Start time: 7:40pm
Present: Deb Nearing, Anne
Valade, Amy Kelly, Stephanie Musgrove, Kristin
Puliafico, Kate Mahoney, Mary Lasdin, Sandy Griffin, Dawn Gonthier,
Kristin
Lamont, Kerstin March, Barbara Duff, Ruth Kennedy, Barbara Gravel,
Lynne
Alley
Service Unit Changes: Amy Kelly stepped down as NR Service Unit leader,
thanking everyone for their help during her tenure. Kristin Puliafico is
the new NR Service Unit leader effective at the October, 2013
meeting.
Thank you, Amy! And thank you,
Kristin! Amy was presented with a
lovely plant as a token of thanks from NRGS.
Other changes to the service unit team:
Barbara Gravel will be the
new registrar. Anne Valade will be the interim treasurer. Melissa
Audier is the new blog editor.
Ruth Kennedy is the recording secretary.
Kerstin March and Ruth Kennedy
will facilitate the Fall Product Sale.
New Girl Scout Registration:
Thursday, September 26 from 6-7:30pm
at Town Hall. Facilitated by
Anne Valade. This event is for NEW GIRL
SCOUTS only.
REGISTRATION REMINDERS:
All RETURNING Girl Scouts must be registered by Sept. 30th.
Registration is available on line.
There are no paper forms to
re-register your girls.
All Girl Scouts need an ANNUAL GIRL PERMISSION form on
file with troop leaders. This
form is available on line at http://www.girlscoutseasternmass.org/forms.html?cat=6718
All Troops need two adults in the directory as troop leaders.
There is a new 2013 version of Volunteer Essentials in the
"forms"
section of GSEM's website.
All adults must be CORI'd. Deb
Nearing and Kerstin March can process
CORI forms, which must be done in person. Please bring a valid photo ID.
They will be available during the registration event. If you can not attend,
please contact Deb Nearing directly to arrange a time. CORI's are valid for
3 years.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Flashlight CORN MAZE! For grades
6 and up at Marini Farm, Ipswich.
Saturday, October 5 starting at 6pm.
$10/girl includes a fun patch.
Troop
leaders must return the permission form and payment to Deb Nearing by
Sept. 30. This event was a big
hit when last held in 2011. Please
remind
girls to dress appropriately and to wear shoes that can get potentially
get
wet and muddy!
http://www.marinicornmaze.com/
Halloween Dance at the Moose (or place TBA)
This annual event is being planned.
Stay tuned for details!
North Reading Girl Scouts Supports Christian Community Service
Watch for the annual "household and toiletry products"
baskets
that NRGS donate to families in need in December.
Girl Scout Letterboxing: A fun,
free activity in North Reading's Ives
Forest. This Silver Award
project was organized by Carly Sponzo.
It is a fun scavenger hunt with trivia on the history of North Reading
Girl Scouts. To learn more about
letter boxing, visit:
http://www.atlasquest.com/
FALL PRODUCT AND MAGAZINE SALE:
-Catalogs and Forms are now available.
Contact Ruth Kennedy or
Kerstin March if you did not pick up at the Leaders' Meeting.
-Sale begins Sept. 27 and Ends Oct. 27.
-Earn quick money for your troop!
-IMPORTANT! Make sure girls
collect money when a customer
places an order. This is
different from cookie sales, so they may
not remember to do that.
-If they choose, girls at the junior level and up may "opt
out" of
sale prizes. ALL GIRLS in a
troop must agree to opt out and sign
a form (available on the website) which must be faxed to GSEM
in WALTHAM no later than Oct. 4.
By opting out, the troop will
earn 17% of sales vs. 15%.
-Magazine sales can be done on line and customers will receive
their magazines faster.
-Girls can request customers donate a can of honey roasted
peanuts to the North Reading Food Pantry as part of the
"Community Caring Program" listed on the order form.
NRGS has promised 80 cans of honey roasted peanuts to the
NR Food Pantry to be included in donated food baskets for local
families, received on the eve of Thanksgiving. If every girl sold
just ONE CAN, we would make that goal. Thank you for helping
reach it!
-Other important details are on the envelope for troop leaders.
-Please consider participating as the NR Service Unit earns 1%
from all sales made, and uses that money to pay for Fly Up's and
other North Reading activities.
Meeting adjourn: 8:45
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