April Meeting

We only have one meeting in April, thanks to Spring Break from school...

We wanted to finish up our pet patch so we had a field trip to the local Animal Hospital.
I would say enjoy the pictures but it was one of the fastest tours we have ever had!
"this is the grooming room".
"this is where we kennel dogs".
"this is where we prep animals for surgery".

Seriously, it was that fast!

We did have a Puppy Chow snack from our snack helper afterwards.

Note to other local troops: Animal Hospital of Sun Prairie is a "skip".
 

Cat Show 2014

 

Our troop was offered a fun opportunity for a Cat Show on April 5th.

They would be stewards at a cat show and the troop would get paid $300!!

Stewards help out in the cat show rings and get to see lots of kitties! The cat show as at the County Fairgrounds...and ran from 9-5. The girls were supplied a FREE lunch too....all they really did was sanitize the cages between judging rounds. Keep in mind, if a cat "messed" the cage, the cat's owner was responsible for cleaning it. 

We also got to bring cookies to sell! AWESOME news for us and we planned ahead with 120 boxes in our hands... and 96 sold!

 
This was perfect timing this year as we were working on our PET patches --

Pets:

Step 1: Find out what care different pets need

Step 2: Keep a pet comfy

Step 3: Help a pet stay healthy and safe

Step 4: Make a pet feel loved

Step 5: Feed a pet

Step one: We made a survey that they asked cat owners!

• How much space does this pet need?

• Does it need to be inside or outside or both?

• Do you need anything special for it in either of these places (cage, leash, etc.)?

• How much food does this pet need?

• What might it cost to buy the food?

• What kind of human contact does this pet like? 

Step 2 we did at meeting - making cat-nip mice, Step 3 they did when they sanitized cages, Step 4 is when they get to pet the cats and Step 5 might happen too - or, when they donate the kitty treats and toys to to the Animal Shelter.

Fund-Raising -- when added to our cookie selling profit, we are GOLDEN for the next year with troop funds!
Yippee!

Just Between Friends Sale

We scored a cookie booth at our local Just Between Friends children's resale event.
It was technically after the cookie sale was officially over but we had great traffic, made some more money for our troop and the girls had a blast!

The girls had fun seeing all the cool stuff for kids and we raised a bunch more troop $$!

 

Cookie Time Is Over!

It seems like it goes on forever and ever...
but it's really not that long of a time, LOL!

We actually almost doubled what we sold over the last cookie sale --
with the average sale per girl at about 350.
They earned the Kalihari Troop reward, and also,
have a GREAT treasury for projects over the next year.

 

Cookie Share Results?
102 boxes of cookies for the military!

 

We are SUPER proud of them!

 

 

Pet Patch Progress

Our Early Bird Activity is the March Swap: Birthday Baggies

Welcome Circle: Pledge led by "girl of the week".

--Birthday Patches passed out

--We are working on our Pet Patch Today!

We are going to have a tour of the Sun Prairie Animal Hospital… and we also have the Cat Show on 4/5…both happen over spring break.

• ·         Who was at the cat show last year?
• ·         What can you tell the new girls about it?
• ·         This year, we will sell cookies AND interview pet owners so we can finish our pet patch!

One of the five steps is making a pet feel loved, so we are making catnip mice toys for the animal hospital. They are pre-sewn, we need to stuff and close. {It was the first time sewing for most of the girls}

Craft time: Making spring themed swap for April.

Snack Time: puppy chow?

Clean Up Time!!

Brownie Scouts, Brownie Scouts, let’s tidy up the room! Brownie Scouts, Brownie Scouts, it’s time to go home soon.

Brownie Scouts, Brownie Scouts, we’re picking up our things! Brownie Scouts, Brownie Scouts, hear our voices sing!

Closing Ceremony:

• Next meeting we will have the Daisy Troop over. We are going to come a little earlier so we can be ready for them: snack, craft, song!  We are also going to do a dirty water experiment…earning our Global Action Patch!
• Squeeze and goodbye sister scouts!

2014 International Bazaar

Our area puts together this grand interpretation of World Thinking Day - where all troops have the option of hosting a booth or simply enjoying the events. Items and food can be sold ($1 or less) and all money raised goes to the scholarship fund for gals who can't afford to join a troop.

Last year we played, this year we hosted a booth: England.

Our learning poster:

 Our craft: making cute decorated straw hats

Our food: Tube Steaks! (hot dogs) We also had Capri Suns there.

Yes, we did it all, LOL - but we raised $ for the fund! See some of our girls proudly turn it in?

We ended up with a great big Girl Scout Friendship Squeeze!

What did your troop do for World Thinking Day?

Earning the First Aid Patch

Our Early Bird Activity is the Manners Worksheet

Welcome Circle: Pledge led by "girl of the week".

We have a special guest today: a nurse!

We are going to earn our First Aid Patch today.

First, we need to talk about calling 911.

• ·         What is an emergency?
• ·         What do we need to know?
• ·         When do we hang up?

Remember the last meeting when I asked you to thinking of a question to ask a nurse?

Let’s ask them!{They came up with great questions like "how long have you been a nurse?", "what was your worst sickness?", "did you ever deliver a baby?"}

Let’s practice how to treat simple injuries – buddy up:

• ·         Cuts (they practiced cleaning owies on super balls)
• ·         Sprained fingers (popsicle stick splints)
• ·         Sprained wrists (using TP instead of ace bandages)

Craft time: Making first aid kits for our back packs...unless we find them at the dollar store already made up. Dollar Tree has them for a buck -- you can't beat that price! Our nurse used the extra time.

Snack Time: (bloody band aid cookies)

Clean Up Time!! Who remembers that song?

Brownie Scouts, Brownie Scouts, let’s tidy up the room! Brownie Scouts, Brownie Scouts, it’s time to go home soon.

Brownie Scouts, Brownie Scouts, we’re picking up our things! Brownie Scouts, Brownie Scouts, hear our voices sing!

Closing Ceremony:

• Next meeting we will earn make TWO swaps…. One for March and one for April. We will talk about the cat show and make a special item to go with that Pet Patch!
• Send them home with certification life savers!

• Squeeze and goodbye sister scouts!