Hi everyone!
I hope you're all staying safe and sound and healthy!
Now that things are opening up some, a whole bunch of things popped up that I need to hear from you about, so I'll just get to it. (Please let me know ASAP, and just skip any of the questions you don't have an opinion on.)
#1) Cookies--A few of you mentioned you'd be interested in selling a few more cookies, so I did keep some on hand. Yesterday Girl Scouts announced that family-run cookie booths will be allowed this weekend and next. (Think like lemonade stand booths.) Scouts/families would be responsible for keeping people separated, and making sure that distancing was maintained, etc. Scouts/families would also be responsible for securing locations (in other words, if we wanted a booth at a Pick n Save for example, we'd have to coordinate with the store ourselves) BUT, booths wouldn't be limited to just stores. So if you wanted to set up a cookie booth at a street corner (like a Lemonade stand) that would be OK too.
If anyone wants to do that sort of thing, let me know and I can get you the stuff I use for booths (banner, tables, tablecloths, etc.) on a first-come-first-served basis. As well as the exact booth guidelines that scouts sent me.
Also, if anyone has any last cookie connections they want to sell to, now's the last time for me to transfer cookies over to you. I'll be submitting our final cookie counts next Monday, so what's sold by then is what's sold by then. (If you think your scout was close to a particular prize level and want to make sure she gets there, let me know and I can double check/confirm numbers.)
So question #1 is: Is anyone who was still interested in selling cookies a month ago STILL interested in selling cookies now?
#2) 4th of July. The 4th of July Parade coodinator asked me if Girl scouts will be doing the 4th of July Parade this year. I told her I would check with the troop and see what you all thought. Personally, I would rather not encourage the kind of grouping and bunching and disease-spreading that the parade is sure to involve. But, if, as parents, many of you want to have the girls participate, and march/throw candy, then I can support that. At this level the troop is "girl led" with parents providing safety and guidance. So if the girls want to parade, and parents consider it safe, then we'll figure out the best and safest way to make it happen.
Alternately, if the girls can come up with a way to celebrate the 4th in a different way, that would be great too. (For example, Evie's Air Patrol Unit held a virtual memorial day event where the cadets memorialized a local Airman who had received the medal of honor for his service; cadets shared his story, and considered how they could apply that story to their own lives.)
And of course, the Parade still might be canceled--I think it's on the agenda for the Tuesday Village Board meeting.
So question #2 is: Do you think we should march in the 4th of July Parade, and if not, would any girls have ideas for alternate ways to celebrate?
#3) Summer fun? This is an easy one: Just a call out for ideas of scout things to do this summer that would be fun but could also be done spread out! Some early ideas--
- Beach/park clean ups (we can all be in the same area at the same time for sure but we don't have to get too close to each other!) And we can have a pizza party picnic afterwards instead of inside a restaurant!
- Archery at Whitnall Park (I have all the materials, and we can keep some distance while shooting)
So question #3 is: Do you have any ideas for fun things we can do as Girl Scouts that would keep us spread out, but still together?
#4) September Campout? As of now, the September Girl Scout Weekend Campout at Silverbrook is still on (the camp is all reserved for our service unit) and I'll need to get a headcount in soon-ish. Dates are: September 11-12-13, running as usual: Activities during the day Saturday (this year Axe Throwing is on the menu!!!) with the option to sleep over Friday or Saturday night or both nights.
So question #4 is: Are any scouts/parents interested in the Campout in September?
#5) Final one, I think: Next year? Since registration costs are $50 again this year, and since the troop covers that for girls continuing on, it's important to know who plans to participate again in 2020-2021 so we're not spending the girls' money on a registration that won't be used.
So question #5 is: Who is planning to continue scouting in 2020-2021?
I think that's all, so here's a recap of the 5 questions for today, please reply ASAP:
So question #1 is: Is anyone who was still interested in selling cookies a month ago STILL interested in selling cookies now?
So question #2 is: Do you think we should march in the 4th of July Parade, and if not, would any girls have ideas for alternate ways to celebrate?
So question #3 is: Do you have any ideas for fun things we can do as Girl Scouts that would keep us spread out, but still together?
So question #4 is: Are any scouts/parents interested in the Campout in September?
So question #5 is: Who is planning to continue scouting in 2020-2021?
Thanks everyone, let's see if we can still make it a scouting summer!
Aleks
