9/28/2015 Meeting Recap (and Parade Pics!)

Meeting Update

The troop started the aMuse Journey this week.  This is a little different than our typical badge activities.

A Girl Scout Journey is a more intense, more in-depth version of a regular Girl Scout Badge.  Journeys are designed to identify problems and develop creative solutions so girls can make a difference in the world.

The aMuse Journey explores new roles and challenges stereotypes - such as "only men can be firefighters," or "I'm a girl so I can't be president."  Nonsense!  Girls can do anything boys can do!!!  And this Journey will help increase confidence and show them they can inspire others.

The girls talked about jobs that aren't typically done by females - astronaut, president, farmer - and shared why they thought that would be a fun job for them to do.  We played charades and acted out different occupations and the girls had to guess what each job was!  There were lots of laughs!!!

Important Notes!

If you haven't already, please turn in all the forms that were sent home in your Parent Folder.  If you have questions, just ask!  We're happy to help.

Girls were sent home with Parent Permission forms for tonight's movie night!  Bring them with you to the Fremont Cinema tonight at 5:15 p.m.  

WHO: Your Girl Scout!

WHAT:  Hotel Transylvania 2

WHERE: Fremont Cinema, 1027 W Main Street, Fremont, Michigan

WHEN: 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, September 29

DETAILS:  Bring your daughter to the Fremont Cinema at 5:15 p.m. next Tuesday.  The cost is $6 for the movie plus any extra money to buy drinks/snacks.  

Parade Pics!

Thank you to all the girls who attended the Fremont Harvest Festival Parade last week!  And a special thank you to parents for making sure the girls were there on time.  It was great fun!

Reminder for Monday's Meeting

Please fill out & bring all those forms printed on green paper from the Parent Folder to Monday's meeting.  

Also, be sure to turn in the Uniform Order Form with the money this week, too - uniforms will be ordered this week!

Parade and Movie Night

ATTENTION PARENTS and GIRL SCOUTS!!!

The Fremont Harvest Festival Parade is this Thursday!  

Please have your Girl Scout dressed in her tie-dyed t-shirt, her hair combed and pretty, and wearing clean pants without tears or stains.  Also, comfortable shoes are a must-have.  We will meet at the Christian School baseball field in Fremont (this is north of Room to Bloom daycare a block or two) no later than 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The parade route ends at Veteran's Memorial Park in Fremont, and you may pick up your Girl Scout immediately following the parade at the park.

Next week Tuesday, September 29, is movie night 

for this Girl Scout troop!

WHO: Your Girl Scout!

WHAT:  Hotel Transylvania 2

WHERE: Fremont Cinema, 1027 W Main Street, Fremont, Michigan

WHEN: 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, September 29

DETAILS:  Bring your daughter to the Fremont Cinema at 5:15 p.m. next Tuesday.  The cost is $6 for the movie plus any extra money to buy drinks/snacks.  

Parents are encouraged to attend all Girl Scout outings!  For the safety of our girls, and because the Girl Scout Council says so, please turn in the Adult Volunteer Packet to register as a Girl Scout and authorize a background check or you will not be able to stay and enjoy the movie.

Friendship Night - September 21, 2015

Friendship night at Girl Scouts was a huge success!  Nearly everyone brought a friend, the room was overflowing with girls!  And you know what that means... tons and tons of giggles.

Friendship bracelets were made and the girls were instructed to trade bracelets with someone they didn't know.  Hard to do in a Girl Scout troop!  But because there were so many new girls there, it was pretty easy to make a new friend.  

Then we went outside and had fun playing games.  We played "Mirror, Mirror," where one girl mimics everything the other is doing (like a mirror), and Red Rover.

Afterward, a few of the girls drew "chalk people" while waiting for their parents.

It was a great meeting!

Next week we're starting to work on our first official badge of the new school year! 

Stay tuned for announcements regarding the parade on Thursday and a movie outing for next week!

Parade & Zoo Trip

Hello Parents!

Just a reminder that our troop meets every Monday at the Fremont United Methodist Church from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Also, don't forget to send in all those green forms you got in your Parent Survival Folder!  I know it's a lot... but it's necessary to have a great year at Girl Scouts.

We Need Your Help!

The troop is going to the John Ball Zoo soon and we need your help to get our (very large) troop there!  Please turn in the Adult Volunteer Packet to be a driver for this event!

Don't Forget

The Fremont Harvest Festival Parade is Thursday, September 24!  One of the best things about being a Girl Scout is walking in the local parades!  Don't miss it!  (Plus the girls get a patch for this, and patches are awesome.)

WHERE: Near Room to Bloom Daycare in Fremont
WHEN: Have you Girl Scout There no later than 5:30 p.m.

The parade will head west on Main Street and will end at Veteran's Memorial Park.  You can meet us there to pick up your Girl Scout.

Welcome Girl Scouts and Parents!

Welcome to the 2015-2016 Girl Scout year!  

We are so excited to get started!  There are badges to complete, patches to earn, and lots of fun to be had!

Meeting Update

Our meeting this week started with an info session for the parents.  Parent Survival Folders were given out and we talked about some of the fun planned so far.

Inside the Folders you'll find:

• Parent's Welcome Letter
• Parent Handbook
• Uniform Order Form
• All About Me for your Girl Scout to fill out
• Information about how you can help the troop
• Health History Form
• Photo Media Release
• Permission Slip to participate in product sales
• Adult Volunteer Packet
• Financial Aid Forms to help with Uniform and Registration costs
• Calendar of Activities for September and October

See?  Lots of information!  If you couldn't make the meeting last night, no worries!  Just let me know and I'll get you the hookup.

After the parent meeting, the girls introduced themselves.  We had THREE NEW GIRLS at the meeting last night!  Awesome.  So introductions were done.

Following that, the Friendship Circle.

And then we went outside because the girls were crazy-hyped-up from the excitement of a new school year.  

We did "the human knot," and a relay race.  Here is the winning relay team!

Important Notes:

Please PLEASE sign up to get website updates.  So much information is shared through this website and the year will be so much more awesome if we're all on the same page with dates and activities.  There's a spot on the right-side of the webpage to enter your email address (no spam, I promise).  If you need help, you'll find the instructions here.

Also, about the website - you'll notice there are links at the top.  These are meant to make navigating the website easier, and to help you find the information you're looking for faster.

• If you click on "Meetings" you'll get only the posts that are about meeting updates.  
• Clicking "Events & Announcements" will give you information about upcoming events and special announcements.  
• "Why Girl Scouts" is a page about how awesome it is to be a Girl Scout.  
• "Links" has links to Girl Scout Games for the girls, and links to Girl Scout information from council.

Thank you parents for sharing your girls with us!  Here's to a great year!

Upcoming Event: PARENT MEETING

Somehow we all made it through the first week of school!  Now we have the weekend to recover before jumping back into the school routine again next week.

Parent Meeting - Monday, September 14, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

On Monday, instead of our normal meeting, we're having a special meeting for the parents.

Parents, please attend Monday's meeting!  We have TONS of information for you!

You'll get a Parent Folder with information about our upcoming year.  We'll discuss the different things in the folder and what needs to be turned in.

Can't wait to see you all there!

Girl Scout Weekly Round Up

This week was our last meeting before starting the 2015-2016 school year.  And we celebrated with paint!

Everyone had a great time painting picture frames and enjoying some "girl talk" together.  It was low-key, and a great end to our summer Girl Scout season.

Registration Booth

Also this week was our registration booth at the Daisy Brook open house!  Special thanks to Elektra, Allison, Hannah, Lilly, and Nora who were able to stop by and talk to potential Girl Scouts about how great our troop is!  There was a lot of interest and I look forward to seeing our troop grow in the coming weeks!

Parents: Please consider volunteering with our troop.  A great troop can't happen without the help and support of our parents!  Right now we're looking for a few parents to stay during the meeting to help the girls with projects for badges, and parents to volunteer to drive when we have outings and events.  We have a very large troop and sometimes our events are cancelled because we have no way to get the girls from the church to the location - and that can be disappointing.  If you have any questions, please contact Courtney or Amy.

Girl Scout Information Table at school open house