Sunday, June 16, 2013

Planning for 2013-2014

Hello all!

Your fearless leaders have been hard at work planning for the coming year for our brownies!

Please be sure to check the troop calendar for our updated schedule:
  • Within the next few weeks you will receive a packet of paperwork.  It will include campout information and permission slip, medical forms, a child release permit, general permission slip, and a girl needs assessment.  Once you get it please be sure to return it promptly so we can get organized.
  • We have added a few summer meetings so the girls can prepare for the upcoming campout and do some general "troopkeeping" such as creating a banner and choosing a troop crest.  
  • There are a couple of special events on the calendar for September in addition to the campout, including a Girl Scout Pride workshop and the celebration of Long Valley's 275th anniversary!  If you plan to have your girl attend the workshop on 9/19, please let Kelly know ASAP so we can register.
  • Because we will be meeting later on Friday evenings (5:30 - 7:00 pm), we will not be able to use Cucinella as a meeting location.  We will therefore be using members' homes for our meetings.  Please let Kelly know if you are willing to offer your home!
  • We have put some events on the calendar that are part of our badge work but are outside of our normal meeting schedule.  As our planning continues, we will add more special events.  Some things that are on the docket but not yet locked in on the calendar include a day of horse care at a local stable and attending a dance performance.
  • We have also put a Troop 5030 Moms' Night Out on the calendar so we can have a chance to get together and chat!



Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Saturday, June 1, 2013

More LV Girl Scouts in the News!

If you were wondering where the new puppet theater at the public library came from...


Washington Township Junior Girl Scout Troop 1231 presented three funny and engaging puppet shows for young children at the Washington Township Public Library on Wednesday, May 29th.  In order to earn their Bronze Award, the six young ladies – Emily Wu, Lizzie Lyzenga, Madison Kalmus, Mia Herring, Kaitlyn Gleason and Katie Van Woert and their leader, Christina Van Woert - earned money to purchase and donate a puppet theater to the Children’s Section of the public library under the direction of Children’s Librarian Maria Birch.  The girls then wrote and performed three puppet shows called Animal Idol, A Cow Jumped Over the Moon, and The Thanksgiving Chicken.  Over twenty people were in attendance and the show led to many laughs from the children in audience.  They thoroughly enjoyed it!  Children’s Librarian, Maria Birch thanked the girls and said that “It was really a lot of fun and the kids started with the theater right away!  It's beautiful - we really appreciate it.” 

In other news, there was a story about the road dedication at Rock Spring Park in the Observer-Tribune, as well as a story about the recent Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey Adult Recognition Program where our own CASSIE ANDERSON was honored as one of the Rookies of the Year!  Go Cassie!

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Congrats to Troop 561!


Three Cadettes from Troop 561 were featured in the Long Valley Patch for their successful Book It To The Beach project, which collected more than 4,000 children's books to replenish libraries in Monmouth County that sustained damage during Superstorm Sandy last fall.  Congrats to them on a job well done!

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Choosing Our Brownie Badges

brownie badges

In the next day or two, each girl should be receiving a letter from Cassie and Kelly.  We are trying to plan out the next year of Brownies, and in order to do so we need input from the girls about what they want to do.  There are 22 badges we can earn as Brownies (plus four Financial Literacy badges related to cookie sales, but we will deal with that later), and we would like each girl to tell us which badges they would most like to do.  We should have time to do four or five, and each girl's vote counts!  Please help your girl complete her ranking and return it to us in the SASE enclosed with her letter.  Thanks in advance for your help!