We were asked to spread the word for the 2013 Haunted Playground...
"Pumpkin Carvers Needed!
It's
that time of year again, when a chill in the air means Fall is coming
and also time for pumpkin carving for the Haunted Playground. We need
Pumpkin Carver Volunteers for the 18th Annual Haunted Playground to be
held on Oct. 19th from 5:30 - 9pm! Let me know if you are interested and
what your name, address, and how many pumpkins you want to carve and
I’ll drop off the pumpkins a week before the event. If you have any
brownies, scouts, pixies, or hobgoblin troops that wish to carve, please
let me know how many will be carving and if you need them by any
special date. I’ll give you some additional information as I get the
responses.
There will be awards given out for for best carvings for
1st, 2nd and 3rd place (really nice trophies!). The event will be judged
right before the haunted playground gets started by Pumpkin Pete
himself! Then on Sunday, you can pick up your pumpkin anytime before Noon and proudly display it in front of your haunt...I mean home.
Scariest Regards,
Pumpkin Pete!"
Pumpkin Pete can be contacted atpeterbrayton@verizon.net
Please remember that if your Girl Scout is helping for a service project she cannot enter the contest.
Upcoming Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
Next Leader Meeting in Feb - TBDWednesday, September 25, 2013
Haunted Halloween Party!
Sunday, October 20th from 3-5
at the Moose Lodge
$10 per person
This is a drop off event.
Find the flyer and form due by October 16 here.
at the Moose Lodge
$10 per person
This is a drop off event.
Find the flyer and form due by October 16 here.
NRGS Flashlight Corn Maze Event
Come Join The Fun!!
For Girls in Grade 6-12
Saturday, October 5th (raindate Oct. 26th) from 6-8:30
At Marini Farm
$10/person
Sign up by Monday, September 30th at the latest!
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Monday, September 23, 2013
Leader Meeting Minutes 9/18/13
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
Close
Monday, September 16, 2013
Fun new GSEM service event!
Help First Responders by Making a Teddy Bear Full
Here are the event details:
Here are the event details:
Date/Time: | Saturday, September 21, 2013, 1 PM to 3 PM | ||
Location: | Lasell College close to rt128/95 & Mass Pike | ||
Address: | 1844 Commonwealth Avenue • Newton, MA 02466 | ||
Notes: |
This
is a Girl Scout Gold Award nonprofit workshop hosted by Kayla Torres of
Troop 73000. Teddy bears will be donated to local police departments to
be distributed to children in need. As first responders, police
officers are often the first faces that traumatized children see and
therefore teddy bears provide first responders with a tool that can
offer emotional comfort and physical healing on scene.
Email to register Kayla33@earthlink.net to register
Workshop fee includes: $20
o 2 Teddy Bears (one to keep and one to donate*)
o Teddy Bear T-shirt
o Birth Certificate
o Wishing Star
o Teddy Bear Donation Fun Patch
o 2 Teddy Bear Ear Bows
o Green Cinch Bag
o Snack
|
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Coming soon
Daisy Discovery Day
We are planning for a fun-filled activity for Daises and time for their parents to learn more about Girl Scouting. This will take place the second week in October, with more information to come.
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Registration
New Registration Event
At this time, we have many troops who have yet to
re-register online for the 2013-2014 year. The last day Leaders can re-register
their troop members is September 30. After this date, parents will have to
set up an account and re-register their daughter in your troop.
There will be a Registration Event for NEW Girl Scouts in grades K-12 on Thursday, September 26 from 6 to 7:30 at the Town Hall Gym.
Because GSEM wants to make Girl Scouting accessible and
inclusive of all girls, Council does offer financial aid for any girl
who is in need. Please direct them to the GSEM website at www.hergirlscouts.org for information
about financial aid.
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all levels,
Leaders,
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
WELCOME BACK!!
We'd like to welcome back all our Girl Scouts, Leaders and Parents to a new year of scouting! And a big welcome to our new service unit members - Kristen Puliafico as Coordinator, Barbara Gravel as Registrar, Ruth Kennedy as Recording Secretary, and Melissa Audier as Blog Manager. And, of course, a HUGE thank you to our outgoing service unit members - Amy Kelly, Alycia McGoldrick and Anne Valade.
Another change this year is that our leader meetings will now be held on the third Wednesday of each month. The first meeting will be on September 18, 7:30, at the Town Hall. We hope you can join us there!
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Ice Cream Social for Girls Interested in Joining Girl Council
Girl Council is open to girls in grade 7-12. More information on the Girl Council can be found here.
For questions, please contact Anne Valade 9'78-664-3650
or annevaladeGcomcast . net
Join us:
Friday, September 6th
7:00 - 8:00
Mrs. Valade's house - 24 Abbott Rd.
Parents are welcome to stay to get more info on the Girl Council.
For questions, please contact Anne Valade 9'78-664-3650
or annevaladeGcomcast . net
Join us:
Friday, September 6th
7:00 - 8:00
Mrs. Valade's house - 24 Abbott Rd.
Parents are welcome to stay to get more info on the Girl Council.
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Fall Product Sale September 27- October 27
It's easy to
earn start-up money for your troop early in the year by
participating in the Fall Sale! Troops
earn 15% of every dollar of nuts and candy and
magazines girls sell, plus girls receive individual incentives.. Our
Service Unit also gets a percentage of all troop sales!
Our Fall Product Sale Managers, Kerstin March and Ruth Kennedy, will be at
the September Leader meeting to talk about the new fall
products and to hand out order forms and kits if you are
interested in selling this fall. They will hopefully have
cans of the nuts/candy on hand for everyone to sample at the
meeting. The fall sale runs from September 27
through October 27 this year.
Check out the GSEM website here to register for the September training
and online training which starts next week!
***NEW RULE - troops are now required to participate in the fall product sale in order for council to approve additional fundraising activities***
***NEW RULE - troops are now required to participate in the fall product sale in order for council to approve additional fundraising activities***
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GSEM Great Escape Event October 4-6
This will be the 31st year for the Great Escape Weekend. It began as a thank-you
retreat for Girl Scout volunteers and has evolved into a
weekend full of opportunities -to renew old friendships,
make new friends, relax or enjoy a workshop, eat well, and
have a lovely autumn weekend in New Hampshire. October 4 - 6 at Camp Wabasso
in Bradford/Sutton, NH - All Girl Scout adults and
graduating seniors are welcome! Find more info. here.
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Camp Skills Training
Get ready for our All-Town Encampment Spring 2014!
Click on the link below to register for training to get certified in either troop camping skills in a tent or in a lodge! Training starts in September. From experience, these training workshops fill up quickly so register early to get the best date and closest location.
Camp Skills Training
Click on the link below to register for training to get certified in either troop camping skills in a tent or in a lodge! Training starts in September. From experience, these training workshops fill up quickly so register early to get the best date and closest location.
Camp Skills Training
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Back to Troop Sale at the Girl Scout Shops September 10 - October 12
Get all your back to troop needs during the GSEM sale
Starting September 10
Waltham Shop
265 Beaver Street, Waltham, MA
866-268-8653
Fall Hours
Tuesday 10 AM - 4 PM
Wednesday 10 AM - 6 PM
Thursday 10 AM - 4 PM
Friday 10 AM - 4 PM
Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM
Middleboro Shop
111 E. Grove Street, Middleboro, MA
774-766-6913
Fall Hours
Tuesday 10 AM - 4 PM
Wednesday 12 - 6 PM
Thursday 10 AM - 4 PM
Friday 10 AM - 4 PM
North Andover Shop
1740 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA
978-689-8881
Fall Hours
Tuesday 10 AM - 4 PM
Wednesday 12 - 6 PM
Thursday 10 AM - 4
PM
Friday 10 AM - 4
PM
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