior Girl Scout Challenge.

Advisors’ Notes

Mrs. Callaway has some points to ponder for the Camping IPP Committee, headed by Rossie, and including Liz, Christina, Stephanie, Diana, Jenny, Anne, and Katie.

• Last year we were talking about working our way up to backpacking by learning about camping without tons of equipment.  We suggested staying at the Farmhouse at Misty Mountain in the spring or fall so that we could sleep out under the stars, but have facilities in case of bad weather.
• It would be great if we were ready enough to be among the first troops to camp at the new camp south of Atlanta, but we’ll have to be ready for primitive camping.
• We now have a troop dad who is a certified “Leave No Trace” instructor.
• Reservations for winter and spring camping must be postmarked December 1, which means that we need to get the troop camping forms filled out and signed by our Service Unit Director before that date.
• If we are going to the bunkhouses or fishing village at Misty Mountain in February as we usually do, we need to reserve that by December 1.  We also will have forms to fill out if we want to ride horses or climb the tower.
• If we want to plan a Farmhouse adventure or something similar, December 1 is the date for a spring trip.  If we decide to do a spring trip, and want to go swimming or canoeing, we will have to find lifeguards and canoe instructors, as the council requires.  
• We really need some solid plans soon because getting all the paperwork and people together will take some time and phone calls.
• There are some other places besides Girl Scout camps that we can camp in, including the camps that belong to the Northeast Georgia Girl Scout Council, but we still have permission forms and people to get together.
• A great Gold Award Project would be for someone to put together an easy way for troop leaders and Senior Girl Scouts to find lifeguards that meet Safety Wise standards and canoe instructors that can do that.  Maybe a web registry or referral service.  This is the single hardest thing I’ve ever done as a Girl Scout leader.

And a few calendar reminders for November and December

Website Reminder

Don't forget that all the troop newsletters are here on our troop website (http://www.gen.emory.edu/4715.html) so you can easily refer back to them.  The latest news is always under the "Breaking News" icon at the very top of our home page.  Also, all schedule updates are posted on the website's monthly planning calendars and on the Calendar Details page.