Daisy Investiture Ceremony ~ Reminder

Date: December 16, 2011

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Bridge Valley Elementary

Cafeteria

Daisies are to wear their uniforms to this event and then are to wear them to every meeting and event after this.

 

Here is a list of the donations we already have for the event:

Katerina: Daisy Cookies and 2 Trays of Baked Ziti

Allison: Chips or Pretzels, Carrots and Dip

Cianna: Plates, Napkins, Cups, Utensils, a Chocolate Dessert

Anika: Fruit Tray

Ava: Drinks, Gluten Free Mac and Cheese, Salad, and Bread

 

Please let me know if you would like to bring something or if you want to change what I have you listed as bringing.

 

 

Also, please don't forget to bring the gift for the secret pal!

 

See you Friday!

Homework Assignment

In preparation for the World Bazaar in March, I am asking that all the girls do some research on the country we have been assigned.

Italy

What language do they speak?

What are Girl Scouts called there?

What foods do they like to eat?

What are some cool cities and places to visit?

They can bring this information with them to the January 27th meeting.



First Certification

The troop needs two adults to be First Aid Certified. So, we really need two parents to volunteer for this very important position.

The next First Aid Training provided by the Girl Scout Council will be:

Medic First Aid/CPR
1/14/12
8:30am - 4:30pm
Allentown, PA
$35

You can also find a local place for certification and take the course there.

Again, we really need two parents to become certified. So, if you can do it, please let me know as soon as possible.

Secret Pal Gift Exchange

At our last meeting, the girls picked their secret pal for the Holiday gift exchange.

We decided it would be fun to do a book gift exchange this year. Please wrap the gift and bring it to the Investiture Ceremony where the girls will give the gift to their Secret Pal.

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

Daisy Uniform

The first time the girls can officially wear their tunics, will be at the Investiture Ceremony (12/16).

The following should be ironed on or placed on the tunic prior to the ceremony:

US Flag

Eastern Pennsylvania ID Set

Troop # 21870

Star Pin with blue backing

100th Anniversary Pin

Yellow Insignia Tab

Light Blue Petal (earned 10/28)

Orange Petal (earned 11/11)

Spring Green Petal (earned 12/2)

Yellow Petal (earned by Katerina, Ava, and Cianna ~ this petal is earned on an ongoing basis based on when they signed up to bring snacks for the troop)

Plus, on the back of the tunic, they should have their Juliette Low Birthday patch.

If you have any questions regarding the placement of any of the patches, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Meeting Three ~ December 2, 2011

At this meeting, the girls made winter mitten magnets.

The also prepared 2 large boxes of supplies for the two families we adopted. They had a great time making cards for the families and trying to pack everything into those boxes. The girls have earned their spring green petal for their participation today!

We discussed the upcoming Investiture Ceremony and they made invitations to take back home for their family.

At the end of the meeting, we talked about the Postcard Exchange which the girls are also very excited about. They were very happy to hear that we had confirmed exchanges with troops in 46 states. I will continue to contact troops in the other 4 states in the hopes of reaching our goal of exchanging with a troop in each state.

We closed the meeting with our Secret Pal name collection!

Next meeting will be the Investiture Ceremony on Friday, December 16, 2011.

Daisy Investiture Ceremony

Date: December 16, 2011

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Bridge Valley Elementary

Cafeteria

Daisies are to wear their uniforms to this event and then are to wear them to every meeting and event after this.

If you have sent in your RSVP yet, please do so as soon as possible. You can RSVP to the evite invitation sent two weeks ago.

After doing some research on pricing for some trays of baked ziti, I believe it would be more economical for me to make the trays of baked zit for the event. So, we will not be collecting money for this.

Here is a list of the donations we already have for the event:

Katerina: Daisy Cookies and 2 Trays of Baked Ziti

Allison: Chips or Pretzels, Carrots and Dip

Cianna: Plates, Napkins, Cups, Utensils, a Dessert

Anika: Fruit Tray

Ava: Drinks

It would be nice if someone could bring bread and/or salad.

Please let me know if you would like to bring something or if you want to change what I have you listed as bringing.

Meeting Reminder

We will be having our next meeting tomorrow, December 2nd.

Don't forget we will be working on the packages for our adopted families at the meeting.

Family # 1:
Mom and Daughter
Misty (age 6)

Family # 2:
Mom and 2 Daughters
Angel (age 9)
Bianca (age 4)

We will be collecting toiletries and snacks for them! By assisting with this, the girls will earn their light green petal for being considerate and caring.

MLK Day Volunteer Opportunity

Date: Monday, January 16, 2012

Location: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Address: 301 N. Main Street

Doylestown, PA 18925

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The girls will help assemble Breakfast Bags and create greeting cards for our elderly and frail neighbors.

We ask each girl participating in the project to bring one (or more) food items with them.

Items needed:

Instant oatmeal or cream of wheat (boxes of single-serving packets)

Granola bars

Juice boxes

Single-serving cereal boxes

Single-serving coffee packs

Package of single serving fruit cups

Gallon ziploc bags

Please let me know if your Daisy will be attending this service project as space is limited.

By participating in this service project, they will earn their Rose Petal (make the world a better place).

Lip Sync 2012

WHEN: TBA

Where: Tamanend Middle School

Time: 6:00 - 9:30 Show will start promptly at 6:30

Admission: Adults $4.00 , Children (10 and under free)

Admission: Girl Scout: $ 4.50 (patch included

Songs already taken:

Mmm Bop (Hanson)

Vogue (Madonna)

Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)

If you have any suggestions for a song, please let me know.

Cookie Time is Almost Here...

Cookie Sale

January 19 - March 4

$3.50 per box

Goals:

Have fun!

25 boxes per girl (with a minimum of 18 boxes sold, each girl will earn a badge)

At the January 13th meeting, we will have the girls discuss their goals, and see what other things we can do if more cookies are sold.

Ideas for Selling:

Booths ~ We will be entering a council wide and district wide drawings for booths. I would like for each girl to work at least 2 booth times if possible. (If anyone knows of any businesses ~ restaurants, banks, stores, etc. that would allow us to have a booth, please let me know.)

Red Wagon Weekends ~ We can go around our neighborhoods as a troop to sell cookies together (January 21 & 22 ~ best to do this the first weekend before people buy cookies elsewhere)

Adopted Families

Don't forget we will be working on the packages for our adopted families at the December 2nd meeting.

We had originally adopted one family but I added a second one once I saw all the items Katerina and I had collected for them.

Family # 1:

Mom and Daughter

Misty (age 6)

Family # 2:

Mom and 2 Daughters

Angel (age 9)

Bianca (age 4)

We will be collecting toiletries and snacks for them! By assisting with this, the girls will earn their light green petal for being considerate and caring.

Postcard Exchange

The Postcard Exchange will be taking place from October 2011 through February 2012. The girls have decided they want to try and exchange postcards with at least one troop in every state.

I have started contacting troops throughout the United States and we currently have troops in 33 states who have confirmed wanting to exchange postcards with us.

I was going to ask parents to bring in postcards for us to use but I decided to email some nearby attractions and see if they would donate some postcards for the troop to use instead. And we have gotten lucky, Valley Forge and the Philadelphia Zoo have both donated postcards and so the troop won't need to purchase any.

If anyone has any postcards stamps they can donate that would be appreciated. We still need 35 stamps.

Meeting Two ~ 11/11/11

At this meeting, the girls talked about what they were thankful for this year.

They worked together as a group to create the Troop Rules. These rules will be displayed at every meeting and with that the girls were able to earn their Orange Petal ~ Being responsible to for what I say and do.

We also discussed some projects we would be working on this year:

Troop Pen Pals ~ Daisy Troop in Wellington, Florida would like to be pen pals with our troop this year.

World Bazaar ~ We have been assigned the country of Italy. We will need to research girl scouting in Italy and make a table presentation to be displayed at the World Bazaar in March.

Postcard Exchange ~ The girls would like to try and exchange postcards with at least one troop in each state.

Lip Sync ~ The girls would like to participate in this event in April. We will need to select a song from the 90s which the girls can sing and dance to. Cianna's mom (Nicole) has volunteered to assist the girls with the choreography for the event.

At the end of the meeting, they worked on making a Thanksgiving Napkin Holder which they could use during their Thanksgiving celebrations at home.

Meeting One ~ 10/28/11

At this first meeting, the girls introduced themselves to the troop. The learned about Girl Scout Promise and the Girl Scout Law.

We also learned about Juliett Low, the founder of he Girl Scouts. The girls loved hearing that the Girl Scouts would be celebrating their 100th birthday this coming year.

While decorating their "Girl Scout Promise" craft, the girls had a great opportunity to learn about being honest and fair. We discussed what they considered honest and fair and they divided up all the supplies equally. And so, they were able to earn their Light Blue Petal ~ Honest and Fair.

We also talked about the family care package we would be putting together at our December 2nd meeting.

Meet the Leader of Troop 21870

I am Aymee Comas-Diaz and I am so excited to be the troop leader for Daisy Troop 21870 this year!

My Background: I was born and raised in Miami, Florida. I attended Florida State University where I got my degree in Creative Writing and Italian. After graduation, I moved back to South Florida and I married my college sweetheart, Jeffrey. I worked at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and earned my Master's degree there in Conflict Management and Resolution.

I worked in many different areas of the University during my eight years there, continuing education, conference management, student housing and finally special events. As the Assistant Director of Special Events, I had the opportunity to work on many different wonderful events but it was many evening hours. And so, in 2009, I decided to leave and become a stay at home mom so that I could spend more time with my kids.

Jeffrey and I were blessed with two wonderful kids, Katerina and Phillip. We moved from up from Florida at the end of February of this year. It has been a great experience and we all love it here. I am so happy to be able to work with and get to know your girls this year. I am truly honored to get to work with Daisy Troop 21870!

Meeting Schedule & Snack Sign-up

These are the meeting dates for the year and the snack sign-ups I currently have. If you want to sign-up for another date, please let me know.

October 28 ~ Katerina

November 11 ~ Ava

December 2~ Cianna

December 16 ~ Investiture Ceremony

January 13 ~ Allison

January 27 ~ Anika

February 10 ~ Madison & Megan

February 24 ~ Katerina

March 9 ~ Paree

March 23 ~

April 13 ~ Madison & Megan

April 27 ~

May 11 ~

May 25 ~

June 8 ~

If changes need to be made to the schedule, you will be informed as soon as possible.

Welcome to Daisy Troop 21870

We are so excited to have a great Daisy Troop this year. I am hoping we can use this site to keep everyone updated on what we have been doing and will be doing for the upcoming year!

Girl Scout Promise
On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

Girl Scout Law
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.

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

Go Troop 21870!

Aymee Comas-Diaz