Girl Scouts: Two fun events approaching!

Hi everyone!

Two fun events are approaching.  We'll start with the farther one away:

I've sent this information out before, but want to plug it again since there are only two scouts registered so far!  The sleepovers at Discovery World are a ton of fun, and the girls always learn a thing or two while they're there.  (I also think some of our younger Greendale Troops are considering going this year too, making it a doubly fun event for our girls!)  

And, this is the last year our 5th graders can do a Discovery World Sleepover.  Discovery World put together a new one this year "Light up the Night!".  Information is below.  All scouts can go--4th and 5th graders (and we'd sneak in a sixth grader if you really want!)  You can register at the link.  If you want/need the troop to cover the cost (no questions asked or tales told, as always!) just let me know.

Light up the Night Sleepover (Grades 2-5)

Date: Fri, May 12, 2017 06:00 PM - Sat, May 13, 2017 07:00 AM Central

Location: 500 N Harbor Drive, Milwaukee, WI, 53202, USA

Description: Come experience Discovery World's interactive exhibits after dark! Try out activities that glow, illuminate, and explore light. Use LEDs to make a light up pendant that will glow and sparkle through the night, then wake to breakfast and a sunrise over Lake Michigan. 

Cost:  Current Girl Members $40 Current Adult Members $20

Registration Link:  http://www.gswise.org/en/sf-events-repository/2017/light-up-the-night-sleepover--grades-2-5----session-3---6-00-pm.html

Second:  ROBOTS!

One of our other favorite troop traditions is coming up soon too:  The FIRST Team Robotics Competition!

Going to the robotics competition downtown is a 5 year Troop tradition and is VERY well loved.  Each year, high school students from all over the Midwest build robots to compete against each other in different games.  Their regional championship is at the UWM Panther Arena downtown from March 23-March 25th.  In addition to watching the robots compete, the girls get a chance to visit the "pit" and meet the robot builders and ask questions about the robots.  (And usually get all sorts of robot souvenirs--keychains, pins, etc.)  And it's all free!

Here's the game for this year--it looks BANANAS!  https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/game-and-season 

Sadly, here's the bad news:  We have multiple cookie booths scheduled for Saturday morning, and unlike years past, we have school on Thursday and Friday the week of the competition so we can't sneak over during the school day.  Theoretically we could go on Thursday after school to see the practice matches and visit the pit areas--practice matches run until 6:30 that evening.  And even though Evie and I have cookie booths and soccer through most of Saturday, that doesn't mean you can't go on your own!  If any scouts do go on Saturday with their families, let me know and I'll make sure they get a STEM patch!

Are any scouts interested in an after-school field trip to watch robot sports downtown on Thursday 3/23?

I don't imagine we'd spend too much more than a couple hours there, so if we left 3:45-4:00, and got there by 4:20, I imagine we'd be on our way home by 6:30, and back in Greendale around 7:00.

Stay warm and be careful in the snow!

Aleks