100th Anniversary Brochure and Schedule

For those families going to the 100th Girl Scout Anniversary Rock the Ice event, here's the information from Girl Scouts. You can click on the small images here to see them full-size. You can also check out their website at www.gswise.org .

Another Great Girl Scout Time!

What a great time today! We worked on projects for the Girl Scouts world-wide "World Thinking Day 2012". We talked about how we're connected to nature, and made a collage of the ways we are connected to the world. We also listened to and discussed a story about using resources wisely. All of this helped us earn our "World Thinking Day 2012" badge to wear proudly! (We'll give them out next meeting.) I didn't get to giving out the fun patches for the girls who went to the Wehr Nature Center event or the Petit Center this meeting, so next meeting we'll have to have an entire patch ceremony.

Other than the 100th anniversary event, there's not a whole lot going on in March, so if you know of anything the girls would enjoy, please share! Spring is in the air, and if we keep getting nice weather like this, it could be a great month for the girls to do something together.

There are a handful of events in April. Unfortunately when I checked the registration deadline for the Little House on the Prairie Days, they had been closed since November. The rest of the events don't have to worry about registration deadlines until April 10th at the earliest, and most don't require pre-registration at all. If there are any that really jump out at you, let me know, and we'll make those a priority.

Thanks again,

Aleks

Girl Scout 100th Anniversary Celebration

Hello again!

First, thanks to the families that joined us at the Petit Center tonight. It looked like everyone was having some fun. (And not falling too much either!)

Second, the big news out of Girl Scout HQ is the 100th anniversary celebration, "Rock the Ice" event Saturday March 10th. Our girls were lucky to start in Girl Scouts just as Girl Scouting is turning 100 years old. In Milwaukee they're holding a big event to commemorate the occasion at the Bradley Center. ( https://www.gswise.org/Events-and-Activities/100th-Anniversary-Activities/Rock-the-Ice.aspx ). We need to register before February 11th, and if the people going want to be seated together, we need to register together. There's a lot more information at the link above.

Registration is $15.00 per person, but includes a 100th anniversary backpack and patch for the girls, and admission to the Milwaukee Admirals vs. Rockford Ice Hogs hockey game too. Events will be running from 2:30 all the way until the Hockey Game which starts at 7:00.

If you're interested in going and want to get registered, tell me ASAP.

As always, appreciatively yours,

Aleks

A couple quick updates

Thanks to everyone who brought their girls to Winterfest at the Wehr center! It sounds like the girls had a good time. I have "Winter Fun" badges for the girls that were there. I'll bring them to the next meeting.

1) After talking to the parents whose girls are in the dance class on Wednesdays, it turns out there's only one more dance class conflict, so we'll keep the schedule the same--the last Wednesday of the month that school is in session.

2) The Owl Prowl at the Todd Wehr center, that was listed on the schedule for Saturday 7-9:00 P.M. is actually Friday (2/3) 7-9:00 P.M. After talking to the folks at Wehr, it sounds like the event is geared more towards older kids, so we may want to sit this one out.

3) As always, if anyone has ideas for things for the girls to do together, let me know and I'll pass word along. The girls are all great friends, and enjoy the outings!

Thanks again,

Aleks Skibicki