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.

My Brownies made these Holiday pumpkins in no time at all.

My Brownies made these Holiday pumpkins in no time at all.

Supplies: 

·      

            10: 1 in strips of scrapbook paper. 

      ( I used 10 different papers)

·         rafia

·         toilet roll tube

·         1 solid color scrapbook paper

·         hot glue gun

·         2 paper brads

Directions: 

1.      Cut 10 different papers into 1 x 12 in strips

2.      Trace and cut solid paper to wrap around toilet tube and secure with glue

3.      Gently poke brad through paper strips 1 in from top ( may use hole punch)

4.      Continue doing this to all 10 papers strips

5.      Turn strips to the other end and continue poking second brad in.

6.      Secure brads

7.      Spread papers to form a sphere.

8.      Glue toilet tube to inside of sphere securing it under the brad

9.      Glue other side of tube to brad as well

     10. Make a bow out of the raffia and   secure to top sphere.

Ornament Making Party 11/6 for Zoo Tree Trimming

We will be making recycled ornaments in our troop separably at a meeting. If you wish to make an additional one for the zoo please feel free. Parents will still need to order the patch from the zoo and or make reservations if they plan on attending either the open house or the actual Zoo tree trimming.

This is not a troop sponsored event and a parent must attend with a Brownie

Our Service Unit has purchased a tree to decorate for Brookfield
Zoo's Holiday Magic. The theme of our tree will be to make ornaments
from recycled items. If you cannot attend either event as a troop,
please let your girls and their families know that they can participate
as individuals. All troops in Service Unit 411 are invited to the
following:

Ornament Making Party
Saturday, November 6th

Noon to 5:00pm
Mater Christi School
2400 S. 10th Ave. (corner of 10th & 24th)
North Riverside

Please note: 10th Ave. is one-way going north on the 2200block and
one-way going south on the 2400 block. Best way to get there is to take 1st avenue to 24th street until you get to 10th.

This is an Open House Party, meaning, you can come for an hour or stay
the whole time. If you cannot attend the tree trim but want to make
ornaments, please join us. We'll make sure that they get on the
tree. You are also eligible to purchase a patch because you are
participating by making the ornaments.

Please bring:

· adequate chaperones, especially for the younger girls as
they might not be able to do all the work on their own

· ornament ideas, materials, and tools (for example,
scissors, glue, paint and brushes, anything needed to make your
project), plus extra materials to share with others

· newspaper or plastic so we can cover the tables

· snacks and drinks to share (we will provide cups, and
napkins)

Anyone who has ideas for recyclable ornaments can post the ideas on the
Yahoo Group site. Let us know if you have materials but don't know
what to make with them. For example, I personally have many CDs, lids
from laundry detergent and corks. What can I do with them? Brookfield
Zoo lists the following as NOT allowed on the trees:

Materials NOT Allowed on Trees

• strung Styrofoam "peanuts"
• ornaments made of dough (even if varnished or shellacked)
• glass items or objects with jagged edges
• unlaminated paper
• tinsel (or icicles)
• straw
• food items: food on strings (popcorn, cereal, cranberries, pasta,
etc.), dog biscuits or other dry pet food, items containing bird seed
(such as pine cones or ice cream cones dipped in peanut butter or suet),
candy canes, anything valuable (Brookfield Zoo is not responsible for
ornaments/decoratio ns that are missing or stolen)

Completed ornaments will be used to decorate our tree at Brookfield Zoo:
Community Tree Trim

Brookfield Zoo

Saturday and Sunday, November 20th & 21st
10:00am to 5:00pm


Patches: $4.00

You can get a patch even if you just make ornaments and cannot attend
this event. It is recommended that you order your patches as soon as you
know how many you will need. For tickets, if you use a credit card, the
deadline is November 19 in order to get a printable ticket. If you use a
check, you need to print off a form and allow yourself enough time for
your order to be processed and sent to you before the event. You will
pay quite a bit more if you wait to purchase admission at the gate.

Recycled Christmas Ornaments

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• One of the most precious resources we have is aluminum, it is versatile in its uses and fully recyclable. According to The Aluminum Association, “Of the 100.6 billion aluminum cans shipped in the U.S. in 2006, 51.6 percent (52 billion) were recycled. Almost 90 percent of automotive aluminum is reclaimed and recycled. Recycling of aluminum saves energy and avoids some 95 percent of the emissions associated with making new aluminum from ore.”
• For the every day person, the easiest way to help reclaim aluminum is to do it via soda can recycling. We can recycle the aluminum directly (local metal recyclers will pay for aluminum), or reuse the aluminum ourselves in creative ways. One of these ways is to make an aluminum can into a holiday ornament. 

• 1 empty aluminum soda can
• 1 large pair of scissors
• 1 pencil

How To:

1. Cut the top off of an aluminum soda can.
2. Using the scissors, cut slices down the walls of the can so that, when spread out, the can walls resemble a sun burst. (see photo).
3. With the tip of your scissors, pliers, or with a pencil, twirl the aluminum into fantastical snowflake shapes.
4. Be careful as the edge of the aluminum can be  sharp and might cut your hands and fingers. I was very surprised at how easy the cans were to work with though.
5. decorate : go here to download the circular inset

Craft courtesy of The Green Blog - http://www.gardeningnude.typepad.com/

Badges we have earned

Plants

Safety Sense

Cookies Count

Earth and Sky

Earth is our Home

Save room for the Journeys patch~

Before you add all the patches we just earned  make sure you leave space for these patches in a line on the front , that the girls are going to earn.  ( sorry Becky must have been thinking about something different~)

Also  the Letter B and I are part of a square set that looks like this so make sure you leave room for us to finish!~ These letters go on the back of the vest~

October 19th Meeting

*Meeting October 19^th: 3:15 -4:30

• 2 new girls from Blythe  , Alessia and Mazzy!
• This meeting will center around troop business and what to expect for the year
• Girl should bring a water bottle for snack
• Plastic bag recycle begins tomorrow…..Bring in your plastic grocery bags for         our troop recyclerMOLLIE to take to Riverside foods for recycling     
• Clean up Girls Mia and Lulu will stay 5 min after the meeting for clean up.
• Please bring dues $60 made out to GS troop 41588 our secretary Quincy will collect    and record.

Next meeting October 26^th

October 19^th Meeting

Snack: Emily

Focus: Journeys Family and Friends

           What it means to be a Brownie

3:15- 3:25 Snack

3:25- 3:30 Flag Ceremony

3:30-4:10 Brownie Ring

·                     Read discuss page 12/13 of BHB

·                     Uniform

·                     Teach Brownie Smile Song

·                     Teach Friendship Squeeze –Significance

·                     Teach Girl Scout Hand Shake- when where to use it.

·                     Hand out awards

4:10- 4:25 Craft

4:25     Clean up

4:30     Brownie Bridge/Closing

We have been invited... Friday November 12, 3:15- 4:00 p.m

Horseback Riding and Water park November 13th

Click here to download a permission slip

A whole bunch of information for you!~

Dear Parents,

We are very excited to begin our 2^nd and last year as  Brownie Troop 41588 here at Ames. Those girls who wish to continue on as Girl Scouts, will have the opportunity to do Bridging activities that will help them next year as Junior Girl Scouts.

We have 11 girls who will be joining us this year.

Cameron, Mia, Claire, Zosia, Quincy, Emily, Amber, Briyana, Tess , Lulu and Mollie

We have a wonderful group of Moms and friends who will take various roles in the troop, all with the goal of making this a memorable year for our Brownies.

Please read over following packet with our Brownie Troop information and feel
free to contact any of the leaders below with any questions you may have.

We have so many exciting things planned…..we hope you can join us as we and our last year of Brownies and prepare our girls to move on to the next step in the Great World of Scouting.

Sincerely,

Brownie Troop Leaders
Wendy Winkler
Joan Kanatas

Information:

In keeping with our paperless pledge, when possible we will Contact parents via email of troop happenings.  A blog has been set up at blogger and parents are encouraged to become followers of the blog.

http://amesbrownies.blogspot.com/

Meeting & Snack Schedule:

2^nd and  4^th  Tuesdays a month……unless otherwise noted below due to school holidays , 3:15 pm – 4:30pm

• Snacks may include finger foods:cheese, crackers, grapes, apples, bananas, granola, yogurt?
• Girls will be required to bring a reusable water bottle to fill with water for snack.
• *Snack girl will also be responsible for starting the Friendship squeeze in the Friendship Circle "see explanation at the end of this letter"

While parents are not required to attend monthly meetings, on occasion they will be asked to participate in various events or outing and are strongly encouraged to volunteer time to at least one meeting. If you can help in any capacity, please contact any one of the Leaders listed above.

Badges:

• Badges will be earned over a period of several meeting.  Badges will be handed out at meetings and the final ceremony at the end of the year.
• Please see below diagram for placement on the vest or contact Wendy

Camp Schedule:

• November 13^th: Day trip TBA
• June 3^rd – 5^th: Weekend trip TBA

Ceremonies

Brownies Bridge to Juniors: TBA

No January Investiture will be done this year as we have no new scouts to our troop.

Membership Dues:
     *   $12 = Girl Scouts of America Membership Fee

*   $12= Adult membership fee: dues will cover the membership into the  GSUSA and will include an automatic insurance coverage from the   GSUSA for all outing, trips and overnighters that the parent goes on.

·         $60= Chapter Dues.   includes all Badges, Patches and pins earned, Crafts, Activity supplies.     

• 2 checks please: *$24  Payable to :      Girl Scouts of America

                                        * $60 Payable to :      Troop 41588.

• No girl should be turned away due to financial reasons. The Girl Scouts have a confidential financial assistance to those who are unable to cover fees.         

Field Trips:

Field trips will be arranged in the community. Transportation is to be arranged by parents. Field trip may require a small fee.

Meetings:

• Start-Up: A simple activity to be done as girls arrive/ allowing the leaders to get set up.
• Opening: Girl Scout Promise, flag ceremony/ Color Guard, and a simple song.
• Brownie Ring: Troop information to be shared with the girls and possible decision making
• Activities: One or more program activities or craft
• Snack: Each meeting a different girls will be asked to bring a healthy snack to share with the troop.   Girls will receive notice prior to their snack date.
• Clean Up: A Girl Scout leaves a place cleaner than she found it.
• Closing a meeting : Closing Song, Good Bye until next time.
  
  

Patrols:
Due to the small group we have, Patrols will be done at camp. Girls will Have individual assignments at meetings. Click on picture below to enlarge.

Job Descriptions:

• American/GS Flags : Take out and set up stands, Participate in Flag Ceremony, Take down and put away stands at the end of the meeting.
• Color Guard: Assist in Set up and take down of Flags, Participate in Flag Ceremony
• Caller: Participate in Flag Ceremony
• Troop Recycler: In charge of collecting all plastic grocery bags at the end of the meeting ,  count and being to Riverside Foods for recycling
• Troop Secretary: take attendance, remind people of their jobs, gather supplies for activities of missing girls and bag them with their name as well as pass out materials as needed.
• Clean Up: Will be required to stay an additional 5 min following the meeting for final clean up, scraps off floor, chairs pushed in, supplies where they belong and lights out.
• Alternate: To take the place of any girl who is absent from doing her job and help out if more materials need to be distributed.

Uniform:
white,  cream or blue shirt and Brown vest. Because our uniform helps the girls identify themselves with the Girl Scouts , please have your Brownie in Uniform on Meeting Days and outside field trips.  

                    

Girl Scout Glossary:
· Girl Scout sign: Hold the middle three fingers up by putting your pinky
and your thumb together.
· Girl Scout handshake: Shake hands with your left hand while making the Girl Scout sign with your right hand.
·Friendship circle: This stands for an unbroken chain of friendship with Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all around the world. Everyone stands in a circle and places their right arm over her left and holds hands. Everyone makes a silent wish as a friendship squeeze is passed from hand to hand.
· Friendship squeeze: After someone shares something in the circle, she squeezes the hand of the person standing next to her, who shares something and then squeeze passes on around the circle.
· Quiet sign: Hold up your right hand. As people in the group see the quiet sign, they stop talking and also raise their hands. Once everyone is silent, the meeting continues.
· Girl Scout motto: “Be prepared!”
· Girl Scout slogan: “Do a good turn daily!”
· Brownie Ring: A circle that the girls can sit in to share ideas.
· Earned recognition: brownie try its

The 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

Brownie Quest: Our Goals Oct-Feb.
The brownie quest is a four part system
-The Discover Key – To earn this award, each Girl Scout Brownie will discover herself
and her values—as a Girl Scout and a member of her family As well as learn more
bout her friends and making connections.
-The Connect Key – To earn this award, each Girl Scout Brownie will connect as a member
of a Brownie Team, with her family on a healthy-living activity, and, as a group
with their community to increase healthy-living opportunities
-The Take Action Key – To earn this award, Girl Scout Brownies will team up to
identify a community place where the team can Take Action. Then they join together to
 make a plan to Take Action and carry out their Take Action Project to improve their world.•
-The Brownie Quest Award – At the end of the Quest, the girls also earn the journey's
culminating award, the master lock that needs all three of their keys in order to open.
Through this award, the Brownies will see that, together, their three keys—
Discover, Connect, and Take Action—unlock the meaning of leadership.


Bridging to Junior Scouting
-Brownie Fly Up :Brownies complete a series of activities throughout their Brownie year
and are ready to leave Brownie Girl Scouts behind and becoming a Junior Girl Scout.
As girls move to the next level they ”fly up”.

-Bridging to Junior Scouts is different than "flying up." All girls will
receive a pair of wings signifying that they have flown up from Brownie
Scouts to Junior Scouts.

To "bridge," however, girls must complete six requirements, intended to
introduce girls to the next level .If Girls wish to “BRIDGE” please submit an
additional $10 for Activities and Patch,pins, Awards.




Cookies: Jan 1 2011
If girls choose not to participate in the actual Cookie sales, they may  still contribute by taking donations.
Donations will be treated in the same manner as cookie sales for awards.  More to come later on this.

We have talked about being a Super Troop.... there are many different types of Super troops but they all mean the same thing...a well rounded troop

Here are the guidelines we followed to earn this award.

Super Troop/Group 2009-2010 A Meritorious Award for Excellence

Plan a well-rounded year of Girl Scout troop/group programming, using these requirements as a guide, and receive the Super Troop/Group Award. Membership /retention, leadership & training, Troop Activity completion, Service, Girl Scout Traditions and representation,
The program year begins October 1, 2009 and ends September 30, 2010. Requirements cannot be carried from one year to the next.
1. Register troop by “on time” date / participate in early registration
2: Not applicable to Daisy Troops. Retention Rate: This troop/group has retained 70% of its girl members from one registration year to the next. The girls may either register in the same troop/group or in the troop/group to which they bridge. (Does not apply
to new troops). To figure retention rate, divide the number of girls re-registered by the number of girls registered last year. (Girls who have moved away need not be included).

Or

increased in has increased its membership by adding two or more NEW members. This does
not include girls bridging from one level to another or transferring. Number added:

3. Leaders must have attended applicable level training, must complete 2 of the following:
x Current First Aid Training
x Attend Beginning Camping
x Attend Basic Troop Trips
x Attend other Girl Scout sponsored training

4. This troop/group has a volunteer (ie: cookie manager) different from the troop/group leader. Terese Kourim

5.Set up troop government: Troop kaper charts, Daisy Circle, Brownie Ring, and an Executive Board are a few examples

Troop Programing
You must complete 12 of 20 items in this section, We completed 20 PLUS~~~

1. Artistic: Recycled art project, tissue paper vases,
2. Musical: Learned Wishy washer woman song
3. Cooking: Granola, Camp
4. Cultural, We learned greetings from other countries in etiquette class Learned games from other countries.
5. Science: Animal camp at the zoo,Spring Camp ,
6. Sports: Camp, archery
7. Community Service: Tree decorating, Grocery bag recycle
8. Historical: Learned games played by early brownies
9. learned a new skill,: Archery, Low ropes
10. Family member activity: Investiture/ Year end Picnic
11. Cookie sale program: Our troop participated
12. Additional Fundraising activity for a goal, **Our troop participated in two fundraisers (, one being with another troop)
13. Council run program: Girls participating in summer camp
14. Council patch program, BE TUF.... earned T
15. Attend camp: Fall and Spring
16. Outdoor activity: Community Hike, zoo trip, camp
17. Patriotic activity: Participate in meeting flag ceremonies
18. Recycling/ conservation activity: Bags, Recycled art, Visit to animal shelter
19. Knows the Girl Scout Promise : Every meeting
20. Ceremony: Flag, Investiture

21. Our troop can tell you about the following:
1. A flag ceremony
2. Investiture and/or Rededication ceremony
4. The Girl Scout Quiet Sign
5. The Girl Scout Motto
6. The Girl Scout Friendship Circle

Camp Butternut Springs May 21-23

WOW…. Camp already~

May 21-23 Camp activities begin at 7pm so plan accordingly …especially with the construction going on. Registrations for next years troop will be available. Please bring Check for $24 to GSGCNWI.

Girls who are not attending , please make arrangements to pick up forms and camp activities so that you complete all your badges.

Troop size 15 girls. ( we have 2 girls who might join us from Blythe with Tess~
If someone has expressed an interest in joining, a new troop must be formed., Please have them contact me and I will help get them started. We will have 2 brownie troops already so adding a 3rd will not be that hard. Mrs. Hennelly and I work together and will be happy to make the process as smooth as possible.

May 28th : 6 pm. Kanatas’ home
If you would like to bring a dessert or side, call Wendy

Next years meetings will also be on Tuesdays. A full schedule of dates will go out when the school calendar is complete.

We will be losing 2 of our co leaders------who promised to still be around to help-
Mrs. Kanatas will help out Ana , who will be a Daisy next fall
Mrs. Kowal: will be also be working with the new Daisy troop w/Caroline.
Thank you so much for all you do~~

What a great time~ A big thanks to the Du Page County Forest Preserve Rangers for teaching us Archery. All the girls had a great time and the parents & leaders as well. Molly actually hit a Bulls Eye...not bad for a beginner. I think I definitely see more archery lessons in our future. A big thanks to our parents Ms. Vargas and Mr. Meyer for driving and slinging a few arrows with us. I think we actually have created a archery fan in Mr. Meyer~ And as always thanks to our Leaders Mrs. Kanatas and Mrs.Coffey. I cant wait till camp to spent some more time on the archery fields. Our last thank you is to the Faust Family for sending the perfect snack to end our day~

Next meeting May 11th~ it is our last meeting before camp and our closing picnic so I hope that everyone can attend~

GOOD JOB GIRLS~

A whole bunch of information .04.10

Hope everyone had a great holiday. For us Brownies this means we are in the last stretch of our year but by no means does this mean that we slow down.

Out next meeting is April 13.^th:  BUT with a change of location. We are asking that you drop off your Brownie at 3:25 in front of the Riverside Library and be ready for a hike, rain or shine.  Please make sure your Brownie has sturdy shoes, comfortable clothes and a rain poncho if it is needed.  You may pick up your Brownie at 4:30 in the same location. Quincy is in charge of our snack for the day

Permission slips for camp Butternut Springs will be available on the website as well as for the archery in Lombard .

The following meeting, April 27th …. We will also be having a change of location. Our girls will get a PRE archery lesson (Free) at the Churchill Woods in Lombard. 4-5pm We will be leaving at 3:15 from the church parking lot. Your brownie will be returned to your door after the archery is over. Girls MUST bring their permission slips to be allowed to attend.

Churchill Woods Forest Preserve is near Rt 53 and St. Charles Road in Lombard. The entrance you are looking for is the farthest east entrance on the south side of St. Charles Rd.

Girls will need to have sturdy shoes and comfortable clothes and a rain poncho if needed.  We are looking for 3 additional parents to drive as well as work with the girls.  Unfortunately due to the nature of the activity, siblings are not allowed on this trip. Please call me if you are able to drive and help out. Lulu is in charge of our snack for the day.

In May our meeting will be May 11^th at the Church 3:15.  Girls will meet a leader in front of the school and we will walk the girls over.  We will do our Pre camp prep meeting. 

May 14^th 7 p.m. is the parent meeting for camp.  Parents will receive a schedule and sign the travel waiver. As always, appetizers will be served.  J

May 21- 23^rd: Camping~

May 25^th: No meeting

May 28^th: Year end Picnic @ Kanatas Home (thanks Joan) More details will follow