Meeting Monday April 26, 6-7pm

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Attendance: 

Amri
Brigid
Atalli
Mikayla
Ariana

Try It Activities Completed:
pg. 23 Careers #5 (Brigid forgot her Badge Book today.)

Notes:

Mikayla turned in her worksheet and received the Animals Try It. Troop Contact Sheets were passed out. Brigid handed out invitations to her birthday party. (It starts at 3pm in the same day as our Lemonade stand.) 
Tonight we read from the Handbook and discussed our Lemonade stand. We determined our financial goal for this weekend's fundraiser is $200- because  we estimated 9 girls at $17each for the Dell Diamond Overnighter. We also discussed the possibility of not making any profit, or even losing money on this venture. The point is to have fun and learn something- and hopefully make a little money. 

Note about patches:

All fun patches should be sewn close to each other. If your daughter attends a lot of events, you might even begin to overlap them. The girls will be Brownies until May of 2011- at the rate we're going they are sure to run out of room. There are roughly 60 Try Its (the triangle ones that go on the front.) Aprox. 36 will fit on the front of the vest- then they overflow to the back. We can always add an extra row of fabric to the bottom of the vest if needed.



Assignments for the Week:

• Register for Lemonade Day online. You do not need to go pick up the backpack unless you want to. It doesn't have anything we really need. But you do need to register. Note that you are with Girl Scout Troop 1563 and enter the "best stand" contest.
• Any free time you have between now and Sunday should be spent helping the troop decorate the stand. Call me! Brainstorm so we can have an awesome display.
• The Lemonade Stand is from 10-2 Sunday May 2. You need to call Mandy and sign up for at least a one hour shift. You can stay longer if you like.
  

Notes About Upcoming Events:
Sunday May 2, 10am-2pm Lemonade Stand 
Monday May 3, 6-7pm Meeting
Friday May 7, 7:30pm Musical Field Trip (details coming soon)



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Original Post:
Tonight we will begin work on the Careers Try It. We'll be reading from the Handbook, discussing budgets, talking about upcoming field trips- like the Berry Farm Visit and the Overnighter at the Dell Diamond. We will also (hopefully) be working on our lemonade stand. Have some marketing ideas in mind- I'm thinking lemon costumes? We want to get customers and maybe even win a contest.

Possible Try It Activities for tonight:
pg. 23 Careers #5
pg. 23 Careers #4 (if time allows)

There were a few girls that received patches on Friday that did not turn in their worksheets. I know you did the activities, but you still need to complete the worksheet and turn it in! If you have questions about patches, please go here. I will gladly sew patches on for a small troop donation.

I need to write down the "fun patches" Madison and Brigid earned with their previous Troops.

Note about upcoming events:

Lemonade Day is Sunday May 2. We have not determined a time. The troop will work together at one, maybe two, lemonade stands. This project is awesome because it counts as A) pg. 23 Careers Try It Activity #6 and B) from what I can tell- an approved Troop fundraiser.

If you have not already registered for Lemonade Day, please do so. When it asks about contests, choose "best stand."  Atalli's dad is working to secure us a location. If we cannot sell downtown, we will set up shop closer to home- perhaps at the church? (I have not asked them yet.) The Lemonade Day website says the backpacks will have everything we need- but I'm not sure what all that includes. We may need to quickly seek donations of cups, and have everyone bring pitchers from home- but we'll see. I'll keep everyone updated.

In addition to Troop volunteers, we'll also need some parent volunteers later this week in order to make Lemonade Day a success. We'll be building and/or decorating our stand and getting things together for the sale. Kids and adults alike- if you can lend a helping hand anytime this week- please let me know.

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