Go Green! Bridging and Award Ceremony!

Our Troop is so into THEMES for each of our Ceremonies and Activities.

It's important that we pick a theme, so we can decorate..! {smiles}

We want to make it special for the girls...even if our events our in a school cafeteria.

You should see their faces at our events when they look around!

They love it....so we'll keep doing it.

This Bridging Ceremony, I opted for a Go Green Theme...we've been talking about Going Green all year.

Decorations are really inexpensive and easy.

I printed out pictures and a parent hung them up on ribbon with clothespins on the side of our ugly cafeteria wall...!

We didn't do Food...I think we were just burned out by the end of the year with all our school activities as well....next time though, we will have food. I'll just put a parent in charge of it...!

Made some newspaper flowers and put them into cans for decorations.

Just got Waters and made S'Mores Trail Mix for a Snack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
I made banners and signs out of Newspaper to Go Green.
The Bridge was made out of Pallets.
Green Balloons gave it a Girlier look.
We just spread the rest of the pictures I printed from Costco, out onto a table.
The girls got to take all the pictures of themselves home.
The badges were put into individual paper bags with cute green scrapbook paper with their names and Go Green stamps that I got out of the Dollar Bins at Michaels. Amanda finished them and they looked adorable...!
It was a great day for Bridging...!



Girls Summit.

We ventured out this weekend to the Naval Air Force Base in Lemoore.

The Juniors and Cadettes had an opportunity to take some conference type classes.

The classes they took ranged from Jewelry Making, Knitting, First Aid, Cooking Fun, Self Defense.

Amanda and I thought it would be a great opportunity for the girls.

 

 

 

 

 Lunch Time

 Some of our girls that went...!

 

 

It was a great experience for them...!

Totally worth my time :) 

Monster Golfing

I know this sounds insane....but whenever I go to Council Events, I look at people's Badges.

When I see one that I want to do, I scribble a note down somewhere on something in my purse.

I saw a Monster Golfing Patch one time on a group of Cadettes and thought...I so wanted to do that with my girls.

So.....I did...end of story.

 

 

 

 

 

 
Loved that bonding time alone with the Cadettes.
Super duper fun...!
Another one I saw was making Auntie Ann's Pretzels at the mall.....I really really want to learn to do that...oh I mean, have the girls experience that....wink! Ok...so sometimes I live out things I want to do through my girls....don't judge! :)

Good News....Bad News....

So....we have Good News.....and we have Bad News.

I'll start with Good News first because I like to be Happy.

Good News is Early Bird Registration is coming up at our Award Ceremony May 1st.

Reserve your spot in our Troop for next year.

This will be our Third Year as a Troop and we are always filled. First come to those in our Troop as of right now and their family members.

Bad News is....the Council raised our Dues to $20 instead of $12.

My family for instance has to pay $60 because of my three girls.

Amanda will tell you how much you earned in Cookie Dollars and you can pay registration with that and then the difference with a check or cash.

This is just a head's up to be prepared. This fee has nothing to do with our Troop and money going into our account. This is your Membership Fees for being a Girl Scout in the Central California South Council.

*On another note: Bad News......For OUR Troop Account, there are some deliquancies on $2 Dues each meeting. You will get a slip saying how far you are behind. These $2 are what is paying for materials, badges, crafts, treats, etc. for each meeting. Things for your girls.

Good News.....if you have been paying your Dues, Good Job...!

* I hate to give bad news, but as a leader it needs to be done. If you have any questions or concerns, please call me. If I don't have an answer, I always refer to my GS Superiors. I have them on Speed Dial.

Cookie Season OVER....!

Cookie Season is officially over....!

Woo-Hoo...!

Once again, our Troop sold the most in our Service Unit.

You families are amazing...!

 I got a chance to sit and talk with Amanda today about her ideas for next year....and they are super neat.

Thank you families for all your Selling Skills...!
The leaders have been contemplating one big trip for this summer.

We have also rented the Shafter Pool for our Family Luau/Pool Party again.

A BIG Thank You to Troop Leader Amanda for taking Charge of Nut and Cookie Sales.

It is so much work. The paperwork is tremendous. Plus, she does all of our work on time and correctly and we are rewarded the maximum amount per box because of her.

I also forgot to tell her THANK YOU for taking charge of the Birthday Bash.

It was successful and outstanding even in the midst of cookie sales.

We appreciate you Amanda....!

Mother-Daughter Tea

Mother-Daughter Tea

Sunday, May 20th

2:00 pm

Park Place

28144 Fresno Ave, Shafter

Specifics:

*Open to Friends and Family of Troop

*Only 100 Tickets Available {there are about 60 left now}

*$10 each Ticket {for both Adult and Child}

*Tickets are ONLY for sale at the last GS Meetings on April 10th & 17th and May 1st UNTIL they are SOLD OUT. I will NOT meeting any other time to sell them and ONLY GS may purchase them for others.

*Light Lunch and Tea will be served

*Wear your Sunday Best

I am so excited. Park Place so graciously is letting us host our event there. It is going to be so much fun. We will have games and raffles and crafts...! Trust me. You will love it....!

Any Questions: Please contact Troop Leader Carolen or Bobbi.

*When I say to contact those Leaders, it just means they are in charge of the event. However, all leaders can answer your questions about any event or point you in the right direction. They are amazing like that...! 

Community Service Project...!

April is Earth Day month.

It is very important to me to get the girls doing a Community Service Project for our community.

Last year, we did the Great American Cleanup in Bakersfield.

It was alot of fun, but I came out of that thinking....we should do something for our own little town. I wanted to start a cleanup of our own.

So, I started emailing City Council Members......that left me nowhere. Frantically, trying to get a Cleanup started for our town....I started asking around. Better idea.Word of mouth, face to face contact. Much better. Fortunately, I had help from a Mother in our Troop who knows everyone. She got City Council Members to call me. Hallelujah.

Instead of a Cleanup, the City Council Members decided upon our girls painting about 5 places in town.

They want to make sure our girls are safe and sound. One of the reasons, I love our small town so much....even the people in charge our shining examples.

I am waiting on a call back for the time and day of painting the Town and then we will get to work...!

So, I'm just exhausted thinking of how far back I started this adventure....but we are almost there. Almost.

I apologize for the date that I had scheduled on the calendar, but for now we are playing it by ear.

Thank you...!

*With a Servants Heart...Troop Leader Bobbi

Forever Green Patch.

Steps to earn your Forever Green Patch!

Steps to get your Forever Green Patch:

1) Go to http://www.girlscouts.org/gsforevergreen/Earth-Hour.asp
2) Take the online pledge*.
3) Bring your incandescent light bulbs to Fresno or Bakersfield Council offices and we will replace them with energy efficient light bulbs.
4) Encourage everyone to turn off their lights from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM on Saturday March 31, 2012, on Earth Hour.
5) Complete your project within the month of March.6) Register to report your environmental impact at
http://www.girlscouts.org/gsforevergreen/register.asp
You have earned your patch!

 *Our Council goal is for 3,000 people to take the Forever Green pledge by the end of the year. Please help us reach this goal by pledging online today! Every pledge helps us secure grant funding for at-risk girls to participate in Forever Green activities.

Birthday Bash Award Ceremony!!!!!!!

Our Theme for this Award Ceremony was Birthdays...!

It was the 100th year of Girl Scouts and we wanted to celebrate all of our Girl Scouts Birthdays as well.

Decorated just like a Birthday Party...!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each family brought a Dessert to share...except the cupcakes.
Troop Leader Amanda, bought them from a Bakery.
Each girl got a cupcake with a candle and we all sang Happy Birthday to them...!
It was adorable.
One of my favorite themes...!

Fresno's World Thinking Day...!

 

 

 

Annabella's Mom posted this on FB. It has our Girls at the very beginning and then our Booth at the 2 min mark...!

The results from the World Thinking Day Fresno was emailed out...we didn't win or come close. Sorry.

Now, we know what to do for next year since this was our first time. We can work on it all year...!

Troop #2447 SHIRTS

I will have our Troop Shirts on Sale at the Badge Ceremony.

$5....!

I'm not sure what sizes we have left. First come first serve. We're not ordering anymore of these ones.

Ordered these shirts from Patch Place.com

I'm so hoping to get some more shirts designed one day ...it's on my To-Do List for GS.

Keep your peepers out for some UNIQUE and CUTE designs.

Birthday Bash...!

Our Original Plan this year was to celebrate each Girls' Birthdays each month....didn't happen.

SOOOOOO....since it's the 100th Birthday of Girl Scouts, we decided to have a GINORMOUS Birthday Bash.

We're going to celebrate each Girl Scouts Birthday for the Year as well as the 100th Birthday of Girl Scouting. Totally awesome and confusing. Everyone is going to be celebrating their birthday for the year!

Next Meeting, is our Second Award Ceremony and the Birthday Bash.....so come totally cute-fied.

Tuesday, March 20th.

Be prepared to be on a sugar high.

Invite your parents and siblings.

Have some fun....!

*BTW...Bring me your signed rules if you have not. Ka-pech?!