SWAPS

 Today we made 3 different SWAPS of 20 each.

 Thank you to everyone who came and participated...

 Makiah and her mom, Jorja and her mom, Grace and her grandpa, Ella and her mom, Samantha and her mom and her brother, Claire, Kaitlin, Autumn, Delanie and Olivia.  You guys ROCKED out these SWAPS!

First SWAP was tic-tac-toe.  We had girls separating the colored beads and counting and then stuffing them in the bag.  Grandpa Jeff cut for us.

The girls cut out the card, they wrote Troop 6031 on the little tag, the parents cut the ribbon and they all stuffed the bags with stars.

 These are popsicles and the little note we put in the bag.  The girls wrapped pipe cleaners around the mini popsicle sticks.  We even made Bomb Pops.

Again, thanks so much for helping.  Can't wait to send one of these to Troop 30344 in Vermont.  We should be receiving our first SWAP from them as well.  Please have the girls keep these.  This will be a memory for  her when they are older.  It's FUN to collect!  Typically, SWAPS are done at events GS attend or you can find other troops to swap with.  They can keep them in a jewelry box, pinned to a large piece of felt, on a hat, etc.

Juliette Gordon Low in the news...

Juliette Gordon Low to Receive Honor

Last week the White House announced that President Obama will posthumously award Juliette Gordon Low the Presidental Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. The award recognizes individuals who have made an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

"Juliette Gordon Low was a visionary, whose legacy lives on in the 59 million American women who have been part of Girl Scouting at somepoint in their lives,"

 said Anna Maria Chavez, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. It is so fitting that on our 100th anniversary, she should be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom."

 

Congratulations to our founder, Juliette Gordon Low!

Early Membership Registration 2012-2013

Early registration is now open!!!  You can click here and then create and account for your daughter.  You can then register her for next year.  Cost is $12.  If you need a to pay by cash or check, please let me know and I will get you the paper form to fill out.  If you register between April 17-June13, your daughter will receive a free Early Registration patch. {see below}

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Yesterday there was a walk in Greendale. It was a remembrance walk for a little girl that was struck and killed walking in the crosswalk. This amazing family has now turned their hardship and loss of their 5 year old daughter/niece/cousin etc into helping bring awareness for pedestrian safety Advocating Vehicle Awareness (AVA). It was such a fun event. After the walk there were tents set up. The guardian ava tent was one of them. Everyone signs the pledge to bring pedestrian safety advocating vehicle awareness to others, key chains, and guardian ava pink bracelets (that is one of my favorites). The girls favorite things to do were getting face paintings, balloon puppies made and enjoying cotton candy. There were also tents set up to enjoy hot dogs, chips, soda, and water.

It was a wonderful day. Various family members spoke about Ava and the importance of pedistrian safety and vehicle awareness. There was a flashmob that consisted of many high school poms teams, Milwaukee Bucks dancers, and even some people from the Brewers were part of the flashmob. They danced to "Stop in the name of Love". The people that were in the flashmob also had an area where they taught the girls last years flashmob dance... "The Safety Dance".

Ava's mom made the Love Ava sign and then they proceeded through the crowd to start the walk.

Payton, Madalyn, Madalyn's sister and Payton's sister

Ava Statue

Ava's plaque by the statue

Ava's flowers...simply beautiful! It really is a wonderful way to remember such a special little girl! My girls and I will be back next year for the 3rd Annual Ava Walk.

Payton and Madalyn

Cookie Sale Recognition

Olivia, Lydia and Madalyn were the first members of our troop.  They were able to participate in the Girl Scout cookie sale.  They finally received their recognition today.  CONGRATS!!!

They each got these 2 patches.  

 Plus, a little coin purse.  The cookie program theme was, What Can a Cookie Do?  Along with the penguin.

 Olivia sold 200 boxes of cookies and she received these patches plus the stuff below.  

Looking forward to having 18 girls sell cookies next year!

Use Resources Wisely & Make the World a Better Place

 Today, the girls worked on 2 petals.  The green petal-using resources wisely and the pink petal-make the world a better place.  We started out by talking about Earth Day since it was yesterday and what we could do to save the earth.  We talked about how our plastic bottles can be recycled and how we were going to use them to make flower pots.  We read a story called Miss Rumphius.  A lady who sprinkles lupine seeds everywhere she goes, thus, making the world a better place.  We also talked about what else we can do to make the world a better place.

 1st step-the girls filled their container with dirt.

 They got to put on gardening gloves.

 2nd step-they put flower seeds in their container.

 A quick group picture-darn sun!

 Then the girls wrote their name on a strip of paper and decorated it with stickers.

 They were then taped around their containers and put into their teachers box, which I and a few of the girls took to their rooms after the meeting.

 We have 4 great kindergarten teachers who are very supportive of our Daisies.  Here is an email I received when I asked if they could be displayed in their room...

Hello, This  sounds like a great idea and I would love to support the daisy scouts. This activity will also fit perfectly into our unit on earth beautification. I will make a home for the plants and look forward to seeing them on April 23.

Smiles, Renée Wilberg 

I did hear back from every teacher!!!  Yay!

 With the help and support of their teachers, they are putting them in their classroom for their classmates to enjoy watching them sprout and grow.  The girls will be taking care of them.  Mrs. Wilberg wins for the most Daisies in her class.  LOL!

{if the teacher doesn't have the time or the space for the containers after a couple of weeks, she will send it home with your daughter}

Book

A fun read!

Thought I'd share with you this cute, new book that came out.  You can check it out at the West bend library, but, they don't actually have it. {at least when I checked it out they didn't)  They will get it from another library.

Earth Day Event

There was an Earth Day event put on by another troop in our service area yesterday.  We had 2 girls attend.  It took place at Ridge Run County Park.  It was a beautiful day out!

Here is Makiah picking out which flower she wants to plant.

Olivia and Makiah holding their finished flower carton.

They took recycled milk cartons, wrapped a piece of ribbon around them and put a gem on it, took wire and made the handle and strung beads on the wire.  Very pretty!

 The 2nd craft they made was a wind chime.  It was made from a coat hanger and then we strung on bottlecaps and either a fork, spoon, etc. for the bottlecaps to clank against.

 This was my favorite craft and I just happened to see one in a store for sale the week before.  I should of checked out the price.  These bracelets were made from can tabs and some ribbon.  It was actually a little hard to learn, but, we eventually got the hang of it.

Lastly, they went on a hike thru the woods lead by older Girl Scouts and every so often there were facts hanging from a tree about how to protect our planet, etc.  They each received a little bag of trail mix to take on their hike.  I think a FUN day was had by all!