This is the first of many blogs to come for our scout troop. I decided this year to be more environmentally friendly and instead of printing newsletters to send home with the girls, I will post all the information online for you to read and look over and over if you need to. The best part of this idea for you parents is no paper to misplace yeah! Just add our blog address to your favorites and it will always be there.
Our first meeting is, was September 20th 6pm. We have moved our meeting place to Sinai Lutheran church on the corner of 8th and Pebble. This is where we will meet all year on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month.
That makes our meeting dates:
October 4th & 18th
November 1st & 15th
December 6th No meeting on the 20th due to Holiday
January 3rd & 17th
February 7th & 21st
March 7th & 21st
April 4th & 18th
May 2nd & 16th
If for any reason these dates and times change I will post it on the blog and give you a phone call.
The main purpose of this first meeting is to get all the registration forms filled out and the registration fees paid along with the dues. Last year we tried doing the fall product sale instead of dues but we didn't actually make very much money considering the amount of work well all did as scouts, parents and leaders. So this year we are asking each girl to pay $20 in dues to the troop and skipping the fall sale. If you didn't have your registration fee this evening please make sure you have it by our next meeting October 4th and the dues need to be paid by our November 1st meeting.
I am very excited to be Brownies this year! Brownies is full of a lot more hands on activities that I know the girls will love! I have many fond memories of my oldest daughters troop in this age level. Brownies and Juniors are my favorite stages of girl scouts. This year the girls will need to get a new vest or sash, the council insignia, and troop numbers. You can move the pins on your daisy vest to your new brownie vest. This year we earn patches called try-its. I have a friend that is closing down her troop so I am going to try to get some of the try-it books from her if she has most of the books we need I will use troop funds to purchase the rest of the books. If she does not you may need to purchase this book but we will just have to see what my friend has. We keep missing each other.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at any time.
