RESOURCES

Calendar Sale

• 2007 Calendar Sale

Membership

• Business Representative

• On-Time Registration

Program Opportunities

• Program Opportunities Book

• Council-Wide Community Service Project

• Grand Opening at Camp Butterworth

• Low Ropes Course Fall Dates

• Seek Your Sister

• Finding Your Way Days

• Fall Outdoor Program Opportunities

• Kids On the Block Puppeteers Needed!

• Chatterbox J-Day

• InVenture Facilitator Training

• Peace'n It All Together Peacemaker Training

Adult Development

• Volunteer Award Nominations

• Adult Recognitions in Girl Scouting

Fund Development

• Family Partnership Flyer

Important Dates!

• September 22, 2006 - On-Time Fall Registration Due

• October 31, 2006 - Juliette Gordon Low's Birthday

• January 27, 2007- Delegate Meeting

Legend

Age Level:

  Daisy

  Brownie

  Junior

  Cadette

  Senior

  Adult

2007 CALENDAR SALE

Troops that have planned special uses for their cookie money from the previous year and/or newly forming troops in particular benefit from the option of earning start up funds at the beginning of the year.  Girl Scouts - Great Rivers Council offers the calendars as a fast, easy option for troops to raise these funds.  Troops surveyed last year found the calendar sale provides a simple, low-key activity with very little paperwork.  This is desirable in the beginning of the year when troops are just registering, forming, adding girls and meeting for the first time.  Troop participation in all council-sponsored sales is completely optional.  No troop is required to participate in any council-sponsored sale.

Each calendar (both wall and pocket calendars) sells for $2.50.  Your troop profit is 1/2 of that for a total of $1.25/calendar!

Dates:  November 1-10, 2006.

Troop Fall Product Sale Manager Process Guide - .pdf format

Visit the calendar sale webpage for more information.

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PROGRAM SERVICES

FALL WEEKEND OPPORTUNITIES

Small Craft

Map Magic Try-it Day

Finding Your Way Badge Day

First-Timers Core Camp

Archery Days

For more information about the Fall Weekend Opportunities contact Mary Beth King at mking@grgsc.org.

Low Ropes Course  

For more information about the Low Ropes Course contact Jessica Coke.

CAMP BUTTERWORTH GRAND OPENING

Date:  September 30, 2006

Cost:  $2/person

Capacity:  200 people/session

Times:  9:00 - 11:00 a.m. or 12:00 - 2:00 or 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Registration:  Click link above to download flyer.

SEEK YOUR SISTER PROGRAM

The Seek Your Sister program opportunities allow your troop to be paired up with another troop from our council. 

• Send each other letters, photos, and SWAPS in the mail! 
• E-mail each other or set up a web site together! 
• Videotape a greeting or song for your sister troop! 

• Be invited to meet your sister troop at the annual Seek Your Sister Picnic on May 13, 2006!

To sign up:  Complete the online form.  Please allow several weeks for a link to be identified.  You will be notified once your troop is linked.

Questions:  Contact Chris Salley. Click here to view the flyer in .pdf

InVenture Facilitator Training

At this training,  you'll learn how to facilitate InVenture activities for your troop, service unit or day camp event.  An InVenture activity is a fun game that presents a challenge to a group, which the participants must solve within a given set of rules and by using only the materials provided.  InVenture activities help participants to explore and develop trust, teamwork, creativity, communication styles, leadership skills and problem-solving strategies.  InVenture games are a fun and exciting way of teaching the girls in your troop life skills that will help them to work better together and achieve a higher level of success.  You are encouraged to attend InVenture facilitator training on Saturday, September 16, 2006, from 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.  Please contact Jessica Coke at 619-1422.

Peace'n It All Together Peacemaker Training

We have an opportunity for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts to earn the Peace'n It All Together Peacemaker program aid specialization training.  Peace'n It All Together enables older girls to learn how to relate to each other with understanding and respect and teach younger girls to do the same.  The girls will be able to lead the patch program for any troop or service unit, to help other Girl Scouts to manage conflict and create a safe social environment.  Following the training the girls will be asked to co-facilitate at least one peace day for a  group of Junior Girl Scouts.  Please encourage your girls to attend the training on September 23, 2006, from 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.  Please contact Jessica Coke at 619-1422.

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MEMBERSHIP

On-Time Registration

Troops with 50% or more of the girls and at least one leader/advisor (01) registered by September 22, 2006, will receive a 10% discount card for the Council Store.  NOTE:  50% is based on total # of girls registered to troop as of July 15, 2006).

Become a Girl Scout Representative in your place of work

It's simple and easy to take a few minutes to hang a few posters or ask if the Girl Scout Staff Adult Recruiter could have a display table.  Everyone thinks of leadership for girls, but do they think about Translator, Low Ropes Instructors, Trainers, Teen Advisor, Workshop Presenters, Team Building Facilitators, or Service Team positions?  You can help give a different perspective of what volunteer opportunities are available in the organization.  Please contact Cheryl Shrider, Adult Recruiter, at 619-1424.  Click here to view flyer.

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