Friday, April 12th, 2002
Kayaking
Remember money and
permission slip are due to Mrs. Davis by April 30.
We
have finally been contacted about the sing-along and it looks like we the girls
that signed up in the fall – Mallary, Corianne, Lucy, Tracy and Amy) will be
doing some hospitality (water station, metro, or the “lost” tent). The date
again is Saturday June 8 near the Washington Monument and I have asked for first
thing in the morning. If any of these girls have conflicts now I need to know
about them soon (by April 12). On the other side if any of the other girls are
interested in working Mrs. Davis needs to know by April 12.
At that time the registration will be mailed in.
Revised
listed of who earned what at the workshop on Saturday, March 23, these steps
were earned as indicated:
SB
Item 2 – Corianne, Alex, Lucy & Amy
SB
Item 4 – Corianne, Alex, Lucy & Amy
Tech
Item 2 – everyone
Tech
Item 3 – everyone
SP
Item 5 - everyone (you did the plan)
Careers
Item 2 – everyone
There are no plans right now to
do any of the remaining steps as a troop.
It
is that time of year again to renew or start magazine subscriptions and at the
same time help fund improvements to Girl Scout camps. If you would like a packet
let Mrs. Davis know and she will get it to you PROMPTLY. All orders must be
returned to Mrs. Davis by May 10.
Louise
Armitage has made arrangements for staff from the Women's Studies Program at
George Mason University to offer a seminar to senior girl scouts on Tuesday,
April 23, 2002, from about 6:00 p.m - 7:30 p.m. The seminar includes
viewing a film called "Killing Me Softly" that was produced to reveal
the exploitation of women/girls in marketing (showing glorification of really
skinny women to violence against women) to be followed by a discussion. She
was really impressed by this movie last year and thought it would be good for
girls to appreciate how they can be manipulated in advertising and in real life.
It is pretty graphic. There is no cost. If you are interested in
participating in this along with a parent or if you have questions please
contact Louise at tarmitag@erols.com as soon as possible.
Why not look thru your bookcase
and weed out some of those children’s books that are in good shape but you no
longer need. Erin Wardlaw, a junior
girl scout, is collecting children’s books for “The Reading Connection”,
which is an organization that provides volunteers to read to children in
shelters. They especially need board books (hard covers), multicultural books
and sports theme books
Individual
Accounts
Hopefully everyone who had
money in their individual troop account from cookies/fundraisers got an email
giving the current balance. This went out in the last few days. If you didn’t
let Mrs. Davis know immediately.
Need
Hours for Service/Leadership/Challenge
1)
Clare Murphy, a Senior scout in
Troop 2725, will be holding a Hands-On Day of Science at TJ for my her Gold
Award project, and she really needs volunteers!
It will be Saturday, May 11th from 9 AM-4 PM (as well as 8-9 and 4-5 for
clean up.) K-6 graders from many different elementary schools are invited to
come participate in fun science activities.
Volunteers from TJ can get NHS hours for the hours they spend working at
it and other schools may have the same policy (check with your school
coordinator). Also, you can get definitely get Girl Scout leadership,
Challenge (promoting Girl Scouts Section 5) or Trefoil hours. Please talk to her soon about it so she can assign you a job.
Contact her at 703 471-1777 or Claretmurphy@yahoo.com. If you can't work the
whole time she would still love for you to volunteer as many hours as you can.
Just call!
2)
GSCNC is looking for about 12 Seniors who would like to earn council
service or leadership hours by running workshops at the Cadettefest on June 29
and 30. They would need you from noon on Saturday to noon on Sunday. (some
smaller time frames available) The workshops will be mostly games. You would
receive hours for one planning/training meeting (2 to 3 hours) and 16 hours for
the event There may also be optional prep work if you are looking for more hours
The program will begin at Rock Creek Park. They will bus to the council office
for the evening activities and the sleepover. It will be a very fun way to give
service to your council If you are interested, please contact Diana Pethtel (202
237-1670) as soon as possible. This offer is on a first-come basis.
3)
The Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital is in search of girls to
participate in the Annual Meeting Flag/Opening Ceremony. If you are willing to
be at the Conference Center on the University of Maryland, in uniform, at 6:30
AM on Saturday, April 20, 2002, please contact the following staff contact:
Just of info Christine, now
Deputy Director at Our Cabana, will be visiting the Davis’ from April 24 –
28.
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