January 21st Recap

We had a great meeting even though we were missing some of our Daisy sisters!

We started our evening off coloring a Zinni, the caring and considerate flower. After starting the meeting with our flag ceremony and circle, the girls broke off into groups for stations. Stick with our last meeting Winter Theme, we had two cold weather stations set up. At Heidi's station, our girls made adorable snowman magnets out of Popsicle sticks and with our wonderful helper Caitlyn, the girls played a few exciting games of Winter Bingo. While the stations were going on, the girls sat one on one with me to talk about what we liked best about each of our Daisy sisters. The results of this will be coming to you shortly!

We ended the meeting with delicious heart shaped sandwiches made by Sandy Coyne.

A few upcoming events Heidi and I would like you to know about....

Feb 14th - We are having a Valentines Party at the clubhouse with our sister Daisy Troop. The party will be from 3-4:30. Invitations will be sent home at the next meeting. If your daughter wants to give out Valentines to our troop, please send them with her at the next meeting. I would rather not hand them out at the party in case the other troops feeling were to be hurt. Unless you want to by enough for both troops. That choice is up to you.

A field trip to the Library is in the works for sometime in March. We will be getting library cards for any of the girls who have yet to do so, hearing a story from the librarian and checking out a book. The girls will be responsible for bringing this book to the next meeting after the trip. This will get them one step closer to the Being Responsible for What I Say and Do Petal.

We will announce the date as soon as we know it.

Also, we are canceling one meeting in March due to the Mount Diablo Auction/Fundraiser. The March 18th meeting will be cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience.

See you all next week!

JANUARY 7th MEETING RECAP

Our girls were happy to be back with their Daisy sisters on Friday! After starting the meeting with our normal Flag ceremony, we shared our favorite parts of Christmas and Winter Break. Seems like we had a lot of busy families over break!

Since it has been so cold lately, Heidi and I decided to base out meeting around winter weather. At one station, we made penguins out of toilet paper rolls, while doing this I explained how we are working towards our Use Resources Wisely petal. At Heidi's station, the girls cut out snowflakes, listened to a story and learned a new game called "Move Your Buns". At our last station, the girls learned about a great organization called Color A Smile. They are a non profit company who collects crayon drawings from school children. Every month they distribute these drawings to Nursing Homes, Meals on Wheels Programs, Children's Hospitals, Veteran's Hospitals and many more places all across the country. Their goal is to make people smile! By coloring these pages, our girls moved even closer to achieving their Caring and Considerate Petal.

We ended our meeting with a yummy snack and a delicious cupcake celebrating Kate and Emma's birthday.

In case you missed the sign up sheet, Our girls were happy to be back with their Daisy sisters on Friday! After starting the meeting with our normal Flag ceremony, we shared our favorite parts of Christmas and Winter Break. Seems like we had a lot of busy families over break!

Since it has been so cold lately, Heidi and I decided to base out meeting around winter weather. At one station, we made penguins out of toilet paper rolls, while doing this I explained how we are working towards our Use Resources Wisely petal. At Heidi's station, the girls cut out snowflakes, listened to a Love Can Build A Bridge and learned a new game called "Move Your Buns". At our last station, the girls learned about a great organization called Color A Smile. They are a non profit company who collects crayon drawings from school children. Every month they distribute these drawings to Nursing Homes, Meals on Wheels Programs,Children's Hospitals, Veteran's Hospitals and many more places all across the country. Their goal is to make people smile! By coloring these pages, our girls moved even closer toachieving their Caring and Considerate Petal.

We ended our meeting with a yummy snack and a delicious cupcake celebrating Kate and Emma's birthday.

In case you missed the sign up sheet when you dropped off your daughter(s), Our troop is attending the Girl Scout World Thinking Day on Saturday, February 26 at Concord High School from 9:30-12:30. The theme is "Empowering Girls Will Change Our World" The cost is $5 per child. (This cost covers entrance, drinks, and a patch) If you plan on attending with your child, please bring your payment to our next meeting and give to Heidi. Checks should be made payable to Diablo Shadows.

Also, this summer the Girl Scouts run a day camp that is open to all ages. You should have received a post card in the mail but if you did not and you are interested please go to www.diablodaycamp.org. Registration for Diablo Day Camp is due very soon! It is a lottery system, and our troop does not go together, but our Daisies can request one friend to go with them. Registration needs to be received by Feb. 1st.

Thank you all for your continued support and we will see you on Jan. 21!

ps - Sandy passed out cookie information at the end of the meeting. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to contact her....