Ornament workshop and Coat drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Troop 1469 Coat Drive - Help families in our Community Kep Warm this Winter

 

 

So if you have any coats you want to donate to the coat drive bring them to the next troop meeting. I need the coats prior to Nov. 10th Thank you for helping out with this community service project

 

In December we will have a mother daughter ornament workshop. Cost is 5 dollars. We will be making Grinch ornaments. I will bring a hot glue gun I remember last year was a lot of fun but a glue gun would have made it better. If you want more than one kit let me know I will be ordering them this coming week. I plan on ordering 12 kits for the 12 scouts.

 

 

Snellville Service Unit Patch Contest

We need your patch ideas!
If you want to participate I need your patch idea by Oct 26th. You can email it to me or call me and we can meet. The troop winner will go to Service unit competion. The winner of the service unit will be the patch that the service unit creates and gives out to all the girls.

First, we will ask each troop to hold a TROOP competition, then their TOP winner, will have their patch design submitted to the Service Unit level for the final competition.

Troop competition from Sept. 24th - Oct. 27th.

GUIDELINES:

Your design may be a circle, a rectangle or another shape.

Width & Height should be no more than 3" (inches)

Use up to 4 colors.

Your design should include the words:


Snellville Service Unit


Send your designs/questions to

Snellville Service Unit

snellvillegsevents@yahoo.com

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October 27th.

Mother Daughter Camping

Not sure about the rest of you but I am TIRED

I think everyone had a great time. Just to give a run down of our weekend

Badge work
SWAPS
Hiking
Banana Boats
Smores
Soccer for some
Mother daughter time
Hay ride
Free time
Made Cards for the military
learned about Knife safety
Built a lean-to
Fell in the lake (only One)
hot chocolate
Tacos in a bag
and a lot of fun by all (I think)

Thank you for coming and participating in our mother daughter time. I know the girls were thrilled to have their moms present...

At our next meeting we will be giving out some of the badges and awards earned. If you would like to hang out for the first 30 mintues and see your daughter get her award that would be awesome. We will be meeting at Kroger on 78 and Rosebud...

Have a great week

Agenda and directions to Camp Timber Ridge

We will be meeting at the camp ground. We are at Shady Oaks (for those who attended the Pebble Brook camping) this is located off the back entrance to the camp ground.
Parents you will be allowed to take your car to the camp site (drive very slow there will be girls everywhere) but you must move your car after you unload. Only three cars can be at the site. Both leaders will park there since we have a lot of supplies.

Address:

5540 N Allen Road SE

Mableton, GA30126-2628

Directions:
Two ways
1. Take Highway 20 to 285 on the other side of Atlanta. Take a right onto 285 and take exit the exit for 78/278 headed to Mableton, you turn right on Pebblebrook road (the camp back entrance is on the left not far down).  If you miss this entrance the next right is Allen Rd and you will pass the Girl scout Store and then come to the camp..

2. Take 285 toward Sandy Springs/Burford/Duluth and once you get around to the Mableton area you will take a right on 78/278 and headed to Mableton, you turn right on Pebblebrook road (the camp back entrance is on the left not far down). If you miss this entrance the next right is Allen Rd and you will pass the Girl scout Store and then come to the camp..

Call me if you get lost or need help.
Please make sure you have all the supplies that you need.
Parents if you need anything let me know.
If you are coming up Saturday and want to send your food supplies contact another member or myself and we will transport them up to camp for you.

This should be a blast and the girls are thrilled to have you with us..

 

 

Activities

Friday Night

Unpack make camp

Gather sticks for Fire
Learn if new and practice if not how to set up and make a fire
Dinner
Activity                                Make girl scout fire starters
Make Banana Boats
While cooking boats we will do Knife safety and earn a back patch if time some badge work
930 PM head to bed

 Saturday

8am Breakfast
Shower and get dressed
10am mother daughter troop Hike and possible hit the Girl Scout store in the process (snack will be taken on the hike)
1pm Lunch at camp site
130 clean up lunch and camp site
2pm Craft (Joyce)   Some will make Sit upons, and we will work on badge work as well  
300-330 Girls run wild  (girl scout free time) Mother coffee and relax time in mess hall
330 Snack time
4-5pm Mother Daughter time (ideas, work a craft together, go for a walk, go watch the adventure course, spend some quality time with mom. (if your mom is not there you will be adopted for the weekend)
5-6 Girls cooking dinner (Moms go for a walk or read a book) Girl scouts do the cooking and cleaning
6pm Tacos in a bag dinner
630—7pm clean up time
7pm Craft time and badge time
830-9pm Smore time around the campfire with singing and dancing
9-930 girls run wild
930 bed time

Sunday

8 am breakfast (waffles) and clean up

9-1000 pack up camp site (clean tents, get everything backed up and ready to go) pack up cars with things that we will not be using
1000-1100 Badge work
1100-1115 snack
1115- 1215 Mother daughter hike girls will make a leantoo without leader assistance (seasoned scouts will teach new scouts.
1215=1300 Lunch
1300 final clean up and Meet with Ranger Russ to be cleared
1400 Last goodbyes for camp and final pack ]
1430 head home

Camping Food

I have to place the candy magazine order tomorrow if you have not sent it in I need it before tommorrow night.

Each girl signed up for food items. If your child can not go please let me know asap, I will need to have someone else pick up the items:

Going:
Sydney/Gabby

1. 3 lbs of hamburger meat
2. 24 hamburger buns
3. 3 bottles sprite
4. Bottle of salsa
5. 3 lbs hamburger meat
6. 2 bottle HP
7. 24 juice boxes
8. 2 boxes of gram crackers
9. Bringing waffle maker and coffee pot

Lindsey

1. Ketchup
2. mustard
3. mayo (small bottle)
4. 3 bottle syrup
5. 25 ziplock bags for dinner
6. 2 doz bananas

Maggie

1. 3 loafs bread
2. 2 lbs bacon
3. 3 six packs of chocolate bars
4. 1 bag little marshmellows and 2 bags of large ones

Courtnee

1. 5 doz eggs
2. Bag shredded cheese cheddar
3. Papertowels 2 rolls
4. Cucumbers (2)

Brianna

1. 1 case water bottle
2. 3 bags of chips
3. 3 bags doritos
4. 2 large boxes of Bisquick
5. Waffle maker

Caroline

1. 2 doz hot dogs
2. 2 doz buns
3. 2 gallons milk
4. Black olives (since Caroline said she can't eat tacos without them)

Weavers

1. 1 case of water bottles
2. Salad and two bottle dressing (one fat free please)
3. Jar of peanut butter and a jar of jelly
4. 3 lbs shredded cheddar cheese
5. 15 apples
6. grapes

Haley

1. 5 packets of taco mix
2. 2 sour creams
3. tin foil (2 rolls)
4. Gallon of OJ

Someone signed up for a large box of goldfish but I can't remember who. let me know if it was you.

Other snack food can be sent.
The food list is larger than normal since we have girls and moms going.

The girls made the menu and here is what it looks like:

Friday night
Hotdogs and hamburgers
chips
salad
Desert Banana Boats

Saturday breakfast
Scrambled eggs
bacon
fruit
toast

Sat Lunch
Peanut butter and jelly
chips
left over hotdogs and hamburgers and salad

Snack
apples for the hike
goldfish after noon

Sat dinner
tacos in a bag
(these are really good the kids love them and very little clean up)

Smores around the fire later that night

Sunday
Breakfast
Waffles/syrup and left over fruit

Lunch
All left over food

2-3pm head home

Agenda for the weekend
Friday Night
set up camp
make dinner
work on a craft
Fire and songs

Saturday
Breakfast
wash up and clean up tent area
10-12 ish badge work and crafts
12-1 lunch
1-3 hike (which includes going to the girl scout store)
3 snack time
Show time (the girls will put on a show at the amp theater) and show you what they have planned for the girl scout cookie rally we are hosting. We will need parent volunteers for that day.... December

dinner 530-7pm
7-8 night time hike
8-10 Fire song and smores
10 lights out
Sunday
Breakfast
wash up and pack up time
Craft and badge work
1200 Lunch
1300 clean up the camp site
1400 or so head home

Candy orders due and we have a HOME

First,
 Candy orders are due by the 12th. If you have not given it to me yet please make arrangements to get it to me asap. I need to place the orders and send in the information to counsel...

Second,
  We now have a home for our Girl Scout troop. Are meetings will be Kroger at Highway 78 and Rosebud in their meeting room. Our days are the same as the schedule I gave you we will just meet at Kroger.. Thank you Gretchen for making the calls for me.

Finally OUR MOTHER DAUGHTER camping trip. The girls are thrilled and excited about this trip. Moms if you can not make it your daughter is still welcome to come, another mom will inherit your child.. we don't want anyone to miss out just because a parent can't come.

Camp Timber Ridge in Mableton. You can get directions from the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta site or on this web site later this week or next. We leave next Friday and dinner will be at the camp site. Hotdogs and hamburgers are what the girls have decided upon. Should be a lot of fun. We have planned a few things.
Mother daughter hike
Mother daughter craft/badge time
Continue planning the cookie rally
make smores and banana boats
Tacos in a bag (these are really good)
I will bring my Keriug (I only drink decaf so if you want the other coffee brings some Kcups.)

Each girl signed up to bring items for our kitchen:

Which I will post before next week. Your daughter should have her list but if not I will have it posted soon. (still unpacking here at the house so things are not easy to find)

Items each girl needs to bring parents please use this list if you are not sure what to bring:
Clothing

_______ Bandana  - Many uses, including first aid. * _______ Change of Clothing - for 21/2 days _______ _______ Gloves _______ _______ Hat _______ _______ Hiking Boots - Gortex boots work well, no tennis shoes. Boots should be water treated. _______ Hiking Pants (Long) - Hiking pants with removable legs are best. No Blue Jeans as they don't dry out well at all. _______ Hiking Pants (Shorts) - If zipper pants are used, these are not needed. Long pants are always ok if you don't like shorts. * _______ Jacket/Fleece - A fleece combined with a rain gear will eliminate the need for another jacket.

_______ Long Underwear optional but if it is cold they will use at night _______ Rain Gear -  ponchos,  _______ Shirt (Heavy) - _______ Shirt (Long Sleeve) * _______ Shirt (Short Sleeve, Wicking ) - 2 _______ Shoes (lightweight) - It usually feels good to get out of your boots at the end of the day. * _______ Sleeping Clothes - Only worn in sleeping bag. Helps keep sleeping bag clean. Shorts & Tee shirt work well. * _______ Socks (Heavy) - 2 or 3 pair of Smartwool work well. Liners needed if wool socks are selected. No cotton socks. _______ Socks (Liner) - May not be needed depending on heavy sock type. * _______ Underwear - Quick dry wicking variety better than cotton.

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Gear

_______ Backpack - 3000-6000 cu in. Internal or External frame ok. Hip belt required. _______ . _______ _______ _______ . _______ Compassif you have one _______ _______ Cup - Large unbreakable type also serves as bowl. _______ Day Pack * _______ _______ _______ Flashlight - With extra batteries and bulbs. Bring two if you don't pack a headlamp. _______ . _______ Hand Sanitizer _______  * _______ * _______

_______ Hobo tool (Walmart Knife, fork spoon. _______ _______ * _______ Sleeping Bag - Down compresses better for an internal frame pack. Down or fiber both work with an external frame pack. Down must be kept dry!. Keep sleeping bag in a garbage bags to keep it dry. _______ _______ Soap - Biodegradable * _______  * _______ _______ Sun Glasses * _______        _______  * _______ _______ Water Bottle - 2 to 3 one quart Nalgene™ bottles work well. 2 usually sufficient if you bring a hydration bladder as well. More in dry areas. _______ Zip Lock™ Bags - 3 large for food and garbage

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Personal Items

_______ . _______ _______ * _______ . * _______ Lip Balm

_______ ) * _______ Prescription Medications  if you have must be given to leader or parent * _______  * _______ ) * _______ Toilet Kit - No deodorant on trail, it attracts bears. Include personal medications.     _______ Towel (Small) *

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Scout opportunity

 Empower the Girl - Defeat the Bully workshop

open to all ages.    We will not be doing this as a troop but if you are interested email the Grayson troop and apply. This looks like an awesome opportunity, since October is bully prevention month. 

Join us for an interactive, educational, fun-filled and GIRL EMPOWERING workshop designed especially for Girl Scouts!

When: Saturday, October 6th
Where: Long's Martial Arts
3423 Diversified Drive
Loganville GA 30052
678-656-9956
Time: 11a-1:30pm
What to wear: Casual Clothing

Bullying is intentional aggressive behavior. It can take the form of physical or verbal harassment and involves an imbalance of power (a group of children can gang up on a victim or someone who is physically bigger or more aggressive can intimidate someone else, for instance).

Bullying behavior can include teasing, insulting someone (particularly about their weight or height, race, sexuality, religion or other personal traits), shoving, hitting, excluding someone, or gossiping about someone.

Bullying can cause a victim to feel upset, afraid, ashamed, embarrassed, and anxious about going to school. It can involve children of any age, including younger elementary grade-schoolers and even kindergarteners. Bullying behavior is frequently repeated unless there is intervention.

$7.00/Girl Includes:
Workshop
Fun Patch
Prizes
Certificate
Literature
Snacks/Drinks

Please make payments to:
Troop 2666
1500 Ozora Road
Loganville, GA 30052
678-656-9956

You may send payments via mail to the troop address above or pay the day of event. Please include your troop number. Please RSVP so we will know how much food to bring. :-)

contact: Rauna Long

raunalong@hotmail.com

Grayson Service Unit