Our January News Letter

Junior Troop 1256

January 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:

February 10^th & 24^th, 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:

        Ice Skating: January 24^th 12:45-3pm @ RS Rec Center

          Cookie Rally:  February 6^th 5:45-8pm @ GRHS commons area

         Me and My Guy Dance: DTBA

          Mom and Me Tea: DTBA

Cookies Are Coming! 

Sale Starts Feb 7^th

Please plan on attending the Cookie Rally on Feb 6^th. We will be having booths and activities for the girls to learn about why we sell cookies and being safe doing so. The lovely VFW will be there to talk to the girls.

We will have a parent meeting at 7:15 where you can learn about the program/plan for this year. Girls will be entertained while parents are in the meeting. Then you can sign the permission slip and pick up the cookie order forms before leaving. We have lots of new information this year with the On-Line selling and new cookies.

Please plan on attending this event since cookies go on sale the very next day. 

Parents are always welcome to stay for the whole event if you wish.

Important Dates for Cookies:

Cookie Rally: February 6^th @ 6-8pm. Parent Meeting @ 7:15pm. – We will be starting promptly at 6pm for the Rally, so please plan to be at the high school at 5:45.

Cookie Sales are from February 7^th-22^nd 2015

Orders Due to Troop Leader: No later than Tuesday February 24^th

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. We need you to be flexible to pick up your cookie order the day it arrives in Green River. Will update you on where you will meet to pick up cookies.  THANK YOU!

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

Money Due to Troop Leader: April 19^th.

PLEASE, if you have ANY questions do not hesitate to ask. We are here to help. Jill will be officially in charge of collecting money/cookies. So, she is a great resource to use if you need help.  Also, GSMW.ORG has tons of information on their Cookies link to help us with all this new stuff. You can always look there.

As always this is up to you and your girl on how much you want to participate with cookie sales. The Girls have lots of great things to learn with this program, it is not just about the money for our troop.

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE

OUR JUNIOR TROOP WONDERFUL!

WE ARE A GREAT TEAM!

EVERY DAY IS GREAT WHEN YOU ARE A GIRL SCOUT!

Troop Meeting Rescheduled

Hello Dear Junior Girl Scouts and Families! We are in need of rescheduling our original meeting tomorrow January 6th to the 13th. So please don't show up at the church Tomorrow no one will be there. We look forward to seeing all the girls in one more week on Tuesday the 13th at our Normal 4pm. Sorry for any inconvenience this causes. We hope you all had a wonderful Holiday break and look forward to catching up soon!

   Fyi this move will put us having a troop meeting again on the 20th. Thanks for understanding!

Girl Scout Sleepover

GIRL SCOUT SLEEPOVER!!!

December 12^th, 2014

Come one, come all Girl Scouts to the Mansface church this Friday night at 7pm for the Service Unit Spa Night.

 Girls are welcome to come for whatever time needed. You do not have to sleep the night, but we do hope you will!

Pick up is at 9am!! There is another event at 10 am. Girls need to be picked up promptly, thank you!

This is also an opportunity to serve our community. We are asking for non-perishable donations that we will be giving to the food bank. Any daily need item from deodorant to diapers is welcome!

Thanks for all you do! Jill and Tanya will be the leaders present for the night.  We will be having different stations for spa moments and movies going. Snacks are welcome to share, We will provide breakfast. Please have dinner before arriving.

Don’t forget to bring something to sleep on and any toiletries you may need.

Looking forward to a GREAT NIGHT!

Troop Meeting for December 2nd Canceled

Happy December Girl Scouts and Families! We are sorry to announce with such a busy first week of December we need to cancel this weeks troop meeting. We had too many conflicts for tomorrow to make our meeting happen. We will have our meeting again in two weeks as planned and look forward to seeing you all then. We will keep you posted on any upcoming news for that meeting.

Please do not forget about any fundraiser money you need to turn in. It is due this week. Please contact Jill to turn in money by Wednesday.  She is going out of town Thursday. Thanks!

Also a friendly reminder about our Sleepover on Friday the 12th at 7pm. Pick up girls at 9am @ the Mansface Church. Thanks everyone we hope you all had a very lovely Thanksgiving!

NOVEMBER NEWS

Junior Girl Scout Troop 1256 News

Leader: Jill Schmidt- 307-871-0704  

Co: Leaders:  

 Megan Nielsen -801-837-8690 & 

Tanya Sorrells -307-297-0297

Upcoming Events:

Troop Meetings: 

 December: 2^nd & 16^th,  January 6^th & 20^th

Service Unit Activity:  

Girl Scout Sleepover & Spa Night

December 12^th @ 7pm to 13^th Pickup @ 10 am.   

Held at Mansface Church.

Dinner will not be provided. We ask that each girl bring a snack/munchie to share for 5 to 10 girls.  We will be providing popcorn, drinks, movies, spa experiences and breakfast.  Please bring your own sleeping bag, pad, pillow, PJ’s, and any other toiletries, needs.  We ask that you RSVP to this event to Jill by December 2^nd, so that we can plan accordingly. When you drop your daughter off please plan to sign her in for permission to keep her.  If your daughter does not want to spend the whole night, that is perfectly fine!  We want to make this event as welcoming as possible, feel free to pick her up when needed.  We are looking forward to a fun event together!

We are also making this a charity event with a NON-FOOD DRIVE. The girls are in charge of how involved they personally want to be for this. We are asking the girls to bring any Donated Non-Food items to be shared with the Food Bank the night of the sleepover. This includes: diapers, wipes, toothpaste, deodorant, toilet papers, paper towels, soap, shampoo, conditioner, feminine products, and any other daily need items that are non-perishable.  Every bit helps! Thank for all your support!

A VOTE IS NEEDED

Something to put out there… we have in the past been apart of the Light Parade in Rock Spings.  It is Saturday December 6^th this year.  We do not have the resources yet to do this like we have in the past.  So, we are putting it to a vote.  How many people would like to be in the parade as a troop?  If so, we are in need of help using a truck/trailer to be in the parade. We will then have to plan decorations on our December 2^nd Meeting then meet again before to actually decorate the vehicle.  We have had a lot of fun in the past & had a warm place to decorate (we no longer do), though it has not been our best turn out with the girls. Please talk to your girls, look at your schedules and give Jill a Yes or No by next Monday the 24^th so that we can start planning if needed.  THANK YOU!

We want to thank everyone who helped with the Veterans Day Dinner. We had a great time, Thank You! We appreciate everyone who helped bring something, who helped serve and who used their good manners. You all did a Wonderful Job!  We look forward to this event again next year; we are honored to serve our Veterans!

Fall Fundraiser:

 Our nut/candy delivery should be in ANY day.

We will not get much notice for delivery. 

So please keep that in mind if your girl has orders.

 We will be contacting you sometime this week to pick those up.

 ALL MONEY is DUE to Jill by December 5^th, 2014.   

THANK YOU!!!!

PICTURE UPDATE

 This is our first meeting where we made aprons from used mens shirts.

 Our Investiture at GRHS, we are officially a troop!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIETTE GORDON LOW!  

 We talked about energy and different kids of energy. We then learned about our fearless leader Juliette G. Low the founder of Girl Scouts, who happens to share a birthday with Halloween.

Vetrans Dinner 11/10/14

Reminder we will not be having an actual troop meeting until the 18th. Since we are hosting the Vetrans Dinner. We are asking our girls to help Serve at the Vetrans Dinner on Monday the 10th at the Senior Center here in Green River.

The Cadette troop recorded the ads for the radio and you should be hearing them through the weekend. The dinner is for any vetran and their families. Please spread the word to have them join us for this free dinner from 6pm to 8pm.  Our cute daisy troops even decorated the place mats!

Cadette troop will be in charge of the flag Ceremony. For us Juniors we are in charge of Salad and Ranch dressing to go along with it. If you would like to donate Salad or Dressing that would be much appreciated. Please let us know if you would be willing to bring something.

 As leaders we will be there at 4:30 prepping and ask the girls to arrive at 5:30 to 5:45pm in uniform. Please talk to your girls about etiquette if possible. We will have a quick discussion about etiquette with serving instructions before the dinner starts.

The Green River Girl Scouts are honored to host this event each year for our amazing service men and women. Thank you all for your support and we look forward to seeing everyone on Monday!