Girl Scout Troop 2205
January 2, 2015
Happy New Year, Everyone!
Well, seems like it's been a long time since we met. Sorry we had to cancel the meeting on the 10th. I need to pay closer attention to the school calendar (first New Year's resolution).
At the short meeting at the ice rink, the girls made a lot of business decisions. They voted to spend their $60 of Christmas charity giving to the Angel Tree charity. The money will be used to purchase gift cards for the older children who inevitably have their angels left on the trees and therefore would get nothing for Christmas. They were aghast that this was even a possibility, so they felt good about this decision.
They also decided the budget for their cookie money for this year (i.e., they set a goal for how much money they would like to earn). They would like to earn about $1200, of which $300 would go to saving for a future out of state camping trip (they're thinking North Carolina), $300 would go towards charity (they want to help with animals, homelessness, and the environment - will try to find focus areas that hit all three) and $600 would go to pay for something fun and new for this year (let's see how they decide to top last year's zip-lining trip). The actual fun/new activity will be set at a meeting this month - sorry, but there will be a bit of homework for this one, please see below.
So how do they earn $1200 from cookies sales? So glad you asked. This means that each girl will need to sell an average of 200 boxes of cookies to reach that $1200 goal. Sounds like a lot, but we'll show you at the training how it really isn't that hard.
A little budgeting homework: Please help your daughter fill out page two (I want to try...) from the following link and bring to the next meeting.
Ice Skating Field Trip
Next Troop Meeting
Meeting is in room #301. The door combo has changed to *2112. Please have your daughter there in time for the meeting to promptly start at 5:30. Thank you.
Thursday, Jan 14, 2016, 05:30 PM
500 West Platt Street, Tampa, FL 33606, United States
Cookie Sales start January 4!
It's that time of the year again! Cookie presales start Monday, January 4. Please make every effort to make the training on either the 3rd or the 5th. Your daughter can not participate until a cookie permission form is signed. Thank you for your help with this.
Dates to remember: 04-24 JAN - Cookie Presales
01 FEB - Online Cookie sales start
12 FEB - Cookie delivery starts, Cookies on the Go starts
19 FEB - Cookie Booths start
13 MAR - Last day of cookie sales
JUNIOR ARTIST (DRAWING BADGE)
Where: GS Leadership Center, Tampa
The girls will complete 4 of the 5 requirements for this badge.
We will be carpooling for this event as parking at the Leadership Center is very limited. Please meet at my home (515 Danube Ave) at 9:45am. Thank you.
Please Mark Your Calendar
Below is a listing of the dates for meetings and field trips. Meetings will generally be held on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 5:30 until 7:00 PM. Changes have *.
Jan 14 - Troop Meeting
Jan 16 - Junior Artist Field Trip
Jan 28 - Troop Meeting, tentative Court of Awards
Feb 5-7- Sunny Palms (our service unit) Encampment at Dorothy Thomas Campsite
Feb 11 - Troop Meeting
Feb 25 - Troop Meeting
Mar 6- Sweetheart Dance
Please note the Ceremony nights. Parents and family members will be invited back around 6:30 to participate.
Change of Contact information
Troop Leader
Email: magkl60@live.com
Website: www.gswcf.org
Phone: 813-763-3204