INVESTUITURE/REDEDICATION

Dear Brownie Parents

· Tomorrow is the big day. INVESTUITURE/REDEDICATION please have your brownie there by 6:45 in dress uniform……Beige /brown pants or skirt blue/white shirt brownie Vest

· If you would like to bring a appetizer or dessert please do so , drop me an email

· We will be decorating at 12:30 at Ascension , any parent wishing to help, it would be greatly appreciated.

· Don’t forget your camera… we have made sure that you can get pictures of your Brownie several times in the ceremony and at the end there will be a troop photo opportunity.

· In keeping with our ideals that nothing is wasted. Any desserts or appetizers left at the end of the evening will be brought to the Police department for those serving our community. They love when they see me coming!

Grocery BAG CONTEST

From now until February 23rd girls are being asked to collect the plastic grocery bags from neighbors.... family and friends and bring them to be recycled to the next meeting in February. The girl who collects the most will receive a special patch at the investiture Meeting February 26th.

Investiture February 26th 7p.m.- 8 p.m.

Please join us for our Investiture /Re-dedication ceremony on February 26th 7-8 Ascension Lutheran Church 400 Nuttall Road, Riverside, IL 60546

Girls should be in full uniform

White or blue shirt, Brownie vest and beige or khaki pants/skirt

and be there no later than 6:45.

Please bring a dessert to share.

Please RSVP : wawink@comcast.net

Recycled art project:

In keeping with our 2010 troop theme we will focus on a recycled art project.

Girls will be asked to create “something” from recycled items from the list.

Their “something” could be an art project, toy, home décor.etc. The sky is the limit.

Their entry must use all 10 of the items in the list, as many as they wish.

In addition, they may use any number of items not in the list as long as they have been recycled.

Entries will be displayed locally TBD.

All entries are due March 23^rd.

1. Drinking cup
2. cardboard
3. String
4. Newspaper
5. Popsicle sticks
6. Can
7. Egg carton
8. Recycled computer paper
9. Plastic grocery bag
10. straw

February 12-15, 2010 Back yard Bird Count 2010

Girls who wish to participate must sign up at the website, notify me of sign up, complete participation via the website, and mail me upon completion. Girls will receive a participation patch for the back of their uniform.

iT’S AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3!

1. Plan to count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count. You can count for longer than that if you wish! Count birds in as many places and on as many days as you like—one day, two days, or all four days. Submit a separate checklist for each new day. You can also submit more than one checklist per day if you count in other locations on that day.

2. Count the greatest number of individuals of each species that you see together at any one time. You may find it helpful to print out your regional bird checklist to get an idea of the kinds of birds you're likely to see in your area in February. You could take note of the highest number of each species you see on this checklist.

3. When you're finished, enter your results through our web page. You'll see a button marked "Enter Your Checklists!" on the website home page beginning on the first day of the count. It will remain active until the deadline for data submission on March 1st.

March 19th Buona Beef night

Ames Daisies and 2nd gr.Brownies will be sponsoring a Fundraising night.

Flyers will be emailed to all girls to forward to family and friends. Order placed between 3-closing on the 19th with a flyer will qualify in a 15% donation to the Brownies/Daisies.

Girls will be responsible for a specific time period in which they will help bus tables and refill drinks.

Flyers will be available soon.

Camp Butternut Springs

May 21-23

Valparaiso, Indiana

Due to the GREAT cookie sales and and upcoming Buona Night with the Daisies -

there is NO COST for this campout.

We hope everyone can attend as there are some special events planned~

MARCH- Animal Conservation, Education and Assistance Month

March 9th Meeting: Girls will be attending a local animal shelter where they will help the girls learn more about animals and animal care. This is in following our 2010 theme of Conservation, Recycling and Earth Awareness. Renata Coffey will be organizing this meeting as I will be out of town. Please look back here in the next weeks for copies of the permission slip. Any parent who is able to chaperon would be greatly welcomed.

MARCH 27th 8:30 PM

Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.

Any family that would like to participate in earth hour will qualify for a Conservation patch for the back of her uniform. To Participate. a parent must go to : http://www.earthhour.org/Homepage.aspx

and sign up for the pledge. Please email me once this step is complete so I know how many patches to order. Once Earth hour is complete. Please email me of your families successful completion of Earth Hour 2010.

February 9th 2010 meeting

3:05-3:15 Walk the girls over to the church

3:15-3:30 Flag Ceremony-

3:30-3:50 Brownie Circle- Mrs. Winkler

a. . snack-Tess

3:50-4:20 Activity Session : Recycling Valentines Project**-

4:20-4:25 Clean Up

4:25-4:30 Closing Song/ Goodbye Bridge

** If you have old colored tissue paper, please send it with your Brownie,… Please do not go out and purchase.

Upcoming info

January:

22nd: cookie forms due

February:

· 9th : Meeting/Tess

15th cookie pick up

· 23rd Meeting/ CLAIRE

March:

· 9th Meeting

11th : cookie monies due

· 23rd Meeting/Recycled art projects due

April:

· 13th ^Meeting

· 27^{th Meeting}

May:

· 11th Meeting

· 25^th Meeting

May 28^th: Final Ceremonies all

Families contribute

COOKIE ORDERS COMING TO A CLOSE

Order forms due to Wendy Jan 22nd: Call 708-442-5246 to arrange a drop off time

Pick up cookies Feb 15^th

Monies due March 11^th

December 8th 2009 meeting

3:05-3:15 Walk the girls over to the church

3:15-3:30 Flag Ceremony- Mrs. Winkler/Mrs Coffey

3:30-3:50 Brownie Circle- Mrs. Winkler

a. intro to cookie sales

b. snack

3:50-4:20 Activity Session : Manners

a. Telephone manners /cookie sales- Mrs. Kanatas

b. Introductions/ door to door cookie sales- Mrs. Kowal / Mrs. Coffey

c. Manners and Friends- Mrs. Winkler

4:20-4:25 Clean Up

4:25-4:30 Closing Song/ Goodbye Bridge

Congratulations to all our girls for the hard work on their badges! You deserve them! Please take a look at the previous blog message for proper placement on the vest.

Thank you to the Daisies and their leaders for joinging us at out meeting. We had so much fun and it was nice to see all the girls together again. Cant wait to camp together in the Spring.

Saturday November 28th at 1:00p.m. is the tree decorating in the center of Riverside. I was going to send out a permission slip but since you will be driving your Brownie, it wont be necessary. We will do a flag ceremony and pledge, place our ornaments that we made at yesterdays meeting and then the girls will be free to leave. Hot Cocoa and cookies will be served in the park.

If we don't see you, please enjoy your Thanksgiving and families!

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Badges earned to Date:

Badges earned to Date: See diagram below for badge placement on your Brownies Vest.

ART TO WEAR

1. t shirt Art-camp
2. Decorate Your Clothes- buttons on socks-camp
3. Mask Making-camp
4. Knots-camp

GIRL SCOUT WAYS:

1. Special Girl Scout Ways-meeting
2. S’Mores-camp
3. Sit-Upon -daisy meeting
4. Be Prepared- meeting

MAKE IT, EAT IT:

Sloppy Joes -camp

Granola-Meeting

Mini Pizza-meeting

trail mix- friendship mix - camp

OUTDOOR ADVENTURER:

Packing Game- meeting

Build a shelter-camp

Planning for an overnight-meeting

Day hike-camp

TRAVEL RIGHT:

1. be prepared safety tips-meeting

2. Travel journals- camp

3. Game-packing: meeting

4. Hiking prep: camp

Meeting Tuesday November 17th

Tuesdays meeting is going to be a truly exciting meeting! We will share a meeting with our Daisy Troop, some old friends from last years troop and a few new friends to complete the circle.

During the meeting we will take part in our first community project , by working with our Daisy Sisters to create ornaments for the Riverside Trim a Tree. Permission slips will go out as well to attend and decorate our tree in the Trim a tree celebration Saturday, November 28th from 1:00 p.m. with hot chocolate and cookies in Centennial Park. Permission slips will be due back November 17th. During this meeting girls will receive a friendship fun patch as well as present one to her Daisy Sister. This patch can be sewn to the BACK of the Brownie Vest.

One of the most exciting events of Tuesdays meeting will be the handing out of badges earned so far. If your daughter did not earn a badge, you will see a list of requirements for her to complete.

Badges completed from now till January will be given at the Formal Investiture Ceremony.If you have any questions please feel free to contact me I can help you with badge activities.

NOVEMBER 17^th

^{Snack: Daisies}

^{Drink: Mrs. Winkler}

Daisies will join us for this meeting.

3:05-3:15 Walk the girls over to the church

3:15-3:30 Flag Ceremony- Mrs. Winkler

3:30-3:50 Brownie Circle- Mrs. Winkler

a. Introduce Guests

3:50-4:20 Activity Session (Colors and Shapes BTI pg.90 #2)

(Numbers and Shapes BTI pg.114 # 6)

a. Snack Session: during snack session: instructions for Ornaments ill be given

While the girls are eating.

b. Making ornaments: The three leaves of the trefoil depict the three-fold Promise.

To serve God* and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

4:15-4:20 Girls will receive badges earned and present The Daisy sister with a Friendship patch.

4:20-4:25 Clean Up

4:25-4:30 Closing Song/ Goodbye Bridge