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.

Click here for the Memorial Day Parade flyer.

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 56)

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 Community Service Team will get back to you shortly.