Girl Scouts: Hello and Welcome Back!

Hello scouts!

It's been a busy summer, and now we're heading right back into the school year.  I saw a bunch of you last night at Meet Your Teacher Day, and it sounds like the girls are excited about scouts getting going too!

Just a couple quick notes:

1)  For the folks that registered for the Silverbrook/Green Corners Day Camp Sept. 13th:  I'm finishing up our schedule, and ride assignments.  I'll get that information out this weekend. 

2)  The last beach cleanup is Thursday 9/11 from 6:30-8:00 at Bay View Beach.  I can't say enough good about the cleanup as a service project.   It makes a difference, teaches the girls about helping out, is relaxing and refreshing, and comes with free dinner at the end.  (Seriously--I can't think of a service thing I've done that I've enjoyed as much!)   I'd really love to have a bunch of our girls show up.  In August there were a couple Daisy Troops there, and they would have enjoyed seeing our girls there helping out too.  Because soccer season started though, I'll be coaching soccer until 6:45, so I'll need someone to be the point person on the beach cleanup in September--can someone take that on?

3)  September meeting.  Not set yet.  We'll have that schedule soon--I promise!  

4)  One more piece of September fun!  You may have heard about Nickelodeon's "Day of Play" where they shut down programming and tell kids to "Get outside and play!"  Girl Scouts has joined in on that initiative, and are running a free "Day of Play" at camp Alice Chester for Girl Scouts.  Here are the details:

September 20, 2014 10:00 AM-02:00 PM 

Alice Chester Center

East Troy, WI

Girl Scout Registration

Girlsports Day of Play

Grades K-12 and their families

GSWISE is hosting a Girlsports Day of Play in conjunction with Nickelodeon's 10th Annual Worldwide Day of Play.  Enjoy various sports and games as you get active outdoors.  Activities include: archery, tennis, soccer, hula hooping, blow-up obstacle course, bean bag toss, hiking and more.  Water and a snack will be available. You may bring your own picnic lunch.  All for FREE!!

You can register at ebiz here:  https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/Home.aspx  just search for "Day of Play" after clicking on the "Activities" tab.  If your scout needs a ride, let me know and we'll arrange that too!

5)  Have you registered yet?  Some of you haven't!  If you were a scout last year, you can renew your membership online at https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/Home.aspx .  If you're new to the troop this year, and haven't registered yet, I'll send a form home through school on Tuesday.  

6)  Events for the year!  We're also working on the schedule for the year.  If you have ideas of things you think the scouts would like to do this year, let me know.  I've already heard some great ideas from parents that we'll build into this year's calendar.  You know what your girls like to do, and I want to make sure we have activities that will engage and enrich all the girls in our troop!

I think that's it for the moment.  I'm sure I forgot something--but it'll probably last through the weekend.  See you soon, and Happy Scouting!

Aleks

Girl Scouts: Beach Cleanup and Rennaissance Faire Scout Day

Hello scouts!

Just a reminder that this Thursday is another Beach Cleanup at Bay View Beach.  6:30-8:00.  It's just south of Oklahoma Ave.  As usual, they provide free pizza at Classic Slice Pizza afterwards.  http://www.bayviewneighborhood.org/clean-ups

And this Sunday we have the Renaissance Faire Scout Day:  

August 17th:  Renaissance Faire Scout Day!  We've gone with scouts the last two years, and the girls have really enjoyed it!  You don't have to dress up like a  princess, but if your scout wants to, she is welcome to.  ANY SCOUT (Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Spiral Scout) is welcome to participate. Leaders and scouts IN uniform receive a discount for their entire party - no coupon needed. Adults $15. Child (age 5-12) $5. (I'll be in uniform, so our whole group will get the discount.)  We'll meet up at our house at 9:00 and plan to leave at 9:15 sharp, in order to be at the Faire for the 10:00 opening. 

If your scout needs a ride on Sunday, please let me know ASAP so I can make sure we have enough space in carpools!

Finally, we're going to put together our schedule for the upcoming school year.  But we don't have it set yet.  We'll still be doing 2 identical meetings per month, but they won't both be on Thursday this year.  If anyone has ideas for events they think would be fun for the girls throughout the year, let me know!

Aleks

 

Girl Scouts: Parade Day Sunday!

Hello everyone!

Just a last reminder about the Village Days parade on Sunday.  We'll meet up in our usual spot in the Southridge parking lot off of Grange (by Macy's).  If you're planning on marching, try to be there between 11:30-11:45.  We'll have the Girl Scout Flags on top of our van so we should be easy to see in the lot!

And other dates to remember:

August 14th:  Bay View Beach Cleanup 6:30-8:00.  This is STILL my favorite service project for the girls.  It's relaxing for the grownups (Imagine the sound of the breeze and waves drifting off the lake, just vegging out while you stroll the beach picking up trash.) and the girls have fun searching out trash and cleaning up too.  It's a great way for them to see that a service project can be fun too.  AND, if you're into a late dinner, we swing over to Classic Slice Pizza in Bay View afterwards where beach cleaners all get free (great!) pizza!

August 17th:  Renaissance Faire Scout Day!  We've gone with scouts the last two years, and the girls have really enjoyed it!  You don't have to dress up like a  princess, but if your scout wants to, she is welcome to.  ANY SCOUT (Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Spiral Scout) is welcome to participate. Leaders and scouts IN uniform receive a discount for their entire party - no coupon needed. Adults $15. Child (age 5-12) $5. (I'll be in uniform, so our whole group will get the discount.)  We'll meet up at our house at 9:00 and plan to leave at 9:15 sharp, in order to be at the Faire for the 10:00 opening. 

Girl Scouts: Reminder About Cool Waters

Hello again!

I hope summer's been great.  Our first August event is coming up at Cool Waters (in Greenfield Park http://county.milwaukee.gov/CoolWaters9156.htm .

We'll be going in the doors as a group at 6:30, and it's a hassle to get in without the group. Let's hope today gets all the rain out of the sky so tomorrow will be bright and beautiful!

Aleks