Thursday, April 12, 2012
Missing patches??
If your girl is missing any petal patches or the Blue Buck or Clover award from her rectangular Journey patch, please let me know. We should only have the Firefly award from the Journey patch left to earn.
LOTS of meeting information & upcoming dates
OK Daisy families - a LOT of info covered last night:
UPCOMING DATES:
4/21/12 at 10am
89ers Parade in Downtown Norman
Meet in the east parking lot at Norman High at 9:30
We will be working on decorations during the meeting on 4/10/12.
**We have two parents with trucks to drive the girls, but we still need a couple of parents who would be willing to ride/walk with us to contain kiddos. We need a head count of attendees by 4/15/12.
4/28 2-4pm
Lazy Daisy Day
Lowery Room, NPL
Free fun event for Daisies at the Library! Wear jammies, sing songs & have a snack. Watch a play & earn a patch. RSVP to Misty by 4/13/12. (extended from 4/11)
5/20 2-4pm
Brownie Bridging Ceremony
Andrews Park, east side covered picnic area near the playground
GS Council is funding the ceremony & the older scouts are involved in the ceremony.
It should be really fun! We will discuss during the meeting about uniforms, etc.
We are assuming you are coming unless I hear from you!
7/13 pm to 7/14 am
Zoo Snooze Overnight
OKC Zoo
$250 - the troop is covering the cost of this event
This is the same event we attended last year – the girls had SOOO much fun! It’s an overnight & nighttime walk in the zoo. We need enough parents for at least one adult per five girls attending.
RSVP to Misty by 5/31/12.
First, thanks to all who have already responded to the RSVP deadlines for upcoming events! Please let me know ASAP if you are attending something in the upcoming weeks.
On Brownie Bridging, we are assuming that everyone is coming unless I hear differently from you. At the parent meeting last night, we voted to go ahead and purchase the Brownie sash & appropriate patches/pins so that we can present them to the girls at the Bridging. I am purchasing these supplies this weekend & it comes to $27 per girl - please either bring me a check next meeting or drop one in the mail to me (4905 Portland Street 73072). We decided against the Brownie beanie (Andrea Windes is looking into a cute bow or headband instead - will let you know what we find out & we can vote accordingly). We have also decided to make a t-shirt with tye-dye or spray paint later this summer or fall as a project with the girls instead of spending another $15-20 on a Brownie shirt. The troop will be able to fund the t-shirts and related expenses, as well as patches, etc. that they earn next year.
Since the meeting last night, we have collected all but $475 of outstanding cookie money, (part of the outstanding money is 50 boxes of cookies in the troop's possession). If you know of someone who wants any more cookies, let me know. As soon as we collect the last of the cookie money, then we should be set for the year for supplies, etc. As the girls are brownies for two years, we shouldn't have much (if any) in the way of fees for the next couple of years, unless the group votes to do something special that isn't included in the budget. The only exception is the $12 annual fee that we all have to pay to Council.
**Lastly, if you are not planning on continuing with the troop next year or do not want to purchase a sash for your Daisy for bridging, I NEED TO KNOW NO LATER THAN SUNDAY 4/15, as I am placing the order Sunday night. Otherwise you will be financially responsible for the sash & badges purchased.
This year has been a period of serious growth for our troop. I have decided to stay on as leader, Niki has decided to stay on as co-leader, and we have voted to keep the troop together instead of splitting into two smaller troops. Remy's mother, Angela, and Madelyn's mom, Devon have also agreed to help co-lead the troop. We will still need more parent involvement during meetings/activities and field trips to make sure that we can contain that many girls as well as help direct them in activities. We REALLY appreciate everyone last night who committed to helping more in the fall. The leaders will get a plan together this summer so that we know better what to ask parents to help with in the fall. The girls love being together & we look forward to growing this group together and having many wonderful experiences in the future!
Thanks all - please feel free to contact me with any questions/ideas/concerns!
Misty
834-6247cell
UPCOMING DATES:
4/21/12 at 10am
89ers Parade in Downtown Norman
Meet in the east parking lot at Norman High at 9:30
We will be working on decorations during the meeting on 4/10/12.
**We have two parents with trucks to drive the girls, but we still need a couple of parents who would be willing to ride/walk with us to contain kiddos. We need a head count of attendees by 4/15/12.
4/28 2-4pm
Lazy Daisy Day
Lowery Room, NPL
Free fun event for Daisies at the Library! Wear jammies, sing songs & have a snack. Watch a play & earn a patch. RSVP to Misty by 4/13/12. (extended from 4/11)
5/20 2-4pm
Brownie Bridging Ceremony
Andrews Park, east side covered picnic area near the playground
GS Council is funding the ceremony & the older scouts are involved in the ceremony.
It should be really fun! We will discuss during the meeting about uniforms, etc.
We are assuming you are coming unless I hear from you!
7/13 pm to 7/14 am
Zoo Snooze Overnight
OKC Zoo
$250 - the troop is covering the cost of this event
This is the same event we attended last year – the girls had SOOO much fun! It’s an overnight & nighttime walk in the zoo. We need enough parents for at least one adult per five girls attending.
RSVP to Misty by 5/31/12.
First, thanks to all who have already responded to the RSVP deadlines for upcoming events! Please let me know ASAP if you are attending something in the upcoming weeks.
On Brownie Bridging, we are assuming that everyone is coming unless I hear differently from you. At the parent meeting last night, we voted to go ahead and purchase the Brownie sash & appropriate patches/pins so that we can present them to the girls at the Bridging. I am purchasing these supplies this weekend & it comes to $27 per girl - please either bring me a check next meeting or drop one in the mail to me (4905 Portland Street 73072). We decided against the Brownie beanie (Andrea Windes is looking into a cute bow or headband instead - will let you know what we find out & we can vote accordingly). We have also decided to make a t-shirt with tye-dye or spray paint later this summer or fall as a project with the girls instead of spending another $15-20 on a Brownie shirt. The troop will be able to fund the t-shirts and related expenses, as well as patches, etc. that they earn next year.
Since the meeting last night, we have collected all but $475 of outstanding cookie money, (part of the outstanding money is 50 boxes of cookies in the troop's possession). If you know of someone who wants any more cookies, let me know. As soon as we collect the last of the cookie money, then we should be set for the year for supplies, etc. As the girls are brownies for two years, we shouldn't have much (if any) in the way of fees for the next couple of years, unless the group votes to do something special that isn't included in the budget. The only exception is the $12 annual fee that we all have to pay to Council.
**Lastly, if you are not planning on continuing with the troop next year or do not want to purchase a sash for your Daisy for bridging, I NEED TO KNOW NO LATER THAN SUNDAY 4/15, as I am placing the order Sunday night. Otherwise you will be financially responsible for the sash & badges purchased.
This year has been a period of serious growth for our troop. I have decided to stay on as leader, Niki has decided to stay on as co-leader, and we have voted to keep the troop together instead of splitting into two smaller troops. Remy's mother, Angela, and Madelyn's mom, Devon have also agreed to help co-lead the troop. We will still need more parent involvement during meetings/activities and field trips to make sure that we can contain that many girls as well as help direct them in activities. We REALLY appreciate everyone last night who committed to helping more in the fall. The leaders will get a plan together this summer so that we know better what to ask parents to help with in the fall. The girls love being together & we look forward to growing this group together and having many wonderful experiences in the future!
Thanks all - please feel free to contact me with any questions/ideas/concerns!
Misty
834-6247cell
Monday, April 9, 2012
Meeting reminder
Hi Daisy families~
Our next meeting is this Tuesday from 6-7 in the Primary cafeteria. The girls will be continuing projects towards our Journey Patches!
Parents, I will be giving out several important pieces of information at the meeting about important upcoming dates, uniform information for Brownies, cookie sale numbers, as well as looking for parental input on possible late spring/summer activities, such as Brownie camp. We will also be handing out cookie participation pins & petal patches and Journey patches. If it's at all possible for you to attend, we would appreciate it! If not, you might want to let me know so that I can send you as much info as possible.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Misty
Our next meeting is this Tuesday from 6-7 in the Primary cafeteria. The girls will be continuing projects towards our Journey Patches!
Parents, I will be giving out several important pieces of information at the meeting about important upcoming dates, uniform information for Brownies, cookie sale numbers, as well as looking for parental input on possible late spring/summer activities, such as Brownie camp. We will also be handing out cookie participation pins & petal patches and Journey patches. If it's at all possible for you to attend, we would appreciate it! If not, you might want to let me know so that I can send you as much info as possible.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Misty
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
More help needed for the booth sale!
So far, we have three girls signed up to sell cookies on Sun March 25th from 2-4 at the Wal Mart on 12th in Norman. We have 100 boxes of cookies that the troop still needs to get rid of - we are financially responsible for these cookies, which means the troop will be out $350 if we don't work together! Please let me know if you can come for all or part of the sale!
Thanks!
Misty
Thanks!
Misty
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Meeting reminder & booth sale numbers
Today's booth sale went really well! Abby, Hailey, Garner, Ava, Caroline, Aubrey & Grace sold 120 boxes in 2 hours!! GREAT JOB GIRLS!!
Don't forget we have a meeting this Tuesday at 6pm. IF YOU HAVE NOT TURNED IN YOUR COOKIE MONEY: you MUST bring it to the meeting or make arrangements with Shelly (shelly.shipman@cox.net) to get it to her. We have to make our final cookie withdrawal payment this week & turn in the paperwork to finalize our sale, so we must have the money this week. Sorry to harp on it, we have several families with cookie money still out & we've got to wrap up the sale.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!
Thanks,
Misty
Don't forget we have a meeting this Tuesday at 6pm. IF YOU HAVE NOT TURNED IN YOUR COOKIE MONEY: you MUST bring it to the meeting or make arrangements with Shelly (shelly.shipman@cox.net) to get it to her. We have to make our final cookie withdrawal payment this week & turn in the paperwork to finalize our sale, so we must have the money this week. Sorry to harp on it, we have several families with cookie money still out & we've got to wrap up the sale.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!
Thanks,
Misty
Monday, March 5, 2012
Cookies are wrapping up...
Please remember our first booth sale is this Saturday from 12-2. If you signed up to sell on Saturday, or if you haven't signed up but are able to help the troop for all/part of the sale, please join us at the Hobby Lobby front entrance. Shelly Shipman MUST know by tonight if you have cookies you want to transfer to the troop for Saturday's sale. Please contact her at shelly.shipman@cox.net by tonight, otherwise you are responsible for your outstanding cookies.
If you have cookie money to turn in, we must have it NO LATER than the next meeting on 3/13 in order to make our final cookie withdrawal. If you are not able to attend, contact Shelly this week to arrange a money drop-off to her.
Cookies are almost over! The girls have really done some amazing sales numbers - they should all be proud!!
Misty
If you have cookie money to turn in, we must have it NO LATER than the next meeting on 3/13 in order to make our final cookie withdrawal. If you are not able to attend, contact Shelly this week to arrange a money drop-off to her.
Cookies are almost over! The girls have really done some amazing sales numbers - they should all be proud!!
Misty
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Meeting reminder & cookie/booth sale info
Hi Daisy families -
First, don't forget about our next meeting, which is scheduled for next Tuesday 2/28 at 6pm at the Truman Primary cafeteria.
Second, please make sure you're turning in cookie money regularly to Shelly. If you have not turned in money in a couple of weeks, you need to either bring it to next week's meeting or contact her to make arrangements to drop it off to her directly.
Third, if you have cookies that you don't think you are going to be able to sell, please contact Shelly or I by the end of next week. We can use them in one of our two booth sales in March, but we need to know before we order cookies for the booth sales, as we cannot return cookies to Council. On a side note, your girl can get credit towards her personal incentives if she participates in one or both of the booth sales - only the girls that help run the booth sales will get personal incentives credits. We will discuss in more detail at the meeting.
We will have signups for our two booth sales at next week's meeting. They are at Hobby Lobby Sat. March 10th from 12-2 and at Wal Mart on 12th Sun March 25th from 2-4. Neither is a huge time investment, but can really help create some revenue for the troop (for things like supplies, badges, etc.). I will be running the 3/10 sale and Niki will be running the 3/25 sale. If you would like to drop your girl off for one/both of the sales, please get with one of us & we can arrange it.
Thanks all! Hope to see everyone next Tuesday!
Misty
First, don't forget about our next meeting, which is scheduled for next Tuesday 2/28 at 6pm at the Truman Primary cafeteria.
Second, please make sure you're turning in cookie money regularly to Shelly. If you have not turned in money in a couple of weeks, you need to either bring it to next week's meeting or contact her to make arrangements to drop it off to her directly.
Third, if you have cookies that you don't think you are going to be able to sell, please contact Shelly or I by the end of next week. We can use them in one of our two booth sales in March, but we need to know before we order cookies for the booth sales, as we cannot return cookies to Council. On a side note, your girl can get credit towards her personal incentives if she participates in one or both of the booth sales - only the girls that help run the booth sales will get personal incentives credits. We will discuss in more detail at the meeting.
We will have signups for our two booth sales at next week's meeting. They are at Hobby Lobby Sat. March 10th from 12-2 and at Wal Mart on 12th Sun March 25th from 2-4. Neither is a huge time investment, but can really help create some revenue for the troop (for things like supplies, badges, etc.). I will be running the 3/10 sale and Niki will be running the 3/25 sale. If you would like to drop your girl off for one/both of the sales, please get with one of us & we can arrange it.
Thanks all! Hope to see everyone next Tuesday!
Misty
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Cookies!
Hi Daisy families! The cookie sale is off to a great start! Please remember to contact our cookie mom, Shelly Shipman at shelly.shipman@cox.net for more cookies. Also, don't forget we need to be turning in money regularly so that we can make our first ACH withdrawal to our troop account on 2/14.
Troops for Troops info below - it's a little simpler than last year. All you need to do is turn in the donation with the person's name/address and Girl Scouts will make sure that their money used for cookies to the military overseas.
Finally, we are officially signed up for two booth sales in March. One is at Hobby Lobby Sat. March 10, 12-2pm. The second is at the Wal Mart on 12th Sunday March 25, 2-4pm. We will have a signup sheet at an upcoming meeting to get our tables manned for the sales.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns about the sale.
Thanks!
Misty
Troops for Troops info below - it's a little simpler than last year. All you need to do is turn in the donation with the person's name/address and Girl Scouts will make sure that their money used for cookies to the military overseas.
Support Troops for Troops!
Help send a little taste of home to our military overseas. When you donate just $42 for a case of Girl Scout Cookies, Girl Scouts-Western Oklahoma will work with Blue Star Moms and HUGS Oklahoma to make sure the cookies are sent to our military. Make your donation at any cookie booth or click here for an online donation to Troops for Troops.
Finally, we are officially signed up for two booth sales in March. One is at Hobby Lobby Sat. March 10, 12-2pm. The second is at the Wal Mart on 12th Sunday March 25, 2-4pm. We will have a signup sheet at an upcoming meeting to get our tables manned for the sales.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns about the sale.
Thanks!
Misty
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Meeting notes - 1/24/12
Another fantastic Daisy meeting! Thanks to Niki and Sayble for running the meeting while Shelly & I handed out cookies. The girls discussed cookie selling safety and made thank-you's for the Warren Theater for our movie outing last week. The older girls have now earned all their petal patches & will start working towards their Journey patch series. If your girl is missing petals, please see me at an upcoming meeting. If your girl is new this year, please email me a reminder what color petals they already have - Niki and I are working on putting together activities for some of our newer girls to complete at home to finish their petal patches.
If you have not received your initial order of cookies or if you need to order more cookies, please contact our cookie mom, Shelly Shipman (email me if you need contact information). We will be able to start getting booster orders of cookies on January 30th. Shelly is planning on delivering the cookies we were short tomorrow - please let Shelly or I know if you think you were shorted cookies and do not receive them tomorrow. Also, we must turn in money regularly - please plan on turning in money you've collected at the 2/14 meeting or arrange with Shelly or myself to drop money off. Council deducts money out of our account regularly for cookies, so we must be making regular deposits during the sale.
There was some concern tonight about the increase of cookies given to the girls in the initial order this year - we did increase the initial order by 6 shortbread and 12 thin mint boxes from last year. However, our sales per girl last year indicated that the increase would not be a hardship - if you find it is stressful or difficult to sell what you have, please let me know! We want this to be fun for the girls and not stressful for the parents - since we are planning on having a booth sale in a few weeks, we can easily get rid of your extras, as long as we know you have them to get rid of before we order more. Please don't feel pressured - we're just trying to meet the demand for cookies a little more efficiently than last year.
Remember, your girl earns $0.50 per box for the troop for every box she sells. We are planning to fund our Brownie Bridging ceremony, supplies fees, patches and field trips for the next year through cookie sales if possible! Also, don't forget your girl earns "cookie dough" based on the number of boxes she sells, and this money can be spent at the Council shop for next year's registration dues, books and uniforms.
Thanks so much to our wonderful parents! We hope this cookie season goes even better than last year!
Misty
If you have not received your initial order of cookies or if you need to order more cookies, please contact our cookie mom, Shelly Shipman (email me if you need contact information). We will be able to start getting booster orders of cookies on January 30th. Shelly is planning on delivering the cookies we were short tomorrow - please let Shelly or I know if you think you were shorted cookies and do not receive them tomorrow. Also, we must turn in money regularly - please plan on turning in money you've collected at the 2/14 meeting or arrange with Shelly or myself to drop money off. Council deducts money out of our account regularly for cookies, so we must be making regular deposits during the sale.
There was some concern tonight about the increase of cookies given to the girls in the initial order this year - we did increase the initial order by 6 shortbread and 12 thin mint boxes from last year. However, our sales per girl last year indicated that the increase would not be a hardship - if you find it is stressful or difficult to sell what you have, please let me know! We want this to be fun for the girls and not stressful for the parents - since we are planning on having a booth sale in a few weeks, we can easily get rid of your extras, as long as we know you have them to get rid of before we order more. Please don't feel pressured - we're just trying to meet the demand for cookies a little more efficiently than last year.
Remember, your girl earns $0.50 per box for the troop for every box she sells. We are planning to fund our Brownie Bridging ceremony, supplies fees, patches and field trips for the next year through cookie sales if possible! Also, don't forget your girl earns "cookie dough" based on the number of boxes she sells, and this money can be spent at the Council shop for next year's registration dues, books and uniforms.
Thanks so much to our wonderful parents! We hope this cookie season goes even better than last year!
Misty
Sunday, January 22, 2012
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