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Dec 01 2014
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Badges, Cookies, Events

Troop Meeting This Friday, Dec 5

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Troop 3480’s next scheduled troop meeting will be Friday, 5 December, 2014, 6 – 7:30PM, inshaAllah.

COOKIE SEASON
The 2014-2015 Cookie Season begins in mid-December. Alhamdullilah Troop 3480 has a Cookie Manager: Thank you, Sis. Amina, for volunteering and opening up this hands-on, real-world opportunity for our girls to learn how to set goals, make decisions, manage money, practice people skills and develop business ethics. Our girls will be learning a lot, but what do parents need to know about selling cookies?

Cadettes

  • Cadettes will be turning in their personal expense tracking for two weeks.
  • We start the aMaze Journey this Friday. Please read up to page 15 and follow the instructions to earn your Interact Award.
  • Research corn mazes in the local area for a trip to an actual maze.
  • Turn in permission forms and money for the Cadette Terrapin Adventures trip on December 20.

Juniors

Brownies

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Nov 13 2014
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Character, Confidence, Courage, Events

Cadettes to Soar to New Heights at Terrapin Adventures, 20 Dec

terrapinAdventuresLogoFor up to 2 hours Troop 3480 Cadettes will be able to try all 12 routes of the Terrapin Tower. Girls are always attached while climbing, either on our auto-belay or manual belay systems. Girls can climb the traditional rock wall sides or try out the vertical playground filled with cargo nets, logs, tires and rope ladders. After reaching the top, girls can either be lowered back to the ground or try to wiggle back to the ground head first in the Rainbow Serpent. Traverse across the cable walk to the Zip Platform. Girls will be clipped into the Zip Trolley and can jump, skip, leap, or fall off the platform. Girls will glide to the end of our 330-foot Zip Line, then glide back to the middle where friendly staff will assist them down.

Participants need to be at least 8 years old, 48 inches tall and weigh between 60 and 275 lbs.

Dress for the weather. Comfortable shoes. Please plan to arrive at 2PM to meet the guides, get equipment, and begin the safety orientation. Terrapin Adventures does not guarantee that latecomers will get the full amount of time on their course. The program will run rain, snow or shine. The program will NOT run in the event of thunder, lightning, or winds in excess of 40 mph.

Terrapin Code of Conduct: While at Terrapin Adventures girls agree to abide by the following rules:

  1. Chaperones may be asked to help with their groups by maintaining order and clipping in participants.
  2. All minors must be escorted by guides or chaperones at all times, including lunch and bathroom breaks. The Historic Savage Mill requests that there are no more than 3 youths in the bathrooms at a time.
  3. We ask that everyone use quiet voices when inside Savage Mill to respect the other merchants.
  4. Participants are expected to clean up after themselves and treat the equipment loaned to them with respect.
  5. Do not run, chew gum, smoke, or use profanity while on our course.
  6. We reserve the right to escort anyone off our course whom we feel is not acting in a safe manner.

What: Soaring Heights Adventure
Who: Cadettes
When: Saturday, December 20, 2014, 2 – 5PM
Where: Terrapin Adventures
8600 Foundry Street Savage, MD 20763
Cost: $45 (patch included)
Forms: Cadette Parental Permission form, Terrapin Adventures Waiver and Directions

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Oct 31 2014
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Badges, Character, Events, Girls Scouts, Patches

The Cadette Corner: Made Up Minds

Cadettes

Asalaamu Alaikum

The Cadettes are making lots of constructive decisions. Thank to Asiya K. for being an efficient scribe for the month of October. Please type up all your notes and forward them to me.

DECISIONS:

  • At the archery event they decided to start the aMaze journey as a group. Please pick up the book or find a way to share with a close friend. Girls will be presenting concepts and key points of the book.
  • There are limited numbers to the Cadette MEdia Journey overnight. The girls who do not have an opportunity to attend can still do the Media Journey. I will work with them on two Saturdays in March and April so that they can be finished in time to do the take action with the other girls. This is something they have to decide and inform me.
  • The girls can earn the Journey Summit award if they finish all three journeys this year. Again this is up to them. I am here to assist in making it happen inshaAllah.
  • In the meeting the girls also learned about a couple of Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital (GSCNC) patch programs. They chose the following, in this order:
    1. Discover the Nations Capital and its corresponding segments — Gardening, Statuary, and Transportation — encourages girls to explore points of interest throughout Washington, D.C. We will head out in the Spring inshaAllah.
    2. Grow Strong provides resources and activities that instill in girls the habits that will influence their emotional and physical health for the rest of their lives.
    3. With the help of partners like the Intellectual Property Owners Educational Foundation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the council has created fun, accessible and interesting supplemental activities for girls and leaders about Intellectual Property.

PROGRAMS:

There is still time to register for the Cookie Program Aide. Registration is through the GSCNC website. Contact Sis. Kesha if you need help registering your daughter. We have three girls from our troop attending.

HOUSEKEEPING:

  • We will not tackle all patches as a group. If there are patches girls want to do they should reach out to their fellow Cadettes and work together. If they work alone we would like them to present their findings at a troop meeting to show the group how they earned it. Coordinate with me for the time.
  • Meetings start at 6pm. Cadettes who arrive after 6:15pm will not be allowed to participate. They will have to contact their sister Girl scouts for the missed information.
  • Uniforms are essential. Cadettes have opportunities in the Council for leadership and they need to be in uniform. Incentives are in the future.
  • Be prepared. This includes reading the blog, bringing paper and pen, bringing your tablet/phone for research,  organizing the information given. Leadership starts with the ability to lead one’s self.

Let’s have a great year!

Sister Kesha

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