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Thursday, September 21, 2023

October Leader's Agenda

 


Our leader's meeting will be at either 10 am or 7 pm on Monday, October 2nd.

Where: Meetings will be held in-person at the Boys and Girls Club (10515 E Lakeview Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85258). 

Social gathering at Goldies following the evening meeting (approximately 8:15 pm)

NEW BUSINESS
  • Council Updates (Kelly) 
  • Enrichment: Troop Resources 101
  • Fall Product
  • President's Volunteer Service Awards
  • Cookie Training
  • Vista del Camino: Adopt a Family 

    • OLD BUSINESS
    CALENDAR

    October 2023
    Community Service: Halloween Candy Collection?
    October 13-15: Outdoor Training Weekend (Council)
    October 17 or 21st: Pima FA/CPR training 
    October 22: Outdoor Skills Day
    October 28: Juliette Low Birthday Party (Troop 6546)
    ** October 30-31: 6:30-9 pm, Haunted Yard

    November 2023
    November 4: Recommended Troop Activity: ASU Earth and Space Exploration Day
    November 5: Troop Camp Certification Training, Scottsdale Ranch Park
    November 12, 10-12 pm: Hope-Filled Holidays Arizona
    November 6: 10 and 6:30 pm: Cookie Training
    November 17, 6 pm to 8 pm: Campfire Singalong 

    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
    January 5: Cookie Rally (tentative)

    February 2024
    February 25: Thinking Day
    Father/Daughter Dance TBA

    March 2024
    Recommended Troop Activity: McDowell Sonoran Preserve Family Day (at the Lost Dog Trailhead)
    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 (Troop 4637)

    June/July 2024
    Neighborhood Day Camp
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    Campfire Singalong


    Troop #4400 will be hosting a campfire sing along! Troops are encouraged to prepare a song or skit to share! Bring a blanket or sit-upons for your troop.


    When: Friday, November 17, from 6-8pm
    Where: Karalyn Folmes' home (address when you register)
    Cost: $2 per girl - includes patch, hot chocolate, and s'mores.

    Optional: We are requesting donations for Hope Women's Shelter, especially toiletries. Their requests can be found here. Thank you!!

    Registration: To RSVP and for payment information, click here 
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    Vista del Camino’s Adopt-a-Family Program



    Pima has been participating in Vista del Camino’s Adopt-a-Family Program for decades and we adopt 25 or more Scottsdale children each holiday season. 

     

    The Adopt-a-Family event is a partnership between City of Scottsdale and Scottsdale Community Partners, the non-profit philanthropy arm of COS. Families are interviewed by social workers, who record children’s requests for three gifts for the holiday as well as clothing and shoe sizes.  Susan Vargas matches up adopters and adoptees and emails assignments and full 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 $120 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 to wrap the gifts with. 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 $160.

     

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

     

    Sign up here: https://forms.gle/5YfXKk9oHjGe5Nq59

     

    Thank you for making a child's holiday special!

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    Pima's annual First Aid/CPR training


    There must be an adult present with current First Aid/CPR certification every time you meet with your troop.  You can find a list of acceptable training providers on the council website; note that online only trainings are not sufficient for Girl Scout purposes.  To make training convenient for Pima’s leaders and older girls, we arrange an instructor to provide training locally twice every October.

     

    This year Pima’s training consists of an online First Aid portion and then an in-person CPR portion.  Once you pay $40 (or $30 for girls in 6th grade and higher), you will be emailed a link to take the online First Aid part of the training.  You must complete the online class and either print or take a screenshot of the completion notice at the end of the online class.  Bring that completion proof to the in-person CPR class. 

     

    There are two choices for in-person CPR portion: either Tuesday October 17 from 6pm to 10 pm or Saturday October 21 from 8am to noon.  The in-person portion will be held at the Congregational Church of the Valley at 120th and Shea.  Space is limited, so sign up soon to ensure you may attend.  The sign-up link provides the options for paying Diana and for choosing which CPR date you prefer.

     

    Any registered Pima adult or registered girl in 6th-12th grade made take this class.  If there are seats available, we will also accept other adult family members.

     

    Sign up here for Pima’s training:  https://forms.gle/tPL7rEQtU8amyrBL9

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    Juliette Low Birthday Party

    Calling all Girl Scouts to celebrate our founder, Juliette Gordon Low, at our annual birthday party. There will be crafts, activities, singing, a special guest, a story, and we will end the party with cake. 


    Date: Saturday, 10/28 at 2pm-4pm

    Location: Scottsdale Ranch Park, Ramada 10

    Don't forget your water bottle!

    Cost is $5 per girl (no charge for leaders) and includes a patch. Checks should be made to Pima Neighborhood or parents may Venmo. The deadline for registration and payment is Saturday 10/21. If you need the address for mailing a check or the Venmo information, please email pima.neighborhood@gmail.com

    Sign up here:

    https://forms.gle/SGsQfz4gYagLACaEA 


    Who is Juliette Low?  Juliette Gordon Low was the founder of Girl Scouts. She was born on October 31, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia.
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