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Comment by mommymommymommy on August 16, 2010 at 6:53am

Nanci-Gld to hear that your meeting went well and that there is a new Daisy leader!

We do not start school until September 7th, so I still have time.

Comment by Nanci Schwartz on August 16, 2010 at 6:29am

The team building party went pretty well. We had a scavenger hunt for the girls. It was so hot outside!!! Then we gathered for a discussion on what it means to "make a difference" and we talked about the good ways and bad ways to make a difference. It got them thinking.
I did accomplish the goal of other parents stepping up to take on the Daisy Troop while I move on to Brownies. Very happy about that.
Looking forward to a great year!

Comment by Gail Klanchesser on August 15, 2010 at 8:10am

Summer has really flown by! We start 8/31 and 9/1 - my children will be in 2 different schools in 2 different districts this year as my oldest goes to Middle School. We only have K-6 in our town.

I've been almost completely out of touch with my troop this summer. I did invite everyone to a family field trip last week and no one replied to the email or showed up. Hmmmmm.... but we had fun on our own at the Audubon Society. But I do have to meet up with my new co-leaders, I have 2 this year - one for each troop, and I've very excited about this upcoming year!

Comment by Nanci Schwartz on August 9, 2010 at 2:18pm

Can you believe my daughter's school started today! I'm hosting a team building party with all of the school's troops next Saturday. The girls will do things together and in their troops. I'm moving up to Brownies this year and plan to get them thinking about how they make a difference in their community. Then they're going to start planning how they'll continue to do that all year. I'm hopeful that they'll get it and take on the responsibility. Oh...and I also need a Daisy leader to take my spot in that troop.

Comment by Joy Edwards on August 4, 2010 at 5:02pm

My kids have been in school for 2 1/2 weeks as we are on year-round schedule here. We may move back to a traditional schedule next year though, as overcrowding isn't as much of an issue anymore. We start our GS year in September with a family picnic kickoff and then regular meetings thereafter.

Comment by Laurie Danas on August 4, 2010 at 2:53pm

We start school August 23rd too. Our first official meeting is in September, but we are having a scrapbooking party next Friday to scrap book our last 2 years as brownies :)

Comment by mommymommymommy on August 4, 2010 at 2:31pm

We begin in September. I thought I would get some things done, but my co-leader and I are busy working on our big golf fundraiser this fall! We even have to cancel a scout meeting bcause it is on the day of the outing!

I will probably get it in gear at the end of the month!

Comment by Deanna Gibbons on August 4, 2010 at 2:22pm

Is anyone gearing up for the new school year? We start school on August 23rd and I haven't quite gotten motivated yet. Feeling like the summer flew by too quick.

Comment by mommymommymommy on May 15, 2010 at 3:40am

I will return them, but in the future. The GS Store is not far away, but no where near my errand route.

My parents buy the vests and all the things that go on them (numbers, flag, Coucil ID), as well as the Handbooks, but I buy the patches from our dues. Compared to some of the activties these girls do, GS is cheap!

This girl has a family with communication issues-joint custody-mom is young (at least to me, she barely looks thirty). She was my Cookie Mom, and caused me problems during Cookie sales. We meet after schoool and she is in child care in the school building, so it wasn't a scheduling conflict.


Oh well. I told mom she cna come back.

Our Bridging ceremony was a hit! We even had a grandma and two dads attending. One girl's mom brought in her Brownie Bridging pictures from the 1970's-the girls thought the beanie and jumper was funny!

My co-leader took lots of pictures to start off our perpetual scrapbook

I am sure I will have lots of Brownie questions in the fall! Thanks for all of your help ths year!

Comment by Gail Klanchesser on May 14, 2010 at 7:29pm

Try to return them. Unless you've gone ahead and ironed on the troop numbers and council set you should be able to return them.

I've taken to asking the parents either in group email or a newsletter to sign over their cookie dough (girls cookie earnings) to the troop if they don't plan on using it. I'm no longer surprised at how many don't use it to pay for camps, programs or shopping at the GS store. I use that to offset the cost of vests, patches, badges, etc. Otherwise I do ask for a donation to purchase all the materials up front. Our council has a bridging special at the store each spring so I buy in advance for the next year at a discount. I just don't take anything out of the packages until we actually use them.

Sometimes when a girl doesn't continue it might not be her, it could be her mom or family. They may have other commitments that conflict.

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