Great meeting today. The girls have become more proficient in reciting the GS promise and we learned the Daisy song (sung to I'm a little teapot).
The girls have finally mastered the GS promise and have earned two petals so far. Please go ahead and iron and paste on the Blue promise circle, Rose and Violet Petals as seen in the link below the song. Where to Place Insignia on a Uniform Girl Scout Daisies (Grades K-1)
http://www.gsofct.org/pages/DaisyUniform.php
Cookies! Cookies! Cookies!
Below is a video which petty much provides everything you need to know about cookie sales. Packages and order forms will arrive this week either through school or in your mail box.
We are considering an (optional) informal meeting at Books & Co. this Sunday morning (time tbd) for parents who are new to this. Will keep you posted. As a general reminder: Pick-up is 4:30 in the lobby. Please check the posted snack list. Thanks for your support!
Did you know that the Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led business in the country, with sales of more than $700 million per year for girls and their communities nationwide? The Girl Scout Cookie program is the leading entrepreneurial program for girls: no university has produced as many female business owners as the Girl Scout Cookie Program has.
Council-sponsored product sales are really the best way for girls to earn money to pursue their goals: the sales are beloved by the community and come with program, sales, and marketing materials and support that help girls run a great business. And they’re an integral part of the GSLE. With every season of cookies, another generation of girls learns five important skills: • Goal setting • Decision making • Money management • People skills • Business ethics
The GSOFCT’s Cookie Program generally starts with cookie booth sales that are held for a limited time around Election Day in November. Girls take orders for cookies starting in early January and continue through the end of March. Cookies for these orders are available starting in early March. The Cookie Program provides important funds for troops/groups and the council as a whole. Girls and troops/groups can earn incentives based on the results of their sale. Training is provided by the Service Unit Cookie Manager to the Troop Cookie Manager and/or Troop/Group Leader. Complete instructions are provided as part of the training. A Sweet Tradition It has been more than 90 years since Girl Scouts began selling home-baked cookies to raise money. The idea was so popular that, in 1936, Girl Scouts enlisted bakers to handle the growing demand.Two commercial bakers are currently licensed by Girl Scouts of the USA to produce Girl Scout Cookies—Little Brownie Bakers and ABC/Interbake Foods - GSOFCT uses Little Brownie Bakers. Each baker gets to name its own cookies (which is why some cookies have two names) and gets to decide which flavors it will offer in a given year, besides the three mandatory flavors (Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos®/Peanut Butter Sandwich, and Trefoils/Shortbread). For additional information on cookie varieties, including nutritional details, visit http://littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/.
Welcome back! We hope
everyone had a restful holiday break and is ready to get down to Daisy
business, chiefly receiving badges and getting ready to sell cookies! I plan on
attending the general council meeting on Jan. 9 (perhaps with Lancia, our Fearless Cookie Leader!)
and will have collateral for you soon along with important operational details. I will create a "go-to info" posting with pertinent details over the next week.
If you have a moment, watch the latest Girl ScoutWhat Can a Cookie Do? video with your Daisy scout for an inspiring look into just how powerful those treats—and the girls who sell them—can be.
With every season of cookies, another generation of girls learns five important skills:
• Goal setting
• Decision making
• Money management
• People skills
• Business ethics
Most of all, girls gain a tremendous amount of confidence. It’s not easy to ask people to buy something—you have to speak up, look them in the eye, and believe in what you’re doing—all skills that help a girl succeed now and throughout the rest of her life.
DAISY MOMS - Dust off your Irons!
First
order of our 2013 meeting will be to talk about BADGES! The girls will receive
their BluePromise Center badge after Wednesday's meeting as well as two
additional petals: Violet and Rose (see below). I made certificates for each
which we will hand out on Wednesday.
Having
completed activities for the Rose Petal which stands for making the world a
better place in December (we made pine cone birdseed feeders for our woodland
creatures), we will complete a daisy chain necklace to be exchanged between our
girls for the VioletPetal which means Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout.
Below is
our meeting agenda. If you are the designated snack bearer, please
remember to bring snack for 8 without nuts - fresh fruit, crackers, cheese or
whatever suits your fancy.
MEETING #3
Theme: Getting to Know Girl Scouts Better
OPENING
Friendship
Squeeze
Girl
Scout Promise
On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my
country,
To help people at all
times,
And to live by the Girl
Scout Law
DISCUSSION
·What is a promise?
·Why is it important to keep our promises?
·What if we forget?
·What do the words, “I will try” mean?
REVIEW GIRL SCOUT LAW
In the
Girl Scout Promise it says, “and to live by the Girl Scout Law.”
Review
the Girl Scout Law:
I will do
my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect
myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a
better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
REVIEW DAISY PETALS
Explain
to the girls about the Daisy petals again – each of the petals is a different
color, and each color represents a different part of the Girl Scout
Law. Then, each girl will receive all of the
Daisy
Petals and put them together on a sheet of paper as we review the Girl Scout
Law.
We will
talk about receiving the BLUE, ROSE, and VIOLET Badges and handout a
certificate. Moms are asked to iron/glue them on the vest as seen below.
CRAFT ACTIVITY - Daisy Chains
Girls
will make a bead necklace, using the string and beads and exchange them
anonymously with another Daisy. This activity ties in the GS Law - Be a Sister
to Every Girl Scout which we will discuss.
