Pima Neighborhood News: September 2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Thinking Day

Pima Neighborhood

Thinking Day 2025

WHAT: Each year on February 22, World Thinking Day, girls honor their sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts by taking time to give thanks for their international friendships and remember that Girl Scouts of the USA is part of a global community—one of nearly 150 countries that are members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).

WHEN & WHERE: February 23th, 2025 (Sunday), 1:00-3:00+ pm

Scottsdale Ranch Park, Ramada 10

COST: $5 per girl and includes a patch and passport. No charge for leaders. Troops will be issued a refund of up to $3 per girl after the event for those who attend. Last day to register is February 13, 2025.

Payment can be made via troop check to Pima Neighborhood.

Troops cannot pay via Venmo.

Mail/deliver the check to: 15240 N. 104^th PL, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

Or give the check directly to the money manager at a leader’s meeting.

ATTENDANCE LIMITATIONS: Please bring only enough adults to meet ratio guidelines. Tagalongs cannot be accommodated at this event. As always, for the safety of the girls, no unregistered adults should attend this or any other Girl Scout event.

Slots will be filled and countries assigned on a first-come, first-paid basis and then registration will be closed. Please submit your check made out to Pima Neighborhood with the registration form below. Filling in the form is the ONLY way to let us know your troop’s selected country. After payment is received, you will receive a confirmation of your country choice by email.

DIRECTIONS: Each troop needs to pick a country and prepare (and decorate) a booth that includes information, a food, a craft (and/or) a SWAP, and a physical activity (game or song, generally) related to their country. Girls will be issued passports to travel from booth to booth, so a stamp or sticker is needed to have to mark those passports. Each troop needs to bring their own table as well.

PATCHES: Your troop will receive the same number of patches as the number of girls registered.

COUNTRIES TAKEN: Scotland

COUNT: 10

SCHEDULE:

Set up: 1:00 to 1:30

Rotations: 1:30 to 3 pm

Clean up: 3 until completed

Questions? Email: Pima.4338@gmail.com

FIrst Aid Classes

Every time you meet with your troop you must have a First Aid/CPR certified adult present. Certifications are good for 2 years.

If it’s time for you to renew your First Aid/CPR certification, here are two inexpensive ($25) local options. Tuesday October 1 or Wednesday October 9, at Congregational Church of the Valley, 120^th and Shea. Class will start promptly at 6:00pm and will end around 8:30pm. These are blended classes. A week before class you will be given a link to an online portion that you must complete before the in-person portion.

The signup is running through council and spaces are very limited. There are 20 seats on October 1 and 10 seats on October 9. Only Pima scouts can sign up initially; after 7 days signups will open to the whole council, so please sign up quickly to guarantee your spot.

Here are the links for the two in-person options:

October 1- https://www.cognitoforms.com/GirlScoutsArizonaCactusPine1/PimaFirstAidAndCPR100124

October 9- https://www.cognitoforms.com/GirlScoutsArizonaCactusPine1/PimaFirstAidAndCPR100924

Juliette Low Birthday Party

We're thrilled to invite you to a special celebration in honor of Juliette Gordon Low's birthday! Join us for an afternoon filled with fun, games, and learning as we celebrate the founder of Girl Scouts.

Date: November 2nd
Time: 2 – 4 pm
Location: Eldorado Park, Northeast Ramada

Activities Include:

· Entertainment: Magic by Robbie - Be prepared to be amazed! Robbie, a skilled magician, will wow us with an interactive magic show filled with surprises. This family-friendly performance is sure to captivate and entertain girls of all ages!

· Crafting and learning about Juliette Low's achievements.

· Games and Swaps

· Birthday cake and snacks

Support Volunteer Project:

We’ll be crafting Birthday Dream Bags for Foster Alliance, filled with three gifts and a book. Help us decorate these bags to make them extra special for foster children.

Toy/Book Drive for Foster Alliance:

In addition to the birthday bags, we are also collecting new toys and books to donate to the Foster Alliance. If you'd like to contribute, please bring an unwrapped toy or a book suitable for children of any age. You can also select items directly from the Foster Alliance wish list here: Foster Alliance Wishlist. Your donation will help make birthdays extra special for foster kids!

Important Details:

· Don’t Forget Your Water Bottle!

· Cost: $10 per girl (no charge for leaders) – includes a patch.

· Payment: Checks should be made out to Pima Neighborhood, or parents may Venmo. Troops may not pay via Venmo. For mailing address or Venmo information, please email pima.neighborhood@gmail.com.

· Deadline: Registration and payment due by Saturday, October 25th.

RSVP online here: https://forms.gle/QLbQvpkYxw4zASQf8 before 11/1/21

We’re excited to celebrate this special day together and look forward to seeing you there!

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Garage Sale 2024!

It's Garage Sale month. Please bring any Girl Scout supplies you
no longer need or use to the next leader's meeting on October 14th. This can include books, patches, badges, craft supplies, cookie booth supplies, uniform pieces....

Please bring any items from last year's Thinking Day booth to share with another troop who may want to use them for this year (Swaps, boards, handouts...)

Monday, September 9, 2024

Encampment

Willow Springs

Fall 2024

Registration due: 9/12/2024

Please register a guesstimate ASAP and you can revise as needed.

For troops grades 3 and up

$60 per person + program fees

includes Saturday breakfast & dinner and Sunday breakfast and a patch

Planned Activities: Archery, Slingshot, Challenge Course (tentative, grades 6+), Saturday campfire, SWAPs, lots of fun!

Accommodations: Various cabins and buildings. We’ll assign sites the week before camp.

Required to Register:

Roster Form (fill this out or email Lee your roster)

Troop Trip Form (service unit = Pima)

Payment: Venmo Diana or write troop check

(pay to Pima Neighborhood)

send/give checks to:

Lee c/o RSI, PO Box 22400, Tempe AZ 85285

Required Training: Each troop must have an adult with First Aid/CPR and Troop Camp Certification 1&2. (Leaders attending with just their daughters are exempt.)

More information:

General encampment packet Willow Springs map

Questions: Email Lee at lee@reality.com

City of Scottsdale’s Adopt-a-Family Program

Thank you for your support for our annual Adopt-a-Family project! Pima has been participating in this project for decades, and each year we adopt more than 25 Scottsdale children whose families live in poverty.

The Adopt-a-Family program is a partnership between City of Scottsdale and Scottsdale Community Partners, the non-profit philanthropy arm of the city. Families are interviewed by city social workers, who record children’s requests for three gifts for the winter holidays as well as clothing and shoe sizes. Susan Vargas will email assignment information in mid-November. Every effort is made to match troops with a child near their age if possible.

Then, you purchase at least three gifts of at least $130 in total value for each child based on their wish list. You also provide a $40 gift card to the family’s grocery store to help provide a holiday meal. Troops frequently supplement the three main gifts with clothing, stocking stuffers, or other items, and sometimes also include a small gift for the parents. Many troops also include gift wrap, bows, and tape for the families. All gifts are given to the families unwrapped, so the parents can have the pleasure and dignity of wrapping their own children’s gifts. The total expenditure per sponsored child is at minimum $170.

You will drop off a donor report and all the gifts, bagged and labelled for each recipient to either Vista del Camino on Monday, December 9 (if you sponsor all kids in a family) or to Susan Vargas's home on Saturday, December 7 (if you are sponsoring some but not all kids in a family).

Thank you for making a child's holiday special!

Fall Product Information

The Fall product program runs October 1st through October 31st. Fall product packets for troops are available now. Pick up at the leader's meetings or arrange a pick up at Diana's or Emily's. See the service team roster for her contact information.

Troop Product Manager Agreement is here. Each troop needs a fall product manager to sign that agreement.

Service Unit: Pima

Service Unit Email Contact: pima.neighborhood@gmail.com

At the end of September, email invitations will be sent to Service Unit Fall Product Manager and Troop Fall Product Managers to access the M2 online system.

Key Dates

October 1 - Nov. 24	Fall Program Sale Dates
Oct. 1	Girls can begin sending emails and taking in-person orders.
Oct. 20	Parents enter orders from their paper order card orders.
Oct. 23	Troop Leaders enter any missed paper order card orders. Order forms and girl delivery orders due to troop.
Oct. 27	The Girl Delivered store closed. Service Units enter any missed paper order card orders.
Nov. 16-17	Metro Area Delivery
Nov. 24	Online Stores Close
Nov. 26	Girl Reward Choices Due
Dec. 8	Parent Outstanding Form (T17) Due
Dec. 9	Money Due in Troop Account
Dec. 12	Fall ACH
Jan. 2025	Girl Rewards Arrive

Troop Incentives

Troops will earn 15% on all sales.

Troops who sell $1,250+ in Combined Dollars will receive an exclusive Cookie booth selection. Includes orders placed by 10/29/23.

Troops who sell $2,250+ in Combined Dollars Earn an extra $.02 per package sold in the 2025 Cookie Program. (A credit adjustment will be added to eBudde at the end of the cookie season, before the final ACH.) OR $75 Program Credits

Information for Families

Parent permission form can be accessed here. Please be sure to ask your parents to put your Fall TROOP Product Program manager's email into this form so that the program manager can track who has signed this form. This is the email of the person who signed the Troop Product Manager form.

Families can sign up for the online portal here.

View a sample order card here. Scroll to the bottom to view the available incentives for individual girls or view descriptions here.

In-Kind Donations Guidelines

In Kind Donation Instructions

1. Troop/Service Unit receives an in-kind donation from a donor.
2. Donor completes the In-Kind Donation Form, available online, and gives the form to troop/service unit representative.
3. Troop/Service Unit representative sends In-Kind Donation Form to GSACPC Fund Development Team.
4. The in-kind donation is documented and reviewed by the GSACPC Fund Development team.
5. Donor receives a tax-acknowledgement letter that they may use for their income tax preparation purposes.*

* For in-kind donations between $500.00-$4,999.99, the donor will need to complete and file IRS form 8283 for their income taxes.

If the donation is worth $5,000 or more, the donor will need to complete and file the IRS form 8283 (signed by an authorized official of GSACPC) for their income taxes. Generally, an appraisal is also required for in-kind donations of this
size.

Note: If the donor does not want a receipt, you will still need to email Fund Development and let them know of the donation so they can do their due diligence.

Council Travel Information

Open Now through Sept. 20th—Please complete the Older Girls Travel survey for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors. Our Travel Committee wants our Girl Vote for the next two 2027 locations for International Council Sponsored Tours for Girls.

Girl Scouts can access the survey here.

On Sunday, September 22nd, at 6:30 p.m., the travel committee and Global Citizens Program are hosting a virtual information meeting to launch a You and Me tour of England and Ireland.

Families can learn more by signing up using this link.

On Sunday, September 29th, 2024, from 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, all members are invited to learn more about GSACPC Travel. Members of the council and the travel committee will be present to answer travel questions, and we will have a Girl Panel to talk to and share their travel journeys from destinations to council-sponsored tours. We will also reveal the girl tours for 2027 at this event. This event can be found on the Events Calendar on our website. Here is the link.