Early Registration

Early Registration for 2024-2025 starts on April 1.  Here are the incentives available;

Incentives to Troops 

Register your troop by April 15

Any troop who registers at least five girls and two adults by April 15 will be entered into a drawing for a MY25 Cookie Kit which includes a wagon, yard signs, table, tablecloth, Girl Scout branded canopy, and a feather flag sign. 20 winners will be selected.

Register from April 1 to April 30

• Exclusive Cookie Booth Round for the 2025 season
• Renew at least five girls and two adults to be eligible. 

Register from April 1 - May 30*

• Receive up to four free troop leader membership renewals.  
• Troops with 5-9 girls – two troop leader registration fees paid.
• Troops with 10-15 girls – three troop leader registration fees paid.
• Troops with 16+ girls – four troop leader registration fees paid. 

*To take advantage of this offer, Renew the girls in your troop by April 30 (Do not renew the leaders who will be registered for free), and submit this brief form to tell us which leaders you would like us to renew. 

Register from April 1 – June 30

• Receive the 2025 Early Registration Patch. 

Incentives to Service Units

Service Units that renew 60% or higher will receive 50% off their 2024 encampment fees (percentage off is limited to building reservations only). 

2024-2025 Leader Meeting Dates

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 4th 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 12
• September 9
• October 14
• November 4  **Cookie Training 10:00-11:30 a.m. and 6:30-8:00 p.m.**
• December 9
• January 13
• February 3
• March 3
• April 7 (6:30. Leader's gala evening only, no morning meeting) 
• May 5

2024-2025 Calendar

TENTATIVE 2024-2025 Calendar

Leader Meeting Dates

AUGUST & SEPTEMBER

Recruitment Event: Pool Party

Recruitment Event: Ice Skating

Recruitment Event: Badge Workshop

Recruitment Event: Ice Cream Social

SEPTEMBER

Recommended Troop Activity: Ballet Under the Stars

 

OCTOBER
October 18-20, Encampment, Willow Springs

NOVEMBER

Recommended Troop Activity: ASU Earth and Space Exploration Day

November 2 (tentative), Juliette Low Birthday Party

November 4, Cookie Training

DECEMBER

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

December 4 or 11, Leader's Holiday Social

JANUARY

Cookie Rally

January 18 or 19, Cookie Delivery

January 20, Cookie Sales Begin

FEBRUARY
February 23, Thinking Day

MARCH

Recommended Troop Activity: McDowell Sonoran Preserve Family Day

APRIL

April 7, Leader's Gala

MAY

May 7, Older Girl Bridging

June

Day Camp

Service Project: Toys for Animal Shelters

Date: April 7, 2024, 1-3 pm

Cost: Cost is $5 per girl and includes a patch. Please send individual girl payments via Venmo to Pima/Diana or for troop payments, please write a troop check payable to Pima Neighborhood and mail it to her by April 2nd.

Please sign up here

Location: Scottsdale Ranch Park, Ramada 10

Description: We will be making fleece blankets, dog and cat toys to donate to animal shelters and learn about the importance of spaying/neutering.

PuppyLuv will be bringing puppies to this event!

We will be collecting items for animal shelters at this event. 

-Old sheets and towels

-Costco puppy food

-Diamond puppy food

-Puppy pads

-Royal Canine Feline / kitten canned food

-Purina Fancy Feast Wet Kitten food

-Bounty paper towels

-Clorox wipes

-Disposable gloves

-Sandwich and gallon baggies

-Poop disposal bags

-Pill pockets

-Trash bags

-Gerber baby food chicken or turkey

Vista del Camino Food Drive

We are collecting any non-perishable foods to be donated to the Vista Del Camino Food Bank

Date: May 5-12, 2024

Drop-Off Location: Diana’s House

There will be a box located out front where you can place any non-perishable food items you would like to donate.

Any food donations can be dropped off at Diana's House on one of those days or you can bring your donations with you to the Community Service Day on May 11! 

The food bank is in dire need of cans of soup as well as jars of jelly. 

Email: pima.neighborhood@gmail.com

Community Service Day

Date: May 11, 2024, 1-3 pm

Cost: Cost is $5 per girl and includes a patch. Please send individual girl/family payments via Venmo to Pima/Diana or for troop payments, write a troop check payable to Pima Neighborhood and mail it to her by May 1.

Please fill out this form to sign up

If you are in 6-12th grade I would love your help running stations so please fill out this form instead.

Location: Scottsdale Ranch Park, Ramada 9

Description: We will have a variety of fun community service projects set up in the park. All ages are welcome and encouraged to participate. Just walk around from booth to booth and do each fun activity to help out our community.

It would also be a great help if everyone brought non-perishable foods to donate to our Vista Del Camino food drive.

If you will not be able to make it to the event we would still love your food donations. The Vista Del Camino Food Drive will run from May 5-12, drop off at Diana’s House.

Questions? Email pima.neighborhood@gmail.com

Pima Neighborhood Older Girl Recognition and Bridging Ceremony

 

Pima Neighborhood

Girl Recognition Event

Wednesday, May 1, 6:30-7:30 pm

 Congregation Or Tzion 

16415 N 90th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Pima is proud to host its ith girl recognition event. If you have girls who have earned the Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award, please invite them to this event. This is an opportunity for you to present their awards (that you have purchased) or to publicly acknowledge their accomplishments. Pima will provide flowers for Ambassador bridgers and Gold Award recipients. There will be a reception for girls and their supporting troops and families.

Girls who have earned their Gold Award should plan to bring their gold notebook and board to the event. 

If you have a girls who are in eighth, tenth, or twelfth grade, they may bridge at this event.  All girls will bridge together with girls from other troops in their grade. Please send me a list of names of girls who are bridging. 

This is a formal, "uniform" event.  Please ask your girls to wear white shirts and black bottoms plus a vest or sash.

For the program, I need the following:

• Troop #
• Correct spelling of all girls' names
• A list of awards.  We recognize "metal" awards earned in since the beginning of the current Girl Scout year. "Metal" awards include Presidential Service Awards, service bars and leadership torches, as well as the Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards.  If you wish to recognize other accomplishments, please check with Diana.  
• A complete record of neighborhood event volunteer service to the neighborhood by each girl.

Graduating Seniors! Please to submit a headshot (in uniform).

You may also email this information to pima.neighborhood@gmail.com

Deadline for submission is April 22
Absolutely NO Exceptions

If information is not submitted by April 22, it will not be included in the program

Mother's Day Tea Party

 

Calling all Girl Scouts and their beloved moms, maternal figures, and grandmothers! 

Get ready to indulge in a morning of bonding, laughter, and delicious treats at our upcoming Mother-Daughter Tea event. Please mark your calendars for a delightful experience that promises to strengthen the special bond between mothers, maternal figures, grandmothers, and daughters while celebrating the spirit of sisterhood within our Girl Scout community.

Date: May 4, 2024 

Time: 9 am - 11 am

Location: Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N Granite Reef Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85257

Cost: $7 per person (includes a patch for the girls). Payment can be made via Venmo to @Diana-Laulainen-Schein for individual girls and their guests. Payment for troops must be mace via troop check.

Sign Up: here

We can’t wait to see you there!

Note: Please RSVP by April 13, 2024, to secure your spot at this enchanting event. Space is limited; please RSVP ASAP.