Friday, May 26, 2023

2023-2024 Calendar


Below you will find the forming calendar for Pima neighborhood's 2023-2024 year.  If the event does not have a link, please consider volunteering to coordinate that event.  

Also featured this year "recommended troop activities."  These activities are free! and should be easy to incorporate into your troop calendars.

2023-2024 Calendar

Leader Meeting Dates 2023-2024

**Events marked with a ** are open to non-registered girls to learn more about Girl Scouts.

June 2023
June 10, 2 pm: Lion King, Jr
June 22: Older Girl Bridging (at Day Camp)

July 2023

August 2023
** August 12, 1- 3pm, Brownie Arts Badge Workshop
** August 13, 1-3 pm, Pool Party
** August 20, 12:45-2:45, Ice Skating
** August 26, 4:30 pm, Feed my Starving Children

September 2023
Recommended Troop Activity: Ballet Under the Stars
September 22-24: Encampment, Marapai

October 2023
October 22: Outdoor Skills Day
October 29: Juliette Low Birthday Party (Tentative)
** October 30-31: 6:30-9 pm Haunted Yard

November 2023
Recommended Troop Activity: ASU Earth and Space Exploration Day
November 6: 10 and 6:30 pm: Cookie Training

December 2023
Recommended Troop Activity: Hike Pinnacle Peak (holiday story usually can be found along the trail during the month of December)

** December 10, 2 pm: Mom and Me Holiday Event: Elf, Jr

January 2024
Enrichment: Camp Paperwork
January 5: Cookie Rally (tentative)

February 2024
February 25: Thinking Day

March 2024
March 2-3: Camp BASIC
March 22-24: Encampment at Shadow Rim

April 2024
April 13-14: All-neighborhood Encampment at Parsons (Daisies too!)
April 20: Annual Meeting (tentative)

May 2024
May 1: Older Girl Bridging
May 5: Mother's Day Tea
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Monday, May 22, 2023

Haunted Yard


What: If you haven't visited Diana's house at Halloween, now's your chance to stop by either with your troop or as a family to see the craziness. Animatronics and various scary scenes are set up each year in our courtyard and front yard.  The display changes annually. 

When: October 30-31, dusk until about 9 pm

Where: Diana's (check email or roster for address)

Girl Scouts who visit and identify themselves to Diana will receive a Halloween patch!


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Volunteer Holiday Celebration


Let's celebrate the holiday season! On Wednesday, November 29th at 6:30 pm, I will be hosting a GS Leaders Holiday Celebration at my home. There will be a white elephant gift exchange so be clever! Please wrap the white elephant gift and limit value to $15.

Kick off the holiday season with some good company and good cheer.  

Please sign up here.
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Thinking Day 2024


Pima Neighborhood

Thinking Day 2024

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 25th, 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 who attending after the event for those who attend. Last day to register is February 5, 2024.  The neighborhood subsidizes this event. 

Payment can be made via troop check.  (Troops cannot pay via Venmo!)

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. It is really important that you actually fill in the form.  I lose track of verbal "can I have this country?" inquiries.

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.  Your country choice will be confirmed as soon as you turn in your registration. Each troop needs to bring their own table as well.

COUNTRIES TAKEN: England, Mexico, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Thailand, Spain, New Zealand, Egypt

COUNT: 91

SCHEDULE: 

Set up: 1:00 to 1:30
Rotations: 1:30 to 3 pm
Clean up: 3 until completed

Sign Up Here.
Questions? Email pima.neighborhood@gmail.com
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Feed my Starving Children


We will have a service event at Feed My Starving Children on August 26th from 4:30 to 6:15 pm. The location is 1345 S Alma School Road, Mesa, Az, 85210. We have 60 spots available, so it is first come first serve.

Cost is $5 per girl and includes a patch (no charge for adults).  Please send payments via Venmo to Pima/Diana or write a troop check payable to Pima Neighborhood and mail it to her by August 14th. Our first leader's meetings are on the 14th, so you can also bring a check to that meeting.

Sign up here.


Feed My Starving Children's Rules:

 

No children under the age of 5 will be in the packing area. 

Kindergarten-2nd: 1 student to 1 adult,

Grades 3-6: 3 students to 1 adult

Grades 7-12: 4 students to 1 adult.

 

No jewelry is permitted in the warehouse. Wedding bands can be worn but if it has jewels, you must wear gloves. They have a limited amount of lockers to store personal items, but they cannot guarantee everyone a locker. 

 

If you have any more questions about their policies, please check out this link:
 
https://www.fmsc.org/get-involved/volunteer-info/volunteering-policies

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Finance Reports Due

 


All Financial Reports must be completed online.  To do this, you must log onto the Girl Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine website and go to "My GS."  Once logged in, select "Volunteer Toolkit" and then "Finances."  The online form will then load to fill in using the numbers from your detailed cash report.

Please upload a copy of your last bank statement and your detailed cash report when you submit your finance report.  Council has provided this handy-dandy instruction guide to help you with these tasks.

Troop Finance reporting is a condition of auditing and must occur yearly.  The due date for submission is June 30th but we highly recommend you complete this by the end of May before the summer lull hits.

Please direct questions to the Lesley, our neighborhood money manager, or to Karel Shoger who can be reached at council via: banking@girlscoutsaz.org
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Monday, April 17, 2023

Leader Meeting Dates 2023-2024


Please mark the following dates on your calendar now for our leader meetings next year.  ANY adult volunteer is welcome to attend these meetings. 

Please  alert your cookie managers about the November 6th training dates.  We encourage everyone who will be involved in cookie management to attend.

Meetings will once again be held at the Boys and Girls Club at 10 am and 7 pm. The evening meeting will be followed by a social hour, starting at 8:15 pm, generally at Goldies.

The Boys and Girls club is located at 10515 E. Lakeview Drive, Scottsdale AZ 85258. 

August 14
September 11
October 2
November 6 **Cookie Training 10:00-11:30 a.m. and 6:30-8:00 p.m.**
November 29 Leader's Holiday party (not a meeting)
December 4
January 8
February 5
March 4
April 8 (6:30. Leader's gala evening only, no morning meeting)
May 6
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