Brownie Scout News

Troop #505

Upcoming Meeting Dates and Activities

March 6: Brownie Meeting- “Let’s Pretend” to be led by Karen Martin

Snacks: Abbi and Krissy

Drinks: Gracie Hardesty

March 20: Brownie Meeting- “Hobbies” to be led by Karen Martin

Please bring your collection “show and tell” in a sack to the meeting!

Snacks: Gracie Murrell and Victoria

Drinks: Grace Martin

April 1: Deadline for Lincoln Encampment which will be held May 9-11

April 5??: VOLUNTEER PARENT NEEDED! The Children’s Museum of Evasnville (cMoe) is hosting an “Art to Wear” workshop for girl scouts. If you are interested in organizing this field trip for our troop, please call Dana Murrell as soon as possible. Deadline to register is March 21^st.

April 9?? Awaiting confirmation on the date: Mary Naas is heading up a troop field trip to visit Little Sisters of the Poor. We’ll visit residents and join them for a craft activity. Please help us in advance by saving 20 ounce soup cans. Questions can be referred to Mary/402-1315. A permission slip will be sent when the date and time is confirmed.

April 10: Brownie Meeting- “Girl Sports” to be led by Janelle and Lisa

Please wear comfortable shoes.

Snacks: Erin and Lauren

Drinks: Nicole

April 11: It’s High School Musical Night for those who purchased tickets.

April 12: Girl Awards Glam Gala event sponsored by the council to honor girl achievements. Tickets can be purchased at the scout office for $15 each. A dinner and presentation by sports columnist/author Christine Brennan are included in the ticket price. (FYI-We are not organizing this for our troop.)

April 24: Brownie Meeting- “Girl Sports” to be led by Janelle and Lisa

Snacks: Kyla and Beth

Drinks: Olivia

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April 25: Cookie Sales Success Pool Party for Troop #505! We’ll meet you at the YMCA Dunigan Center from 5-7 PM for the pool party our girls have been looking forward to since the kick-off for cookie sales. We’ll eat pizza first in the party room and then we’ll swim until 7 PM. The YMCA requires a minimum parent-child ratio in the pool so “volunteers” are needed, lots of them! We don’t want to have to draft you, but we will if we have to so please call Dana today to let her know you’re ready to swim with the girls!

May 8: End of year party!

May 9-11: Lincoln Encampment at Lincoln State Park

*Lincoln Bi-Centennial Encampment weekend is May 9-11, 2008. This event for Boy and Girl Scouts celebrates Lincoln’s birthday. Over 3,000 scouts are expected to camp overnight and even more will participate in daytime activities. We’re not sure yet how our troop will participate, but we’ll keep you posted as we learn more about the activities being planned.

May 17: Girl Scout Father-Daughter Dance at Good Shepherd

Each troop/grade has an assignment to make this dance successful. Our troop is responsible for providing and setting up the decorations for the dance. It’s a “red carpet” event this year so keep your eyes open for specials on any “formal” or “fancy” décor that would go with this theme. (ie) Do you know someone who has wedding reception decorations that we can borrow? Do you have a connection with someone who has prom décor leftover? Also, we’ll need as many parents as possible to help us get the decorating done on the morning of the dance. Please let Dana know if she can count on your help. More details will follow closer to the date.

Notes for parents and scouts

*Remember your uniform sash for troop meetings. You may leave your pins at home; we know that they fall apart easily.

*Dana and Beth e-mailed an invitation to join our troop’s new Yahoo Group. If you have not yet signed up, please consider doing so. This will allow us to share news, photos, and more.

*A word from Kim, our cookie mom: Thank you to all the girls and their parents for making our first year of cookie sales a successful one. I am so pleased that we reached our troop goal! Thank you for turning in your orders and money on time. It really helped to have your support.