Girl Scouts: Girl Scout SUMMER!

Hi everyone!

Evie just reminded me of MORE Girl Scout adventures that were happening this summer, so, to keep things straight, I created a sign up page.  

Please sign your scout up for whichever she'll be attending (even if you already emailed me) so I don't lose anyone in the shuffle.

Thanks so much!

Here's what we have going on:

July 3rd:  4-6 PM, provide bike safety information and activities to kids getting their helmets fitted and decorating their bikes at the Greendale Health Department

July 4th:  9-Noon, March in the 4th of July Parade in Greendale

August 4th:  9:00-5:00 Visit Old World Wisconsin and learn about old time gardening and cooking, and life in general.

August 4th:  7:00-9:00 PM  Girl Scout Night at Cool Waters, Bring the whole family.  Only Girl Scouts and their families from our area will be there!  So bring your suit and have some splashing good fun!

August 25th:  10:00-7:00 Scout day at the Bristol Renaissance Faire

Sign Up Page here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-girl7

ALSO, don't forget about the "Summer of Fun" Girl Scout half day camps at Alice Chester and SIlverbrook for girls entering grades 6-12.  Evie and Ellen were the only attendees last week, so they got to spend all afternoon climbing the rock wall, doing archery, and other camp stuff with no lines, and doing whatever they wanted when they wanted--it was awesome!

Evie is also attending on July 14th, and August 3rd, so if anyone wants to go those dates, I can provide transportation.

Here are the dates again.  To register for these, visit gswise.org and click on the "Activities" tab at the top, then search for "Summer of Fun."  These are $10 apiece.

SILVERBROOK:

July 14th, 10:00-12:30 

Paddle Boat, Art Project, Campfire + Smores

July 21st 10:00-12:30

Waterfront games, Lanyards, Campfire + Smores  

August 3rd 10:00-12:30

Hiking, Camp Games, Campfire + Smores

ALICE CHESTER

July 2nd 1:30-4:00

Swimming, Art Project, Campfire + Smores

Girl Scouts: Sad news and glad news!

Hi everyone!

First the sad news:  The Girl Scout picnic that got rained out last weekend, was canceled when the venue was booked up at all reschedule dates.  Which is sad, BUT...

Then the glad news!

Glad news #1)  We will have our own Girl Scout picnic for the troop in Scout Lake Park which we'll combine with a Walking Path Audit day for the paths around Scout Lake.  Date is TBA, so keep your eyes and ears open.

Glad news #2)  Apparently the girls were pretty memorable at School's Out doing their bike safety booth.  The Greendale Health Department is doing a bike decorating/helmet fitting event on July 3rd from 4-6 and they asked us if we'd be interested in bringing the Bike Safety booth stuff there (coloring, trivia, checklists, etc.)  Who can come?

Glad news #3)  4th Of July Parade!  For the 7th (8th?) year our scouts are marching in the Greendale 4th of July Parade!  The parade runs from 10:00-12:00 (staging before that between 9:00-10:00)  Who can come?  Please let me know so I have an idea of how much candy to stockpile!

Glad news #4)  Girl Scout Old World Wisconsin 2018!  We'll try to make this one August 4th, so lock in that date.  We'll leave Greendale around 9:00, and plan to be back in Greendale at 5:00.  That day is the start of their "Heirloom Garden Extravaganza" which focuses on old time gardening, cooking, and eating, so I think it'll be something our girls will like a TON!  I'll get more details an an attendance list as the event gets closer.

Glad News #5)  Last one for now!  August 25th is Scout Day at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, so let's lock that in too.  We usually spend all day, so plan to leave Greendale around 10:00AM, and be back in Greendale around 7:00PM.  We can do more detals as the day gets closer.

Keep scouting!  See you soon!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Thank you!

Hi everyone!

Thank you so much for making the second ever "School's Out" event a rousing success in Greendale.  So many kids and families got out and had a bunch of fun celebrating the start of summer vacation, and every smile has YOU to thank!  It's always exciting to give families another chance to connect as a community and enjoy time together. 

The Greendale Education Foundation, and the students it serves thank you too.  As we continue in our mission to enhance the educational experiences of the kids in our community, it's the dedication and generous hearts of people like you that make it possible.

Also, thank you to the girls who helped and joined in at the Greendale Walking Path evaluation day on Saturday!  Between everyone that showed up, there are only a few paths left to look over.  Those girls are definitely making a difference in the community, and everyone knows it!  (In fact, the Health Department asked if the girls would present the findings at a Board of Health meeting, and then later perhaps at a Village Board meeting!)

Very appreciatively yours,

Aleks Skibicki

Greendale Education Foundation Vice Chair

School's Out Event Coordinator

And your troop leader!

Girl Scout Picnic Canceled

Hi everyone,

For those of you signed up for the picnic this afternoon, great news:  You get to stay dry!

It's going to be rescheduled (300 hot dogs aren't going to waste!) but we don't know when yet.  

Stay dry and keep scouting!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Slight adjustment after school today--moving to the Health Department

Hi,

Just a slight adjustment today.  We'll start in the Library, but the Health Department freed up their conference room for us to work in, so we'll move there to avoid being too loud and bothering the library patrons.

After we wrap up, we'll head back to the library.  

So, if you come to pick up your scout and they're not in the front of the library, they'll be in the back with the Health Department.

Aleks

Greendale Public Library not GMS Library

Hi,

Just a little clarification:  We'll meet in the Greendale Public Library, and not in the GMS library, in case anyone wasn't sure.

Aleks

Girl Scouts: One more Silver Award task

Hi!

At the last meeting we never got around to drawing routes for community members to evaluate at the walking path event on Saturday!  Oh no!

After school on Thursday, (6/7) anyone that is available would be a great help in getting that job done.  We'll meet up in the library after school so we can develop 5-10 good 1/2-3/4 mile loops for people to evaluate in Greendale on Saturday.

We have maps of Greendale that include the walking paths, and Evie worked out a good way to measure appropriate loops tonight, and will bring pencils, maps, and highlighters to the library after school.

It should be pretty fast (30 minutes tops, if the girls get to work well.)

No need to register or sign up, just show up after school. 

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Friday Update--Rain Plans

Hi everyone,

If you're signed up to help at a Girl Scout Booth (Bike Safety, Make Your Own Game, or Silver Project) on Friday, I have a rain plan.

I got permission for most activities to go into GMS, including all our Girl Scout Activities.  I'll let you all know by noon what the plan for the day is, and whether you should meet on Broad Street on in GMS.

Thanks for helping!  It'll be fun rain or shine!

Aleks

Girl Scout Weekend: Additional Choices for June 8th

Happy last week of school!

What a fun meeting last week--we did some acting to get to know each other and the girl scout law and even connected it to our MEdia badgework, we made some games, made some ice cream, and made some bike safety trivia for this weekend!  And speaking of this weekend:

Since "Girl Scout Weekend" is approaching, and all the spots for scouts to help at the School's Out event on Friday were filled (WOW!), a girl scout gave me a great idea.  They had seen our scouts' presentation at the GMS Service Fair (Great job to the scouts that helped with that; your teachers were very very impressed!) and she thought we could do that at School's Out too.  So I rearranged the activity maps at School's Out so we could have a booth for our Silver Award, and added sign up slots for that.

Remember, all scouts helping at School's Out will get to take a break to go do the School's Out activities, (face painting, crafts, etc.) and also get dinner from the Lion's Club grill!

So if you're available, sign up here, and let's try to get some more community members to join us in making Greendale a healthier place to walk, live, and grow!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-girl6

Aleks

P.S.  I was thinking about what our Scouts have already done for their project, and the list is pretty great:

Met with the Greendale Health Department,

Met with the SAGE Greendale Health Workgroup

Designed a poster

Searched, and found maps of Greendale that have the walking paths on them

Posted the poster all over Greendale

Met with Mr. Weiss to arrange to present at the Service Fair

Made a display and presentation for the Service Fair

Presented to all the GMS 6th and 7th graders, and staff (!!) at the GMS Service Fair

Wrote a great thank you note to the Greendale Women's Club for their donation to the project.

Our girls are incredibly competent, brave, capable, and are becoming the kinds of young women to be proud of!  They really can do anything!