Jamie, Jill and Steph have earned the highest award one can earn as a Cadette Girl Scout - the Silver Award. They have worked hard on this and we are so proud of them. So has Gayle, Silver Award Advisor. Congratulations to all of you!

To earn this Silver Award, a Cadette Girl Scout must complete five requirements:

Earn three interest project patches related to the project that will be done for the Silver Award.

Earn the From Dreams to Reality Patch or complete five career activities.

Earn the Cadette Girl Scout Leadership Award or Leadership Interest Project patch.

Earn the Cadette Girl Scout Challenge.

Design and carry out a Girl Scout Silver Award project.

 

For their project, Jamie, Jill and Steph completed “Operation Ladysmith.” The town of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, was devastated by a tornado last fall and residents are still struggling to recover. Jamie, Jill and Steph decided to help replenish their Food Shelf. After setting up a River Falls-wide effort with schools, churches and organizations, their collection boxes netted over 3,000 pounds of food. They delivered the food in February. Also included were hand-made fleece mittens. This was a huge project! Great articles and pictures appeared in the River Falls Journal March 6, 2003 edition and the Ladysmith News March 2, 2003.

Jamie, Jill and Stephanie will receive their Silver Awards at the Girl Scout Council of St. Croix Valley ceremony in St. Paul, Tuesday, May 13, 2003.

Our Troop can bridge to Senior Girl Scouts at any time now. We will plan how/when where to do this tonight.

Anyone thinking about ``going for the gold”? GSCSCV is putting on a Gold Award Workshop on Saturday, June 14 from 6-8 pm at the In-Town Program Center in St. Paul. The cost is $3. Contact Rachel for Program Registration forms. A Girl Scout does not have to have completed the Silver Award to do the Gold Award.

The River Falls Service Unit is putting on a Spring Garage Sale. These sales have been very popular and a good fund raising event for troops. The sale is Saturday, April 26th from 9 am until 2 pm at the Armory. Set-up is Friday evening from 4-8 pm. At tonight`s meeting we`ll discuss participation and, if we decide to have a table, seek Saturday volunteers.

Everyone should have received their camp booklets by now. We are excited to hear that Jamie was accepted in a Wider Op this summer! She will be going on a two-week canoe trip in Pennsylvania July 10 through the 23rd. Many girls apply for these Wider Ops and only a few are chosen. Way to go, Jamie!

Troop 1577 earned $343.00 this year on cookie sales. Good job! Thank you to everyone who sold cookies and worked the booth sales at EconoFoods. Also, thank you to experienced Cookie Manager, Gayle. We still have a few boxes left, so bring your spending money to meetings ‘

Troop members attended the play, “The Bondagers” at UWRF in March. Reviews were mixed but it was a fun evening.

Will we be able to find a time to get together for a few days this summer? Or fall?

With the addition of Cookie sale money, our account shows a balance of $1,188.