Upcoming Events - This Weekend

Just a friendly reminder of two upcoming events this week.

Friday, November 2nd

7:15pm - 8:00pm

Self Defense Workshop

Action Karate 

2235 York Road, Jamison

Your Brownie should come dressed in comfortable clothes. 

Saturday, November 3rd

1:00 pm

Investiture/Rededication Ceremony

Guiseppe's Pizza and Family Restaurant

1380 W. Street Road, Warminster

During the Investiture/Rededication Ceremony we will also have our Court of Awards where the girls will receive the badges/patches that they have earned until now. 

Brownies being rededicated should wear their uniforms. New Brownies should bring their uniforms and will get to put them on during the ceremony,

You Brownie should also bring her Brownie Bucks earned to date. They will have the opportunity to "shop" after the ceremony. 

Please remember that if possible your Brownie should complete her first aid homework prior to the Court of Awards on Saturday. You will need to send me an email once you Brownie has completed the homework.

First Aid Badge

Requirements

Step One
Find out how to get help from 911 - Get advice from an expert. Learn the importance of calling 911 in an emergency and what you need to say to get help. (Got this information at school from experts during Fire Prevention Week)

Step Two
Interview the school nurse. (10/19 meeting)

Step Three
Make a First Aid Kit. Make a kit for your troop. (10/19 meeting)

Step Four
Learn how to treat minor injuries. (10/19 meeting)

Step Five
Read all about it. Ask an adult to go online with you and make a list of local plants, animals, and insects to avoid and how to protect yourself from sunburn. Get information about treating a bug bite, bee sting, sunburn, or poison oak or ivy rash, then discuss what you find with family. (homework assignment)

Meeting Two - 10/19/12

Our second meeting of the year focused on earning our First Aid Badge.

Mrs. Horvath (school nurse) was our guest speaker. The girls got an opportunity to tour the nurse's office, ask questions, take each other's temperature, and even watched as Maura's tooth was pulled.

Thanks to Mrs. Horvath, we were able to complete several of the steps needed to earn the First Aid Badge.

Your Brownie received our November Calendar, a list of the First Aid badge requirements, and the Brownie Bucks they earned at our first meeting and at the Corn Maze. They also learned about our upcoming events as well as learned about their new homework assignments.

We also got an opportunity to put together our troop first aid kit (thanks to all the great donations) and go over our Family Star Homework.

Our next meeting date is November 30, 2012.

Juliette Low Celebration Reminder

Just a reminder...

Juliette Low Birthday Celebration

This Thursday (10/25)

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

3073 Lower Mountain Road, Furlong

This is a pajama party, so please have your Brownie come in her pajamas! 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Homework Assignments

After today's meeting (10/19), your Brownie will have three homework assignments to complete before our next meeting on November 30th.


1. Healthy Living Family Activity ~

Your Brownie is practicing her leadership skills. An important one is showing that she cares about her family! Sometime before our next meeting (November 30th), she will be leading you in a healthy-living activity.

A few healthy-living activities are listed below, but feel free to let the conversation with your Brownie guide you to a new activity! What matters is giving your Brownie a chance to take the lead and show how much she cares about her family. Once she has, help her fill our the activity sheet on page 58 of her Journey book .

Possible Healthy-Living Actions

Find the healthy ideas and recipes in the Brownie Quest book. With your Brownie, pick one for your family.

Try a new healthy drink (for example, water or low-fat milk)

Be active together - walk, bike, ride or play catch or tag or another active game.

If your family already does many of these things, see how creative you can be with coming up with something new.

We look forward to hearing how your Brownie led your family!

Please have your Brownie bring her Journey Book with completed activity (page 58) to the November 30th meeting.



2. Lip Sync Song

Lip Sync's theme for this year is the tv show Glee. Please look for some Glee songs with your Brownie and send us a suggestion of a song she would like to do for the show. Please send us your song choice before our November 30th meeting, so that we may vote at that meeting.


3. First Aid Badge - Step 5

Know how to prevent and treat outdoor injuries.

Read all about it. - Go online with your Brownie and make a list of local plants, animals, and insects to avoid and how to protect yourself from sunburn. Get information about treating a bug bite, bee sting, sunburn, or poison oak or ivy rash, then discuss what you find with friends and family. Please send me an email when your Brownie has completed this assignment. If possible, have her complete it prior to the November 3rd Investiture Ceremony.

If you have any questions about the homework assignments, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Meeting Reminder - October 19th

Just a friendly reminder...our next meeting is this Friday.

October 19, 2012

Art Room

3:15pm - 5:00pm

Ava is scheduled to be our snack buddy!

Things for your Brownie to remember to bring to the meeting:

1. Meeting Dues ($1)

2. Signed Permission Slips - deadline to submit for them for the following events is this Friday.
    Dance Studio Tour
    Juliette Low Celebration
    Trunk or Treat
    Self Defense Workshop

3. RSVP and payment deadline for the Investiture/Rededication Ceremony is also this Friday.

4. My Family Star Homework 

5. Scrapbook

6. Health Form (if you have not turned it in yet)

7. Nuts about Reading Paperwork (end of sale)

8. Terracycle Donations



If you have any questions about Friday's meeting, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Event Updates

This is list of our upcoming events! Please remember we need a permission slip for any event/meeting that takes place outside of our normal meeting time.

Dance Studio Tour
October 20
Cost: $0
RSVP Deadline October 19th

Juliette Low Birthday Celebration
October 25
Cost: $0
RSVP Deadline October 15th

Trunk or Treat
October 27
Cost: $3 (Covered by Troop)
RSVP Deadline October 19th


Self Defense Workshop
November 2
Cost: $3.50 (Covered by troop)
RSVP Deadline October 19th


Investiture/Rededication Lunch
November 3
Cost: $16 Adults/$8 Children
RSVP and Payment Deadline October 19th

Please check the individual event posts on the blog, to see if you have already submitted your RSVP and whether I already have your permission slip.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Dance Studio Tour

 I am working on several badges for the girls to earn this year. The Dancer badge is one of them and one of the steps to earn the badge is to visit a dance studio.

Dance Studio Tour

Dance with ME

641 Knowles Avenue (Southampton)

Saturday, October 20th

11:30am - 12:30pm

Please confirm whether your Brownie will be attending this event.

Please RSVP by October 19th.

Attending:

Cianna

Sophia

Katerina

Allison
Paree

Jayden



Trunk or Treat

Saturday, October 27^th

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Redeemer Lutheran Church

2100 York Road (Jamison)

What is Trunk or Treat?

Adults decorate cars and hand out treats from their trunks. Children dress in their Halloween costume and go from car to car collecting treats and enjoying your creativity. Please understand that all vehicles must remain off and no vehicle may leave until 7:30 p.m.

How do I decorate my trunk?

Anyway that you like, anything that sparks your creativity! This can be as elaborate or simple as you wish…just nothing too spooky or gruesome.

Schedule:

Trunk Set-up              5:30 – 6:00 (craft will be provided for kids while the cars are decorated)

Trunk Judging            6:00 – 6:15

Trunk or Treating       6:15 – 6:45

Story and Songs          6:45 – 7:15

Clean up                     7:15 – 7:30

Admission $3 per Girl Scout (covered by troop)/Siblings Free

Admission includes: treat bag, treats, craft, drinks, and a Halloween patch.

Please let me know if you and your Scout will be attending, plus if you would like to participate by decorating your trunk and offering treats to the girls. We would love to have a full parking lot. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

RSVP Deadline October 19th.

Attending:

Katerina (+1 sibling) & Car

My Family Star Homework

Making a Family Star instructions for your Brownie

Read the Girl Scout Law with your family:

I will do my best to be
Honest and fair,
Friendly and helpful,
Considerate and caring,
Courageous and strong, and
Responsible for what I say and do,
and to
Respect myself and others,
Respect authority,
Use resources wisely,
Make the world a better place, and
Be a sister to every Girl Scout.

What line from the Law is most important in your family?

Why?

Write your family's favorite line and the reason why in the center of your star.

Here's an example:

     Courageous

     Sometimes it is hard to do what you know is right - that's why being courageous is so important!

Who's in your family (mother, father, grandfather, aunt, sisters, brothers)? Write their names in the points of your star.

What special quality or skill do your family members have? Write those under their names.

After you fill your star, decorate it if you want to! Add colors, stickers, glitter, or whatever else  you have handy and bring it to our next Brownie meeting (October 19th)

Your Brownie will receive her star at tomorrow's field trip. There is also information on this assignment on page 51 of her Quest Book. Also, remember she should be reading Chapter 1 of her Quest book.

If you have any questions about this assignment, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Corn Maze/Picking Pumpkin Reminder

Friday is our field trip to

The Market at Delaware Valley College

Friday, October 5, 2012

3:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

 

If your Brownie will be needing a ride and you have not confirmed that with me yet, please do so as soon as possible.

 

For those whose Brownies are getting a ride from another Brownie mom, please remember that you must still pick up your Brownie at The Market at the end of the field trip.

 

Your Brownie should wear her sash, although I do not suggest that they wear their troop shirt.

 

Asnack and drink will be provided by Katerina. They do not need to bring their journey, scrapbooks, or meeting dues on Friday.

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.