Girl Scout Bash!

What a great event! We had seven Daisies in attendance and we had a blast! We even sang our Daisy song for the other Girl Scouts. I was so proud of our girls!!

Informational updates

The pumpkin patch today was great fun! We were glad to see a couple of Daisy friends.

Don't forget about the Juliette Gordon Low All Truman Troop Birthday Bash in the Primary cafeteria on Wednesday, October 19th, from 6:30 to 7:30. Abby & I are going, as are several other Daisy friends. Hope you can attend!

Sorry for the confusion recently about the upcoming meeting schedule. With my school schedule & Niki getting ready to be out of town, we've been having issues! The final decision: we will have a regular meeting on 10/25 and on 11/8 as normal. There will be no meeting 11/22, which is the week of Thanksgiving. The next meeting is tentatively 12/13, but we will confirm that as it gets closer.

We have decided to put off Investiture till December or January (possibly during the holiday party??). We want to make sure most of the girls can be there for the celebration, and through November is just nuts for everyone.

Everyone is now registered & most people have paid their supplies fees. I have a few more items to order, so if you have lost a patch or pin or book, please let me know ASAP so I can add it to my order.

FYI, we have been discussing the importance of the buddy system in our meetings, in preparation to start going on more field trips with the girls. If you can continue to stress the importance of staying with their buddy at meetings and checking in with a leader before leaving the group, we would really appreciate it!

Looking forward to seeing Daisy friends this week!
Thanks!
Misty

Meeting 9/27/11

Our first regular meeting of the year went well! We welcomed 5 new friends, and reviewed the Promise & Song. We also discussed and created our new Kaper Chart to use this year during meetings.

Our next meeting is this coming Tuesday, 10/11/11 from 6-7pm at the Primary cafeteria. We hope to see you all there!

Thanks!
Misty

Information for our first meeting

Apparently I've told about half of the moms the wrong date for our first meeting! The meeting is actually 9/13 from 6-7pm at the Primary cafeteria. Somehow I'd gotten it in my head that our meeting was next week & was at the same time at the Truman Elementary Parents' meetings - NOT TRUE! Please come for a short meeting on 9/13 after the first grade Parents' meeting at Truman Primary and we will get everyone's paperwork filled out, dues paid, and have a brief parents' meeting (we need lots of help this year - there are plenty of small things to do that will make a big difference!). We will have a craft for the girls to do, and we will review the Girl Scout Promise & song with the girls to get them back in the groove.

I have had a couple of moms ask me about new t-shirts for the girls uniforms this year - any opinions? I'm fine with the ones we have or getting new ones, whatever the group decides. We will discuss in more detail at the meeting on 9/13. The Girl Scout store has a couple of cute ones at $18-25 each. I also thought this one on Etsy was cute - long-sleeved is $12 and short-sleeved are $10: http://www.etsy.com/listing/55850795/personalized-girl-scout-daisy-t-shirt. Also, we could plan a craft with this shirt & let the girls color it themselves: http://www.colortime.com/c9/GS-Daisy-T-Shirt-p211.html.

If you aren't going to make the meeting on 9/13, please contact me - we have to have all registrations in by the end of September or the unregistered girls won't be covered by the liability insurance. Don't forget that each girl has at least $15 of "cookie dough" that they can use in the Girl Scout store or towards their registrations. I will have the cookie dough cards with me at the meeting.

Helpful links:
The troop facebook page (this is a closed group, so send me a request to join if you want access): https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/266239830069624/
Online membership renewal: https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/Home/tabid/166/Default.aspx?pid=43

First meeting update

We were originally planning to have our first meeting on Sept 13 from 6-7pm, but last night I learned that the 1st grade parents meeting is going to be from 6-630 that same night.

Instead of having a full meeting on 9/13, I want to have a brief parent's meeting from 6:30-7 (possibly shorter!) instead - I'll have a coloring page for the girls & we can get registration forms filled out & discuss the year.

Our first full meeting will be on Sept 27, 6-7pm. We have secured the Truman Primary cafeteria again, so meetings will be held at the same location as last year.

See you then!

Swim party a huge success!

Thanks so much to the Boswell's for hosting the Daisy swim party yesterday (and thanks to Stacy for the tasty shakes)! The girls had a wonderful time playing together & us moms got time to chat! We didn't really ever get around to a parents meeting, other than briefly discussing registration procedures & deadlines. We'll go over everything in September.

A couple of people are having trouble viewing the blog, so I have also started a closed Facebook group as another source of information. Only the members of the group can see the group's info, and group members cannot see each other's information unless they are "friends". Please search on Facebook for the "Troop 3412" group & ask to join if you would like access.

The link for online registration is here if you are paying by credit card. You can also cut & paste the following to your browser: https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/Home/tabid/166/Default.aspx?pid=43. I have paper registration forms to fill out at the first meeting in September, if you would rather pay by cash/check or cookie dough incentives (if you haven't received yours yet, I have it).

Don't forget, our first meeting is the second Tuesday in September (9/13) from 6-7pm in the Truman Primary Cafeteria.

See you in September!
Misty

Registration information

The link for online registration is here. You can also cut & paste the following to your browser: https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/Home/tabid/166/Default.aspx?pid=43.

I will have paper forms with me on Saturday as well. If you do renew online, please let me know!

Thanks,
Misty

ZooSnooze overnight

What a blast! The girls got to hear about local nocturnal animals & even pet a couple of them. Then we took a walk through the zoo after dark with our guide, Rachelle. We saw many animals that aren't as visible during the day visits. We stayed up REALLY late, and then took a morning zoo walk to visit the OKC Trails exhibit before packing up the party. Thanks to the 2nd grade Brownie troop for the invite!

Our next activity is the pool party at the Boswells on 8/13. Hope everyone can come! I'd like a chance to have a brief parents meeting sometime at the party to plan the upcoming year, hand out cookie dough & discuss a good meeting day/time for fall. I will also have registration forms and information.

Thanks!
Misty

Zoo Invite from 2nd grade sister Brownies!

From their troop leader:

Here's a fun question for you!

Would any of your girls like to join us in our Zoo Snooze sleepover at the OKC Zoo on Saturday, July 30th? We've gotten the rsvps from our troop and we have room for more girls. We'd love to invite our sister Truman troop to join us. There should be no cost to your troop since we have to pay for a minimum anyway. Moms will come and stay over too! We get a animal program and a night time tour of the Zoo. We leave the Treehouse in the morning but are welcome to stay at the Zoo for as long as we want on Sunday. Just let me know if you all are interested. We'd love to have you!

I need firm RSVP's no later than July 22nd. I am not sure if Abby & I can attend yet (I hope so!), but Niki & Hailey are planning to attend.

Thanks!

Misc summer info

Hi all! I've got a couple of updates:

1. Cookie dough incentives & cookie patches are in! If you haven't received them yet, feel free to contact me & arrange a time to pick them up. I will also have them at the pool party in August and at our first meeting in September (tentatively scheduled for 9/15/11). Each girl that participated in cookie sales have at least a $15 gift card they can use at the http://www.gswestok.org/ shop. It can also be used for the fall membership fees!
2. The fall membership drive is coming - I'm not too concerned about recruiting members, as we already have a big group. However, if anyone knows a first-grade Truman girl that is interested, please have them contact me for membership info.
3. I will have membership forms at the pool party, but you can also fill out the forms online (you will need to fill out online if you want to use the cookie dough incentives gift card). If you do decide to submit your girl's membership form online, please get me a copy for my files as well.
4. Please check the Patch Progress section of the blog to make sure your girl has all her patches. Please let me know if she's missing something.
   
5. Finally, I am starting to plan our meetings for fall. I am also working on dividing up some of the group responsibilities so that volunteers can take on small projects to help the troop & troop leadership. I'll get more info about what we might need soon. Everyone has ideas/skills/resources that are valuable! Please consider what you might be able to do to help the girls. Feel free to contact me with any ideas or to make us aware of your special skills. We appreciate you all!

Thanks,
Misty