Saturday, December 31, 2011

COOKIES!!

Hi all - we are still ironing the kinks out of the 2012 cookie process. As soon as Council approves the change, Niki and Shelly Shipman are taking over cookie selling for this season. Thank you Niki & Shelly!! I am reviewing parental consent forms & will place the initial order by Tuesday.

Please let me know if you want more than the set pre-ordered amount for each girl to sell, which is as follows below. Please don't forget that you are financially responsible for the cookies, and no cookies can be returned. If you find there is one cookie you are having a hard time selling, then let Niki & Shelly know & they will try to help you find someone to switch with.

Each girl is set to receive the following from the initial order:
24 boxes Thin Mints
12 boxes Do-Si-Dos
12 boxes Samoas
12 boxes Tag-alongs
12 boxes Savannah Smiles (replaced lemon creme)
12 boxes Trefoil shortbread

If you want to have your girl receive more or less in her initial order, please let me know by Monday. Once I place the order on Tuesday, it cannot be changed. We will be able to get booster orders of cookies starting mid-to late February.

Remember, our goal with cookie selling this year is to pay for our Brownie Bridging ceremony & Brownie uniforms. If we cover that & still have extra, then covering next year's supplies would be next in line. Brownie bridging uniforms & the ceremony will run about $1,000 for 18 girls. With the troop earning $0.50 per box, that's a lot of cookies! Niki was scouting out some potential sites for a booth sale this year which could greatly increase our sales in an afternoon or two. Please let us know if you know of anyone who would have a great booth site location.

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday!

See everyone on the 10th!
Misty

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Investiture & Holiday party

What a fun party last night! I have a million pictures to sort through - as soon as I have that completed I will post pictures.

Four of our five new girls were Invested last night, and 14 of 15 older members received their one-year pin last night. Thanks so much for the wonderful holiday party food & decorations, organized by Emily and Stacy. We appreciate you so much!!

I received a call from Mrs. Eslein today about the girls being in the classrooms again last night during the meeting. If we can't get this problem under control, we will have our permission to use the cafeteria revoked. Please chat with your Daisy about the importance of staying where they are supposed to during the Daisy meetings and on field trips. Also, if parents could help monitor the girls that leave to use the bathroom during the meeting, it would be appreciated. Niki and I have our hands full during the meeting and would appreciate the assistance.

Thanks so much & I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday,
Misty

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Meeting reminder

Just a quick reminder that next Tuesday (12/13) at 6pm is our holiday party & Investiture ceremony! We will be Investing the new girls & the older members will be getting a special pin to show they have been a member for a year. Please have all the girls wear their vests & shirts to the meeting. Bags/books will not be needed. We are also having our holiday party the same night - thanks so much to Stacy Bell for organizing this event!!
For the new girls, the final cost for all the uniform supplies is $40. If you could, please bring me a check to the meeting. It it's not possible for you to pay all of it right now, please let me know & we'll work out what works. :)

I still have a couple of families who need to pay the supplies fee for the year - please let me know if the fee is a problem for your family & we'll work it out.
See you next week~