A Girl Scout Leader's Musings . . . .

Journeys?

2009-11-03T10:29:00.000-08:00

**beware - before reading know I am not happy. So please don't read this one if you are not interested in my complaint.

So these Journey's come out. All that we are told is that they are "wonderful". That's it! Well what the heck are they? Why is there no training for them? They offer training for everything else.

Last Saturday at bunch of us took Teen Adviser Training. I figured it was the new Studio2B training so I went ahead and took it again. I figured it would talk about the Journeys. WELL IT DIDN'T. It was the New Leadership Experience. They trained us how to talk to teenagers. Hello, we are troop leaders and live with teenagers I think we know how to talk to them. Geez.

Anyhow, there were five of us at this meeting and everyone of us wanted to know about the Journeys so our training is coming back up here to talk to use about it. I guess I am not so dumb after all. Because none of us really knew how they worked. Except that they are WONDERFUL!

Community Service

2009-10-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been over half a year I feel so bad. I rarely get comments so I forget about this blog.

So my Cadette/Sr/Am troop started something new last May. The church I attend has 5 planter boxes in the court yard. One is maintained by a nice old lady from church. I asked the girls if they would like to maintain two of the boxes. They thought it would be a great idea.

So for the 1st time I asked them to divide themselves into partols (there are only 6 of them). They did that easily enough.

Then I asked the big question. How will this get paid for? I guess I should have talked about how we handle our money earlier. But that is an entire post unto itself. Anyhow, they voted to pay for it our of their own pockets. OK that works out nicely.

So our last meeting of the year we spent two hours cleaning out the boxes. We brought tools, water and bags. The troop provided the manure. Man was it stinky. So now the boxes are clean. Now what. Well I explained to the girls that it was up to each patrol to get together at a store to make their purchases and then plant. On top of that I explained that the plants will require a lot of watering at 1st so they had to take turns hand watering their beds several times a week.

The sister troop that we meet with also did a planter box. There was a method to our madness. We needed to find a new meeting location. So what better way to sway the Church Board then through beautifying their court yard. It worked :)

Random Thoughts and Comments

2009-01-07T08:15:00.001-08:00

I have been slacking in my writing to this blog. I am very sorry. I know I don't have a lot of readers out there but for the few I do have I should really be posting here more regularly. There will be no rhyme or reason to this post so please bare with me.

We did our toiletry drive at the end of November. I got a ton of stuff. I need to remember to bring it to our meeting tomorrow night and take pictures. The girls still need to decide who to donate it to. We have enough that maybe they should choose several locations.

My co-events chair and I have decided that the girls are not ready to plan a huge event like the camporee. I told my daughter that yesterday and she agrees. She said that we should start with something smaller.

I stepped outside my comfort zone on Monday. One of the people in charge of the cookie rally said that they would be purchasing pizza from Round Table. What! Are you crazy! That is way too much money. And frankly the girls done care if the pizza is from Round Table or Little Caesar's. So I jumped on the phone and made a call. "Hi I am Sandi from Girl Scouts and we need to feed 60 hungry girls this Friday night at our cookie rally. Yes, it's cookie time again. So how many pizzas would I need and what can we do about the price." It is really difficult for me to ask for a discount. I don't know why it is just is. But I did it. Yeah for me!

We are finishing up two IPAs this month! From Fitness to Fashion, and Disability Awareness. I am just loving this year. Each girl chose a IPA and they are in charge of deciding what and when to do. I just sit back and watch, LOL. I reserve about 15 minutes at each meeting for business. Up coming events, voting on things, etc. But that's about it.

Tomorrow the girls are going to register for Program Aide Training (an on going thing), and also register for PA for Spring Encampment. *sigh* this means attending additional planning meetings. I have also volunteered to be THE Cook for Spring Encampment. I will probably end up being the cook for PA Training.

On the 16^th of this month we will be attending a Murder Mystery Dinner. It sounds like a lot of fun. I have never attended one so it should be interesting.

I have more but I will share it later in the week. I think I have droned on long enough for now.

Leaders Meeting

2008-12-02T09:47:00.000-08:00

I am trying to figure out a way to spice up our Leaders Meeting (Service Unit Meetings). Just like all areas (as far as I have heard) attendance in the monthly meetings is low. I want to boost it up. What is the point of going to the meeting if all we hear is “Here are the flyers we get from the council office at the SUD meeting.” Gee, thanks, I think I can read those on my own (if I am even interested, which usually I am not). That’s all I have to say about that.

Here is my big plan. I want to teach something each month. This way the leaders come and learn something new. A song, a ceremony, or a craft. Anything to make it interesting and worth their time to attend. I tried this last year with the intention of having our SUD ask different leaders each month to provide something. Well that didn’t happen. So once again I am a one man band. I shared something last month but can’t remember what. Hmmm, I must be losing my mind.

Tonight I am going to have everyone make bags of Magic Reindeer Dust. I was able to find all the supplies in my home so this project is free. I will have each leader make their own. I have everything pre-cut. They just need to put it together. I will let them know there are variations of this project. It can be as fancy or as simple as they like. They can just take this simple project and gear it to the age of their troop.

Magic Reindeer Food Links
Magic Reindeer Dust Links

Leadership Hours

2008-12-01T20:12:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow night my daughter and her friend are going to earn some Leadership hours tomorrow night. They will be doing the Caring and Sharing Try-it with a brand new brownie troop. This will take place during their 1st meeting while the Leaders and Parents have their meeting.

They put together this booklet for each of the brownies to complete. They are thinking about starting the meeting with the mingle, mingle, mingle game. This is always good ice-breaker. It gives the girls a chance to get to know eachother. It also shows them that they all have something in common without them event knowing it. Sneeky.

Anyhow, I have attached a copy of the booklet here for you to see and maybe share with other Brownie Leaders. Caring & Sharing Wookbook

Toiletry Drive

2008-11-25T12:34:00.001-08:00

My Cadette troop is working on the From Fitness to Fashion IPA. On of the requirements is the have a Toiletry Drive. So we meet today in an area of our town the is rich with Doctor and Dentist offices. I have the girls go in the dentist offices in groups of 2 and 3 (don’t need to overwhelm anyone working there). Here is what they said.

Hi we are from troop 10417 and we are collecting Toiletries for those in need. Do you have any toothbrushes, floss or toothpaste that you would be able to donate?

I first office look at them like they were crazy and said they would need to check and asked for a contact phone number. They looked very disappointed when they walked out. I was starting to think that maybe this wasn’t going to work. Then we hit the next office and the girls came out with a box of toothpaste. Now the excitement was building. Each time they returned with items the girls would gather around and check out what they received. It was just like when you go Trick-or-Treating and you walk away from a house and check out the candy you received.

After about 1 ½ hours walking that street we jumped in the cars and headed over to a street that had three hotels in a row. We hit pay dirt there also. We collect shampoo, lotion, and mouthwash.

All in all it was a very successful day!

GS Jacket for Sale, WHAT!

2008-11-19T10:12:00.000-08:00

Last night I was killing time and was looking around on eBay. For the heck of it I typed in “GS Patches.” The screen pops up and at the very top is a patch jacket. click --> Hmmm, interesting who would sell that. (don't know how long this link will work) I clicked.

At the top of the screen shows a tiny picture of this item. Even that small my eyes zero in on several patches. OMG, I have a ton of patches this person has. And the ones that caught my eye we from Two Sentinels. I yelled to Heather “come here and check this out.” Then I scrolled to the additional pictures below and saw even more. There is a patch on the front with the name Heather. Hmmm, who could this be? I sent the link to my mom. She looked at all the pictures and gave it some thought came up with an answer. This person was in my Senior Troop.

Can you believe that! She identified someone through a GS Jacket!

New Leader Workshop

2008-10-31T08:24:00.000-07:00

Last night I hosted my 1st ever mentor meeting. Originally I was going to try and meet with the new leaders on a one on one basis. But then I decided to just host a “meet & greet.” It was informal and something I have never done before.

Please note I am not a trainer (no have a desire to be one) but I do have 32 years experience. I was a Girl Scout from Brownies all they through 12th grade. I was a co-leader for my sister’s troop when I was in high school. I was a Daisy, Brownie, Junior and now Cadette Leader. I was day camp director (at a week long day camp) for 6 years. I also have completed just about every training available to leaders. So I felt that I had something to share.

Training that the council offers is great. But to me it is more nuts and bolts. Paperwork, procedure. It must be done and is well worth the learning experience. But, I don’t think that it truly teaches you what you need to do to get a troop up and running.

Last night we started out with a craft. http://kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.cfm/kids_craft_marbled_paper

G-scoutmate - http://www.kscgroup.com/products/gscoutmate.html

Newsgroups (Yahoo) – GreenBloodNews, GreenBloodGab. GreenBloodTraditions, and many more.

Financial Aide – what it is and how to apply

Journys – what it is and how it works

Badges, Petals, Tri-its – I explained they would learn more about this in their level training. I suggested that they complete GS in the USA, and the GS Way 1st. That way they could learn about Girl Scouts together.

Help from other troops – I told them that there are Junior troops in the area that would like to help them during meetings. I also explained there were Cadette troops that would be there for them.

Choices – This is what our council (maybe all do) their activity guide. I told them to take a look at it and see what is offered.

Health History/Annual Permission Slips – I explained that I photo copy these double sided on cardstock. I also explained that during their Parent Meeting that this would be a good time for these to be completed. I also told them that I have created a Parent Handbook. I emailed them a copy and told them to use it as a base and tweak it anyway they see fit.

There was more but you get the idea. I was sent home with homework. Furnishing them with a list of items/supplies they will need to get their troop up and running. Good question and I am all over it today!

Were you a Girl Scout?

2008-10-30T09:12:00.000-07:00

I was! Or AM!

This is me flying up in 1973

Here I am in 1975. I was in a group called Ambassidors.
We were a color guard group.

Here is the group at the dedication of a new park

Kaper Chart Newsgroup

2008-10-15T14:28:00.000-07:00

I just started a new newsgroup on Yahoo. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kapercharts

The number one search result for my Leader Blog and Service Unit Website is KAPER CHARTS. What is it about Kaper Charts that make us scratch our heads in amazement?

What should we put on them? What do they look like? What are they made out of?

This group is for us to come together and discuss this mythical creature.Come and discuss Kaper Charts and let’s get to the bottom of this mystery.

Silver Award

2008-10-11T20:18:00.000-07:00

My daughter finally decided on her Silver Award Project. I was beginning to think that she wasn’t going to go for her Silver. In fact, when I asked her about it last year she said it sounded to hard and wasn’t interested. Well what are you gonna do, you can’t force her to do it. When we started planning the Camporee for next April three of the girls decided that they would earn their Silver doing this. That’s all well and good but I really don’t like group projects. But, once again I wasn’t going to say anything.

Well she has now decided that she is going to do a bowling workshop. A council has created Bowling IPA/Badge/Tri-it. So she is planning on offering all three at once. She has personally already earned her IPA. She has been bowling in a league since she was 5 years old, so it wasn’t a difficult award to earn.

She plans on attending a Silver Award Up All Night workshop. She has over half of her pre-requisite work already, this will just help her along the way.

Gold & Silver Up All Nights
Earn as many of the Gold or Silver Requirements as you can in 24 hours! Girls will decide how much they want to accomplish. Start with the Gold or Silver Training on-site and then begin completing the Steps to earn the Gold & Silver Awards. We will have IP workshops (4 hrs each) including Your Own Business, Focus Book workshops (2 hours each) including, Uniquely Me the Real Deal and Looking In, Reaching Out and we will work on the Silver Career Award and the 4B Challenges. There will always be 2-3 options for recognitions girls need to earn! Girls can stay up all night if they want to in the ‘up all night area’, but there will be no formal workshops from 1 AM-8 AM.

Sounds like fun.

Song Fest 2008

2008-10-11T20:12:00.000-07:00

Today our Service Unit hosted a Song Fest. Although we only had 18 attend we had a great time. We sang and played games for three hours. My oldest daughter was there and she had a wonderful time. It has been several years since she was in Girl Scouts but most of the songs she remembered and she even got up and led some. I highly recommend hosting an event like this in your area.

To the left is the fun patch we are purchasing from Joy Crest. Each Girl Scout also walked away with a song booklet for future reference.

Troop 10417 Goes Camping

2008-10-07T15:20:00.000-07:00

Cadette troop 10417 went camping at the KOA in Willits. It was decided that all meals would be cooked over open flames. No propane and no charcoal. The girls planned all the meals and shopped for the food. While there they would ask why we didn't bring this or that. I just kept telling them it wasn't on the menu.

The girls were amazed that it took so long to prepare the meals, and it really cut into their play time. It was also shocking that they were required to wash dishes after every meal.

The Willits KOA was really a great place to camp. They had FREE mini-golf, a petting zoo, play ground, volleyball net, horseshoe pits and G rated movies at nice. If you plan on taking your troop call directly to make reservations. Let them know that you are Girl Scouts and they will give you a 10% group discount.

for more photos http://www.girlscoutsmendo.org/troop_happenings.html

Shopping for Food

2008-09-26T10:24:00.000-07:00

My co-leader took two of the girls shopping for camping food yesterday. She sent them in alone with a list. They were so proud of themselves. They both told me that it only took them 28 minutes. They are so cute. They got everything on the list and it cost $39.00 even. Strange. Anyhow, I thought that was pretty good. In the back of my mind I was thinking that if they went to Lucky and Food Maxx instead of Safeway it would have been cheaper, but I kept my mouth shut. Amazingly!

A Camping We Will Go!

2008-09-25T08:31:00.000-07:00

I am taking my troop camping this weekend. It is the first time for us. Luckily all the girls have been camping before. Otherwise, I would be very nervous about this endeavor.

They created their menu last Monday. Then I went over it item, by item with them. It’s easy to write the menu, but then you have to think about all the items that are needed to create that meal. Not just the food, but how is it going to be cooked.

Tonight I need to go through my camping gear and get everything together and washed. I can’t remember the last time I went camping. I mean full blown camping, not what I did this summer where it was just somewhere to sleep.

My co-leader will not be going with us this weekend so I asked one of the registered mom’s to attend. Here is how I asked her “do you camp? And I don’t mean Motel 6”, LOL.

My co-leader is taking her daughter and one of the other girls from the troop food shopping tonight. Yea one less thing for me to do. I love it when I don’t have to do everything.

It was decided that we would cook all of our meals over the fire. Yep you heard me no propane and no charcoal. Open flames. I think the mom’s think I am crazy, but I know it can be done. These girls are going to learn a lot this weekend.

Wish me luck!

Camping Discount

2008-09-24T09:23:00.000-07:00

One of the mom's sent me this link to KOA, it doesn't work in our area, but it might in yours. $5.00 per person, or 10% off a Kamping Kabin.

http://www.koa.com/scouts/

Internet Safety

2008-09-17T08:08:00.000-07:00

I always remind my daughter the following when using the internet. Don't give your last name, and don't tell anyone where you live. I just recieved this e-mail this morning. I plan on printing it out and giving it to my daughter to read. I assume she careful when on the internet, but maybe this store will show her (I know it did me) how easy it is for these "people" to figure out who you are. I may even pass it out tomorrow night at our next GS Meeting. I will attach a PDF copy in case you would like to print it out also.

After tossing her books on the sofa, she decided to grab a snack and get on-line. She logged on under her screen name ByAngel213. She checked her Buddy List and saw GoTo123 was on. She sent him an instant message:

ByAngel213:
Hi. I'm glad you are on! I thought someone was following me home today. It was really weird!

GoTo123:
LOL You watch too much TV. Why would someone be following you?
Don't you live in a safe neighborhood?

ByAngel213:
Of course I do. LOL I guess it was my imagination cuz' I didn't see anybody when I looked out.

GoTo123:
Unless you gave your name out on-line. You haven't done that have you?

ByAngel213:
Of course not. I'm not stupid you know.

GoTo123:
Did you have a softball game after school today?

ByAngel213:
Yes and we won!!

GoTo123:
That's great! Who did you play?

ByAngel213:
We played the Hornets. LOL. Their uniforms are so gross! They look like bees. LOL

GoTo123:
What is your team called?

ByAngel213:
We are the Canton Cats. We have tiger paws on our uniforms. They are really cool.

GoTo1 23:
Did you pitch?

ByAngel213:
No I play second base. I got to go. My homework has to be done before my parents get home. I don't want them mad at me. Bye!

GoTo123:
Catch you later. Bye

Meanwhile.......GoTo123 went to the member menu and began to search for her profile. When it came up, he highlighted it and printed it out. He took out a pen and began to write down what he knew about Angel so far.

Her name: Shannon
Birthday: Jan. 3, 1985
Age: 13
State where she lived: North Carolina

Hobbies: softball, chorus, skating and going to the mall. Besides this information, he knew she lived in Canton because she had just told him. He knew she stayed by herself until 6:30 p.m. every afternoon until her parents came home from work. He knew she played softball on Thursday afternoons on the school team, and the team was named the Canton Cats. Her favorite number 7 was printed on her jersey. He knew she was in the eighth grade at the Canton Junior High School She had told him all this in the conversations they had on- line. He had enough information to find her now.

Shannon didn't tell her parents about the incident on the way home from the ballpark that day. She didn't want them to make a scene and stop her from walking home from the softball games. Parents were always overreacting and hers were the worst. It made her wish she was not an only child. Maybe if she had brothers and sisters, her parents wouldn't be so overprotective.

By Thursday, Shannon had forgotten about the footsteps following her.

Her game was in full swing when suddenly she felt someone staring at her. It was then that the memory came back. She glanced up from her second base position to see a man watching her closely.

He was leaning against the fence behind first base and he smiled when she looked at him. He didn't look scary and she quickly dismissed the sudden fear she had felt.

After the game, he sat on a bleacher while she talked to the coach. She noticed his smile once again as she walked past him. He nodded and she smiled back. He noticed her name on the back of her shirt. He knew he had found her.

Quietly, he walked a safe distance behind her. It was only a few blocks to Shannon’s home, and once he saw where she lived he quickly returned to the park to get his car.

Now he had to wait. He decided to get a bite to eat until the time came to go to Shannon’s house. He drove to a fast food restaurant and sat there until time to make his move.

Shannon was in her room later that evening when she heard voices in the living room.

'Shannon, come here,' her father called. He sounded upset and she couldn't imagine why. She went into the room to see the man from the ballpark sitting on the sofa.

'Sit down,' her father began, 'this man has just told us a most interesting story about you.'

Shannon sat back. How could he tell her parents anything? She had never seen him before today!

'Do you know who I am, Shannon?' the man asked.

'No,' Shannon answered.

'I am a police officer and your online friend, GoTo123.'

Shannon was stunned. 'That's impossible! GoTo is a kid my age! He's 14. And he lives in Michigan!’

The man smiled. 'I know I told you all that, but it wasn't true. You see, Shannon, there are people on-line who pretend to be kids; I was one of them. But while others do it to injure kids and hurt them, I belong to a group of parents who do it to protect kids from predators. I came here to find you to teach you how dangerous it is to talk to people on-line. You told me enough about yourself t o make it easy for me to find you. You named the school you went to, the name of your ball team and the position you played. The number and name on your jersey just made finding you a breeze.'

Shannon was stunned. 'You mean you don't live in Michigan?’

He laughed. 'No, I live in Raleigh It made you feel safe to think I was so far away, didn't it?'

She nodded.

'I had a friend whose daughter was like you. Only she wasn't as lucky. The guy found her and murdered her while she was home alone. Kids are taught not to tell anyone when they are alone, yet they do it all the time on-line. The wrong people trick you into giving out information a little here and there on-line. Before you know it, you have told them enough for them to find you without even realizing you have done it. I hope you've learned a lesson from this and won't do it again. Tell others about this so they will be safe too?'

'It's a promise!'

Meeting Results

2008-09-09T07:59:00.000-07:00

I think everything went very well last night.

Loretta (adult) took minutes.
I ran the meeting (Roberts rules of order) a 1st for these girls

1st thing 1st. We went around the table and each girl provided a theme idea. Once that was done I made a motion that we incorporate the Pirate theme with the Earth connection badge. It was approved.

Then the girls decided that Junior level was their target.

Then we took turns reading our of Safety Wise in the group camping section.

It was determined that two girls would find the location. The other two girls would turn the chosen activities from the Jr. Badge in the Pirate Theme (at least in name).

The results will be given at the next meeting.

We also decided that the minutes from the meeting will be emailed to the other Cadette Leaders so they have an idea of what we are doing and maybe some more girls will join us in the planning. It was also decided that we would meet at my house due to cost, and several available computers so things can be looked up and researched during meetings.

So in a nutshell, things went well and I plan on posting progress here to share with anyone interested.

1st Camporee Committee Meeting

2008-09-08T17:22:00.000-07:00

Wish me luck tonight is the 1st Camporee Committee Meeting. I sure hope girls attend from other troops.

For our 1st meeting we are meeting at Round Table Pizza in the back room. I asked each girl to bring $3.00 to help cover the cost. The Events Committee will provide the overage.

I am bring raffel tickets and GS t-shirts (never worn) for a raffel prize. I have sign-in sheet to get their names, phone numbers and email addresses. I set up a google group (did I already talk about that?) for communitcation throughout the month.

My co-hort Loretta and I were talking about trying to find a meeting place with WiFi. That way we can bring laptops and the girls can look stuff up at the meetings if necessary.

I will try to remember to post the results of tonights meeting tomorrow.

Girl Lead Meeting, LOL!

2008-09-05T08:29:00.000-07:00

Well last night was our 1st meeting of the year. At the beginning of the meeting I passed out a bunch of flyers for up coming events. Then I told the girls now that you are older you are ready to run your own meetings. You need to decide what you want to do this year. So we left the four of them along to decide.

Background: one 7th grader, two 8th graders & one 11th grader. Of course, the oldest one was focused. The other three were all over the place. No one could agree on what IPA to do. Ugh.

So finally I stood up and said “OK everyone heads down” Now who is interested in this, and who is interested in that. Out of all my questions no more the two hands from any choice went up. Finally I said “OK heads up”

Then I proposed the following. Before the next meeting each of you choose a IPA. Decided which items will be done on each. Also, be prepared to lead it because your may be the 1st one chosen. So this means we will be doing four IPAs this year. The girls asked “what about the two that aren’t here.” I said “you snooze, you lose” they weren’t at the 1st meeting, and I think that four IPAs will be plenty.

So we survived our Girl Lead Meeting!

Sad State of Affairs

2008-09-04T08:33:00.000-07:00

So we had our 1st Service Unit Meeting of the new season. Attendees consisted of One Membership Specialist, One SUD, and Three Leaders. Well that doesn’t sound so bad does it? Well here is the thing. The three leaders and one SUD all belong to the same troop. In fact, we consist of one Cadette troop and one Junior troop. We all meet together.

So, if it going to continue that way, maybe the SUD should just bring the info and flyers to our by-weekly meeting and be done with it.

Geez!

Frustration

2008-09-01T15:16:00.000-07:00

Last October is was decided that our service unit would create a website. I said I would do it, I have experience and it is something I enjoy doing.

On this site there would be tons of links, general information, and calendar of events, forms, on and on. I worked had on getting it up and running. I have done a total makeover on it twice to get it looking just right. And yes, it has the seal of approval from our council office.

There are people all over the country looking at it. Does anyone leave a comment, no. Does anyone report broken links, no. But here I the big thing does anyone from our area look at it? Rarely. I have the chair of our events committee, and leaders ask me, when is this even, when is that. I just look at them and say it’s on the website. Grrrr.

The other intention was for parents to know about it. This way they can look at the calendar of events and see if it is something they would like to sign their daughter up for just incase the leader doesn’t pass along the information.

So if you read this, please help me feel better about myself. Look at the website, and leave a comment.

UPDATE: I provided the wrong URL yesterday. Sorry. http://www.girlscoutsmendo.org

Thanks

Phone Services

2008-08-31T17:34:00.000-07:00

In case you don't read the comments posted here I would like to share one from my post below.

Heather writes that she uses these services for automatically calling groups of people:
http://www.phonevite.com (free for up to 25 numbers per message)http://www.callingpost.com (low cost)

Thank you very much for the information. I moved all of my Bowling League numbers to phonevite.com I plan on keeping the Girl Scout numbers with call-em just because I want them to be sure to get the messages. It's my understanding that phonevite doesn't do call backs. I may have misunderstood.

So for right now I am will stick with the two services. And with booth League and GS beginning this week I will be giving them a trial run. I already tested both of them on my daughter's phone. Lucky her.

Check This Out

2008-08-31T14:09:00.000-07:00

This is so cool. All I do is record a phone message and this program will automatically dial the phone number until it reaches a person or answering machine! Then it sends me a report. No more worring about parents not checking their e-mail. I am going to use it for the 2 Junior Bowling Leagues also.

Camporee in Ukiah

2008-08-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

I am determined to have a Camporee this year. At 1st Loretta and I (Events Committee) were going to plan it. But we now have several PAs (Program Aides) in the area I have decided that it is time for them to plan a event from start to finish!

I sent a flyer to the other cadette troop leaders today. Beginning next month we will have a planning meeting. I want the girls to decided everything from start to finish. They will complete all the paperwork, flyers, registration, etc.

I have asked that each come up with a theme and present it to the group at the 1st meeting. Not only do I want to theme but I want crafts, games, badges, the whole nine yards.

I also set up a private google group for them to commnicate with eachother. I have uploaded files to it to help them get going in the right directions.

Keep your fingers crossed because I think we are in for a bumpy ride!