Thursday, January 31, 2013

New Pick Up Procedures

Bridge Valley’s newer regulations regarding building security have caused some confusion and complication with Brownie/Girl Scout pick up. Prior to the new year, the green doors and main office doors had been unlocked, so parents could just come into the building to pick students up from after school activities. Effective 1/2/13, all of the doors to the building are locked at all times. The main office is staffed until 4:30 each day.
For all future pick ups, we have been informed that the entire troop should dismiss by the way of the green door.  Parents come to the green doors where we will be standing with the group of girls. 
 
Our meetings (2/22 and 3/8), will run until 5:30pm since we will also be rehearsing for Lip Sync. After that pick up is at 5pm.
 
If for any reason, you need to pick up Brownie before the scheduled time, you will need to let me know prior to the meeting.
 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Valentine's Day Celebration

Valentine's Day Celebration
Friday, February 8th
Pine Run Retirement Home

Please remember permission slips are due 2 weeks before any outing. The deadline for submitting the Valetine's Day Celebration at Pine Run persmission slips has passed. Below are the Brownies who RSVPd for this trip and whether they have submitted the slip. If your Brownie plan on attending and you have not turned in your permission slip yet, please do so before the end of this week. If I don't have your slip by this Sunday, your Brownie will not be able to attend.

Brownie/Permission Slip Received?
Katerina/Yes
Cianna/Yes
Sophia/Yes
Ava/Yes
Claire/Yes
Jayden/No
Maura/No
Paree/Yes
Mary Kate/No

No Response
Allison

We will also be exchanging Valentine's Day Cards at this event. So, please make sure your Brownie brings a card of each troop member (we have 10 Brownies).

As always, if your Brownie will need a ride to Pine Run, please let me know as soon as possible. Or if you can offer a ride to another Brownie, please let me know that as well. Pick up will be at Pine Run at 5:15pm.

Sophia is scheduled to be our Snack Buddy that day.

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

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Lip Sync Update




Lip Sync 2013


April 5, 2013


Tamanend Middle School


6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
 
 
A check for the number of girls x $4.50 This includes a patch.  (The troop will cover the cost of the Brownies)

 DVD's x $4.00  (They record the entire show.)

Adult advanced tickets x $4.00

Children are admitted free.

RSVP deadline March 8, 2013. I will need to know how many adults, children (not including your Brownie), and whether you want a DVD.

Please make checks out to Troop 21870 and then the troop will make one check out for the event.

Any questions...please do not hesitate to ask.

Attending:
Katerina/4 adults/1 child/DVD
Jayden/3 adults
Ava/1 adult/DVD
Claire/1 adult

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Our Family...Our Troop Potluck

Just a reminder that Our Family...Our Troop Potluck is tomorrow night (Friday, 1/25)!

January 25, 2013

Bridge Valley Elementary Cafeteria

6:30 p.m.
 
Brownies should plan on sharing their Family Story Tree with us tomorrow night. So, please make sure it is complete.
 
During the potluck we will also have our Court of Awards where the girls will receive the badges/patches that they have earned until now.

Brownies should wear their uniform.

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

Please remember the deadline to complete homework assignments was yesterday, so please check the previous homework post to see what your Brownie still had not turned in. If she has completed them, please let me know TODAY as I am finishing the court of awards presentations tonight.
 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. See you all tomorrow!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Homework Reminders

At Friday's Family Dinner Celebration, your Brownies will also be receiving the badges they have earned to date.

So, this is a reminder that if your Brownie has any incomplete homework assignments, I will need them submitted by this Wednesday (1/23) as I need time to prepare for Friday's Court of Awards Presentation.

1. Feeling Faces (Jayden?)

2. Old Photo (Ava, Claire, Cianna, Jayden, Maura, Sophia?)

3. Try 3 news foods or 3 new exercises (all Brownies still need to complete this?)

All of the above homework assignments just need confirmation that the assignment has been completed. You can just send me an email...

4. My Family Story (family tree - needs to be presented by all Brownies at the Family Celebration Friday night.)

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


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

5=52 Customer Contest

The 5=52 Customer Contest returns this year. It is a chance for customers to win cookies for a year! For every five packages of cookies purchased, the customer has a chance to enter into a drawing for 52 boxes of cookies. Five winners will be randomly chosen at the end of Cookie Program.

Customers who purchase 5 boxes can visit http://www.gsep.org/cookies/contest.php to enter.

Please feel free to print out extra thank you cards to direct customers to the online entry form if they purchase five or more packages of cookies.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this contest.

Terracycle Update

We were able to submit our second shipment to TerraCycle.


Drink Pouch Brigade
We collected 335 units
 
Personal Care and Beauty Brigade
We collected 93 units

so 

we now have a credit of $16.92 with TerraCycle.





Thank you to everyone who donated. I can't wait to see how much we can submit next time. Hopefully, everyone can collect items and help us out with our next shipment.



Remember, we are participating in the following Brigades:



Cheese Packaging Brigade

Juice Pouch Brigade

Personal Care and Beauty Brigade

Oral Care Brigade



If you have any questions about Terracycle or the Brigades we are participating in, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Cookie Booths

These are our Cookie Booths for this year's Cookie Sale.

1/17 ~ Guiseppe's (5pm - 7pm)
  • Katerina
  • Maura
1/18 ~ First National Bank (4pm - 6pm)
  • Katerina
  • Cianna
1/18 ~ Giovanni's (6pm - 8pm)
  • Katerina
  • Jayden
1/19 ~ The Meat Store (12:30pm - 2:30pm)
  • Katerina
  • Sophia
1/19 ~ Staples (4pm - 6pm)
  • Katerina
1/20 ~ Moe's (12pm - 2pm)
  • Katerina
1/24 ~ Guiseppe's (5pm - 7pm)
  • Maura
  • Claire & Ava
1/27 ~ Moe's (12pm - 2pm)
  • Katerina
  • Ava
1/27 ~ Menchie's (2pm-4pm)
  • Jayden
  • Katerina
1/27 ~ Menchie's (4pm-6pm)
  • Katerina
  • Paree
1/31 ~ Guiseppe's (5pm - 7pm)
  • Maura
  • Jayden
2/2 ~ Staples (10am - 2pm)
  • Katerina
  • Claire
2/2 ~ Staples (4pm - 6pm)
  • Jayden
  • Katerina
2/3 ~ Redners (10am - 12pm)
  • Katerina
  • Maura
2/7 ~ Guiseppe's (5pm - 7pm)

2/9 ~ Walgreens (12pm - 2pm)

  • Katerina
  • Paree
2/9 ~ Walgreens (2pm - 4pm)
  • Mary Kate
  • Jayden
2/10 ~ Staples (11am - 1pm)
  • Katerina
  • Paree
2/10 ~ Staples (3pm - 5pm)
  • Katerina
  • Allison
 We still have some booth times available, so if your Brownie would like another booth, please let me know. Also, if you have signed up for a booth and will not be able to make it, please let me know as well.

Monday, January 14, 2013

COCO Cookie Command

COCO is your online "Cookie Command" center for your cookie business. COCO helps you:
  • Set your goal of how many packages of cookies you want to sell this year.
  • Make plans for how you will reach your goals.
  • Check how you're doing along the way.
  • Send eCards to your friends and family to tell them it's cookie time and ask for their support.
Be sure to visit your troop's page in COCO for important messages from your troop leader. You can also see what your friends are doing and even send them cheers to help them along.

abcsmartcookies.com


Click on Girl Login to enter the site...
 
 


Meeting Five ~ 1/11/13

At this meeting, we had Junior Troop 21809 join us to help us prepare for our Cookie Sales.

We started the meeting by working on addressing and stamping the postcards for our yearly postcard exchange. We had a total of 70 postcards this year going to 48 states and 12 countries.

We also touched base on all of the pending homework assisgnments. We went back and looked at the Healthy Living Homework from a couple of meeting back and now ALL of the Brownies have completed the assignment. ~ We also went back and looked at the Feeling Faces homework assignment. Last but not least, we looked at the Old Picture Homework due at this meeting. Three of the Brownies completed this assignment, so if your Brownie is one of the ones who has not completed it, please have her bring it to the Family Dinner on the 25th.

New Homework Assignmen t~ Select one of the following activities:
1. Try 3 new foods that are good for your
or
2. Try 3 different kinds of exercises
Please let me know when they have completed this assignment. Due before 1/25

We confirmed our goal for this year's Cookie Sale. The Brownies would like to raise enough money to go to Hershey Park. More information on this trip will be provided at a later date.

We practiced our selling skills, cookie knowledge and prepped for the sale.

Our troop goal is 105 boxes per girl!

Next meeting: Our Family Dinner Celebration (6:30 p.m. ~ BVE Cafeteria)

Monday, January 7, 2013

Meeting Reminder

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

January 11 , 2013

Art Room

3:15pm - 5:00pm


Katerina is scheduled to be our snack buddy!


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

1. Meeting Dues ($1)

2. Permission Slips
* Valentine's Day Celebration (Pine Run)
   
3. Homework Update

4. Terracycle Donations

5. Stamp Donations (the girls will be working on the postcards at this meeting, so please let me know if you can donate any stamps. We had 50 stamps donated: Aymee, Brigid, and Nicole. We still need 20 more stamps.)


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

Reminders...

Thank You E-Card
Please remember your Brownie needed to send a thank you e-card to the Brownie who gave her a present at the December 14th meeting. So far, I only have confirmation that two Brownies have done this.

Family Potluck ~ January 25, 2013
If you haven't done so, please RSVP for this event through our SignUp Genius invitation link.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/508084EADAA29A13-ourtroopour

Homework ~
Feeling Faces: We have several Brownies who did not complete this homework in time for our last meeting. They will have an opportunity to share it with us this week.

Old Photo: Your Brownie will get an opportunity to tell us if she completed this homework assignment.

Family Story Tree: Tree will need to be presented at the Family Potluck.

Cookie Booths
I will be securing the cookie booths for our troop this Thursday. If you have not told me how many booths your Brownie wants to work, you will have until Wednesday (1/9) to let me know. If I don't hear from you by then, I will assume that your Brownie will only be working one booth during the sale.

I have heard from the following Brownies about the number of booths they want to work: Katerina, Cianna, Sophia, Ava, and Claire.

Lip Sync ~ April 5, 2013
Please let me know if your Brownie will be participating in this event.

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

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Firework!

We got our song approved for our Troop's performance at Lip Sync 2013.

Katy Perry's Firework performed by the cast of Glee.

Nicole has been gracious enough to volunteer to work with the girls again this year for their performance.

I am so excited and can't wait to see the show!


Lip Sync 2013

April 5, 2013

Tamanend Middle School

6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
 
 
This will be the rehearsal schedule for the troop to prepare for Lip Sync 2013.

 
We are hoping to have rehearsals on the following days~ right after our meeting. So, we would be meeting until 5:30pm...



February 22 (Friday)

March 8 (Friday)
 
We will also need to meet on the following dates as we get closer to the event.

March 23 (Saturday)

April 4 (Thursday)

Please add these to your calendars.


If your Brownie will not be able to attend a rehearsal, please let us know as soon as possible.


I will also need you to let me know whether your Brownie will be participating in this event.

Sweetheart Dance

GSEP Father/Daughter Sweetheart Dance

Friday, April 12th

Bridge Valley Elementary Cafeteria


7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ~ Dance


$12 per couple/$8 per extra girl (price includes a patch, downloadable photo, and refreshments)


Registrations for this event are due by April 1st, so please turn in your registration and payment to me by our March 22nd meeting.

I will be emailing the registration form to you tonight.

Confirmed:
Katerina

Cianna
Sophia
Ava
Claire
Jayden