Girl Scouts: Need a couple scouts for February 11th!

Hi!

On February 11th, Greendale School District is hosting a "Family Fitness Afternoon" from 1-3:00 at Greendale High School.

I was asked if our scouts wanted to participate and run an activity, and said "sure!"  I thought that we could do the "design your own game" activity we did at one of our Girl Scout meetings last year.  I'll bring all the various cones and balls and hoops, and flags, etc. but we'd need to have a few Girl Scouts there to oversee and explain the activity.  (Just to explain that the kids have all that equipment and can make up a game to play, and then guide the younger kids as they play the game they invent.)

Kids from all the Greendale elementary schools will be there, so this is another great opportunity to be community leaders for our scouts.  It's a good community service opportunity too, which is important for girls these ages to get a firm foothold in.

So, who's in?

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Cookie Booths 2018!

Hi everyone!

Here's what we got for Cookie Booths!  It's a pretty decent selection, and there should be enough to go around!

The link to the list and spots to sign up is below.  If you could just sign up for two booth spots initially, then add more spots on or after Friday, that would be great, and would keep things as fair as possible for everyone.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-2018

Thanks so much!  And happy scouting!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Do I have all your cookie orders?

Ok, Here's whose I have:

Evie

Megha

Portia

Eva

Adrhia

Lia

Ellen

Kendra

Kahlen

Teagan

Lauren

Sophia

Samantha

Carrie

Liliana

Quinn

Jesi

Initial orders will be locked in at 2:45 this afternoon, so you if you missed the 1/28 deadline you have a bonus hour to get it in! 

If you miss the 2:45 time, no problem though!  I'll add your scout's totals in with our first additional order when we order cookies for our first cookie booths.  It just means you'll get your cookies around Feb 23-24-25th.  Everyone with their orders in will get their cookies around Feb 18-19th.

Thanks everyone!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: One more cookie note--Gluten free

Hi again,

I didn't mention it before, but yes, Gluten Free Trio (Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal, Peanut Butter) cookies are available again this year.  They're not on the order sheet, but ones you sell will count to your scout's total.  They cost $5 instead of $4 like the rest of the cookies.  Just let me know if you need any, and how many, when you send me your order.

I will not be available to collect cookie orders in person this weekend, so email (or text 414-595-6668) is the way to get those orders to me.

Thanks so much!  Keep scouting!

Aleks

  

Girl Scouts: Cookie booth question (Please respond!)

Hi everyone,

I need to get a feel for how many scouts are interested in doing Cookie Booths this year for the cookie sale.  I have some reserved for us already, but I want to be careful to get the right amount--enough for everyone to get the chances they want, but not so many that they end up unstaffed.  

So, please let me know if your scout is interested in staffing cookie booths this year, and how much you anticipate them attending booths.  

ALSO:  Remember, I need your cookie order totals turned in by 1/28!  You'll be able to get those Cookies around 2/18-19, and after that time you'll be able to place additional orders which we'll be able to fill within a week (give or take).  The best way to get those numbers to me is by email.  (Just send the total number of boxes for each type of cookie that you need.)  I'll send a confirmation out with a list of which scouts' orders I've received on 1/29.  

Please send your totals like this--feel free to use the abbreviations to save time:

Donation Boxes ________ *******

Thanks-a-Lot (TAL) ________

S'Mores (SMO) ________

Lemonades (LEM) ________

Shortbread (SB) ________

Thin Mints (TM) ________

Peanut Butter Patties (PBP) ________

Caramel DeLites (CD) ________

Peanut Butter Sandwiches (PBS) ________

TOTAL Boxes Sold:   ________

*******If you enter cookies for donation boxes in that line, those cookies will be donated directly by Girl Scouts to local food pantries.  Those WILL be counted to your scout's total but you will NOT pick up those boxes or have any control over where they are donated.  If you have a specific place or type of cookie you want donated then include those boxes in your regular order and you or the troop can physically donate them to the organization of your choosing.******

Girl Scouts: That was great! Also: important question!

Hi everyone!

What fun!  Before I recap the meeting though--did any girls find a pink watch at the meeting? One of our scouts left her watch at the meeting, and I didn't see it when cleaning up.  Let me know if anyone found it!

So, what we did:

We started out (and finished) with some girl scout pictionary while we waited for everyone to arrive.  We've got some pretty creative artists in our bunch!  

Once everyone had arrived, we broke into groups and got cooking--literally!  Each table was given tools, ingredients, and a recipe and then let go.  One group made shortbread hazelnut parfaits, one group made thin mint muddy buddies, and one group made thin mint truffles.  All three groups worked together incredibly well, and their creations turned out delicious.

After we finished cooking, all the girls that had prepared a cooked cookie project presented their creations to the group and talked about their experience making those treats.  It sounds like there were some messy kitchens--sorry!

While eating all these great desserts, the girls talked about what they liked about each one, and since we had some time left, we wrapped it up with some final rounds of Girl Scout pictionary.

All in all we had a lot of fun, and the girls picked up a some good cooking techniques.  They also all got a chance to see how capable they can be.  They made all those treats at the meeting without any help from grown ups.  We also had a lot of leftovers, and I'm sure the girls will be happy to share!

Great job everyone!

Aleks  

Girl Scouts: Big (and delicious!) plans!

Hi everyone!

There's a lot going on, so let's jump right to it!

1)  VERY Time sensitive:  I got a flyer for a Girl Scout event on 1/28 that some of you might be interested in.  Kathleen, Evie,  and I will be out of town, but if anyone wants me to register for tickets for you I can have them left for you at Will Call.  I have to mail the registration in by the 19th, so let me know ASAP!  Here's the event:

Girl Scout Day at the Symphony hosted by Festival City Symphony.  

GIRL SCOUTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS are invited to a concert entitled "Saints and Heroes," which presents music from three musical style periods, conveying powerful ideas and revealing the passionate spirit of each composer featured. Beethoven's Egmont Overture expresses the transcendent heroism of 16th century Lamoral, the Count of Egmont. Hindemith's Noblissima Visione reflects the "mystic union" of "all symbolic personifications of heavenly and earthly existence." Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, the "Reformation Symphony," will be performed just as the 500th anniversary of The Reformation concludes.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2018 CONCERT AT 3 P.M.

2:30 p.m. Meet the Musicians and Children's Program Notes

Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St., Downtown Milwaukee

Tickets:  $7 (all ages)

GIRL SCOUTS WILL ENJOY:

--Welcome from the conductor during the concert.

--Opportunity to meet/greet the symphony musicians. Girl Scouts seated by 2:30 p.m. are invited to meet the symphony members and hear instrument demonstrations prior to the performance.

--Pre-concert "Children's Program Notes" featuring a group activity and discussion presented by music educator Lynn Roginske designed to get children involved in the music they are about to hear.

--Commemorative patch for each Girl Scout in attendance.

Let me know if you're interested ASAP.  Registration due 1/19.

2)  Meeting Fun!  Let's get COOKING!

One of the ideas the girls had for a meeting idea was for everyone to cook something and bring it in to the meeting to share.  So why not do it with our cookie recipes?  Since the girls have told me they LOVE to cook, and LOVE cookies, and since we've been giving a recipe book out at Cookie Booths for years now, I thought we can combine these loves for our next meeting.

Because I help a lot, I was able to talk scouts into giving us two extra boxes of each kind of cookie.  Please sign up for one of the recipes at the link, and let me know the best way to get the appropriate cookies to you.  (Recipe book attached to this email.)  Bring your creation to our next meeting (1/24) and we'll share!  (We'll also be making a couple of the recipes at the meeting which is why not everything from the book is on the sign up list.)

  

Sign up at the link here to make sure we're not doubling up on recipes and so we can be sure to have enough kinds of cookies to make everything.   Link:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-cookie4

3)  Speaking of meetings:  

Our January meeting is next week Wednesday, 1/24.  To avoid the meeting going off the rails every 15 minutes as more girls arrive at all different times, the doors will be closed after our Highland View scouts arrive (so, around 3:40-3:45 ish).  While the official meeting starts at 3:30 to give those Highland View scouts time to arrive, we have activities from 3:00-3:30, including making Thanks-a-Lot S'Mores, and a Girl Scout Law game while we wait for the 5th graders to make it to us.  If you're a scout at GMS, please treat the meeting as if it starts right after school.  

If your scout will be attending, please sign up here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-january1

4)  Cookie Sale Stuff:

Remember, I need your order totals in my hands by 1/28, or else you'll get your cookies a week or two after everyone else.  (Everyone with orders in by 1/28 will get their cookies around 2/18.  Late orders will be filled the week of 2/23.)  

Super thanks to Portia's family for being our troop's cookie cupboard!  We'll work out the specific process for families to pick up extra cookies, etc. based on Bonnie's availability and convenience and get that information out to you.

Does anyone else need cookie order forms and information? 

Has everyone logged into the online cookie system for their scout? (You should have been emailed a link last Saturday.)

That's all for now!

Aleks