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CHRIS'S NEWSCAST
Hi All!
Boy how time
flies. Can’t believe it is already April. Hope everyone has
been enjoying their holidays and Spring Break.
First I want
to make sure that everyone remembers our next leader meeting
is Monday, April 30 at 7:30 at Fanwood Presbyterian Church.
We will have a very brief general meeting at the beginning.
You will have the opportunity to meet out new Council Field
Executives. Then we will turn the meeting over to the
Camporee Team. This is a MANDATORY meeting for any troop
going to encampment. At least one adult from each troop MUST
attend or the troop will not be able to go to Camporee.
Other adults are encouraged to come to hear specifics for
the weekend.
Speaking of
the website – have you checked out some of the latest
troop news that has been posted?
Julie’s grabbed some great photos at some of the recent
events.
In follow-up
to the last leader meeting, here is the information about
the Council Service Fee. For anyone that didn’t make the
meeting or needs a refresher – at the Annual Meeting Council
notified the representatives that they will implement a $12
Council Service Fee. This will be collected at registration
together with the GSUSA $12 registration fee. This charge is
not applicable to Adult Registrations only the Girl
Registrations. If you break it down they are asking for $1
per month to help support the program.
Cookies –
Reminder that the Initial order reports to Melanie and the
payment to council are due by April 18th. Congratulations on
the great selling done this year!
I’m a little
late in getting this out but one of our scouts, as a school
project, is collecting new pens, pencils, and crayons for
the Community Food Bank of New Jersey Tools 4 Schools
Program. This program benefits students in low-income school
districts by supplying desperately needed items.
Looking for
something to do Memorial Day weekend? How about an overnight
at Camp Hoover! This special weekend will allow you to Mix
N’ Match your adventure; you’ll get to select two activities
from the options below. When you are not on the rocks, in a
canoe or on the trail, you’ll be at Camp Hoover enjoying the
evening activities and camping in a cabin or platform tent.
This is for Cadettes through Ambassadors. Check out the
Council website for details.
Last but not
least don’t forget to send in your Service Reports to
Liz Strong at
strong.liz@verizon.net.
Click here for
the form.
Any questions let us know
Chris Quesada (Manager - Service Unit
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Join the Fun of Girl Scouting
Fanwood and Scotch Plains girls in kindergarten to 12th
grade can have fun all year long by becoming Girl Scouts.
Girls have fun and enjoy activities with other girls of the
same age while they learn by doing, make new friends, and
learn about themselves and their world. Since the Girl
Scouts will celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2012, this
will be an exciting year in the organization.
The Fanwood-Scotch Plains Community of Girl Scouts will
hold an informational meeting for adults and girls
interested in joining Girl Scouts on Tuesday, September 20,
2010 at 7:00 pm in the cafeteria of Terrill Middle School
(1301 Terrill Road, Scotch Plains).
Kindergarten and first-grade girls can join Daisy Girl
Scouts. Older girls can join one of more than 90
Fanwood-Scotch Plains Girl Scout troops, which span from
kindergarten through high school. A registration fee of $12
per girl or adult volunteer will be collected at the
meeting.
The formation of new troops, especially at the Daisy
level, depends upon adults volunteering to be leaders. Girl
Scouting needs caring adults to provide guidance and
leadership to enable the girls of today to become the
confident young leaders of tomorrow. Free training is
provided for all adult volunteers, and ongoing support is
abundantly available. Volunteers are also needed to help
with short-term projects such as fun events, badge workshops
and cookie sales.
Fanwood-Scotch Plains is part of the Girl Scouts Heart of
New Jersey Council, which covers 7 counties across central
New Jersey. For more information about FSP Girl Scouts
please call Chris Quesada at (908) 233-5943 or review this
website. For information on Girl Scouts elsewhere in central
New Jersey, call (908) 518-4400 or go to
http://www.gshnj.org.
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FSPGS is
looking for Adult volunteers
Want to lend a hand? We have many open positions on the
FSPGS Service Team and we are always looking for leaders.
Would you like to be a leader, perhaps an event organizer,
or perhaps as a school organizer, or any other function?
Click here to complete the Adult Volunteer Interest Form
Someone from the Fanwood Scotch Plains Girl Scout
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TROOP NEWS
FSP Girl Scouts participate in
the Memorial Day Parade
FSPGS
Gold Awards 2011
Troop
40935's Visit to Hillside Community FoodBank
Troop 500 Earns Bronze Award
FSPGS honored as
"Volunteer Organization of the Year"
Girl Scouts & Fathers
Dance the Night Away
FSP Brownies "Play
Around The World"
Girl Scout Week Declared
Learning to defend oneself
Troop 40602 enjoys Liberty
Science Center
Seniors and Ambassadors go Rock
Climbing
5th Grade Girl Scouts Travel the
World in Fanwood
Troop 52 Bakes for Day of Service
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WHAT
DID YOUR DAUGHTER DO TODAY?
As a Girl Scout parent, you know Girl Scouting helps ordinary girls
do extraordinary things. Did you also know that 70% of the women in
Congress were Girl Scouts? Do you see Girl Scouts helping your
daughter become better at managing her time? Developing leadership
skills? Becoming more responsible? These are just some of the
wonderful things Girl Scouting provides our daughters.
What you may not know is
how crucial your financial support is to Girl Scouts … and
especially to the Heart of New Jersey Council.
It costs about $220 a
year to support each girl who participates through a volunteer-led
Girl Scout experience. $178 of this cost is covered by product
sales, corporate sponsors, grants and program fees. We are asking
each GS family to consider donating $42 to cover the shortfall.
The dollars you donate
will help run our LOCAL council (including the Westfield store),
create LOCAL programming (badge workshops, Silver/Gold training, CPR
certifications for leaders), maintain properties such as our beloved
Camp Hoover, home to our LOCAL encampment.
In other words, these funds directly benefit your daughter!
We believe Girl Scouting
offers our daughters opportunities and skills they might not
otherwise have. We think it is a program worth supporting
financially, in addition to the $12 registration fee — all of which
goes to GS(USA).
Simply put, your Annual
Family Campaign gift is an investment in something close to home and
close to your heart: your daughter.
Remember, your gift is
TAX DEDUCTIBLE and stays in our LOCAL community. Please consult with
your financial and tax advisors regarding your specific
circumstances.
You may return your donation in the envelope provided by your leader
(mailed directly to Council) or use our secure online site at
www.gshnj.org.
Please check with your employer to see if they will match your gift!
Girls in Scouting learn
leadership confidence and competence. They learn to work with others
but be themselves. In short, they become better people.
S.H.A.R.E!
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Memorial Day Parade
May 28, 2012
Hooverpalooza
Apr 23, 2012
Troop News
Brownie Girl Scouts enjoy "Pets
Party"
Troop News
FSP Girl Scouts 100th Birthday
celebration
Troop News
FSP Older Girl Me and My Guy Dance
Troop News
FSP Daisy Girl Me and My Guy Dance
S.H.A.R.E.
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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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