Girl Scouts: Horse riding--Last Call and Information

Hi everyone,

Camp was awesome last weekend, and we'll just keep on moving with horseback riding this Sunday.  The stables need a head count today, so it's really really last call if you're interested.

Here's the link with the pertinent information and sign up spots:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-girl2

The details (make sure you have all the appropriate info filled out and with your scout on Sunday!)

Trip to Sun Fire Stables (33822A Hwy 20, East Troy)

Sunday, September 17th, 2017

Enjoy a day at Sun Fire Stables where we will be entertained with a fun equine educational experience!  No previous training with horses necessary.  The girls will get hands-on experience with handling, feeding, grooming, saddling, and riding horses as well as earn their first Cadettes Girl Scout badge in the process.  Weather permitting, our trip will also include a hayride.  SFS has been approved by the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast.  

Price per Girl Scout is $35 (As always, if that would be a burden, let me know and the troop can cover some or all of the cost, no questions.).

We will meet at the Skibicki house between 12:30-1:00, and will leave at 1:00 SHARP by carpool to SFS.   

The girls will be dropped off at home after the event; approximately 6:00-6:30 PM.

Adult chaperones are welcome and may join the girls riding horses for $35.  If you don't want to ride a horse, but want to join us, the cost is only $5.

IMPORTANT INFO:

1)  Please fill out the Girl Scout waiver and permission slip.  And bring it with you at drop off.  MANDATORY https://www.gswise.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gswise/documents/Horseback%20Riding%20Guidelines.pdf

2)  SFS requires an Indemnity Form for each participant which must be signed and returned to Troop prior to the event. ALSO MANDATORY   http://www.sunfirestables.com/images/PDF_Files/SFS_IndemnityForm.pdf

3)  All participants must wear a helmet (you may bring your bike helmet).  You may also borrow a helmet from SFS.

4)  All horse riding participants must wear closed-toed shoes with a minimum of a ½ heel.  You may also borrow a pair of boots from SFS.

5)  All participants must wear long pants.

6)  Dress for the weather – wear warm but comfortable clothing.   A warm sweatshirt or jacket is mandatory as the stables and fields can be cold.

7)  Indoor riding arena will be used in the case of inclement weather.

8)  Bring a water bottle, drawstring bag, and a second pair of shoes to change into for the trip home (as your shoes may get muddy).

Girl Scouts: Horse riding, registration renewal, and planning this school year's scoutingl!

Hi everyone!

OK, the school year has started, and so has scouting.  Woohoo!!

1)  I'm locking in registration renewals for next year, and before I click "submit order" I just wanted to make sure I had everything right.  

Here's the list of scouts I have marked as interested in continuing with scouts as Cadettes:

Kendra P.

Ellen W.

Kahen W.

Lauren P.

Megha M.

Teagan A.

Sophia V.

Katie B.

Carrie J.

Lia S.

Samantha S.

Portia P.

Jesialis P.

Liliana K.

Lara E.

Dea S.

Evangeline M.

Quinn S.

Adrhia F-M

Carrie J. 

Hannah S.

Evie S.

If your scout wants to keep scouting, and isn't on the list, let me know!  If your scout is on that list but does NOT want to keep scouting, let me know too-it'll save the troop $25!

2)  Horseback riding.  We can keep taking sign ups for our Horseback Adventure up through this week.  There are 17 riders on the sign up list, and we can fit (and the place would LOVE for us to have) up to 10 more.  Details and sign up are here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-girl2

3)  Planning for this year.  As usual, we'll have 1 meeting and 1 event per month.  We're kind of off to a busy start with the campout this weekend and horseback riding next weekend, so we may not do a September meeting.  I also want to coordinate with the other Greendale Middle School Troops to see how closely we want to work together.  They're much smaller than us, but always manage to do a lot of cool stuff--like the Father Daughter Dance for example.  Also, there's been talk about our GMS Girl Scout Troops hosting the area's World Thinking Day celebration, like the ones we went to for several years in Hales Corners/Whitnall schools.  Also, I want to coordinate with our 5th grade scouts and make sure we have a meeting plan that will work for them to stay involved too.  Finally, I have to work with the school staff at GMS (or maybe even the library) to figure out meeting times and places that are even available to us.  

All that's the long way of saying:  I'm working on the schedule, I promise!  We have some October events coming up the pipeline already that we might be interested in--UWM and Marquette both have Girl Scouts + Sports days for soccer and Volleyball that we want to look into, and a BUNCH of girls have already asked me about Halloween at Old World Wisconsin.  Those events, plus the events we'll put on this year will fill in a lot of the schedule, but if anyone knows a good opportunity for our scouts, please let me know!  That's how we ended up Horseback riding this year--a mom had a connection and an idea, and now we're doing it!

Happy Scouting everyone, enjoy this first week of school!

Aleks