Kalihari Day!

All Girl Scout Troops that averaged 180 boxes of cookies sold per girl qualified for a fun day at the Kalihari Resort!

We soared past this goal and had a GREAT time at the indoor them park and water park. Just check out the fun that was had:

 

May Meeting: Meet the Daisies!

We hosted a Daisy Troop tonight... it's part of what the Brownies need to do to bridge to Juniors and Daisies need to do to bridge to Brownies!

 

Our Early Bird Activity is a quick craft: Mini Straw Hats (Swap)

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

We have visitors today!

Let's all introduce ourselves, and share one thing we love about Girl Scouts

• We are going to teach you a song
• We are going to earn our 2014 Global Action Patch
• We have a fun snack!

Song: This is the song we sang to our parents and guests who were at our Bridging ceremony...

(To the tune of Brother John)

We aren't Daisies

We aren't Daisies

Any More

Any More

We're becoming Brownies

We're becoming Brownies

Ooh-La-La

Ooh-La-La

Global Action Patch:
Did you know, in some parts of the world, children get sick because they don't have clean drinking water?
Where to you think your drinking water comes from?

Then, with your Brownie friends, try this nifty experiment with a grown-up. First, mix up a bowl of dirty water by adding cooking oil, soil, and small pieces of paper. Then, with help, cut a plastic bottle in half. Turn the top half upside down so it's like a funnel. Build a filter in the funnel trying different materials: gravel, sand, and cotton balls. Pour the dirty water through the bottle, experimenting with different layers of filter material to see which filters the water best. (Don't drink the filtered water.)

Share your findings with others. (Millennium Development Goal: Helping children survive)

Snack Time: baby carrots in little terra cotta flower pots, with dip

Clean Up Time: Who remembers our song?

Leader sings:

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

Scouts sing:

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

Closing Ceremony:

• We all earned our Global Action Patch! This is an official award now, and can go on the front of your uniforms.  
• Squeeze and goodbye sister scouts!

Children's Museum Overnight!

There was a fantastic program with the Betty Brinn Children's Museum where our troop could spend the night. It was $30 per girl, but we had planned on this with our cookie sale goals.

Program Info:

Camp overnight at the Museum and explore the Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home exhibit. Enjoy hands-on activities to learn more about wildfire prevention and conservation as well as earn the requirements for the Brownie Hiker Badge. Play in the Museum's interactive exhibits and participate in camping activities such as packing gear, preparing an energy snack, following trail signs, and going on a hike. A light evening snack and breakfast will be provided. All Girl Scouts participating will receive a special Betty Brinn Children's Museum Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home patch.

6:00 pm to 8:00 am... we started with a dinner on the way there, and enjoyed the fun program!
Here are some pictures:

 

 

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!