Meeting #13: 02/18/15

Daisies worked on their Clover Award by using their creative skills to make posters for the Book Drive for the Used Book Sale. The sale benefits Monongalia County schools in the form of Author Week kits, a children's library at the Bartlett House and book clubs at 10 different elementary schools this year!

Brownies prepared for our Mexico World Thinking Day table.  Several made the God's Eye craft that is a well known craft of indigenous people in the Americas.

We even had a Brownie engineer build El Castillo (Spanish for The Castle) at Chichen Itza from Legos! Notice a loose tooth that didn't fall out at the meeting!

Brownies also colored Mexican flags and colored information sheets on counting 1-20 and colors while listening to a selection of Mexican tunes.

A sister troop will add more materials to complete our tri-fold board below.

Finally, Brownies continued working on the Overnight Bags for kids staying at the Bartlett House. This week, we wrote Thank You cards to Dr. Frum, D.D.S. in Westover who donated two dozen toothbrushing kits and to Kroger whose corporate office donated a $25 gift card so that we can buy snacks to include in the bags.

And in the spirit of thankfulness, Daisies began decorating thank you cards for the hundreds of cookie customers we have had this cookie season!

Here is the finished trifold board we will present once World Thinking Day is rescheduled! 

Cookie Sales

Email or text any pictures from cookie and booth sales. I'm proud of my Brownie and our entire family for their work during cookie season!

Meeting #12: 02/04/15

Brownies and Daisies continued work on their Safety Badge/Pin. Brownies picked cute character bandages for themselves while Daisies worked on memorizing their home phone number.

All of the girls earned their World Thinking Day badges too! The Brownies watched a video on Fair Trade and we discussed how buying fairly traded goods can help farmers, their families and entire communities since extra money the farmers get can go toward community health care, schools and more! 

The Daisies listened to a book read aloud about the benefits of Fair Trade and worked on coloring sheets supporting the idea that "we can create peace through partnerships."

Brownies helped tie together pairs of shoes for donation...we want our pairs to ultimately end up in the same country! 

We also received a donation of tooth brushing kits from a local dentist. We can use these to make overnight bags for kids spending the night at the Bartlett House. Thanks everyone!

A few fun pics at the meeting end :)

Meeting #11: 01/21/15

We had another interesting visitor today. Ms. Beth arranged for Kate, a WVU student and certified lifeguard, to speak to our girls about general safety and pool safety. The girls were very attentive and did a great job answering Kate's questions about pool safety. We followed up with additional activities so that Brownies can work toward their Safety Badge and so that Daisies can earn their Safety Pin.

Brownies completed their Bug Badge then worked on several teamwork activities. Working together and recognizing each other's strengths will be very important for the Brownie Quest Journey we are beginning.

Our Daisies and Brownies have also earned their Cookie Activity Pin. With the help of parent volunteers, girls practiced door to door sales and learned about selling safety. The girls are well informed about cookie costs and the different cookies we're selling this year...the last of my thin mints have been taste tested :)

Importantly, the girls set sales goals for themselves...these are some ambitious girls!! We're so proud of the girls for the reasons they want to sell so many cookies. The #1 way they want the cookie sales to benefit them are snacks at meetings :)  There were diverse ways they want cookie sale money to help others including...donate money to orphanages, buy clothes and food to donate to those in need, use money to help their teachers and Mrs. Hartshorn.  

We're proud of all the girls for having such big hearts and a great desire to help others! They are all wonderful Girl Scouts!

01/17/15: Roller Skating Party

Here are some pictures from our roller skating party at The Shack Neighborhood House!