Hello, Girl Scouts and Girl Scout Parents!!!

This is your friendly reminder that we have a Girl Scout Meeting coming up!

Date: Thursday, April 24th
Time: 6:30 PM - 8 PM
Location: Good Shepherd Church on Cahill Ave., IGH

This week, the Brownies and Daisies will continue working on their Art To Wear Try-it, and if there's time, will begin working on their My Body Try-it. We will have a guest speaker, The Osman Shrine Clown Snoopy, visiting us to help with face-painting!

The Juniors will continue working on their Jeweler Patch, creating a jewelry box to keep their treasures in and learning about true gemstones and the symbolism in jewelry.

The Cadettes will continue working on the IPPs they have chosen, and earning leadership hours by helping with the younger scouts.

Please be sure to wear clothing that you can paint in! We will have a variety of paints and other messy substances out for these projects.

See you Thursday!

The Junior Outing was a smashing success! You will be able to view the pictures from it later this week in our photo gallery. Thanks to all the awesome people who put the Junior Outing together!

Our next meeting is this Thursday, March 13th, from 6:30 PM to 8 PM. We will be meeting at our usual spot, the Good Shepherd Church on Cahill Ave. in Inver Grove, in the Fellowship Hall.

This week's meeting is our St. Patrick's Day Ceremony! We will be having a potluck dinner, so bring an Irish dish to share. There will be Irish crafts, a dancing lesson, and games! Friends and family are very welcome to join us!

Don't forget, for the Juniors and Cadettes interested in earning their Bronze and Silver awards, we are having an informational meeting this Sunday, March 16th, at 5:30 PM. We will meet at Good Shepherd, as usual. This is an informational meeting, so parents need to attend this one.

More important dates and events have been added to the calendar, so check it out!

See you all on Thursday!

Due to the Junior Outing on March 6th - the regularly scheduled meeting has been canceled.

On Thursday, March 6th, the Juniors have a field trip organized by the service unit - Tubing at Afton Alps. This is organized separately from our troop, but we have the information if you need to know more (just let one of the leaders know). This is only for Junior scouts.

Sign up sheets for the cookie booth sales were available at the last meeting. If you still need to sign up for a date/time and/or would like to sign up for more - please contact Jessica at jessi-cat@dragondreaming.com

There have been two reported cases of head lice amongst the families of Troop 50017 - please check your child(ren) out immediately for signs.

On Sunday, March 16th there will be an informational meeting regarding Bronze/Silver/Gold Awards from 5:30-6:30 (hopefully at the church - place to be determined). This meeting will clarify any questions parent's/girls may have about the awards. This is NOT a regular meeting, but and informational/interest meeting for Juniors/Cadettes/Seniors who are thinking about or have started the Bronze/Silver/Gold Award. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica, Amber, Kari or Elle.

Thank you and hope to see everyone soon!!!

Happy New Year to Everyone!

We hope this email finds all of our awesome Girl Scout Families enjoying their holiday break!

Our Field Trip for January is going to be an indoor rock climbing session scheduled for Sunday, January 27th commencing at 11 AM and ending sometime around the one o'clock hour.

Cost is $18.00 per climber which does include equipment rental. At this time, the troop is able to pick up $8.00 per climber, leaving the fee at $10 per climber. If the $10 fee per climber is a hardship for your family at this time, please contact Amber immediately so grant forms can be filled out.

We will need to know who is going no later than the January 10th meeting as we must put down a deposit (you are of course welcome to email responses regarding attendance to Rob, Amber or Jessica at any time).

We will NOT be carpooling to the event. For those who use mapquest or other online mapping sites, the address of Vertical Endeavors is 845 Phalen Blvd. in St. Paul 55106.

Lastly, in addition to the permission slips required for all events, Vertical Endeavors requires a waiver form to be filled out for each person who is planning to climb. For everyone's convenience, I have attached a link to that PDF so you can peruse it at your leisure. Feel free to print them, fill them out and bring them to the January 10th meeting. Rob will have a few hard copies on hand. Yes, you must fill out one for EACH climber.

Vertical Endeavors waiver

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact Rob, Amber or Jessica. We look forward to seeing everyone at the cookie meeting on January 10th.

Happy New Year to All!!!

Amber * Highqueenamber@yahoo.com
Rob * Rob.Madden@goodrich.com
Jessica * jessi-cat@dragondreaming.com

Due to the holidays and school closings this month, our next Girl Scout Meeting is Thursday, November 15th, at Good Shepherd Church on Cahill Ave. We will be starting at 6:30 PM, and running until 8 PM.

This week, the Brownies and Juniors will be making discoveries in science!

The Brownies will be working on their Science In Action Try-It (p. 126 of the Try-Its book), learning how to make Weird Glop, experimenting with balloons, and going on a science treasure hunt. Please wear clothing that is ok to get dirty - we will be using food coloring in one of our activities!

The Juniors will be earning their Science Discovery Badge (p. 200 of the Junior Badge book), making kaleidoscopes, experimenting with the properties of water, interviewing one of our leaders, Kari, who is a chemist, examining optical illusions, and discovering how speed is affected by friction.

The Cadettes will be assisting where needed, and working on their IPPs that they have selected previously.

Daisies will be working with the Brownies.

We'll see you there!

If in question - double check the calendar. If anyone needs a calendar resent to them, please let Rob, Jessica or Amber know.