New Brownie Blog

I have started working on our new Brownie Troop Blog.

http://brownietroop21870.blogspot.com/

Please make sure to visit the site and subscribe to receive email updates as I will begin posting all of Brownie Troop information on that site.

Food Drive Update

On Sunday, July 10th, we delivered all of our Food Drive donations to the BCHG Doylestown Food Pantry. Our goal was to collect 100 pounds of food in celebration of the 100 years of Girl Scouting. I am very excited to say that we not only reached our goal but we exceeded it! In the end, we collected 296 pounds of food!

There were several families at the Food Pantry while we were dropping off our donations. I can't even begin to tell you how thankful they all were. Thank you for all of your help with this drive.

End of Year Events...

Madagascar 3 Movie Night

Regal Barn Plaza

Friday, June 8th

4:30 p.m.

I will be buying the tickets for the girls on Thursday, please confirm by Wednesday (6/6) that your Daisy will in fact be attending the Madagascar Movie Night on Friday.

Bridging Ceremony

Saturday, June 9th

Doylestown Central Park

11:00 a.m.

I have not gotten final RSVP numbers for everyone. So, if you have yet to provide me with your numbers, please do so ASAP.



RSVP (recd as of 6/4/12):

Katerina (4 adults/2 children)

Jayden (4 adults/1 child)

Ava

Paree (3 adults)

Cianna (2 adults/2 children)

 

Allison

Food:

Sandwich Tray (1 more)

Sandwich Tray (Katerina)

Fruit Platter (Cianna)

Veggie Platter (Paree)

Chips (Jayden)

Capri Sun and Water (Ava)

Plates, Napkins, Utensils, Tablecloths (leftover from Investiture Ceremony)

Dessert (Katerina)

 

Your Daisy is expected to wear her uniform on both Friday and Saturday.

 

 

Other Reminders:

 

Don't forget Spring Registration is now open. If you want to register now for the next Girl Scouting year, I will need your registration forms and payment by Saturday, June 9th. (This is not mandatory, your Daisy can wait until September to register. By registering in the Spring, she would be eligible to receive a special patch at the start of the new school year.) So, please bring them to either the movies or the bridging ceremony.

 

If you ordered the Lip Sync DVD, please bring your payment either on Friday or Saturday, so that I can give you the DVD.

 

Also, please don't forget about the FOOD DRIVE! We will have a box in the school lobby until Thursday. Please have your Daisy at least bring one item to the school so that the box starts to get some items. It might just inspire others to bring in some donations too!

 

You can bring the rest of your donations to my home. We are trying to collect at least 100 pounds of food! So, we really need everyone to participate. If your Daisy is just taking all her donations to the school, please let me know so that I don't expect you to bring more to our home.

 

If you have any questions about either event or any of the reminders, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Madagascar 3

The times for Madagascar 3 have been released! The movie runs 1 1/2 hours...

Friday, June 8th
(Regal Barn Plaza Stadium 14)

The following times seem to be the best...

1:45 p.m

or

4:30 p.m.

Please let me know which time you would prefer. Once, I hear from everyone, I will confirm the time we will be going.

Bridging Ceremony

Our Daisies will be bridging to Brownies...

Saturday ~ June 9, 2012

Doylestown Central Park

11:00 a.m.

RSVP (recd as of 5/24/12):

Katerina (4 adults/2 children)

Jayden (4 adults/1 child)

Ava

Paree (3 adults)

Cianna (2 adults/2 children)

Food:

Sandwich Tray (1 more)

Sandwich Tray (Katerina)

Fruit Platter (Cianna)

Veggie Platter (Paree)

Chips (Jayden)

Capri Sun and Water (Ava)

Plates, Napkins, Utensils, Tablecloths (leftover from Investiture Ceremony)

Dessert (Katerina)

Reminders...

Our final "meeting" of the year is this Friday (5/25) at our regular time and location. Another Girl Scout troop will be joining us and teaching our Daisies about recycling. At this meeting, they will earn their green petal!

Paree is scheduled to be our snack buddy.

For those of you who ordered the Lip Sync DVD, don't forget to pay for them please ($4).

If you have not done so, please RSVP for the Briging Ceremony. We need to have an idea of how many people will be attending. Also, don't forget to sign up to bring something.

If you have any Capri Sun pouches or Cheese wrappers for our fundraiser, you can bring them to the meeting on Friday.

Also, please don't forget about our Canned Food Drive. We hope to collect over 100 pounds of food. We have already collected 23 pounds!

Spring Registration is open! So, if you submit your registration forms and fee ($12) before June 30th, your Daisy will earn a special patch!

Our final events of the year are:

June 8th ~ Movie Night

June 9th ~ Bridiging Ceremony (for those Daisies that will be bridging to Brownies)

If you have any questions about the rest of the year, please do not hesitate to ask.



Girl Scout Tree Initiative

We are participating in GSEP's GIRL SCOUTS FOREVER GREEN initiative of planting 10,000 trees statewide.   We will be planting the saplings (either Eastern White Pine or Eastern Hemlock) in honor of Girls Scouts 100th Anniversary and will also help contribute towards the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's goal of planting 1,000,000 trees by 2020!

Our troop has been allocated 3 trees to plant. So, now we have to decide on a place to plant them.

WHERE to plant a tree:

1. Where you have permission to plant

2. Where it’s easy to tend (Water? Access?)

3. As a public amenity, wildlife enhancement, riparian buffer

4. Choose the right tree for the right place (Under wires? Wet area? Salt exposure? Will it obstruct sight line for vehicles or pedestrians?)

If you have any suggestions for a good place, please let me know as soon as possible.

Meeting Eight ~ 5/11/2012

At this meeting, the girls started with by decorating a pengiun pillow. (The penguin was the mascot for the Girl Scout Cookie Sales this year). After the decorations (hopefully) dried, the pillows were filled with stuffing. Unfortunately, we did not have enough to close the pillow opening. So, there are two options for that. You can 1) sew the opening shut or 2) glue the opening shut. If you choose to glue the opening, make sure you have a clip of some sort to hold it closed until the glue dries.

After snack time, the girls made mother's day cards and filled mini buckets with candies for their moms.

The meeting finished with the troop getting to see all of the postcards we received through our postcard exchange. Each girl, received a map of the US where they marked off the states as we read the postcards we received. The postcards were divided amongst the girls to keep.

Our next meeting will be our last meeting for the year: Friday, May 25th. The girls will be earning their last petal.

Food Drive

We will be having a food drive to benefit the BCHG Doylestown Food Pantry. Our goal is to collect 100 pounds of food to celebrate the 100 years of Girl Scouting. Our participation in the food drive, is one of the activities needed for the girls to earn their GSEP 100th Anniversary Patch.

The food drive will run from now until June 3rd.

We hope to be able to collect donations from the Devonshire neighborhood, the Villages neighborhood, and any other friends and family that will be willing to help us reach our goal.

If you know of a location where we can place a donation box, please let me know. Also, if you know of any business that is willing to donate, please contact them and see if they can help us out.

Items Needed:

Beverages:  coffee, juices, tea

Canned Meats:  chicken, ham, chili

Condiments:  ketchup, mayo, mustard, cooking oils (vegetable, canola, olive),   honey, jams/jellies, syrup

Spices:  salt, pepper, sugar, taco seasoning packets, onion powder, garlic powder, basil, oregano, etc.

Tomato products: sauce, crushed, stewed

Uncommon Vegetables:  asparagus, artichokes, lima beans, mushrooms, onions, spinach – no green beans

Miscellaneous:  taco shells/Mexican dinner kits, rice (flavored packets), Velveeta/other non-refrigerated cheeses, Pasta sauce, bean varieties, Pasta sides, hamburger helper, fruit

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

Meeting Reminder

Just a few reminders...

Our next meeting is this Friday, May 11th. It will take place at our usual meeting location. Jayden is scheduled to be our Snack Buddy at this meeting.

The deadline for the brownie uniform payment is this Friday. I will be going to the Council Shop on Saturday. If I don't receive your payment before Saturday, you will need to purchase the uniform either online or at the Council Shop yourself. Please make your check payable to Girl Scout Troop 21870.

Sash ~ $21.75

The Brownie shirts have been ordered. I have already paid for them myself. So, please make any checks for the shirts payable to me. (Aymee Comas-Diaz)

Shirts ~ $18

Please don't forget to R.S.V.P. for the Bridging Ceremony on June 9th. You should have received an Evite invitation. Please make sure to include the number of people attending.

Early Bird Registration

The Girl Scout Early Bird Registration has started and will run through June 30th. If your daughter registers before June 30th for the next Scout Year, she will earn a special Early Bird Patch.

The Girl Registration Forms can be found here:
http://www.gsep.org/media/files/2013%20Girl%20Membership%20Form.pdf

The Adult Registration Forms can be found here:
http://www.gsep.org/media/files/2013%20Adult%20Membership%20Form.pdf

Registration Fees for the year are $12 per person.

Please fill out the forms and turn them in to me. Make the check for the registration fees to Girl Scout Troop 21870.

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

Registrations Received:
Cianna
Sophia
Nicole
Katerina
Aymee

Lip Sync Reminders

We have our final rehearsal tomorrow (Thursday ~ 4/26) at 5:00 p.m. at Cianna's House. Please remember your Daisy must bring her Orphan costume with her to the rehearsal.

Lip Sync 2012

Where: Tamanend Middle School

Time: 6:30- 9:30   ~ Show will start promptly at 6:30 J

We will meet at 6:10 p.m. outside the school.

There is a 20 minute intermission between halves and they will be selling small bottles of water for $0.50. Please note there is no food or drinks allowed back in the auditorium.

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

Brownie Troop Shirt

I will be ordering a Brownie Troop shirt for Katerina. The cost for this shirt is $18. If you would like a shirt for your Brownie, please let me know and I will be happy to order one for her as well.

I will be ordering the shirts at the end of this week, so let me know as soon as possible if you would like one. You can pay for the shirt at the same time you pay for the uniform, just please make it a separate payment as I will be paying for the shirts myself and not through the troop account.

The designer made two different versions of the shirt for me, so that it would go with the vest or the sash.

If you do want one, please let me know what size and which version you would like.

Paid (as of 5/11/12):
Katerina (2 - Sash)
Cianna (2 - Sash)
Sophia (2 - Sash)
Paree (Sash)
Aymee
Nicole
Allison (Sash)
Ava (Sash)
Claire (Sash)
Jayden (Sash)

Sash Version

Vest Version

Brownie Uniform Update ~ 4/24/12

I have had some questions regarding the Brownie Uniforms, so I am going to try and answer them here...

Sash or Vest?
The girls voted to have each person decide whether they want the sash or the vest. So, it will be up to your own Daisy as to whether she wants to wear the Brownie Sash or Vest.

How much is the Sash or the Vest?
The Sash is $21.75 and the vest is $33.65.

What is included in the price of the Sash/Vest?
Included in the price is the vest, brownie insignia tab, troop numerals, council ID patch, and the american flag patch.

What other items will be needed?
Please remember, that as far as Council is concerned your daughter is in uniform as long as she is wearing her Brownie pin (which the troop will provide) and everything else is optional.

To try and have a uniformed look, I think it will be nice if the girls could wear brown bottoms, a white shirt, and either the vest or sash. Now, it will be up to you and your daughter how to complete the look.

For example, Katerina will be wearing brown leggings, a white Brownie Troop shirt, and the Sash.

When is payment due?
If you would like for me to pick up your items at the Council store, then your payment is due to me on or before May 11th. I will be going to the store on May 12th.

PAID (as of 5/11/12):
Paree (Sash)
Katerina (Sash)
Cianna (Sash)
Sophia (Sash)
Allison (Sash)
Ava (Sash)
Claire (Sash)

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

Troop Fundraising Opportunities

Our troop will be involved in two fundraising/recycling opportunties...

We will be collecting cheese wrappers and juice pouches.



The cheese program is generously sponsored by Kraft Singles, Kraft String Cheese, Polly-O String Cheese, Kraft Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel Cheese, Velveeta, Kraft Grated Parmesan and all other delicious Kraft Cheese products.

Cheese Packaging Brigade accepted waste: string cheeses packages, individual singles wrappers, singles packages, shredded cheeses packages, grated cheese, all flexible cheese wrappers

We need to collect a minimum of 50 pieces before we can mail them back to Terracycle.



The drink pouch program is generously sponsored by Capri Sun and Honest Kids.

Drink Pouch Brigade accepted waste: aluminum drink pouches, plastic drink pouches.

We need to collect a minimum of 1000 drink pouches before we can mail them back to Tarracycle.



Items do not need to be cleaned. Just place them in a bag and bring them to our next meeting. We can also continue collection over the Summer and bring them to the first meeting in September.

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

Brownie Girl Scout Uniform

Brownie Girl Scout Uniform

Vest ~ $17.25   or Sash ~ $6.00
Brownie Insignia Tab ~ $2.50
Troop Numerals (21870) ~ $6.25
Council ID Patch ~ $4.00
American Flag ~ $1.75

Total w/tax: $33.65 (vest) or $21.75 (sash)

Optional Items: Brownie Skort ($25), Skirt, or Pants, Brownie Shirt (prices vary), Brownie Tights ($4.75), or Badge Magic ($7)

I will be going to the Girl Scout Store on Saturday, May 12th to purchase Katerina's uniform. I will be more than happy to pick up the uniform for anyone who wants me to. I will need payment on or before our May 11th meeting.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the Brownie Uniform.

Meeting Reminder

Just a few reminders...

We have our meeting with the Brownie Troop tomorrow (Friday ~ 3/30). The meeting will be from 6pm - 8pm and will be held at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Jamison.

We have our next Lip Sync Rehearsal on Saturday (3/31) at 9am in Cianna's house.

R.S.V.P. deadline for Build a Bear is this Saturday (3/31). If you have not R.S.V.P.d yet for your Daisy, please do so as soon as possible.

Meeting Seven ~ 3/23/12

At this meeting, we got to see a presentation from the Bucks County Dairy Princess. The Daisies learned about the importance of eating healthy and they even got to make some tasty butter.

We also read a Daisy Flower Garden Story where we learned about "Respecting Myself and Others". The Daisies talked about some things that they can do in their lives to respect themselves and others. They each received a goody bag with soap, a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, and a hair brush. With this lesson they were able to earn their Dark Purple petal  (Respecting Myself and Others).

We also talked about our Cookie Sales. The Daisies were asked if selling cookies was something that showed they were strong and courageous. We all agreed that their participation in the Cookie Sale would allow them to earn their Red petal (Courageous and Strong).

We also discussed the Brownie Uniform for next year. The Daisies were allowed to vote for whether they wanted the Brownie Vest or the Brownie Sash. The final vote was 5 for the vest and 2 for the sash. Although, the troop decided that they didn't mind if some had the sash and some had the vest.

Next Meeting:

Meeting with Brownie Troop

Friday, March 30th

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Redeemer Lutheran Church (Jamison)

Petal Update ~ 3/26/12

The following are the petals that the girls have earned to date:

Light Blue Petal (earned 10/28)

Orange Petal (earned 11/11)

Spring Green Petal (earned 12/2)

 

 

Rose Petal (earned 1/16)

Magenta Petal (earned 1/27)

Violet Petal (earned 2/10)

Red Petal (earned Jan)

Dark Purple Petal (earned 3/23)

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

 

 

Blue Center (earned 12/16)

 

 

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

Calendar Changes and Confirmations...

I have had to make a couple of changes to our Calendar. Here is an updated list of meetings and events for your records.

March 23 - Regular Meeting
March 30 - Meeting with Brownie Troop (6pm -8pm)
March 31 - Lip Sync Rehearsal (9am)
April 4 - Lip Sync Rehearsal (6pm)
April 13 - Sweetheart Dance (6:30 p.m. - 9pm)
April 14 - Lip Sync Rehearsal (2:30pm) & Build a Bear (4pm)
April 21 - Lip Sync Rehearsal (3pm)
April 26 - Lip Sync Rehearsal (5pm)
April 27 - Lip Sync (6pm - 9:30pm)
May 11 - Regular Meeting
May 25 - Regular Meeting w/Junior Troop
June 8 - Madagascar 3
June 9 - Bridging Ceremony (11am)

Dates and times highlighted are changes or additions to schedule.

We will not be doing the Girl Scouts Forever Green event on April 21st. I was able to get a Junior Girst Scout troop to come to our May 25th meeting and they will be talking to the girls about going green, so that they can earn their green petal.

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