Secret Santa Gift Exchange and Ice Cream Party

On Tuesday, we will hold our annual Christmas Party. The girls have exchanged names for a secret Santa gift exchange. The only catch to this gift exchange is that the gift has to be hand made by the girls and nothing can be purchased. If your daughter does not remember who they selected or she was not at our last meeting, please contact me. I have it all written down. In order to keep hurt feelings at bay, please remind your daughter to bring her gift to the meeting. Anyone that does not bring a gift, will not receive a gift regardless of names drawn.

Lastly, one of our favorite traditions is ice cream sundaes at our Christmas party. I will supply the vanilla ice cream, but I am asking the families to supply the toppings/bowls/spoons. Please let me know ASAP what you would be willing to send to our meeting on Tuesday.

Nutcracker on Ice

A Girl Scout outing to see the "Nutcracker on Ice" at the Webster Groves Ice Arena is being planned.   Here are the details:

Nutcracker on Ice

presented by Metro Edge Figure Skating Club

Saturday, December 10

2:00 or 5:00

(I am shooting for 2:00, but my 2nd choice is the 5:00. 

They will send a confirmation letter indicating our time by Nov. 19.)

We will plan to arrive at 1:00 p.m. and meet outside and walk in together.

NOTE: We will meet at Webster groves Ice Arena. So, feel free to start making carpool arrangements now.

Girl Scouts - $8.00 (This will be covered with Troop funds)

Adults and/or Tag-a-longs - $7.00

Children 4 and under - Free, but may have to sit on lap

Other stuff to know:

• Each scout will receive a Nutcracker on Ice patch
• We will arrive 1 hour before show time to be seated in a reserved seating area and get a chance to meet with the cast, take pictures and enjoy a snack.
• The community service project is a boxed/canned food drive. The troop that brings the most will receive a free ice cream party at Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream.

Please RSVP to me no later than November 14. I need to know:

# of Girls?

# of Adults?

# of Tag-a -longs? (please note under or over 4 years)

 Thanks so much!

Trick or Treat Candy Donation

Daisy Troop #2229 is going to earn a “Halloween Trick or Treat Badge”.

We are hoping that all the girls in the troop go out Trick or Treating and have fun and be safe this Halloween. When all the Halloween Trick or Treat candy has been collected, we are asking that each girl donate a portion of that candy. The troop has decided that a food pantry should receive our donated candy.

We are asking that the girls separate their candy on Monday, November 1, and put what the portion they would like to donate in a tied plastic bag or large zip lock with their name on it and bring to school with them to school on Wednesday, November 2nd. Ms. Milli will meet them in the commons area in the morning as they are coming in the door to collect their bags of candy. When all has been collected, I will weigh the candy collected and let the girls know how many pounds of candy we donated.

Only those girls who donate candy will be awarded the Annual Trick or Treat Patch.

Camp Cedarledge Field Trip

We have been invited to help kick off and celebrate the start of the 100th year of Girl Scouts.

When: Thursday, October 27, 6:00-8:00 p.m. (There is no school on the 28th)
Where: Camp Cedarledge
Includes: Dinner (hot dog, chips, dessert, drink), patch activities and campfire circle. Activities include: tatoos, story time, camp sing-a-long
Cost: Girls will be paid for out of troop funds
Adults: $2.50 each

Unfortunately, I completely forgot about this at out meeting, and registration is due by October 1. Please RSVP to me if you and/or your daughter would like to attend no later than noon on Friday.

Parents Meeting Recap

Daisy Troop 2229's Parent Meeting was held on Tuesday, September 13. I am including a simple bulleted list of what we talked about and things that need to be done before the next meeting.

 I will keep a blog of all the emails I send. On the blog, you can Link to any of the references that I make by clicking on the underlined word. You can check/bookmark the blog here

• Meeting Time: Meetings will be held at 3:45-5:00 p.m. on the following dates: 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/22, 12/6, 12/20, 1/10, 1/24, 2/14, 2/28, 3/13, 3/27, 4/10, 4/24, & 5/8. I will send this as an attachment with snack sign ups as well.
• Snack Sign-up went around, if you did not get a chance to sign up for snack, I still have a few open days and I will have the sign up at the first meeting. Simple snacks like Teddy Grahams,Goldfish, Cheez-Its work best. They do not have to be individually wrapped. I will email a reminder the Friday before the meeting. You can either put the snack in their backpack or drop it off at my house.
• Any adult that stays in the cafeteria during meetings, drives for fields trips, or participates in an way with the troop, MUST be a Registered Adult Member. Adult member pay an annual registration fee of $12 to Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri and must submit to a one time background investigation. Please let me know if you need a copy of the paperwork for becoming a registered adult.
• Troop Dues is the money collected for use within the troop. It covers pins, badges, crafts supplies, etc. We are collecting $18 for troop dues this year.
• Girl Scout Registration Fee is the annual fee that we pay to Girl Scouts. 
• Financial Assistance is available. There is a "financial assistance" section on the bottom of the registration forms. Just complete the statement of need when completing those forms.
• The girls will be dismissed from school to Girl Scouts on meeting days per the form you have completed. If I am missing your form or you were not at the parent meeting, I will email a copy to you. Please get it back to me as soon as possible so I can turn them into the teachers.  I will check the girls in. If your daughter is sick, please send me an email or leave me a message. I am a little neurotic about things like that and will call you if I do not have your daughter and haven't been notified.
• Please come inside to sign the girls out at 5:00 p.m.
• Uniforms can be purchased at Checkered Flag (new location near Ronnie's Plaza), Ben Franklin the Girl Scout Shop, or online.
• Daisy Vest $17.25
• Daisy Numbers: 2, 2, 2, 9 (9 & 6 are the same numbers) $1.25 each
• Daisy Council ID Set $4.00
• Wavy Flag $1.25
• Let me know if you need a picture of a uniform for patch placement.
• Girls are encouraged to wear their vests to school on days of meetings.
• A HUGE thanks to Debbie A. for volunteering to be our troops Fall Product Sales Manager and to Jessica M. for volunteering to be our Cookie Sales Manager. 

I think that is everything. If you have any questions at all, never hesitate to contact me!

Troop 2229 Blog Intro

Beyond keeping in touch with everyone via email, I will post most copies of emails here in this blog.  This will give you a place to look back at what we have done over the year.  I hope that you will bookmark now.