She lead us
in a presentation surrounding the book Listen
to the Wind. This book was about one man’s mission to bring education to
the children of Pakistan.
Girls used
maps to locate the country as well as learned the history behind this war torn
nation and its effects on girls their own age.
Each girl was able to choose a Henna tattoo after learning about the significance of them in the Pakistani culture.
She also
prepared pita, two types of hummus as well as pistachios, all foods from the
area.
(Thank you
Claire for the strawberries and Chips….. They went so well with the hummus. )
In addition: The girls will be donating a copy of Listen to the Wind to both Ames and Blythe school libraries in honor of Dr. Paul Roach, Mollies Uncle who is serving overseas
What is The
Power of a Penny?
Pennies for
Peace teaches children the rewards of sharing and working together to bring
hope and educational opportunities to children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A
penny in the United states has little worth, but in In Pakistan and Afghanistan
a penny buys a pencil and opens the door to literacy:
1 penny =
one pencil
2 pennies =
one eraser
15 pennies =
one notebook
$2 or $3 =
one teacher’s salary for one day
$20 = one
student’s school supplies for one year
$600 = one
teacher’s annual salary
$5,000 =
support for existing school for one year
$50,000 =
one school building and support for up to five years
From now
through May 24th we are asking the girls to redirect the pennies
they have been saving for scouts, to PENNIES FOR PEACE.
1. Girls will need to use the KING COIN
machine at the Riverside bank to count the change.
You will be given a receipt
2. Take a deposit slip and using the
receipt make the deposit into the troop account. ( contact Mrs. Winkler for this
number)
3. Save you deposit receipt and turn in at the
May 24th Meeting. One check will be made once all deposits have been
tallied.
Our girls have been given so much. They seemed quite excited to be able to give to other children their age.
.
Beginning
March 22, our Troop
will be hosting a
Penny Drive
to
Raise Funds for our 100 Year
Celebration trip to
Georgia.
To collect is really easy.
1. Find a jar/container with lid
2. Tell friends and family That you are saving pennies for Brownies.
3.Using coin King at the Riverside Bank Count your coins.
4.Fill in deposit slip and deposit funds into your Troop 41588 Girl Scout Account
( Mrs. Winkler will give each girl 2 deposit slips with our account #)
5. turn in Deposit slip receipt to Mrs. Winkler
You will be surprised how fast the coins add up
This fundraiser will continue on through next year so once you fill your jar, start again.
81 boxes of cookies in 3 hours.
27 boxes per hour
$82 dollars in DONATIONS~
$27.33 Per hour
Not a bad Day for our Troop
Thanks Mrs. Kawiecki, Mrs. Adams for coming out with the girls
Mollie, Lulu, Cami, Emily and Claire you all did a great job!
Please drop off cookie money and donations to Mrs. Winkler by 7 pm Wednesday March 9th.
Thank you to those who have dropped it off today.
Top earners will be announced at the next meeting. All prizes will be awarded in May once we receive them from council.
Saturday March 12th 9:00am 12:00pm
Jewel Osco 438 Madison Street Oak Park, IL
Those girls who
have not participated in a site sale
should plan on attending.
If you have done
a site sale and would like to participate
again you are more than welcome.
Please contact
Mrs. Winkler to let her know you will be attending.
We have roughly 60 boxes to sell so hopefully we wont need the full 3 hours. Please bring a slip of paper with the phone number you can be reached should the sale end earlier than planned.
Joan Kanatas and Christine Kawiecki will be the moms in charge during this sale.
Thank you to
the moms and girls who came out to make this a success....
Mazzy
and Matia, Becky and Tess , Briyana and
Romy, Quincy and Lindsey and Mia
On average
the Girls scouts formula states that you should sell roughly 20 cookies per
hour of sales...
We sold
roughly 150 boxes.....~ For the 3
hours of sales that averages to 50 boxes per hour~ Way to go girls.....
Thanks
to
Mrs. Anderson and Tess, My Hubby ,
Cami, Ms. Terese, and Mrs. Kanatas
we
were able to load, unload, sort and tag all 1700+ boxes~
I just love
saying that~ 1700+ boxes.
Please call
me or email ( its best) to set up your
time to pick up cookies.
When you are
there you will get the following
1. Your original cookie sheet
2. A receipt for
the cookies that you are taking with totals
3. A Thinking Day Patch…… were not in , in time for the meeting
4. 20 Thank you business cards that you
can attach to your cookie orders.
5. Permissions slip needed PER CLIMBER ,adult and child, for next weeks field trip to Pav Berwyn. If you are just coming along and not climbing, no permission slip is needed. Please bring with you to the event.
