Girl Scouts: Meeting Recap, Pool Party, and a Request

Hi everyone,

First, the request:  Please (please), if your scout is signed up for a meeting, have her attend that meeting.  Sometimes snacks and crafts are perishable, and when a scout doesn't show up, those things get wasted.  Obviously, there are times when health, or babies, come up, and that's definitely not a problem--seriously, please don't deliver a baby at a Girl Scout meeting!  And sometimes a scout might just forget to come to scouts after school (Believe me, I 100% understand THAT!  Do I have stories to tell you from when I was a kid! :) ) But outside of those sorts of things, please please stick to the meetings your scout is signed up for.  Thanks for your consideration on this!

Second:  Here's who I have signed up for the Greendale Girl Scouts pool party Friday night 6:30-8:30 in the Greendale High School Pool:

Portia

Elena

Makenzie

Evie

Kahlen

Kortnie

Dea

Carrie

Samantha

Esabella

Madison 

Katie

If someone wants to go that's not on the list let me know and we can try to get you in! 

 

Third:  Our March Meeting!  This month, we celebrated World Thinking Day a couple weeks late!

We started by playing a couple games that reminded us about how girls can work together (and sometimes have to work together) to solve problems.  The girls had a lot of fun, and it turned out they're super smart and good at problem solving! 

We moved on to a world-of-girls game.  Each girl had a map of the world, and we randomly picked the names of countries that had girl scout organizations in them  (There are 147 countries with recognized Girl Scout/Girl Guide groups!)  The girls had to quickly find that country on their world map to get a point for that round.  Whoever found the most Girl Scout countries won extra snacks at the end of the meeting!  Fortunately the girls were just as map-smart as they were problem-solving smart, and all got at least one win on their record.

Next, we had snacks from around the world.  We sampled snacks from England, Japan, China, Korea, and more and the girls got to try a lot of flavors they've never had before--and it turns out they even liked some of the exotic treats!

Finally, we learned about henna, a body art from the Middle east, Africa, Pakistan, and India, and gave ourselves some henna art.  We talked a little bit about how girls are the same around the world, and how they're different, and also about the challenges girls around the world can face that are different from the challenges the girls in Greendale might face.  

I think all the girls had a good time, and with any luck learned and tried a little something new today too!

Aleks