Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010

What an awesome turn out of parents for the parent meeting.
The informal gathering occurred today from 2-4pm
Eight Scouts, two more that might join and two parents who are volunteering other then the leader to help run the troop.

What the girls accomplished today on their first day:

1. They decided on their uniforms, Sash's (Junior or Brownie, with tan pants, white shirt for juniors and light blue for Brownies). you can purchase the sash on Girls Scouts of Greater Atlanta web site or email me if you have any questions or want to jump in on my order. I do not have a problem ordering them all together (nymonk15@aol.com)
2. They constructed a Kaper chart for meetings from now till December (which I will post soon)
3. They worked on the Girl Scout Promise
4. Made posters for the Girls Scout Motto and the Girl Scout Slogan (to post in our meeting room)
5. We learned about the history of scouting
6. They decided they wanted to work on badges but take some trips too.
7. They voted for the trip to the Indian Festival at Stone Mountain to help with their Native badge (both Brownies and Juniors)
8. They also want to go to Corn Dawgs to celebrate the birthday of the founder of Girl Scouts J. Low. This is optional since the troop does not have any funds yet. I will check on the cost and see if we can get a special deal (October 30th)
9. Either Late November or Early Dec we will be having an award meeting to award the girls their pins for their uniforms. This will take place the last 30 minutes of the meeting if you wish to come and see them be honored as a scout.
10. They will receive their World pins on Thinking Day Feb 22, 2011 (You will receive an invite to see your child receive her pin)
11. They learned the Girl Scout handshake and the friendship ring.
12. Got some fun time on the playground....

From what Ms. Kim and I saw they had a blast. Below you will see in no particular order suggestions the girls listed while doing an exercise. Some are a little to adventurous and expensive but we will consider the more reasonable things to do to learn leadership and growth. The number stands for how many said it.

Camping  4
earn Badges 4
Have fun
Indian Festival 4 (this includes working toward the badge)
help people  2
Clean up litter 3
help at the zoo 3
hike (Stone Mountain)
Bowling 4
Sell cookies 3
Hiking in North Carolina
Help toddlers after school
Sing songs (sing to the elderly)  3
Learn to cook on the grill
Make Christmas cookies
draw pictures  2
Stay in a hotel  2
Restaurants
Teach animals how to do tricks
Six Flags
Water park  2
visit a college 2
Go to Savannah
go to the beach
go to a game place
Go to the Bahamas  2
The girls will consider what activities are appropriate for what badges and skills we are working on.