Zoo Snooze was a success!!

The Snooze was an adventure!  We all enjoyed our guide Amanda, and all the animals she shared with us.  The night-time walk through the nocturnal animals was really intereseting & informative (Misty spent a lot of time dodging spiders & several moms got soaked by a sprinker!).  The morning walk through the Oklahoma Trails was fun because so many of the animals were really active.

Visit our Facebook page for more pictures!  Search Troop 3412 & request to join the group if you don't already belong.  It's a private group, so no pictures or information are available for anyone outside the group.  Also, being a member of the group doesn't automatically make you "friends" with everyone else in the group.  So no worries about people you don't know viewing your personal pages by joining the Troop's group.

I'm so glad so many girls could go this year - the girls were SO well-behaved & made troop 3412 proud! Looking forward to another great year!  Look for more information about Back-to-school night & our first meeting in September soon.

Misty

Zoo Snooze

OK Zoo Snooze attendees - please look for an email from me with details about next week's event!  It's going to be so much fun!

Misty

Lemonade Stand tally

The lemonade stand this weekend was a success!  I know that we made at least $125 - we are waiting to hear the final number from the Warren.  Not bad for four hours of work!  Each mom & daughter also received free movie tickets to use later.  Thanks to the Warren!

Looking forward to the Zoo Snooze!  More information will come in the upcoming weeks.

Thanks,
Misty

Erika's Kidney Transplant Fund

The troop has been asked to donate to the Erika Ramirez fund.  If you haven't heard about her yet, she is a soon-to-be fifth grader at Truman that ended up suddenly going into kidney failure the last week of 4th grade & is now on dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant.  Apparently her family's home is not habitable for an immuno-compromised child, nor they do not have medical insurance.  The Truman PTA has started fundraising as well.  If you have a vote on the troop donating, or if you would like to add a personal donation to the troop's, please let me know.  You can also make a personal donation on your own at any Bank 1st under "Erika's Kidney Transplant Fund".

Thanks,
Misty

Bridging picture

Calling all pictures!  I don't have any pictures from Bridging - if you have some, please send them to me to post!

Thanks,
Misty

Lemonade Stand & Zoo Snooze update

We have 6 girls signed up for the lemonade stand & 12 for the Snooze!

Please have your girls wear their Daisy uniforms this Friday for the lemonade stand so that they can show off all the patches they earned as Daisies.  I will meet everyone in the lobby of the Warren at just before 1pm on Saturday.

More info to come soon about the Snooze.

Looking forward to it!
Misty

Zoo Snooze & lemonade stand

Hi Brownie families!  I hope everyone is enjoying their summer - I know we are!

There are two upcoming events that I need RSVP's for:

1) The Zoo Snooze on 7/13-7/14.  So far I have the following girls' RSVP's: Abby, Hailey, Ava, Remy, Sophia, Miranda, Madelyn, Sophia, Grace K., Hannahlaine, & Laryssa.  Niki and I are both attending, but we need 1-2 other moms to attend.  If any other girls want to still RSVP or if any moms are already planning on going, please let me know by next Friday 6/15. There is no charge to the girls for this event.

2)  The Warren has invited our troop to run a lemonade stand on Saturday 6/23 from 1-5.  Our troop will receive $0.50 from each cup sold & each girl that participates will also receive a free movie ticket to use at a later date.  This has the potential to make our troop a nice extra chunk of change for a few hours of work!   Niki will be at the theater working, but unable to run the sale with me, so I will also need 1-2 other parents to help.  Please let me know by this Sunday 6/17 (Father's Day) whether or not your Brownie could come for all or part of the sale. I need to determine if we would have enough participants to successfully run the booth.

We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Misty

Bridging rain-out plan

OK all, the rain-out plan for Bridging is the Lowery room at the Library.  We are supposed to go to the park first & will be directed to the library once the official rain-out switch has been made.  See everyone at 2!

Thanks!
Misty

Brownie Bridging reminders

Hi parents!  A couple of reminders for Brownie Bridging this weekend:

1) The event is on Sunday from 2-4 at Andrew's Park.  We will be located in the covered pavilion near the playground.  I would suggest bringing some portable chairs if you'd like to sit down.  They are expecting about 200 people in attendance (94 of those are from our troop!).

2) Don't forget that if you haven't paid the $36.25 for your daughter's Brownie uniform, I need a check this weekend!  I have to do our end-of-year finances report for Council, so I need everyone paid & off the books.

3) You don't need to bring anything for the ceremony - everything is provided.

4) As of yet, there is no rain-out plan.  If it's looking stormy, please call me to verify that Council is still having the event at 834-6247 or email me at misty.osburn@gmail.com

5) I've attached a picture of the book we are using this fall - you are not required to purchase one, just FYI.  I have a copy for the troop, though you can easily pick one up through Amazon if you want your own copy.  We haven't had luck getting the girls to use their own copies yet, so I didn't want to ask everyone to buy one unless it looked like we were going to use it heavily.

6) I've also attached a copy of the insignia placement sheet for Brownies so that you will know where to put all the new patches.  Most of them now come with iron-on backing already.  I highly recommend a product called Badge Magic for everything else.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Misty

Bridging info & our upcoming meeting

Hi Daisy families!

For our final meeting next week, we are planting flowers in the front flower beds at Truman Primary as our service project to earn our Clover Journey Award for making the world a better place.  If at all possible, please have your Daisy at the meeting, as this is the one opportunity we have planned for this badge.  Also, anyone who could bring a garden spade or two would also be appreciated, so that the girls aren't all planting with spoons :)

Second, everyone that is continuing on with us to Brownies in the fall has RSVP'd for the Bridging ceremony - THANK YOU!!  However, I didn't know I was supposed to get an RSVP for everyone attending - they need a head count for refreshments. Could you please let me know ASAP how many people from your family will attend the Bridging ceremony?  Also, we are planning on bringing some of the portable foldable athletic event chairs to sit on - I would assume they will run out of seating in the pavilion.

Thanks it!  Hope to see everyone next week!
Misty