A Girl Scout Meeting

A Girl Scout Meeting Feb. 21 2009
Morrisa, Mackenzie, Morgan, Jazmine, & Dominique earned Eat Right, Stay Healthy, & Healthy Habits. Lindsay, Kelsie,Katie, & Breanna earned Looking Your Best & Healthy Relationships. We did the Girl Scout Law in a circle, the Girl Scout Promise, passed around the postcards & pictures we had received, the visiting mascot Hawkeye from Iowa & all the stuff she came with.We did drawings, lucky Morrisa got the 'Friendship Book" (Breanna really wanted it, there was a pug on the cover...) & got to take home Carly Cardinal, who Kelsie had brought back after her visit. deb took pics of Carly with Kelsie, Breanna, & Jazmine, & had them fill out pages in the journal about their visits.Dominique is taking Hawkeye home to visit her. This is the first time a visiting mascot has stayed with someone other than us, but the girls are excited about it, & doing such a good job taking care of Carly that I thought it was cool the girls wanted to host. I had just never thought of it.deb made bags for each girl with their sales package, patches, cards, letters, pictures, & swaps from their pen pals & their new vests that the troop purchased with cookie sales $ to take home.We talked about World Thinking Day, this years themes were malaria & AIDS. our troop will send a donation to the Juliette Lowe Friendship Fund like we always do. For Eat Right, Stay Healthy we compared 3 nutrition labels, talked about the food pyramid, asked the girls what their fave foods are, & had frozen vanilla yogurt with their choice of fresh raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, whipped cream. The girls also sampled the Girl Scout Peanut Butter Dreams & Girl Scouts Deluxe Pecan Clusters that we will be selling. We passed around a healthy girl calcium ad cartoon ad we'd found.Favorite FoodsJazmine: macaroni & tomato juiceKelsie: tacos Katie: hot dogsMorgan: nachosMackenzie: chicken & noodlesMorrisa: macaroni & cheeseDominique: carrots, broccoli, celery, meatLindsay: chicken, chicken, chickenBreanna: bacon cheese burgerFor Healthy Habits we did beautiful smile, washing works, talked in a circle about times we'd been happy, sad, angry, scared, excited, suprised, embarrassed, loving, upset; & did we like these calcium rich foods: (recorded group consensus!) milk, broccoli, yogurt, collard greens, cheese, fish, & shrimp were YES. Spinach, tofu, turnips all got a great big NO.Looking Your Best we had a color party, using card stock 'swatches'; played circle of friends; & talked about hair styles. We decided that Hawkeyes best colors were blues, hot pink, purples, & gray.Healthy Relationships we played the friendship game where we took turns sitting in the middle of the circle & getting compliments; mums the word where we acted out emotions; & be your own role model where we role played situations.Hawkeyes compliments:Lindsay loved her earrings.Morgan said she had pretty eyes.Kelsie liked her shirt.Katie liked how bearish she was.Mackenzie liked how she was a stuffed bear.Morrisa said she was beautiful.Dominique said she was pretty.Breanns liked her shirt.Jazmine liked how she was a furry fuzzy fuzzball.Usually we get done & the girls get bored, but today we were hopping all the way thru. Some of the girls took their head boppers home to make.We forgot to discuss Girl Scout Week. will have to send out postcards...Mackenzie, Morgan, Morrisa, Katie,Kelsie, Breanna, Jazmine, Dominique, & Lindsay will also receive a fun Valentine's patch & the 2009 World Thinking Day patch.the quick question was 'who knows how to use a computer?' we talked about ways to stay safe on-line, then read the On-line Safety Pledge.We made Valentine's Head Boppers & valentines for our pen pals.

a postcard!

today recieved a cool Texas postcard from Troop #9290.
Texas, The Lone Star State
Becoming the 28th state on December 29, 1845, Texas is ranked second in size among all the states. Austin is the Texas capital, while Houston is the state's largest city. More than 4000 kinds of wildflowers grow in Texas. The Bluebonnet, with it's blue bonnet-shaped petals, is the state's official flower. Texas' offical state bird is the mockingbird.

Hello from Troop #9290, we are so glad to meet you and very excited to be your pen pals. We are a troop of 22 daisies-juniors plus Ms. Michelle & Ms. Amanda. We are busy with our Cookie program 2400 boxes this year we are going to build a bear workshop. We hope you enjoy your package***Allysann, Kymberlee, Kenzi, Jennifer, Tiffany, Cydney, Zoey, Sidney, Mckenzie, Madelynn N., Madelynn M., Jessica Clair, Kristen K., Kristen V., Rhea Anne, Kayla, CC, Kaylee, Jasmine, Jade, & Taylor.

Nuts/Candy/Magazines, Oh My!

Deb & Katie attended the leaders meeting last night & got all the things we need for the QSP sale. This year you can earn 4 badges that make one big badge! Plus a teddy bear, t-shirt, all kinds of cool things. Sale starts Feb.23rd, ends March 16.
Sara didn't have her date to have orders turned in yet.

Hawkeye is Here!

she is a visiting mascot from Troop 68 in Sioux City, Iowa.
They enclosed a letter: We are excited to send you our mascot "Hawkeye" the Bear from Troop 68. We are Junior Girl Scouts (grade 5) and most of us attend Bryant Elementary School here in Sioux City. Our school is close to the Public Museum. Last year we had 15 scouts adn this year we will have our first meeting on Sept. 16.
We meet 2-3 times each month.
We enjoy troop meetings and council events like camping at Joy Hollow Girl Scout Camp, overnights at the Mall, swimming, Happy Holidays craft making, and earning badges. We have participated in two International Day festivals for Thinking Day. We have represented Norway and last year France and learned a lot about the country and scouting there. We do 4 community service projects each year as a troop. They help us make our community a better place to live.
Sioux City is a fun place to grow up. There are lots of things to do here! We are involved in tae kwon do, bowling, soccer, violin, church activities, rock climbing, piano, dance, gymnastics, and more besides SCOUTING. The city is known for many businesses that you may know: Sue Bee Honey, Palmer Candy, Jolly Time Popcorn just to name a few.
Please read about Sioux City and check out the maps, brochures, and on the internet! Show Hawkeye a good time while she visits your troop and take lots of pictures of her with your troop. She loves to travel and have fun!
Have a great year,
Love,
Troop 68 of Sioux City

rec'd a postcard from Auburndale, Florida!

front says Smiles & Giggles From Florida & features Minnie, Mickey, Donald, & Daisy.

Hi, we are a small Jr. Troop located in Auburndale, Florida. Auburndale is in central Florida somewhere between Tampa & Orlando. Our population is around 13,063 and we are in Polk County, the largest county in FL.
Our troop loves to do crafts, go camping,and sell cookies. We have a penpal in the Army in Afghanistan and in June 2010 we are going to the Birthplace in Savannah.
Junior Troop 157 & leaders.

next Girl Scout meeting

is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21st 2-4 p.m. at the Dailey house.
We have 2 packages from our pen pals & will earn more "Healthy" badges. Katie planned this meeting, she did a great job on last months meeting!
I am sure the girls will love our 'healthy' snack...make your own frozen yogurt sundae!
mailing postcards out Monday...

postcard sent

to Troop 157 in Lake Alfred, Florida.

postcards rec'd

from Junior Troop 4357 in Duluth, Minnesota, Gateway to the World. "Receiving over 1000 ship visits each year and millions of ton of cargo makes the Port of Duluth a busy transportation center. The city is located at the Southwestern tip of the largest freshwater lake in the world, Lake Superior."
"We are a group of 4 6th grade girls that enjoy making new friends, swimming, camping, and serving our community. We have just earned our Bronze Award & will bridge in May. Jordan Trioby Rocks!! Tiffany Alssaason, Britteny Eklund! Terra Hughes, Stephanie Lifeloff....

from 2nd Ellon Brownies in Scotland...
Situated in the North East of Scotland, bordering the river Ythan, Ellon serves a dormitory town to Aberdeen and has grown in recent years thanks to the 1970's North Sea oil boom. With a population now approximately 10,000 Ellon is a thriving community and is popular with commuters wishing to work in Aberdeen but live outwith the city. We also have a rich agricultural area through had work and innovation. Ellon has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school.
We have around 24 Brownies and 3 Guilders in our unit. We share a Guide hut along wtih 3 Rainbow, 4 other Brownie and 3 Girl Guide units. We enjoy going on walks in the nearby woods and Gordon Park and working towards badges. We are planning a sleepover in the summer with another Brownie unit from Aberdeen.
Ashley, Gillian, Sue, and 2nd Ellon Brownies.
gvmanderson@hotmail.co.uk

it is fun to hear from sister Girl Scouts around the world!

rec'd a package!

from our New York pen pals...it came Monday.
they sent 95 Years of Girl Scouts patches, pictures of them working on their water fun badge,their Art in 3-D badge, & at a meeting, letters & cards from our penpals...
and Happy Chinese New Year 2009 swaps, too!

resent package to TX

I had mailed the package from our Jan. meeting but had the zipcode wrong & it came back Saturday, remailed yesterday (Tuesday).