3 Brownies Earn Self-Defense Try-It Badge

Three Brownies from our Troop earned the California Try-It - Self Defense.
Talia, Erin, & Bella attended an event sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts Council on Saturday, March 20 at McCoy's Karate in Auburn.
The trio spent 90 minutes learning self-defense moves, how to deal with bullies, and a cat claw move to defend themselves.
The Try-its are on order from the Northern California Girl Scout Council and are expected to arrive in April.
Leader Susan will distribute when they arrive.
Congrats girls!!!

Brownie Meeting Monday, March 22

Just a reminder we have a Brownie meeting on Monday, March 22 at 4:15 p.m.

***For the Brownies, who have been working on their ice Skating Try-It badge individually, please bring your project work. We will display it during snack time.

***For Brownies who are attending the Globetrotters event on March 28th we have the tickets and will be distributing them, if payment has been made. (Tickets were $18.75 each). If you have questions, e-mail leader Susan.

On Monday, the Troop will be working on an arts & craft project as part of the Art to Wear Try-It badge.

Enjoy this weather.
See you Monday
-- Susan, Shawn, & Pam

Little Mermaid Theatre Program on Sunday, April 18

This is an optional event for Brownies in our Troop. At this time no leader is attending, but we will let you know if that changes.
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Girl Scout Day at the Wheelock Family Theatre - The Little Mermaid.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Council will hold a special program on Sunday, April 18 starting at 2 p.m., followed by a performance of the Little Mermaid at 3 p.m.
Program includes a pre-show drama workshop, post-show Q&A with members of the cast and a study guide for Troop leaders.
Workshops starts at 2 p.m.
Performances starts at 3 p.m.
WFT Partner button good for one free admission to a future performance.
Little Mermaid performance: This Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale tells of a young mermaid who gives up her life in the sea to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince.
Wheelock Family Theatre is located at 200 The Riverway, in Boston.
Registration fee is $23 per Scout and $23 per leader and adult.
To register, visit http://www.girlscoutseasternmass.org/programs/search.html?textfield=&agelevel=brownie&category=Any Category&zip=Enter Zip for Locations&date_st_month=&date_st_year=&id=6539
Fill out the online registration form and pre-pay with a credit card.
Please note your Troop as 72082.

Lorax Program on Thursday, April 15 in Ashland

This is an optional program for Brownies in our Troop.
At this time, no leader is attending; which means an adult must attend with any Brownie registered. If that changes, we will let you know.

Lorax Love Program: Get Smart. Love Dr. Seuss? Read The Lorax in an exciting new way! Create your own story about weird and wacky plants and animals and make your own portable "greenhouse" to take home. Adults will be expected to help.

Program is on Thursday, April 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Ashland at Camp Winnetaska.

Registration fee is $7 per Brownie. Adults and leaders are free.
Registration deadline is Wednesday, March 31.
This is a non-patch and Try-It program.
To register, visit http://www.girlscoutseasternmass.org/programs/search.html?textfield=&agelevel=brownie&category=Any Category&zip=Enter Zip for Locations&date_st_month=&date_st_year=&id=6531
Fill out the online registration form and pre-pay with a credit card.
Please note your Troop as 72082.

Friday is Deadline to Register for Optional Frog Overnight Program

This is an optional event for Brownie & moms.
At this time no leader is attending. If that changes, we will let you know.
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Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts and Broad Meadow Brook in Worcester is offering a special overnight program for Brownie Scouts starting on Friday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 10.
Troops and Individual Scouts may register, but and individual Scout must have an adult in attendance at all times.
Program: Did you know that frogs absorb water through their skin so they don't need to drink? Or that some frogs freeze solid in winter? Bring your sense of adventure for an indoor program all about FROGS, an after-dark hike on the wildlife sanctuary, and then cozy up to sleep indoors in our visitor center.
Event#4709
Registration fee is $16 per Scout and $16 per adult.
Registration will close when 40 people are registered or on March 12.
To register: Contact Broad Meadow Brook, Martha, at 508-753-6087 x22 or mgach@massaudubon.org.

Optional: Smuckers Stars on Ice April 14 at Garden

OPTIONAL EVENT:

Smuckers Stars on Ice is coming to TD Garden on Sunday, April 11th for one show at 4 p.m. the show will feature 2010 Olympic medalists and many, many world champions.

Girl Scouts is offering a special ticket price of $12.50 a ticket, including the participation patch for the back of your vest.
NOTE: Regular price for these tickets are $27.50, plus a $2.50 facility fee and a $11 convenience fee from TicketMaster.

I have set aside 25 tickets in Loge 8 (same section as Disney on Ice this year) in rows 22 and 23. Row 22 is the first row available to Girl Scout Troops.

***Tickets are $12.75 each, due to small group charge I am adding 25 cents to each ticket.

Family members can attend with their Brownie, at this special rate.

Please e-mail me to tell me how many tickets I can reserve for you, and if there will be any other Scouts in your entourage beyond your daughter; so I can order an extra patch, if needed.

UNFORTUNATELY, Olympic men's skater Evan Lysacek will NOT be at OUR Show. He is performing on ABC's Dancing with the Stars and will be missing Sun-Mon-Tues Stars on ice shows.

I'm told US Silver medalist dancing skaters Charlie White and Meryl Davis, as well as Olympic gold medalist Chinese pairs Shen & Zhao, US & Olympic skater Mirai Nagasu and a host of others will be performing.

I need to put the order in soon so please let me know NO LATER than March 15th, if you want tickets and again how many.

You can pay me at the March 22 meeting, which by the way some of the Brownies will have their individual work on their Ice Skating Try-It Patch on display.

E-mail with any questions
Thanks
Susan

OPTIONAL: Girl Scout Night at CATS on April 15

One LAST OPTIONAL PROGRAM:

Broadway in Boston is holding a Girl Scout Night for CATS on Thursday, April 15 at the Colonial Theatre. Curtains rise at 7:30 p.m.

**Tickets are $27. (They are in the balcony).

The Brownie will be eligible for a Broadway Across America Patch for the back of their vest by attending the CATS show, participating in a pre-show event, a Colonial Theatre tour, and a group Girl Scout photo that night.
The pre-show event is a special meeting with the Animal Rescue League of Boston. scouts will talk about ways you can help care for your pet and get involved with the animal community in your own neighborhood.

Like the ballet program sent out earlier, this one is expected to fill up quickly.

PLEASE please let me know by Monday, March 8 if your daughter is interested; so I can decide if we can place an order. (There is the option with this event that individual Scouts can attend even if we don't have enough with the Troop (That is not always the case with most events).)

Thanks
-- Susan

Boston Ballet Workshop & Coppelia Performance on Saturday, April 17

OPTIONAL EVENTS -- a bit pricey, but interesting enough that I wanted to send out a group e-mail.

Girl Scout Council of Eastern Mass Council is holding a special workshop for Brownie Scouts with the Boston Ballet during School Vacation week on Saturday, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. at a cost of $11 per Brownie and $11 per adult. Program description below.

Those who register for the program are eligible to attend a performance of the Ballet Coppelia at 2 p.m. that Saturday at 50% off ticket prices.
Floor tickets would be $48 (from $96) OR $33 (from $66) per person.

The Junior program for this event on Saturday, April 10 has SOLD OUT.

As of today, the Brownie morning workshop program is more than half full - so if interested please let me know ASAP, so we make arrangements to register your daughter for the workshop.

BOSTON BALLET MORNING WORKSHOP: Boston Ballet School will present a lively, interactive overview of the dance world and the history of dance, training, choreography and equipment. Each workshop will feature a behind-the-scenes look at Boston Ballet productions, including real costumes and footwear from the costume shop, and photos and videos to bring ballet to life. Lecturers will intersperse factual information with entertaining anecdotes from their own performing careers. The girls will learn a few steps to music so they can experience the fun of dancing together.

ABOUT COPPELIA BALLET: The light-hearted comedy of George Balanchine’s Coppélia, a Boston Ballet premiere, begins the spring season. Based upon the book by Charles Nuitter, after “Der Sandmann” by E.T.A. Hoffman, this sentimental tale revolves around the life-size dancing doll created by Doctor Coppélius who becomes the source of love troubles for a village swain. The ballet, first choreographed by Arthur St. Léon, was restaged by Marius Petipa and again by Lev Ivanov and Enrico Cecchetti. Balanchine maintained elements from these versions in Acts I and II, creating entirely new choreography for Act III. With this premiere, Boston Ballet joins Geneva Ballet and New York City Ballet, as one of only three companies in the world that have performed this work. Léo Delibes score, called by The New York Times, “a classic of melody, orchestration, rhythm, and storytelling,” is at once lively and accessible. With more than 20 children from Boston Ballet School, Coppélia remains a jubilant and melodic triumph.

Brownie Quest Program on Sunday, March 21 CANCELLED

http://brownie2082.blogspot.com/2010/01/optional-event-brownie-quest-on-sunday.html

GLOBETROTTERS UPDATE - Event Confirmed for March 28

IMPORTANT CHANGES - PLEASE READ

FINAL COUNT for Globe Trotters on Sunday, March 28 is below.
There are 25 people and 8 Brownies from our Troop.

To allow for the extra people -- we moved out seats.
***WE ARE SITTING CLOSER.
TROOP is NOW in Loge 9 - rows 16-17-18-19.
WE WERE in Loge 20, rows 23 & 24.

Each ticket is $18.50, and I'm sorry Disney doesn't charge a service fee but the Globetrotters charge a group service fee -- so it comes out to
***$18.75 for each ticket.

I am paying with my personal credit card today for the Harlem Globetrotters tickets.
(Please pay me cash or a check (made out to me not the Troop) at either the Bowling event on Saturday or at our Monday, March 8th meeting.)

This is whom is confirmed:
Erin - 4 tickets - 1 patch
Tovah - 4 tickets - 1 patch
Talia - 2 tickets - 1 patch
Becky - 4 tickets - 1 patch
Sarah - 2 tickets - 1 patch
Jessica - 4 tickets - 1 patch
Sasha - 2 tickets - 1 patch
Alyssa - 3 tickets - 1 patch

Tickets are be mailed to me and I anticipate distributing at the March 22 meeting.
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- E-mail me with any questions
Thanks
-- Susan

OPTIONAL: Bird Try-It Program in Worcester on Saturday, April 17

This is an OPTIONAL Try-it Program.
No Leader is attending.
Any Member of Troop 72082 may attend, but with a parent or guardian in attendance.
FYI: Talia & Bella completed this program in 2009 and both enjoyed it.
For additional OPTIONAL events & programs, visit http://www.framinghamgirlscouts.blogspot.com/
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Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts & Broad Meadow brook have teamed up for a For the Birds Try-It program for Brownies on Saturday, April 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 12;30 p.m.
Earn the Central & Western Massachusetts Council's Own For the Birds Try-It while learning about the fascinating world of birds.
Explore beak adaptations, feathers, nests, bird calls and much more.
Learn from naturalists and go for a hike on the sanctuary grounds for a bit of bird watching!
Individual Scouts must attend with an adult.
Event # 4732
Registration fee is $8 per Scout.
(Try-It is not included in the price and must be purchased at the Worcester Girl Scout store.)
Registration will close on April 16 or when 30 Scouts have registered.
To register: Contact Mass Audubon Society at 508-753-6087 or sfarnam@massaudubon.org

OPTIONAL: Movers Try-It Program at Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum in Fitchburg on Saturday, April 10

This is an OPTIONAL event. No leader is attending.
Any Brownie from Troop 72082 may register, but must attend with a parent or guardian.
For additional OPTIONAL events, visit http://www.framinghamgirlscouts.blogspot.com/
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Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts and the Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum in Fitchburg has teamed up to offer a Movers Try-It program for Brownie Scouts on Saturday, April 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Program: The wind can create a gentle breeze or make powerful hurricanes. An airplane couldn't fly without the wind blowing over its wings. Can wind help you have fun? Come to this Movers workshop and find out!
The program includes free time in the museum after the program.
Scouts may bring a bag lunch and eat in a designated area in the museum.
An afternoon session will be added, if the morning session fills.
Whole Troops and individual Scouts may register. An adult must attend with an individual Scout. Event #4715
Registration cost is $7 per Scout. Adults & leaders are free.
Registration will end when 30 Scouts have registered or on March 10.
To register, contact Top Fun Aviation Museum in Fitchburg at 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation@verizon.net.

Girl Scout Day at Old Sturbridge Village on Saturday, March 27

Yesterday at our Brownie meeting several of the girls expressed an interest in the Troop attending Old Sturbridge Village. We nixed the idea ONLY because OSV is hosting Girl Scout Day on Saturday, March 27.
So, we wanted to make Parents aware of Girl Scout Day at Old Sturbridge Village. This is an OPTIONAL event.
Last year, more than 1,800 scouts and their families attended, including Troop 72082 members Becky, Bella, Sarah, & Talia.
Admission is at a HUGE discount.
There is also the OPTION of signing up for additional FEE-based workshops to earn additional patches.
Please let me know if you register your daughter.
Registration begins tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 24 at osv.org
Additional information is below.
* Scouts are asked to wear uniforms.
* Brownies will receive an activity sheet to complete during their OSV visit. Once completed, Scouts go to the Gift Shop to receive an OSV participation patch, for the back of their vest.
-- Susan

EVENT INFO:
Girl Scout Day is for Girl Scouts of all ages who are interested in learning more about multi-culturalism in New England in the early 19th century. Learn about how minority women paved a way for themselves and those after them. Meet Molly Geet, a Native American Doctress; Mumbet, a slave who fought for her freedom in the Massachusetts court system and won; and Mary Culligan, an Irish Immigrant and hired-hand.
Register online starting Feb. 24.
Also, inspired by Women's History Month, girls can explore the everyday lives of girls and women through demonstrations and performances! Visit the animals and the costumed Villagers throughout the Countryside and the Center Village.
Consider making a quick craft in the Hands-on Crafts Center; $5-10 per activity - first come, first served; some age and safety restrictions apply.
Sign up starting Feb. 24 to participate in 50-minute hands-on Studios.
These activities are designed to meet Brownies Try-Its and Junior Girl Scout Badge requirements.
Additional Details:
•This event is for Groups and Individual Scouts w/an Adult - Family Members too!
Admission is $7 per Scout (ages 5-17); one adult per Scout also pays the special $7 Scout Day rate. Additional Adults pay the Adult Admission rate of $20. (Admission rate includes most Village activities and an Old Sturbridge Village patch for the Scout.)
* Studio sessions are $5 per activity per child
* Hands-on Crafts Center Activities are $5-10 per activity per child.

OPTIONAL EVENT: UPDATE Harlem Globetrotters on Sunday, March 28 at 1 p.m.

UPDATED INFO:
There is enough interest in the Troop to hold tickets.
TD Garden is holding rows 23-24 in LOGE 20 (Believe near the end with the basket.)
There are 22 tickets on hold.
(I MAY be able to get more beyond if we need it, but can't promise.. E-mail me if you are not on the list below and still want tickets)

This is what I have reserved for tickets:
Erin: 4
Tovah: 4
Becky: 4
Talia: 2
Sarah: 2
Jessica: 4

Order will go in on Monday, March 1 at 9 a.m..
-- Susan

TDBank Garden is offering Girl Scouts discounted tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters on Sunday, March 28 at 1 p.m. in Boston.
Loge Tickets are $18.50 per Scout, and includes a participation patch for the back of the vest.
*** Family members may attend at the same special Troop rate.

Deadline to order tickets is March 1.
There are a limited number of tickets and they could sell out before that time.

If you daughter is interested in more Scout programs, feel free to browse the Framingham Girl Scouts Web site:
www.framinghamgirlscouts.blogspot.com
I select a few events to send out via e-mail to our Troop, but all events I receive from all over Massachusetts I post on the Framingham site.

-- Susan

OPTIONAL April Vacation Day Camps Offered

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Council is offering School vacation week DAY camps for Brownies on April 20, April 21, April 22, and April 23.
You can register your daughter for one day ($40 per day) including bus transportation, from either Brophy or Potter Road elementary or register her for 2, 3 or all 4 days.

Below is a link for registration (you can either pre-pay with a credit card or mail a check.)
http://registration.girlscoutseasternmass.org/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?campID=32

FYI: Madison is attending all 4 days & Bella is registered for Wednesday, April 21 and taking the bus from Brophy.

Bus picks up at 8 a.m.
Drops off at 5 p.m.

This is a good way to test out the camp experience for girls who have never tried it.

The buses for Framingham were just added!!!
E-mail with any questions.
-- Susan

OPTIONAL: Self Defense Program for Brownies on Saturday, March 20 in Auburn

During Brownie Circle today, several of the Brownies expressed an interest in karate & other martial arts.
Girl Scouts of Central Massachusetts is holding a special TRY-IT Program for Brownies at McCoys Action Karate in Auburn on Saturday, March 20, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $5
Registration deadline: Feb. 15 or when 80 Brownies are registered

THIS IS AN OPTIONAL EVENT

I just registered my daughter this evening. I could take up to 2 other Brownies in my car. (Please e-mail me, if interested & I can explain the registration process and how you prepay with a credit card.)

All Brownies can attend with an adult (18 or older) registered with them, even if my car fills up. Adults are FREE!!
Parents must register the Brownie online and fill out a form and pre-pay with a credit card.

PROGRAM INFO: Think Brownies are too young or too small to learn how to defend themselves? Think again!
Girls will learn techniques they can use if they ever find themselves in a sticky situation.
We'll cover bullying, self-confidence, body language, tone of voice, and more!
This event is age-appropriate and totally fun!
Girls will earn an out-of-council Brownie Try-It at this special workshop.

•Event #: 4689

E-mail me if you have any questions
-- Susan

Framingham Girl Scouts Sponsor Me & My Pal Bowling Event on Saturday, March 6th

Framingham Girl Scouts is again sponsoring a Me & My Pal Bowling at Fairways Bowling, on Rt. 9, in Natick on Saturday, March 6.
There are 2 sessions.
* A = 12:45 – 2:15
* B = 2:15 to 3:45

PLEASE e-mail Leader Susan and let her know which option you can NOT Do and what your preference time slot is. No Guarantees can be made for time slot options.

All Brownies from our Troop can attend this event with a pal. A "pal” is defined as an adult, 18 or older, who is a significant person in the girl’s life.

By attending this event, Brownies will earn 1 of the requirements of the Brownie wings badge.
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***The cost is $7.50 per Brownie. (The Troop will cover that cost, as part of the cookie sale earnings.) Your Brownie will receive a participation patch for the back of her vest.

***The cost of the pal is $6 covers cost of bowling & shoe rental) (This money will be deducted from your child's activity fund. If you child's fund is empty, one of the leaders will notify you on how to make payment.)

This event SELLS OUT quickly.
Please RSVP Susan with your time preference & any time you can NOT DO.
Before the date of the event, your child's pal's name will be needed.

NO WALK IN REGISTRATION DAY OF EVENT

OPTIONAL EVENT: Brownie Quest on Sunday, March 21 in Harvard

OPTIONAL EVENT --- Girls Earn 4 Try-Its by completing this Quest Program

Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts Council is offering a Brownie Quest Program at Camp Green Eyrie in Harvard on Sunday, March 21, from 1 to 4 p.m.

*** Bella & Talia are registered.

I have room in my car for one more girl, but any Brownie from our Troop may register and attend with an adult chaperone.

Deadline to register is Feb. 19 or when 40 girls have registered for this special program.

BROWNIE QUEST PROGRAM: Begin your Brownie Quest Journey! Cadette Girl Scouts will be leading the Brownies through a series of stations and group activities which will take them through most of the journey.
The Cadettes are there to earn their Leader in Action awards and are great role models for our younger girls.

Brownies will receive their journey books and the Journey Awards (4 Try-its for the front of their vest) are also included in the $20 registration fee.

Link: www.girlscouts.org/program/journeys/your_world/brownie.asp

Event#: 4694
Parents can register online by visiting the Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts Web site...

NOTE: I have room in my car for one more girl. I can pick up & drive your daughter, but please e-mail me to confirm, before registering your daughter --- As you will need to place a special code on the registration form to allow a child to register without an attending adult.

The camp is about 45 minutes from Framingham.
As always, e-mail me with any questions.
--Susan
spetroni@rcn.com

OPTIONAL: Disney On Ice During School Vacation Week

Brownie Troop 72082 has secured less than 20 tickets for Girl Scouts Night at the TD Bank Garden on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. (School vacation week.)
Brownies & their families can attend the show for just $16 a seat.
Seats are in Loge 8 (Rows 15 & 16). Seats are first-come & first-serve.

Typical, Loge seats are $30, plus service fees.
Brownies will also receive a Disney on Ice participation patch for the back of their vest.

*** Those interested in the show, e-mail leader Susan Scully Petroni at spetroni@rcn.com
The deadline to get tickets is Friday, Feb. 1.

About the Show: It's one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends! Enjoy a winter wonderland with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, a Halloween haunt with the Disney Villains, A Very Merry Unbirthday Party, A Royal Ball with Disney Princesses, a Mardi Gras celebration with the characters from a Princess & the Frog, and more in a magical medley of holidays, celebrations and festivals from around the globe.

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Attending a performance of an Ice show is one of the requirements for the Ice Skating Try-It.

Lions & Lanerns in Hopkinton on Feb. 6th

OPTIONAL EVENT: Explore Chinese culture! Learn how Chinese New Year (Feb. 14, 2010) is celebrated, about the lunar calendar and about animal zodiac signs at the Lions & Lanterns program in Hopkinton at the First Congregational Church from 10 a.m. to Noon.
Adults are expected to help at this event sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass Council.
The program is for Brownies and Juliette Scouts in grades 2 & 3.
The cost is $10.50 per Brownie. Leaders and adults are free.
Registration closes on Wednesday, Jan. 20th.