Monday, January 18, 2010

Program night



Tonight we made posters about our neighbourhoods and talked about people in our who contribute positively to our community. We also played some games and did some hula-hooping!

Dates to remember:

Jan 25 - We will start working on our Heritage Home Skills Badge. We'll be making butter (and eating it with fresh bread). If you have made jam, jelly, pickles, or other preserves, please let us know.

Feb 1 - Badge Testing. We will also be doing Crochet and Knitting.

Feb 8 - Valentines/Chinese New Year Party. Yes, I know it's early, but it's the closest meeting we have to the 14th! Please remember to bring your food, drink, or decorations, or prepare a game - whatever your Patrol volunteered to do.

Feb 15 - Family Day Holiday. No meeting.

Feb 22 - Thinking Day. We are hosting. Regular meeting place and time, but be prepared for LOTS of people!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Games and Crafts


This week, we had a Games and Crafts night. The third years/grade 6s also had a chance to earn their Campfire Leader badge, and we had a great campfire!

Upcoming Events:

Feb 4-6 - GARAGE SALE. We really need you and your friends, neighbours, and relatives to put aside things to donate to our garage sale. Think of the best garage sale you went to over the summer, and think how nice your house will look without clutter! Reduce, re-use, and re-cycle - donate anything that you don't want that somebody else needs and will love!

And don't forget to tell people to COME to our garage sale - having the best stuff in the world is no good without buyers!

Feb 22 - THINKING DAY. We will be having a group event with the Pathfinders, Rangers, Brownies and Sparks. This will happen during our regular meeting time.

May 15 - RALLY DAY at Ontario Place. Be sure to come for our wonderful 100th anniversary celebration! More details to follow.

We are also going to be receiving our spring cookie order, but the date has not yet been announced. We have ordered 70 cases - one for each girl, and the rest to sell at a group event (blitz). It will be a BLAST, and there will be special crests for all girls who participate!

Monday, January 4, 2010

And the new year's resolution is:

Not to forget to update this blog!

Today we did
the Famous Five Challenge. We learned about the Famous Five and the Persons Case, the women who fought to make women Persons in Canadian law so that they could hold office, be part of the Senate, and never again be denied the opportunity for public office just because they were female.

Thanks to the Famous Five: Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Emily Murphy, Henrietta Edwards, and Louise McKinney.




Notes for next week:

Sheppard Division Garage Sale: 1st weekend in February. Please start collecting items that you are willing to donate to the Garage Sale, and please tell all your relatives, friends and neighbours about it! We'd love to have lots and lots of people come out!

Sale to be held on Saturday, Feb 6. More details later!

Cookies: it's time to order cookies for the Spring Cookie Campaign. We'd like to have a blitz in addition to additional cookies to sell. We decided to order 70 cartons, which is two per girl, so that we will have enough to blitz. Watch this space for date and time of the blitz!