Pool Party!

Hi all -

Grace Koop's family has graciously offered to let us use their pool for a Brownie pool party!

We have tentatively set the date for Thursday 7/10, from 2-4pm.  However, I want to make sure we won't be leaving out a bunch of girls who could not attend at that time because their parents would be working.

Please let me know ASAP if you would not be able to bring your daughter (or send her with a friend) on that day because you work during the week.

Finally, the group is still searching for solutions for new or additional leadership for the troop this fall.  I would consider staying in a leadership capacity if we could decide how to split the troop into smaller groups for our weekly meetings, and then meet as a large group once a month for badge awards, etc (kind of like the Boy Scouts model).  The small groups would have to be run by other leaders.  If anyone has any ideas on how to make that work or is willing to take any or all of the troop leadership, please contact me!

Have a wonderful June & I look forward to seeing everyone in July.

Thanks,

Misty

Final meeting...the saga continues...

Well, as is becoming the norm, the weather is not cooperating with us!

However, we are still going to have our last meeting at my house. I have emailed my address and posted it on our Facebook group.  As this is a public blog, I won't post it here - let me know if you need it. You are welcome to come anytime between 5 and 7pm.  If you need to stop by a little earlier, please let me know to expect you.

Understand this won't be a regular meeting, as we won't have everyone together at one time, and I don't have nearly enough room.  The girls will have a chance to complete their last memento page, pickup their cookie incentives, and receive their end-of-year badge awards.

Please excuse my house!  We are packing furiously to leave town and there are piles everywhere!

See you this evening!

Misty

Final meeting - UPDATE again :)

Hi all - so it is proving impossible to coordinate 20 families' summer schedules :).  Here is what I plan to do for now:

1) Leaders will be at Cambridge Park on Tuesday 6/4 from 6-7pm.  I will be there from 5-7 for those who need to come early on their way to other events.  If other leaders can come early as well, please feel welcome.  This won't really be a regular meeting - the girls can work on their memento books to take home, pickup cookie awards, and receive their end of year badges.  **if it is raining or the ground if super soggy, then please come to my house at 4905 Portland St. instead.  It will be a total pit preparing for our trip, so please excuse the mess in advance.

2) I am leaving town Thurs 6/6 and will not return until 6/25.  If you are not coming on Tuesday evening, please contact me if you want to coordinate a pickup at my house on Wednesday 6/7.

3) I will contact the Koop family about having a swim party and will let everyone know a date for July or August once we have set it.  Anyone who has not gotten their items in May can do so at the swim party.

For those I do not see before we leave, PLEASE have a wonderful summer!!

Thanks,

Misty

P.S.  Do not worry about bringing a snack - not sure there will be enough people in one place at one time to make it worth it :)

Last meeting - new date!

Hi all -

Happy summer!  I know that everyone has been so busy with end-of-school activities and with tornado relief.  I am so thankful that none of our Brownie families were directly affected by the storms.  The first grade Brownie troop at Truman did unfortunately have one family who lost their home - luckily they were all okay!

Since we did not get to hold our last meeting last week, I was planning to hold a makeup meeting on Tuesday 6/4/13 from 6-7pm at Cambridge Park (please pray for weather that cooperates!).  It won't be a full meeting, but a chance for the girls to work on their memento albums, pick up their cookie incentive awards, and receive their last badge awards for this year. 

It would be wonderful if everyone could come and celebrate our last three years together.  I was planning on bringing a snack to share, along with plates, napkins, cups and lemonade and it would be fabulous if everyone could bring something small to share

 as well.

Please let me know if you will or will not be able to attend and if you are bringing a snack to share (families are welcome-please RSVP with how many) so that I can let everyone know how many snacks they need.

I hope everyone can attend - we will look at planning a pool party at Grace Koop's house  in July or early August.

Thanks!

Misty

Last meeting - UPDATE

Enough parents have said they would prefer NOT to have the meeting tonight that I have decided to postpone the meeting.  I am hoping to schedule something in the next two weeks for those that can come and get their cookie incentives and badges, and Grace K's mom has generously offered to host a swim party later this summer.  More info to come soon - thanks!

Everyone stay safe!

Misty

Last meeting info

Hi all - I hope everyone safely weathered the last two days of storms.  We are all safe, though we know of several families who have lost everything.  Luckily no one in their families was hurt.

We are still planning to meet tomorrow at Cambridge Park, from 6-7pm.  Cambridge Park is located within the Cambridge subdivision - take Rhoades into Cambridge, and follow it around until you see a park on one side of the road and a pond on the other.  It's very simple to find.

It will be very informal - hopefully everyone can bring a snack to share.  Please bring your own drinks, as I have donated every water bottle and cup we own to help with the relief effort, and I suspect finding replacements tomorrow will be futile.

Even if you can only come by for a few minutes, please try to stop by to pick up your daughter's memento book, badges earned, and a hug.

I look forward to seeing everyone!

Misty

HELP!

To-date, I have been unable to locate an alternate location for our meeting so that we can reschedule to the more convenient date of 5/21.  Unless someone else better luck than I on finding a location so that we can have the meeting on 5/21, we will be forced to keep the 5/14 meeting time.

Please please please let me know if anyone has a meeting location we can use.  If your church or work has a spot, or if your house would be big enough, etc., the troop would really appreciate the chance to be together in order to have our last meeting.

If anyone has another idea for a location or alternate date, please let me know!!

Misty

Thank you!

Troop #532 has sent us thanks for those girls that took the time tonight to go and tell their troop about what they love about Brownies.  The girls apparently had a wonderful time meeting our girls!

Thank you so much to everyone who came!!
Michelle

Meeting reminder for 5/7 and help needed for 5/21

Hi all!

For those of you who have said you can make it Tuesday, please come to the Primary cafeteria at 6pm on Tues 5/7.  The girls should be in uniform and be prepared to talk with the other girls about what they have loved about being Brownies (it will be really informal - the younger girls really just want to have the experience of hearing from our girls).  We will also show the first grade troop the Bungalow song that our girls love so much!  It should take less than an hour, and it will help the first grade troop bridge from Daisies to Brownies.

I will not be able to be there on 5/7, as that is my monthly Girl Scout leader meeting night.  I am unclear if Niki and Rebekah will be there at this point.  However, both Devon and Teri will be there and will do a fantastic job with the girls!

I am still working on switching our meeting from 5/14 to 5/21 so that more girls can attend.  However, I do not currently have a location - the first grade troop was unable to switch us meeting times.  If anyone knows of a location big enough for our troop and parents that would let us use their space from 6-715 on Tues 5/21, please let me know.  Someone with a large house, someone's church, etc. would be ideas...

Thanks!

Misty

Meeting recap

Hi all - what a fun meeting tonight!  The ladybugs were a big hit.

Tonight we handed out badges - if your daughter didn't earn a particular badge because she missed a meeting and you would like information on how to make up the badge, please let me know.

We also had a sign-up sheet tonight to bring tasty treats for our last meeting on 5/14. If you weren't there tonight and would like to bring something, please do so!  The December party had so many wonderful goodies - I hope the May party will be just as great!

As we wind down another year, please consider what you could volunteer to do with the troop in the fall.  The troop is in desperate need of several co-leaders, as well as people to lead a meeting or two, keep track of meeting attendance for badges, be in charge of collecting dues/fees and balancing the troop checkbook, and keeping track of the troop paperwork.  Let me know if you have something in particular you would like to do, or if you would like information about what a specific task might entail.

I hope everyone can make it to our 5/14 meeting so we can end this year with a bang!  The girls will make a Mother's Day craft and something for Mrs. Eislen as well as finish their memory books that they have been working on all year.

See you in a few weeks!

Misty