EARTH HOUR SATURDAY MARCH 26th

Earth Hour 2011

will ask the world to:

Switch off your lights for Earth Hour at

8.30pm, Saturday 26 March 2011 

and celebrate your commitment to the planet

with the people of the world

Grocery Bag Recycling Continues

Meeting::January 25th

1.     ~~~TROOP PHOTO~~~    Girls need to be in Dress uniform

·        Khahi/Brown: Pants, leggings, skirt

·        Shirt: White or Blue

·        Dress shoes if Possible

·        Have them bring a brush to touch up in the bathroom before picture.

2.     ** Do you have Pinecone?  If so bring them to the meeting please**

3.     *** Cookie Sales forms Due Wednesday Jan 26^th****    May bring to Tues meeting

Snack: Tess

Secretary : Amber

Recycler: Mazzy

Clean Up: Zosia and Alessia

Am. Flag: Lulu

Am. Flag CG:Molly

GS Flag: Mia

GS Flag CG: Quincy

Caller: Tess

Focus: Journey Quest Rap up, Completion on Animal Badges, Bridging to Junior

3:15- 3:20 

3:20- 3:30 Flag Ceremony

3:30-3:45  Brownie Circle/ Ring

Secretary Minute: Gather any materials not already given to her.

·        Troop Business

·        Site Sales

·        Food drive

·        Plastic bag recycle

·        Badges hand out

3:45- 4:00 Activity AS A TROOP:

Pinecone Bird Feeders

4:00-4:05 Clean up

4:05-4:25 Sing a long: New song for you~!

4:25- 4:30 Clean up

4:30  Friendship squeeze : tess  /Closing

February 19 6-7 p.m Family Climbing Wall

Thinking Day Postcard Exchanges 2011

We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common. Juliette G. Low

Our Membership has been accepted to participate in the 2011 Thinking Day Postcard exchange

February 22, 2011 is  World Thinking Day, girls participate in activities, games, and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in other countries. World Thinking Day is part of the WAGGGS Global Action Theme (GAT) based on the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which aim to improve the lives of the world's poorest people. The theme for World Thinking Day 2011 is girls worldwide say "Empowering girls will change our world."

World Thinking Day not only gives girls a chance to celebrate international friendships, but is also a reminder that Girl Scouts of the USA is part of a global community—one of nearly 150 countries with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.  WAGGGS selected five countries of focus for World Thinking Day 2011 to represent the five WAGGGS regions:  Bolivia (Western Hemisphere), Cyprus(Europe), Democratic Republic of Congo (Africa), Nepal (Asia/Pacific),Yemen(Arab Region). 

Our Brownies have the opportunity to exchange postcards with girl scouts just like themselves around the world! This activity will complete our making connections patch of our Journeys series.

During the Holiday break I will be contacting the girls to get an idea of what countries as well as states they would like to exchange with.

Please feel free to contact me via email with this information as well.

Meeting Updates….November 30th

 Meeting Updates….

What a wonderful meeting.  Ms. B was our special guest and she discussed what SHE did as a Brownie and even brought her old uniforms. It brought a smile to my face to hear the girls eager to explain what they do to her and compare badges. As a leader I was seeing any one of our Brownies talking 20 years in the future to special Brownies they know about what they did and showing off their uniforms and badges.  


This is what I will think about as I plan meetings.  Will this make for a memorable learning moment when it is all said and done? The only memory I still don’t foresee our girls having is TENT camping as a Brownie…..at least I am not going to be sleeping in the tent~J  

Ms. B also stayed with us to complete another part of our Journeys Badge….Connections to other Brownies.  We made photo cubes using photos from our lasts events.  I am sure your Brownie has shown you hers by now.  I will bring the photos to the next meeting as well and the girls may take home any they would like. 


Our second project was a little foreshadowing of things to come.  I prepared a sample of t-shirt rings to have each girl participate in making a scarf for Ms. B as a thank you for joining us.  Each girl joined 3 rings by tying them together.  She then worked with the other Brownies at her table to connect all of their rings.  Once that was done they joined the rings strands from each table together making one long scarf. The results were fantastic. I know the girls are now really excited to make their own scarf’s in January!

Please read the following note to your Brownie:

Mrs. Winkler,

Thank you so very much for allowing me to come in and share!  I had a fantastic time and absolutely love the scarf.  I wore it to school today to keep me warm with this December weather that is fast approaching, and even got a chance to get a picture with all of the Ames girls with myself wearing the scarf (a much better picture than just me).

These brownies have a special place in my heart always and it was definitely a memorable experience!

Thank you again,

Miss B.

November 9th meeting

Snack: Cami

Secretary : Zosia

Recycler: Tess

Clean Up: Mollie and Quincy

Am. Flag: Cami

Am. Flag CG:emily

GS Flag: Claire

GS Flag CG: Lulu

Caller: Mia

Focus: Our part as a citizen of the US  / Flags

3:15- 3:20  Flag Ceremony

3:20- 3:30 Snack

3:30-3:45  Brownie Circle/ Ring

·                Secretary Minute: Gather any materials not already given to her.

·                Troop Business

§         Food drive

§         Plastic bag recycle

§         Discuss Badges that we will hand out at the end

§         Discuss Friday with Sister scouts-ornament painting

§         Veterans day assembly: Uniform /practice

§         Discuss Saturday: time, place, what is needed.

§         No longer used T shirts needed Drop off to mrs. Winkler by nov 22

3:45- 4:00 Activity AS A TROOP:

1.     Read meaning of Pledge of Allegiance

2.     go over Flag ceremony proper form

3.     Flag etiquette

4:10- 4:25 Activity- Separate  Ames Blythe

          Ames : With Mrs. Winkler: GO over step by step flag ceremony for Veterans day celebration

          Blythe: Go with Mrs. Kanatas to so flag folding and meaning of the 13 folds      

4:25- 4:30 Clean up

4:30  Brownie Bridge/Closing

·         Secretary to hand out badges

Brownie Journey Necklaces

The girls were given their Journey Necklaces today.Originally our plan was to give them each an individual key once they earned each section.  Unfortunately the necklaces weren’t designed that way. We are asking the girls to wear the necklaces throughout the year just as they would their uniform. Whenever they are in uniform, they should also wear their necklace reminding them that they are part of a growing connection to family friend community and world.

Riverside Food Pantry is empty~ Please help.

I have just received the following email   

asking for our assistance in helping fill

the Riverside Food Pantry.

At each of our meetings I would be

happy to bring a box and bring any

non perishables to the Village offices

afterwards.

-----Original Message-----
From: C. Spale
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:59 PM
To: Wendy Winkler
Subject: HELP, PLEASE

Dear Friends,

We have just found out that the food pantry at Riverside Township is

empty. Our village and a friend   both gave cash donations to help start

it again., but we decided with Sue and Guy that we would start collecting now , 

nonperishable food, not expired Please bring next week to the village or

to the library where Bob Lifka okayed it too.  

We send many people there and we have to have a lot to keep it going

esp. over winter months.