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News & Views This Week
From:
Julie Murphy
Service Unit Manager
Fanwood- Scotch Plains Community of Girl Scouts
First, I hope to see you
at our next Leaders meeting which is this Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7:30
p.m. at Fanwood Presbyterian Church.
Also note that our Fanwood-Scotch Plains ice skating event
previously announced for February 15 has been cancelled, so feel
free to make other plans for that date!
Next, I hope everyone is getting their cookie orders turned in
during the next few days. Regarding booth sales: the council has
obtained an agreement with NJ Transit to sell GS cookies at all
train stations… including Fanwood. Our local Cookie Diva Liz Hensley
is working out details with the Borough of Fanwood and making a
schedule for which troops sell there on which days; contact Liz at
liz036@yahoo.com to request a spot on the schedule.
Our local Bird Diva Kalpana Krishna Kumar and the Fanwood
Environmental Commission are running a bird workshop
The 4th Annual Great Fanwood Bird Counton Feb. 6 and later an
outdoor event on Feb. 14. By the way, if your troop is ever
interested in learning about birds or the environment or visiting
the Fanwood Nature Center, you should contact
Kalpana as a resource.
As you probably know, forms and deposits for our Camporee (formerly
known as Encampment) are due at the March 4 leaders meeting, but you
may turn them in to Angie Voorhees earlier than that if you want to
be extra-sure of getting space! All the info is available at
Encampment Forms.
Volunteer recognition: The council is accepting nominations through
March 8 for Outstanding Leader, Outstanding Volunteer, Dedicated
Leader, and various other awards. The list and criteria and
procedures are on the
council website. Most of the awards require someone to write a
nomination form plus support letters from parents, girls, and/or
other GS adults. If you would like to nominate someone for an award,
you may contact any service team member for assistance with the
procedures. These awards will be presented at an event on May 3 at a
location to be announced.
As I emailed last week, GSUSA has decided to lift its “GS can’t
raise money for other organizations” rule for fundraising efforts
for Haiti earthquake relief, as long as you are raising funds for
one of the organizations on the list I forwarded last week, which
includes The American Red Cross, the Pan American Development
Foundation, UNICEF, Oxfam, Save The Children, Mercy Corps, Doctors
Without Borders, The UN World Food Programme, CARE, The
International Rescue Committee, World Vision, and the United Nations
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The email last week included
website links to many of these organizations. This provision extends
until Sept. 8 of this year.
News from the council:
Follow this link to view the latest issue of the Girl Scouts Heart
of New Jersey e-Newsletter. (You can go to this website to sign
up to receive your very own copies of the council newsletter in your
email.) Be sure to note all the February council programs, the 3
dates for Membership Directors Cafes (“informal opportunity to chat
and share ideas”) and news from the 3 council camps. In addition to
Camp Hoover, you can rent space in platform tents at Camp DeWitt and
in cabins at The Oval – go to the
website for information.
Also, summer camp info should be coming out “soon”; they will not be
using Camp Sinawick or Eagle Island this summer but there will be
increased Union County bus stops for Camp Dewitt & The Oval. Also,
Dewitt, Oval & Hoover are now seeking summer staff members over age
16; head over to the council website for info.
See you Thursday! Yours in girl scouting,
Julie Murphy
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It’s Girl Scout Cookies time again!
Troop Cookie Manager training and materials distribution will be
Thursday, December 10, 2009 , 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm or 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
@ the Fanwood Memorial Library (14 Tillotson Road, Fanwood NJ).
New info
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Little Brownie
Bakers is our new bakery!
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Samoas and
Tagalongs and Trefoils, oh my!
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All new paperwork
and online ordering system.
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Troop profits have
been restructured.
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New price per
cookie box.
Veteran troop cookie managers - please attend this meeting!
Please contact Liz Hensley, our Service Unit Cookie Manager, @
908.490.0921 or liz036@yahoo.com by 12/05/2009 with the name, phone
number, and email address of the troop cookie manager.
The dates for the 2010 Girl Scout cookie campaign are:
| Th Dec 10 |
Troop cookie manager training |
| S Dec 19 – Th Dec 31 |
Friends & family cookie sales |
| F Jan 1 – Th Jan 28 |
Cookie sales - initial orders |
| F Jan 29 |
Girl order forms and payments due to
troop cookie manager |
| S Jan 30 - M March 29 |
Cookie sales - re-orders |
| T Feb 2 |
Payments and paperwork due to Liz
Hensley |
| Th Feb 25 |
Cookie order pick-up @ Evangel Church |
| S Feb 20 - M Mar 29 |
Booth Sales |
| T March 30 |
Cookie sale officially ends! |
| M April 5 |
Deadline for online entry of incentives |
| Beginning of May |
Incentives arrive |
Great Cookies to Support Great Girls!
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Ringling Bro. Circus
Mar 12, 2010
Girl Form
Leader Form
Grades 4 & up Me and My Guy Dance
Mar 26, 2010
Brownie 2-3 Me and My Guy Dance
Feb 26, 2010
Encampment Forms
Jun 11-13, 2010
Birding Seminar presented by Fanwood Environmental Commission
Feb 6, 2010
Linden Karaoke Event
Feb 10, 2010
So.
Plainfield Candy Bar Bingo
Feb 12, 2010
Linden GS Sleepover Event
Feb 19, 2010
Brooms for Camp Hoover Donation
Drive
Mar 4, 2010
Once Upon a
Girl Scout
Grades 1-5
March 12-13, 2010
Linden Roller Skating
Night
March 11, 2010
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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.
* The word "God" can be interpreted in
a number of ways, depending on one's spiritual beliefs. When
reciting the Girl Scout Promise, it is okay to replace the word
"God" with whatever word your spiritual beliefs dictate.
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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.
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