October Food Drive

Cadette Troop 4361 is hosting a food drive for St. Vincent de Paul through the month of October. 

Please bring items to the ice cream social or contact Jennifer Oh at chjeoh@yahoo.com for drop off. 

Most needed items:

• Canned tuna and chicken
• Canned soup
• Canned fruits and vegetables 
• Dry Beans
• Rice
• Pasta
• Boxed Mac and Cheese
• Peanut Butter ( plastic jars)
• Cooking essentials like flour or sugar
• Instant potatoes
• Breakfast cereal

Also - council has a patch program that you can participate in as a troop:

https://www.girlscoutsaz.org/content/dam/girlscoutsaz-redesign/documents/councils-own/SVdP-Patch-Program.pdf 

Camp B.A.S.I.C. 2027

 

 Camp B.A.S.I.C. 2027

Brownie-Aged Skills and Interest Camping

April 3-4, 2027

WHO

Campers: Brownie and Junior troops, grades 2-5.

Staff: Cadettes and older, grades 6+

WHAT

Learn how to camp and have fun!

Fire Safety        Tents        Outdoor Cooking        SWAPS

Knife Safety         Knots        Leave No Trace        Songs

      First Aid         Navigation        and fun!!

WHERE

Usury Mountain Park, north of Mesa.

WHEN

Saturday April 3, 12pm through Sunday April 4, 10am.

COST

$45, which includes all meals, snacks, training, SWAPS, crafts, and patch.

Late registration after February 28th:  $60.   Sorry, no refunds can be issued.

TO REGISTER

Fill out the Camp B.A.S.I.C. online registration form.    

Make a troop check to Pima Neighborhood.

Submit payment and a troop roster to Lee, lee@reality.com 
or Lee, c/o RSI, PO Box 22400, Tempe AZ 85285-2400.  

The roster must contain all adults and girls who are attending and must include an emergency

contact not at camp!   Also include girls and adult attendees' age, allergy/dietary issues.

Camp B.A.S.I.C. is sponsored by Troop 2010 and is staffed by Pima Neighborhood Cadette,

Senior, and Ambassador Girl Scouts.  

Please contact Troop 2010 at gstrp2010@gmail.com with any questions.

Pima Fall Encampment at Camp Maripai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pima Fall Encampment at Camp Maripai

October 23-25, 2026 

For troops grades 3 and up

Grades 1-2 can come for the day!

Leaders & daughters of younger troops 

can camp overnight, too.  

  

$60 per person + program fees, 

$40 per person for Saturday only 

includes Saturday breakfast & dinner 

and Sunday breakfast and a patch

  

Register for fall encampment here!

Registration due:  9/23/2026 

Late registration add $15 if available

Planned Activities:  Archery (4th & up), Hatchet throwing, 

Wide Game, Saturday campfire, SWAPs, lots of fun!

Accommodations:  Various cabins and buildings. 

We’ll assign sites the week before camp.

Required to Register:  

Troop Trip Form (service unit = Pima) 

Payment:  Venmo Diana (note “Fall Encampment”) 

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.)   

 

Questions:  Email Lee @ reality.com

2026 Fall Product Information

The Fall product program dates are October 1-October 31st for girl-delivered sales. Direct sales run October 1-November 15th.

Fall Product flyers and paper receipt books will be available at our September 14 leaders’ meeting. Troop volunteers will receive access to M2 beginning September 24.

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

Service Unit: Pima

Service Unit Email Contact: troop4637gs@gmail.com

Email invitations will be sent to the Troop Fall Product Managers to access the M2 online system.

Key Dates

 

Oct. 1- Nov. 15	Fall Program Sale Dates
Oct. 1	Girls can begin sending emails and taking in-person orders.
Oct. 26	Parents enter orders from their paper order card orders.
Oct. 28	Troop Leaders enter any missed paper order card orders. Order forms and girl delivery orders due to troop.
Nov. 1	The Girl Delivered store closed. Service Units enter any missed paper order card orders.
Nov. 14-21	Metro Area Delivery
Nov. 15	Online Stores Close
Nov. 17	Girl Reward Choices Due
Nov. 22	Parent Outstanding Form (T17) Due
Nov. 30	Money Due in Troop Account
Dec. 3	Fall ACH
December	Girl Rewards Arrive

Troop Incentives

• Troops will earn 15% on all sales.
• Troops will be able to decide to forgo all rewards (except for patches) and earn an additional 2% in troop proceeds.
• Troops who sell $2,000+ in sales will receive an exclusive Cookie booth selection. 
• Troops can also earn an exclusive cookie-booth opportunity by having at least three participating girls with a per-girl average of $250 in combined sales.
• Troops who sell $2,500+ in Combined Dollars Earn an extra $.02 per package sold in the 2027 Cookie Program. (A credit adjustment will be added to eBudde at the end of the cookie season, before the final ACH.) OR $100 in 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. Do NOT put in the Pima neighborhood email address.

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.

2026 Adopt a Family

 

Adopt-a-Family 2026

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 sponsor more than 25 Scottsdale children whose families live in poverty. 

The Adopt-a-Family program is run by the City of Scottsdale. Families are interviewed by city social workers, who record children’s requests for three gifts for the winter holidays.  Susan Vargas will  email assignment information to you in early to mid-November.  Every effort is made to match troops with a child near their age if they request it.  

You purchase at least three gifts for a total value of at least $130 for each child based on their wish list.  You also provide a $50 gift card to the family’s grocery store to help provide a holiday meal.  Troops frequently supplement the three main gifts with clothing and/or stocking stuffers, and sometimes also include a small gift for the parents such as cleaning supplies.  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 $180.

You will drop off a donor report and all the gifts, bagged and labelled for each recipient to Susan Vargas's home on Saturday December 12 or Sunday December 13.  Thank you for making a child's holiday special!

Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/aUikQ8RBtQMJ7gBu9

September Leader's Meeting

 

September Agenda

• Council Updates
• Pima Camp Jammin' Recap
• Maripai Encampment 
• Fall Product 
• Adopt a Family

Reminders

• Communication Guidelines
• Food Handler's Card
• Service and Leadership Team shirts (Order here for leaders and grades 6 and up)

2026-2027 CALENDAR

Leader Meeting Dates

SEPTEMBER

St Vincent de Paul Food Drive (Troop 4361)
September 12, FTC Robotics Season Kick-Off 

September 19, 2026 1-2 pm, Brownie Recruitment Badge Workshop (Troop 17062/Recruitment Team)

September 26, 2026 1-2 pm, Daisy Recruitment Badge Workshop (Troop 17062/Recruitment Team)  

September 27, 12:30pm - 2:00pm Girl Scout Sampler and Ice Cream Social (Recruitment Team)

OCTOBER

October 1-25, In-person Fall Product Sale
October 23-25, Encampment at Camp Maripai (Outdoor Ed Team)
October 30-31, Haunted Yard (2256)
CPR and First Aid Training

Adopt a Family

NOVEMBER
November 2, 10 am or 6:30 pm, Cookie Training (Cookie Team)
November 8, 2 pm, Juliette Low Birthday Party 

Friendsgiving

Self-Defense Class (Kelly)

DECEMBER
December 2 (tentative), Service Team Meeting

December 19, Wreaths Across America Day

Assisted Living Christmas Caroling

JANUARY
January 8, Cookie Rally
January 16, Cookie Delivery (Cookie Team)

FEBRUARY

February 20, Father/Daughter Dance (Troop 176)
February 28 (tentative), Thinking Day

MARCH

March 27, Women’s History Month Educational Event (Troop 4637)

Cookie Collection for the Military (Troop 2256)

APRIL
April 3-4, Camp B.A.S.I.C. (Outdoor Ed Team)

April 5, Leader's Gala (Recognitions Team)
April 14, Service Team Meeting
April 24 (tentative), Annual Meeting
Jared Boxes (Troop 2256)
April 23- May 9 (TBA), Disney Descendants: The Musical (Arts Team)

MAY
Mother's Day Tea (Troop 7048)
May 5 (tentative), Older Girl Bridging and Recognitions (Troop 2256, Recognitions Team)

JUNE
Day Camp (Troop 2256)
Robotics Camp (Troop 17062)

Back-to-School Ice Skating

When: Sunday, August 16, 2026 from 12:30 - 2:30 pm

It is highly recommended you arrive early to get your skates.

Where: Ice Den - 9375 E Bell Road, Scottsdale

Details: Pima Neighborhood Girl Scouts and their friends are invited to some cool fun at our Annual Ice Skating Party!  While the kids skate, parents and leaders can mingle and answer any new parent questions in the lobby. 

Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday, August 14th and must be purchased in advance. No walk ups are allowed. 

Purchase tickets: https://www.icedenscottsdale.com/public-skating

Cost is $15, including skates.  Skate trainers can be rented for $5.

August Agenda

August Agenda

• Recruitment Update
• Open Circle
• Encampment Business
• Fall Product
• Upcoming Events
• Council Announcements
• Best Practices for the New Year
• Troop Resources 101

Reminders

• Communication Guidelines
• Food Handler's Card
• Service and Leadership Team shirts (Order here for leaders and grades 6 and up)

2026-2027 CALENDAR
Leader Meeting Dates

AUGUST
August 16, 12:30 pm Back-to-School Ice Skating (Recruitment Team)
August 29, 11-12 pm Robotics Badge Workshop for Juniors (Troop 17062/Recruitment Team)

August 21-23, Camp Jammin' (Outdoor Ed Team)

SEPTEMBER

St Vincent de Paul Food Drive (Troop 4361)
September 12, FTC Robotics Season Kick-Off 

September 19, 2026 1-2 pm, Brownie Recruitment Badge Workshop (Troop 17062/Recruitment Team)

September 26, 2026 1-2 pm, Daisy Recruitment Badge Workshop (Troop0 17062/Recruitment Team)  

September 27, 12:30pm - 2:00pm Girl Scout Sampler and Ice Cream Social (Recruitment Team)

OCTOBER

October 1-25, In-person Fall Product Sale
October 23-25, Encampment at Camp Maripai (Outdoor Ed Team)
October 30-31, Haunted Yard (2256)
CPR and First Aid Training

Adopt a Family

NOVEMBER
November 2, 10 am or 6:30 pm, Cookie Training (Cookie Team)
November 8, 2 pm, Juliette Low Birthday Party 

Friendsgiving

Self-Defense Class (Kelly)

DECEMBER
December 2 (tentative), Service Team Meeting

December 19, Wreaths Across America Day

Assisted Living Christmas Caroling

JANUARY
January 8, Cookie Rally
January 16, Cookie Delivery (Cookie Team)

FEBRUARY

February 20, Father/Daughter Dance (Troop 176)
February 28 (tentative), Thinking Day

MARCH

March 27, Women’s History Month Educational Event (Troop 4637)

Cookie Collection for the Military (Troop 2256)

APRIL
April 3-4, Camp B.A.S.I.C. (Outdoor Ed Team)

April 5, Leader's Gala (Recognitions Team)
April 14, Service Team Meeting
April 24 (tentative), Annual Meeting
Jared Boxes (Troop 2256)
April 23- May 9 (TBA), Disney Descendants: The Musical (Arts Team)

MAY
Mother's Day Tea (Troop 7048)
May 5 (tentative), Older Girl Bridging and Recognitions (Troop 2256, Recognitions Team)

JUNE
Day Camp (Troop 2256)
Robotics Camp (Troop 17062)

Pima Neighborhood Girl Scouts Annual Juliette Low Birthday Party

Join Pima Neighborhood Girl Scouts at a Birthday Party celebrating Girl Scout
Founder, Juliette Low! 

Cake, activity, and entertainment provided.  Each girl will also receive a patch.

Who: This party is for Daisies (grades K-1) and Brownies (grades 2-3)

Cost: $5/girl 

(Payment via check payable to Pima Neighborhood Girl Scouts or parents may pay via Venmo.  Instructions will be sent after completing google form RSVP.)

When: Sunday 11/8/26 2:30p - 4:00p

Horizon Park Ramada 3 

15444 N 100th St

Scottsdale

Register here: https://forms.gle/JcnpFhqNZWQF2a5y7

2027 Bridging and Girl Recognition Event

 Pima Neighborhood's

Bridging and Girl Recognition 

Event

Wednesday, May 5th, 6-7 pm

Location TBA

Pima is proud to host its tenth girl recognition event. If you have girls who have earned the Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award or are seniors in high school, 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  service bars and leadership torches, religious awards, as well as the Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards.  If you wish to recognize other accomplishments, please check with Diana.  

Absolutely NO Exceptions
If information is not submitted by April 30 it will not be included in the program

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 30

2026-2027 Leader/Volunteer 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 3rd 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. Lee and I would love it if other people would join us!

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

August 17

September 14

October 5

November 2, **Cookie Training 10:00-11:30 a.m. and 6:30-8:00 p.m.**

December 7

January 11

February 1

March 1

April 5, 6:30 GALA (no morning meeting)

May 3

Ice Cream Social

Ice Cream Social

When: Sunday September 27, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Where: Mountain View Community Center 8625 E Mountain View Rd Scottsdale

Details: Invite your friends who are interested in Girl Scouts to our Ice Cream Social. Current troops and individual troop members are also welcome!  Enjoy a cool treat, games, crafts and fun with new friends!

Please RSVP on our Google Form Here:

https://forms.gle/RyoMtkjSwJMrkdxA6

More Information: pimarecruitment@gmail.com