2015-16 Meeting #5: 10/21/15

Girls earned their Best Self badge today. They were brave and tried 3 new foods including orange kefir (way too sour for most), bell peppers and sunflower seed butter (yum!).

Girls were super-creative at coloring their Brownie elf self AND decorating "happy boxes" that they can fill with a few favorite things and take a look at any time they are feeling blue.

We had a special guest, Brownie dad, Dr. Lisle who taught the girls some interesting things about our amazing bodies. Thanks for sharing your stethoscope!

2015-16 Service Project: Ronald McDonald House breakfast

The girls and their families were up early this morning to prepare breakfast for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House near Ruby Memorial Hospital. Working with parents and friends, the girls made blueberry muffins, banana muffins, cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip cookies, eggs, bacon, sausage gravy, chopped fruit and a slow cooker breakfast meal.

One Girl Scout said that the food tasted better since they made it themselves!

Thank you all for donating your food and time!!

2015-16 Meeting #4: 10/07/15

The entire troop enjoyed earning the HIKER badge. We discussed the idea of Leave No Trace. Everyone had the opportunity to lay coins or pencils in different configurations on the trail for other girls to follow. I'm not sure if setting up the trail was more fun or if trying to find our friends was! Popping out and surprising each other was a laugh and the weather was perfect for this outdoor badge :)

While waiting for the markers to be set up, the girls had the opportunity to earn some community service time. We collected hundreds of dental care items at the Smile Drive several weekends ago and the girls bundled up these items so that they are ready to be donated to Women Infants and Children (WIC) in Morgantown...a friend will deliver them tomorrow. This was part or our Hear A Story Journey...we have taken action to help our community. Thank you, girls!

2015-16 Service Project: Smile Drive

Today's Smile Drive was a hit! We collected so many kid's dental care items and $69 in donations to buy 69 additional items at the Dollar Tree. Thanks to all who helped, the girls were full of enthusiasm! We had to wrap up around lunch due to hunger and tiredness but these donations will go a long way . . . I'll be talking with my neighbor friend about donating to the Health Department.

2015-16 Meeting #3: 09/16/15

This afternoon the Daisies and Brownies enjoyed an outdoor snack and then began exploring the five senses.

There were sweet and salty foods to sample along with sour pickles.  The scents were enjoyed-all but one smelled wonderful!

We explored a book of optical illusions and played a Girl Scout game called Kim's Game where ten objects are placed on the table and studied, then covered up and the girls recall the items. For hearing, girls guessed what objects were being shaken in containers and tried out the Whisper Phone.

A friend used a Braille typewriter to write each Brownies' name and the girls used paper and a marker to write their names using the Braille alphabet. The leaders were even tested to decode a few girls' Braille messages :)

We enjoyed hearing The Sweet Tooth read aloud and began working on posters for this Saturday's Smile Drive. I'll incorporate the girls' dental care suggestions in a note we can pass out to people passing by.