May 19th News

Junior Troop 1256

May 19th, 2015 News

Leader: Jill Schmidt   #307-871-0704

Co-Leader: Megan Nielsen   #801-837-8690

Co-Leader: Tanya Sorrells  #307-297-0297

Last Troop Meeting Date: TODAY!!

Overnight Camping/ Dam Tour:

Still Searching for Best Date!

Save the Dates for local Camps:

GREEN RIVER DAY CAMP: June 16^th at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. See Below for more details.

Girls Camp at Uinta Youth Camp (Meeks):

July 11^th, 12^th & 13^th

Service Unit Events:

End of Year Bridging:

Saturday May 30^th @ GRHS 12-2pm

All Badges Earned will be given at this event. This will be recognizing all the hard work the girls have done all year. The entire family is welcome.

Senior Citizens Banquet June 5^th @4pm @ Eagles

Todays Meeting is all about finishing our Get Moving Journey. After having the Wyo Weatherization Guys help us do a building Audit on Mansface Church, we came up with a list of items to help the building. The three main items we chose to help with where: Fire/Smoke Detectors, Carbon monoxide Detectors and signs for the fire extinguishers. A few Boy Scouts are helping us out with the installation of these items. Mansface Council approved our assistance with the building and will be on site today for our meeting. We are also welcoming the Brownie troop today, they are sending us three new girls at our Bridging Ceremony.

We were still waiting to hear from some parents about early registrations.  Please let us know if you do not want your daughter re-registered for next year. Our troop will take care of all who want to continue in Girl Scouting next year.

Senior Citizens Banquet

Held at the Green River Eagles, June 5^th from 4pm to 6:30pm.

They have asked us Wonderful juniors to help serve, clear and clean for this event. The Eagles will be making a donation to our Green River Girls Scouts for helping with this event. We are asking for all who can attend to please help!

Uniform required at this event please.  

Thanks to all who came and survived our Freezing Arbor Day Celebration!

Looking forward to warmer memories next year!

Summer Camps:

Green River Day Camp on June 16^th @ Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 9am to 4pm

Registration will be held that morning and it will be $15 for the event. Please pack a lunch as none will be provided. If you would like to bring a friend, please do so. They will need to register for Girls Scouts which is also $15 and will be handled the morning of the event.

Girls Camp at Uinta Youth Camp (Meeks Cabins) July 11^th -13th, This will be the closest camping event for you this summer.  Registration for the event should be open online by May 26^th  with all the information

@ https://gsusa.ebiz.uapps.net/vp/Home.aspx all activities for GSMW are on this ebiz site.

You can also link to it from GSMW.ORG under Camps

Thank you to EVERYONE who helped and supported us this year. You have amazing girls and it has been a privilege to get to know them so well this year! Looking forward to another great year in Junior Girl Scouts!

May 5th Troop News

Junior Troop 1256

May 5th, 2015 News

Leader: Jill Schmidt   #307-871-0704

Co-Leader: Megan Nielsen   #801-837-8690

Co-Leader: Tanya Sorrells  #307-297-0297

Last Troop Meeting Date; May 19^th

Dam Tour: DTBA @ Next Meeting

Save the Dates for local Camps:

GREEN RIVER DAY CAMP: June 16^th More info to come

Southwest Wyoming Girl Scout Camp: July 11^th-13th

Service Unit Events:

Arbor Day: May 9^th, 9:45 am @ Centennial Park

End of Year Bridging:

Saturday May 30^th @ GRHS 12-2pm

All Badges Earned will be given at this event.

Todays Meeting will be about the Animal Shelter. With the girls donations and troop donations we will be putting together at least 14 adoptions kits for the shelter. We confirmed with the Shelter that we can drop those donated kits off and get a tour tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday 6^th) at 4pm to 5pm. All who can make it please join us at the front of the Animal Control Shelter here in Green River at 80 E Teton.  Please be in uniform to represent the troop appropriately.

Our Last Meeting we will be hosting the Brownies that will be Bridging up to our Troop on May 30^th. We will also be following through with our final Take Action Project for our Get Moving Journey.

Early registration for Girls who will be doing Scouting in the 2015-1016 year is just starting and we would love to get these girls registered again for next year.  Please let Jill or Megan know if you are NOT planning to be apart of Girl Scouts next year as we will be Re-Registering the girls who would like to still be involved this next week.

You all did a wonderful Job with Cookie Booth Sales! We do have some cookies left, so if anyone is still interested in cookies please let us know as a troop we have lots of Samoas. At the Arbor Day celebration this Saturday, may 9^th, there will be a cookie booth set up by multiple troop leaders as we try to sell our last odd boxes. Please let people know we will be there starting at 9am if they would like some cookies or to donate to our local troops!

Arbor Day is Saturday May 9^th at Centennial Park.

Girl Scouts as a Service Unit is once again supporting Green Rivers Arbor Day by helping purchase $300.00 worth of tress. If you can please come on down and help us plant those trees at the Arbor Day celebration. Please wear your uniform if you are going to be attending. They host a raffle and other great events all morning. The raffle is before the little ceremony so come 15-20 minutes early to enter. We love helping with Arbor Day, it is a great way to help our wonderful City! 

This is just one more way to grow girls of courage, confidence and character!

Vacuum Donation and Thank You to Mansface Church!

This is what our Junior girls wrote up for the Newspaper to go along with our donation of the Vacuum to St. Johns Episcopal Church. They did an awesome job!

A Heart Felt, Thank You!

The Girl Scouts of Green River would like to publicly thank Saint Johns Episcopal Church for allowing scouts to host events at their building located on 350 Mansface Street. Saint Johns Episcopal Church has always been very gracious to the Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming. To show our appreciation for their generous actions, the Girl Scouts of Green River have purchased a Shark Rocket Professional Vacuum to help maintain the beauty of the building. Three of our Girl Scout Troops currently hold their troop meetings in their building, along with other large Service Unit events.  St. Johns Episcopal Church continues to impact the community in an uplifting and positive influence and we are truly grateful for their support in helping raise girls of courage, confidence and character.

Thank You from the Green River Girl Scouts!

GSMW Troops: 1256, 1671, 1322, 1041 & 1659

April 21st News

Junior Troop 1256

April 21^st, 2015 News

Leader: Jill Schmidt   #307-871-0704

Co-Leader: Megan Nielsen   #801-837-8690

Co-Leader: Tanya Sorrells  #307-297-0297

Upcoming Troop Meeting Dates:

May 5^th and 19^th

Dam Tour: DTBA

Save the Dates for local Camps:

GREEN RIVER DAY CAMP: June 16^th More info to come

Southwest Wyoming Girl Scout Camp: July 11^th-13th

Service Unit Events:

Mom and Me Tea:  May 1^st 6-8pm @ Senior Center

Arbor Day: May 9^th, 9:45 am @ Centennial Park

End of Year Bridging: Saturday May 30^th

@ GRHS 12-2pm

For our last few meetings we are working on our Innovate Goal. Today the lovely friends from Wyoming Weatherization Services will be here to help us with an Energy Audit on the St. Johns Episcopal Church.  From this audit we need to implement a plan on how we can help improve the buildings energy footprint as our Innovate Goal. This is our last big hurdle to finish our Get Moving Journey!  Also, We will be stuffing our animal shelter adoption bags at the May 5^th meeting and then meet at the Shelter to donate them later in that week.

As our troop meetings come to a close for the year we need to start thinking about next year. Our girls have done a great job with cookies and if they are planning to be in Girl Scouts again for the 2015-2016 Girl Scout Year. We are happy to re-register these hard working girls.  Early registration is just starting and we would love to get these girls registered again for next year.  Please let Jill or Megan know if you are NOT planning to be apart of Girl Scouts next year.

You all rocked it at our cookie booth on Saturday! Thanks for all you do to grow in new directions. We want you all to have turns advertising, using your customer service skills and learning those money skills. You all did a wonderful job. We sold over 370 boxes of cookies in front of the Harley store. We will be dividing those cookie rewards between all the girls that were able to participate.

Thanks for all your help with Cookie Deliveries!

Remember to wear your vest/sash when delivering cookies!

 You must be representing Girl Scouts appropriately.

If you have not turned in your cookie money you will need to do so by

April 27^th to Jill or Megan.

UPCOMING COOKIE BOOTH:

Friday April 24^th- 4-6pm @ Smiths in Green River.

Upcoming Service Projects:

It’s Not too late to still help the Animal Shelter!

Bring what you can to our next meeting!

The best way we can help the Animal Shelter is by putting together adoptions kits for newly adopted animals.  Things we are in need of for the kits are: Collars, Treats, Small or large food/water bowls, small bags of food, toys, pet shampoo, brushes. Really, anything you can think of to add to a kit for dogs & cats to help them transition to their new families.

We are asking for a bit of help from the girls with this. Have them involved in shopping for a few items or trying to get items donated. They are to be involved as little or as much as they want. All items we are missing we will go shopping for as leaders and then have the girls assemble and take the kits to the animal shelter. Every item counts… so please make this a teachable experience within your/their means and abilities.  Please bring what you can to our next meeting. We will keep you posted on what day we will actually be able to deliver these kits to the Animal Shelter at the first Part of May.

Arbor Day!! May 9^th @ 10 am

Girl Scouts as a Service Unit is once again supporting Green Rivers Arbor Day by helping purchase $300.00 worth of tress. If you can please come on down and help us plant those trees at the Arbor Day celebration on May 9^th.  They host a raffle and other great events all morning. The raffle is before the little ceremony so come 15-20 minutes early to enter. We love helping with Arbor Day, it is a great way to help our wonderful City!  Just one more way to grow girls of courage, confidence and character!

Vacuum Donation to St. Johns Episcopal Church:

Tomorrow: Wednesday April 22^nd @ 4pm.

As a service unit to say thank you to St. Johns for always letting us host our troop meetings and other large service unit events. We have purchased a vacuum to help maintain this building to show our appreciation. We will be presenting this gift to the Church tomorrow afternoon at 4pm. We are asking any girl scout who would like to participate and get their picture taken so we can make a public thank you to please join us. Please come dressed in your uniform. This should take less than 30 minutes.

Southwest Wyoming Girl Scouts have a new Community Development Manager her name is Melissa Webb. She is making day camp and another summer camp happen in our area. All information is in the news letter she sent out.

April 7th News

Upcoming Troop Meeting Dates:

April 7^th & 21^st & May 5^th,

April 17^th 4-6pm Bowling @Fish Bowl

Animal Shelter: First of May

Dam Tour: DTBA

Service Unit Events:

Me and My Guy Dance:  April 11^th, 2015.

Mom and Me Tea:  May 1^st 6-8pm @ Senior Center

Arbor Day: May 9^th More info to come

End of Year Bridging: Saturday May 30^th @ GRHS

For our last few meetings we are working on our Innovate Goal. We will be having an Energy Audit on our Church building at our next meeting and then from there make a plan on how we can help improve it’s energy footprint as our Innovate Goal.  Our animal shelter adoption bags will be moved to that first meeting in May.

The Me and My Guy Dance is this Saturday the 11^th from 6-8pm

at the Green River High School Commons Area.

Photographer and DJ on site.

$1 dollar per admission please. 

We are very excited to be hosting this event again. The girls always have such a good time. We are having a winter wonderland theme. If you would like to order flowers the following prices were quoted to us:

Owlfies: Corsage $15.99 and Boutonnière $5.99

Rose Floral:  Corsage $4.00 and Boutioniere $4.00

Harts and Flowers:  Corsage $25-30 and Boutonier $7.50

Thanks for all your help with Cookie Deliveries!

Remember to wear your vest/sash when delivering cookies! You must be representing Girl Scouts appropriately.

BOOTHS are coming up quick!

COOKIE BOOTHS:

Drive Through Booth Saturday April 18^th 11am-4pm. At the Harley Davidson Parking Lot on Uinta. We will be breaking this time down and only have girls work in shifts so please sign up for those.

Friday April  24^th- 4-6pm @ Smiths in Green River.

Upcoming Service Project!

The best way we can help the Animal Shelter is by putting together adoptions kits for newly adopted animals.  Things we are in need of for the kits are: Collars, Treats, Small or large food/water bowls, small bags of food, toys, pet shampoo, brushes. Really, anything you can think of to add to a kit for dogs & cats to help them transition to their new families.

We are asking for a bit of help from the girls with this. Have them involved in shopping for a few items or trying to get items donated. They are to be involved as little or as much as they want. All items we are missing we will go shopping for as leaders and then have the girls assemble and take the kits to the animal shelter. Every item counts… so please make this a teachable experience within your/their means and abilities.  Please bring what you can to our next meeting. We will keep you posted on what day we will actually be able to deliver these kits to the Animal Shelter at the first Part of May.

Thank you for all your support!

WE HAVE AN AMAZING TROOP OF GIRL SCOUTS!

Reminder all this information is available @ juniorgsmwtroop1256.blogspot.com

SERVICE PROJECT and Jo-Anns Trip

Upcoming Service Project!

We are going to be working on a getting together a service project starting next meeting (April 7^th).  The girls talked about helping out the Animal Shelter. After contacting them the best way we can help is by putting together adoptions kits for newly adopted animals.  Things we are in need of for the kits are: Collars, Treats, Small or large food/water bowls, small bags of food, toys, pet shampoo. Really, anything you can think of to add to a kit for dogs & cats to help them transition to their new families.

We are asking for a bit of help from the girls with this. Have them involved in shopping for a few items or trying to get items donated. They are to be involved as little or as much as they want. All items we are missing we will go shopping for as leaders and then have the girls assemble and take the kits to the animal shelter. Every item counts… so please make this a teachable experience within your/their means and abilities.  Please bring what you can to our next meeting. We will keep you posted on what day we will actually be able to deliver these kits to the Animal Shelter at the end of April. It will probably not match up with our other meeting in April.

Thank you for all your support!

WE HAVE AN AMAZING TROOP OF GIRL SCOUTS! 

Joanns on Saturday March 28^th 10am-Noon 

We have scheduled a craft activity at Joanns this Saturday in Rock Springs. If you are able to drop your girl off that would be wonderful. If you are in need of a ride for your daughter please let Jill or I know. We have extra seat available in our vehicles to accommodate. We are happy to help as long as we can plan accordingly.  We are very excited to do something a little different and fun this weekend!

March 24th Meeting News

Junior Troop 1256

March 24^th, 2015 News

Leader: Jill Schmidt   #307-871-0704

Co-Leader: Megan Nielsen   #801-837-8690

Co-Leader: Tanya Sorrells  #307-297-0297

Upcoming Troop Meeting Dates:

April 7^th & 21^st & May 5^th,

Joanns Craft 10am-12pm in Rock Springs

April 17^th 4-6pm Bowling @Fish Bowl

Animal Shelter: End of April

Dam Tour: DTBA

Service Unit Events:

Me and My Guy Dance:  April 11^th, 2015.

Mom and Me Tea:  May 1^st 6-8pm @ Senior Center

Arbor Day: May 9^th More info to come

End of Year Bridging: Saturday May 30^th @ GRHS

For our Meeting this week we are working on cookie posters for our booths and decorations for our Me & My Guy Dance. The dance invitation will be arriving via email. Please keep an eye open for it.  If you have any questions please let us know!  How did your Random Acts of Kindness Go?

Date for Cookies Arrival is April 2^nd!

Due to high cookie sales the baker is having trouble meeting demand and our pick up date has been pushed to April 2^nd.  We know that this is right smack in the middle of Spring Break. Please make arrangements with us if you are not going to be in town during these days and plan to pick them up as soon as you are available.

Delivery will be @ the same location as last year. @ 1255 Fawn Circle in Green River @ The Lee’s Home. It is very important that you are flexible and pick up your cookies this day! You will be counting and signing a receipt for the cookies you pick up to make sure everything is accurate. You will also sign a receipt when money is turned in for the same reasons.  We will keep you updated as cookies arrive that day via Text. If you have been selling with the Frozen Frenzy event please turn your papers into Jill or I by Thursday (26^th) so we can get your daughter credited into the drawing and get those extra boxes accounted for. THANKS!

COOKIE BOOTHS!

Drive Through Booth Saturday April 18^th 11am-4pm. At the Harley Davidson Parking Lot on Uinta. We will be breaking this time down and only have girls work in shifts.  

Friday April  24^th- 4-6pm @ Smiths in Green River.

Our Booth dates are tentative for these locations since we are still getting approval and

we may need to add another date if we have cookies left.

March 2015 Troop News Letter

Junior Troop 1256

March 2015 News

Leader: Jill Schmidt   #307-871-0704

Co-Leader: Megan Nielsen   #801-837-8690

Co-Leader: Tanya Sorrells  #307-297-0297

Upcoming Troop Meeting Dates:

March 24^th, April 7^th & 21^st & May 5^th,

Dam Tour: DTBA

Service Unit Events:

Me and My Guy Dance:  April 11^th, 2015.

Mom and Me Tea: DTBA

End of Year Bridging: End of May DTBA

For our meeting today we are celebrating Girl Scouts Birthday. Girl Scouts was officially established March 12^th, 1912 by Juliette G. Low when the first 18 girls met and held the first troop meeting in Savannah, GA. We call this Girl Scout week. To celebrate we will be encouraging the girls to do a Random Act of Kindness every day this week to spread the joy!

         

Date for Cookies Arrival has CHANGED!!!

Due to high cookie sales the baker is having trouble meeting demand and our pick up date has been pushed back to March 27^th-April 2^nd.  We know that this is right at the start of Spring Break. Please make arrangements with us if you are not going to be in town during these days. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

Will keep you updated on this date as it gets closer. We get short notice on when the truck will actually deliver our service unit cookies. Delivery will be @ the same location as last year.

@ 1255 Fawn Circle in Green River @ The Lee’s Home. It is very important that you are flexible and pick up your cookies the day they arrive  You will be counting and signing a receipt for the cookies you pick up to make sure everything is accurate. You will also sign a receipt when money is turned in for the same reasons.  We will keep you updated as cookies arrive that week via Text.

Our Booth Sales dates are now April 3^rd- 26^th

The Frozen Frenzy sale will remain open until March 26^th. We will pull these cookies sold and add them to your initial order. You should have received an email about Frozen Frenzy with an attachment to print the form. We have some printed if needed.

Frozen Frenzy

FROZEN FRENZY INFORMATION from Council you should have received and email about this. 

Are you shocked the pre-sale is over already? 

Wish you had the chance to reach out to those you may have missed? Didn’t quite make your goal? Great news! Join the Frozen Frenzy and have the ability to reach your goals and make sure you haven’t forgotten anyone.

February 27th through March 16th, when a girl sells 36+ boxes of cookies, she will receive a GSMW Frozen Patch and will be entered to win one of 10 Frozen Elsa Build-a-Bears.

 

Want to up the odds of winning a Frozen Bear?  For each additional 12 boxes sold, the girl will receive an additional chance to win a Frozen Bear.

We certainly hope the cold doesn't bother you during the remainder of the cookie program, but we hope you get excited about being in the Frozen Frenzy!

A cookie form was sent with this email. I can't seem to attach it at the moment. I printed off extra forms please contact me if you need them.  -Megan

DELAY IN COOKIE DELIVERY INFORMATION!

Information sent from Council:

Little Brownie Bakers notified our council there would be a delay in the delivery of Girl Scout Cookies. Delivery of Girl Scout Cookies will now take place March 27-April 2.

Although it is disappointing that we have to experience a delay, this extra week gives girls a fantastic opportunity to strive toward their goals by continuing to take orders.

Once cookies arrive in Montana & Wyoming, we will have plenty of cookies to support the girls in exceeding their goals.

As a result of the delayed delivery, the sale has been extended by one week.
    -Booth sales will be April 3rd-April 26th.
    -Frozen Frenzy will remain open for participation until March 26th.

FEBRUARY NEWS

Junior Troop 1256

February 2015 News

Leader: Jill Schmidt   #307-871-0704

Co-Leader: Megan Nielsen   #801-837-8690

Co-Leader: Tanya Sorrells  #307-297-0297

Upcoming Troop Meeting Dates:

March 10^th & 24^th, April 7^th & 21^st & May 5^th

These are our normal troop meetings planned at the moment; we will let you know if any changes are made.

FYI-Girls are interested in visiting one of our local Dams to have a tour and learn about Hydro-Energy. We will be doing this event in the spring. This event will go towards one of our Journey badges.  

Our meetings from here on out will be focusing on the girls making plans to finish their Journey badges. They will be choosing an activity to accomplish together that will help our community with the knowledge they have learned about energy this year.  It should be a great time, but may add to our schedule depending on what the girls choose.

Service Unit Events:

          Daddy Daughter Dance:  April 11^th, 2015 (Tentative)

          Mom and Me Tea: DTBA

         

Important Dates for Cookies:

Cookies Delivered anytime the week of St. Patrick’s Day, March16th-21st

Will keep you updated on this date as it gets closer. We get short notice on when the truck will actually deliver our service unit cookies. Delivery will be @ the same location as last year.

@ 1255 Fawn Circle in Green River @ The Lee’s Home. It is very important that you are flexible and pick up your cookies the day they arrive  You will be counting and signing a receipt for the cookies you pick up to make sure everything is accurate. You will also sign a receipt when money is turned in for the same reasons.  We will keep you updated as cookies arrive.

Cookie Booths season starts March 27^th-April 18th

Money Due to Troop Leader: April 19^th

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK WITH PRE SALE OF COOKIES!  YOU ARE ALL ROCK STARS!!

Reminder all this information is available @ juniorgsmwtroop1256.blogspot.com

Girl Scout Cookies Due by Feb 24th!

Reminder Last Weekend for Cookies... Cookies order only go through the 22nd of Feb. After the 22nd you can no longer take orders. All order forms are due to Jill by Tuesday the 24th. We will be having a meeting that day so it will be convenient to drop off your cookie order forms. If you can not make it to the meeting please get a hold of Jill to drop the form off to her before the end of day Tuesday. We will be placing the complete Troop order Wednesday morning. We hope that cookie sales have been a good and growing experience. Please remember every box counts and we look forward to having some fun with our cookie money this summer! Thank for all your hard work! We appreciate all you do!  Any questions please let us know! Thanks- Megan