Sunny Palms Community
October 2015 Update
Hello Sunny Palms Troop Leaders
- Meeting Schedule--next meeting is October 5th
- Upcoming Events in our Area
- Cookie Season is Coming!
- Chairs Wanted, Not the Sitting Kind
- Registration
- GSWCF Survey
- Pictures
- Contacts and Resources
- Contributing to Future Updates
- Past Updates
-Liz
Sunny Palms Community Leader Meeting Schedule and Key Dates
Mark your calendars! Our leader meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at St. John's Episcopal Church Parish Hall at 902 S Orleans, Tampa, FL 33606 from 7-8pm.
November 2nd
December 7th
January 4th
February 1st
March 7th
April 4th
May 2nd
June 6th
Key Dates (see Upcoming Events section for more details):
Older Girl Scout Kickoff is October 10th
GS Fest for K-5 is October 24th
Juliette Gordon Low's Birthday is October 31st (JGL Sale at GS Store 5-20% off 10/15-10/31)
Encampment is February 5-7, 2016
NEW: Daisy Day Is Saturday, February 13, 2016. All Cadettes and older troops encouraged to participate. More details to come regarding planning meetings.
Upcoming Events in Our Area
Older Girl Kickoff: Activities for Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors. Registration is now open for the Older Girl Kickoff on Saturday, October 10th from 11am-9pm. Registration: here.
Girl Scout Fest 2015: Activities for K-5. Don't miss GS Fest 2015 on Saturday, October 24th from 10am-3pm. Registration: here.
Sunny Palms Encampment will be February 5-7 this year.
Here are great activities for our troops and adults in October here.
And, the Fall Event Program Guide: here.
Cookie Season is Coming! Mark your Calendars
- Jan. 4 - 24 - Girls take cookie pre-orders
- Feb. 1 - Mar. 13 - Girls sell cookies online (Digital Order Card)
- Feb. 12-14 - Cookie delivery to troop cookie chairs
- Feb. 19 - Mar. 13 - Direct sales (cookie booths)
- Nov. 14-16 - Nuts/candy are delivered to troops (troop pickup)
Help Needed! Please consider chairing one of these excellent events
Leader & Daughter Camp Out: this is a fun night away with all of our Sunny Palms Leaders and their Daughters. All of the past L & D trip info will be provided and there are many leaders who have run certain parts of the event that will help you out.
Encampment: all of Sunny Palms Brownies on up, camping on Feb 5-7. Lots of Leaders to help with activities and areas, but need an overall Chair of this event to coordinate.
Mother & Daughter Tea: Date TBD. This event has been requested by several Leaders, but we need someone to Chair the event.
Thank you for considering! Please reply to this email or contact Liz: landmand3@aol.com
Registration
Starting October 1, which is the first day of the 2015-2016 membership year, girls who are not renewed will need to be registered individually by their parents.
Renewal link here to share.
Contact: Please email your community membership manager, Layne Gregory.
Editor's note: The patch has nothing to do with this section. I was looking for an October patch and came across this pumpkin. I was wondering, why the high heel? Turns out this was a patch for grooming. No idea why a pumpkin was chosen to represent grooming.
GSWCF Survey
Editor's note: Yes, this has nothing to do with the survey, but it got your attention. Plus, it's squirrels making s'mores.
Pictures from our Troops!
Troop 738
Seriously, we'd love your troop pics! Please send them to: sdheine@me.com.
Troop 2209
Girl Led Meeting
Pottery Wheel
Thin Mint Sprint/Troop 665
2015 Girl Scout Thin Mint Sprint
No, the medals did not taste minty
Contacts and Resources
Robin Roup – External Recruitment Manager-- 813.262.1692 / RRoup@gswcf.org
Tiffany Wingard – Internal Recruitment Specialist-- 813.262.1809 / TWingard@gswcf.org
Layne Gregory – Community Membership Manager-- 813.262.1599 / lgregory@gswcf.org
Troop Support -
K-5th Contacts are Erin Hollen Ehollen@gswcf.org and Lisa Ranon LRanon@gswcf.org
6-12th/STEM Contacts are Alison Wenickie awernickie@gswcf.org and Alice Benefiel abenefiel@gswcf.org
Customer Connections – customerconnections@gswcf.org
Camp Reservations - camp info / 813-262-1770 / campreservations@gswcf.org
Volunteer Toolkit - VTK Tutorials
Sunny Palms Check Reimbursement - here