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Dec 20 2012
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Badges, Cookies, Events, PGMA

No Meeting on Friday, But We’re Going to Blitz on Saturday!

Just a few reminders:

  1. There is NO troop meeting tomorrow, Friday, 21 December. Our next regularly scheduled troop meeting will be Friday, December 28, 2012. Remember: Troop 3480 meets every other Friday.
  2. We’ll see you at the Troop Blitz this Saturday, 22 December, at 10AM.
    All girls should be in uniform and bring clothing for yoga in the afternoon. (The Troop Blitz is a special event outside of our regularly scheduled troop meetings.)

  3. Parents MUST meet with the Cookie Mom, Sr. Zakiya, in order for their daughter to sell cookies.

blitz
Saturday, December 22, 2012
10AM – 3PM
Prince George’s Muslim Association
9150 Lanham Severn Rd
Lanham, MD 20706

SCHEDULE

10AM Pinning Ceremony
10:30AM Investiture: Welcoming new members into the Girl Scout family
11AM Court of Arms: Presentation of earned badges
12PM Lunch & Thuhr Salat
1PM Yoga and SWAPS Rotation
3PM Parent Pick-Up

NOTE: Families are invited to attend the Pinning Ceremony, Investiture and Court of Arms. Lunch will be provided at the Masjid.

See you all Saturday!

Kesha

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Dec 16 2012
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Events, Girls Scouts, On Your Own

On Your Own: Girl Scout Day at the Newseum

Girl Scouts Get the Scoop – Day at the Newseum

Who: Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors, & Ambassadors
When: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 9AM – 5PM
Where: Newseum 555 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20001
Cost: $8

This program offers an exciting look at the role journalism plays in society. Girl Scouts navigate the museum’s displays and interactive exhibits, wich chronicle hundreds of years of news history and the power of freedom of speech.

Registration is now open for this GSCNC Signature Event. Click here to register for Girl Scouts Get the Scoop Day at the Newseum. Cost is $8 per person (several dollars less than the regular museum group rate) and includes museum entry and a pass allowing access to special tours, games, presentations and art activities, with an emphasis on the role of women in the news, the impact of youth leaders and the Girl Scouts. Girls will also have the opportunity to share what they’ve learned and earn prizes. An optional event patch can be ordered for $1 each. Registration ends on January 2, 2013.

Learn more about the Newseum at www.newseum.org.

Girl Scouts Get the Scoop – Day at the Newseum is made possible by a generous major gift from longtime GSCNC volunteer Penny Halpern.

Dec 10 2012
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Badges, Character, Girls Scouts

World Thinking Day 2013: Together we can save children’s lives.

What is World Thinking Day?

Each year on February 22, World Thinking Day, girls participate in activities, games and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in other countiries. World Thinking Day is part of the WAGGGS Global Action Theme (GAT) based on the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goalds (MDGs), which aim to improve the lives of the world’s poorest people. The theme of World Thinking Day 2013 is girls worldwide say “Health is precious. Together we can save children and mother’s lives.”

World Thinking Day not only gives girls a chance to celebrate international friendships, but it also a reminder that Girl Scouts of the USA is part of a global community- one of nearly 150 countries with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. WAGGGS Thinking Day was first created in 1926 at the fourth Girl Guide/ Girl Scout International Conference held at Girl Scouts of the USA’s Camp Edith Macy (now called Edith Macy Conference Center).

Thinking Day was first created in 1926 at the fourth Girl Guide/ Girl Scout International Conference held at Girl Scouts of the USA’s Camp Edith Macy (now called Edith Macy Conference Center). Conference attendees decided that there should be a special day for Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from around the world to “think” of each other and give thanks and appreciation to their “sister” Girl Scouts. The delegates chose February 22 as the date for Thinking Day because it was the mutual birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, and his wife, Olave, who served as World Chief Guide.

In 1932, at the seventh World Conference, held in Poland, a Belgian delegate suggested that since birthdays usually involve presents, girls could show their appreciation and friendship on Thinking Day not only buy extending warm wishes but by offering a voluntary contribution to the World Association. This is how the World Association’s Thinking Day Fund began.

flagsGlobeThe fund helps offer Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting to more girls and young women worldwide. Girl Scouts of the USA, through its Juliette Low World Friendship Fund contributes to the World Thinking Day Fund. Each troop can give to this fund on its own.

What countries will our girls pick? Syria? Indonesia? England? France? Palestine? Brazil? It’s up to the group. Look for more info soon.

Kesha

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