Meeting Monday -- Update on projects

Our next Brownie troop meeting is Monday at 4:15 at St. Andrew. We will be continuing our work on the All in the Family Try-it.
At our last meeting, 14 of the 16 girls presented their heritage item to the troop. The last two girls will present their heritage item Monday, the girls will begin work on a family birthday calendar, and if time permits we will start a family time capsule.
NEEDS: If you have extra family photographs that can be CUT, please have your daughter bring them to Monday's meeting so she can use with the family calendar craft. Individual photos of each immediate family member are better than a large group of people in a photo. Those girls who brought their photos at the last meeting, we saved them in her folder.
For the time capsule, we are looking for each girl to bring in an empty cereal box (ie Wheaties, Corn Flags, Fruit Loops, etc). The cereal box will be the capsule for that project. If you don't have a box for Monday's meeting, please try to bring a box for the first meeting in December. The girls will be working on the time capsule for likely two meetings.If you still don't have a cereal box and don't anticipate having one, please let a leader know as we can have extras brought in..
As always if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail any of us..
SPECIAL EVENT: Don't forget the Museum of Science checks, if you daughter wishes to participate. It is $47 for her and $47 for an adult. Please make checks out to GSEM Troop #72082..
FUNDRAISER: Packaged candy & nut boxes & cans will be distributed to those who participated in the fundraiser at the end of the meeting. Patches and prizes are still not available..
PATCH WORK: The Grandma & Me requirement work is not due until the first meeting in December. If your daughter has already completed her work, she can bring it to Monday's meeting and we will store it in her folder. The Grandma & Me patch requirement work is posted on this site.
SNACK MOM: Finally, please note that there is a girl in the troop who has an allergy to walnuts, cashews, almonds, tree nuts, etc. So when sending in snack for the troop please read labels. A list of who has which meeting for snack is located on the right-hand side of the site.

Special Event: Museum of Science Sleepover in June

For our BIG event this year, Troop 2082 is planning on participating in the Girl Scout Sleepover at the Museum of Science on Saturday, June 6.
* As some of the girls in the troop may be uncomfortable with a sleepover that far from home by themselves, we PURPOSELY selected the sleepover that is Mom & Me. That means that every girl attending can bring their mom (or an adult FEMALE relative/guardian 19 or older). YET, an adult is not required to attend for your child to go, as all 3 leaders will be attending. No siblings can attend. No males can attend.
* This special GS night event typically includes hands-on science activities, science demonstrations, an Omni show, a late night program, and plenty of time to explore the museum.
* We realize this event is expensive, especially in this economy.
The cost is $47 per child and $47 per adult.
As leaders, we would like to subsidize the cost of your daughter to attend up to $20 per Brownie based on HER cookie sales/effort this spring. (If your daughter signs up, we will add UP TO $20 BACK into her activity fund in spring 2009.)
* Unfortunately, these Museum of Science sleepovers fill up quickly and typically sell out. Most of the events are already sold out through mid-March.
** For that reason, we are asking if your child is interested in attending with or without an adult; we NEED a check Monday (at our meeting), so we can start the registration process. (Please make checks out to GSEM Brownie Troop #72082). As the event is sponsored by Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts WE can only hold a spot, if registration is paid in full.
Again, we realize this is an expensive event, but it will be our one big TROOP event for the year.
FYI: Dinner is on your own that night (June 6) and there is a $5 per car parking fee for keeping a car overnight in the garage.
If you have any questions, concerns, or issues, please don't hesitate to contact one of us leaders.
Thanks

Special Events Available

All of these events listed below are sponsored by one of the Girl Scout Councils.
Almost all are fee-based and require special registration. Please contact a leader if you are interested in attending.
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*How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Girl Scout Night Discounts -- Dec. 3, 4, 9, & 10. 7:30 p.m. shows. Girl scouts get 40% off tickets. Girls who attend will get a special patch. Family members can also use the discount if attending with a Girl Scout. For more information, contact a leader.
* Animal Adventures Workshop: Saturday, Dec. 6: Cedar Hill in Waltham. Time options: 10 a.m. to noon or 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. REGISTRATION CLOSED
* Boston Ballet Nutcracker - Special Girl Scout 50% off performance discount on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. show. For more information, please contact a leader.
* Dancing with the Scouts: Sunday, Dec. 14 Cedar Hill in Waltham. 2 time options: 1 and 3 p.m. Learn about different styles of Latin dance. A professional dance instructor will give you a demo, and then it's your turn to take the floor! Girls will learn the steps of beautiful styles of dance. Cost $13 per Brownie. REGISTRATION OPEN.
* Council Cookie Rally: Sunday, Jan. 4: Marlborough 2 p.m. Brownies will have fun working together and individually to reach their goals and discover the techniques that work best to market their product. At the end of the program, girls will receive the Cookie Rally Patch to show that they are Going Places with Girl Scouts! Cost $7 per Brownie. REGISTRATION OPEN.

Troop Meeting #4 Summary -- 11/10/08

During today's meeting, after snack, the troop went into its Brownie Circle.
Tovah read the Promise and Erin read the the Girl Scout Law.
Then, we told the Brownies that at the end of the meeting we would pass out participation patches (back of the vest). Every girl earned at least one patch (Investiture patch pictured) but some earned as many as 4 patches. (see previous post for more details about the participation patches.)
We also announced that the Troop earned more than $130 from its magazine & candy/nut sales this fall. Seven girls participated in the fundraiser. The candy & nuts are due to arrive later this week or early next week. Worst case, the candy & nuts will be distributed at our next Brownie meeting on Monday, Nov. 24th. (We anticipate the participation patches & incentives will be available at that time too.)
While in the Brownie Circle, the girls talked about their family heritage. Each girl talked about where their mother, father, and or grandparents' ancestors were from. The girls also showed a heritage item (jewelry, clothing, doll, etc) to the Troop.
As the girls were very excited about this part of the All in the Family Try-It, we did not have time to work a lot on their calendar arts & crafts project. The girls will complete the project at the next meeting on Nov. 24th. (During the next 2 weeks, feel free to find and send to the meeting additional cutable photos of family members so the girls can use then with their birthday calendar project.) The birthday list and photos the girls did bring in we saved in their orange folders.
NOTE: The Grandma & Me Participating Patch work is not due until the first meeting in December. Remember this is an optional patch for your daughter to earn. The girls will be discussing what they learned about their grandmas at that December meeting.
Directions and information on the patch work was posted earlier on this Web site.
The patch can be completed even if a Brownie does not have a living grandmother or if the living grandmother lives far away.
If you have any questions, or if your daughter has any questions, please e-mail one of the leaders.

Participation Patches Awarded to Girls Today!

We handed out participation patches to the girls today. Some Brownies took home as many as 4 patches, but every girl earned at least 1 patch.

** All 16 girls earned the Investiture patch. It should be ironed on to the back of the vest. It is a large square patch with two girls in Brownie vests. It is an iron-on patch.

** 13 girls earned the roller skating participation patch. It is an iron-on patch for the back of the vest, too. (see photo of patch in an earlier post.)

** Girls, who were Brownies last year, earned the Early bird participation patch for registering for a second year of Brownies earlier this spring. It too is an iron-on patch for the back of the vest.

** Finally, 11 Brownies who attended the special science/voting workshop received their voting participation patches. (The science patches were handed out earlier.) The VOTING patch is for back of the vest. Unfortunately, it is NOT an iron-on patch. It was not available as an iron-on. The patch will need to be either sewed on or you can try using patch-attach glue (sold at craft stores) to glue (let glue dry first) & then iron it on. If you have any questions, please don't hestitate to contact any of us leaders.

See you at the next Brownie meeting on Monday, Nov. 24th!

--Susan, Shawn & Pam

Meeting Tomorrow

Hi Troop 2082-

Just a reminder that we have regular Brownie Meeting tomorrow ( 4:15-5:30).

Reminder - we will be working on the 'All in the Family" Try-It patch so the girls need to bring in-

1) List of family member's birthdays (Month and date) to include on the calender.
Photos of family members that will be cut up and added to the calender are optional.


2) Discuss at home your family heritage- What state / country your family is from and where your ancestors are from. Bring an item to share that represents something about your heritage. It can be clothing, pictures, object, food (no nuts or strawberries please) etc.

This should be a fun meeting ! See you all tomorrow!

_Pam

Roller Skating Participation Patch

Members of Brownie Troop 2082 who attended the Framingham-wide Girl Scout Roller Skating Night will receive their participation patch (for back of the vest) at tomorrow's meeting. Here is a photo of the patch.

SNACK Mom list posted

We've posted the list of troop snack moms for the year on the righthand side of this Web site and below.
There are a couple of moms (Jessica, Sasha, Sagan, & Tovah) who have yet to sign up for a week. Please contact one of the leaders so we can add you to the list.
The holiday party and year-end party dates are not available.
Open dates are bolded below.
Snack moms are asked to provide a drink and a snack per Brownie.
There are 16 girls in the troop, so please consider juice boxes or a gallon of something, when it is your week, so the girls have enough to drink.
Also we have one child who has a tree nut, walnut, pecan allergy so read labels when sending a snack.
Healthy snacks are always encouraged, but we won't say no to sweets. If you send something sweet, please also consider a healthy snack like apple slices, cheese cubes, pretzels, etc..
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Sept. 22: Kelly
Oct. 6: Emily D.
Oct. 20: Madison
Nov. 10: Becky
Nov. 24: Erin
Dec. 8: Alyssa
Dec. 22: HOLIDAY PARTY
Jan. 12: Talia
Jan. 26: Emily S.
Feb 9: Ayushi
Feb. 23: OPEN
March 9: Bella
March 23: Sarah
April 6: OPEN
April 27: OPEN
May 4: OPEN
May 18: Sydney
June: END OF YEAR PARTY

PETCO FIELD TRIP

Girl Scout Night at Roller Kingdom

More than 100 Girl Scouts from Framingham attending GS Night at Roller Kingdom last night, including 13 girls from Brownie Troop 2082. The annual event celebrates the birthday of Girl Scout founder Juliette Low, whose birthday is Halloween.
About two dozen girls also participated in karaoke, including Bella from our Brownie troop. She did a rendition of Disturbia.
Girls who attended will receive a participation patch. The leaders will get them Tuesday night at the Framingham leaders meeting.
Below is a slide show from last night's event. (Click on all slides to see the full photo images.)
Thanks to Jen & Beth Ann for carpooling and chaperoning.
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See you tomorrow night at PETCO for the Troop's field trip!