North
Reading Girl Scouts
Leader
Meeting – April 23, 2018
Minutes of
the Meeting - LAR
Meeting Started at 7:33 p.m.
Leaders/Volunteers in Attendance:
Debbie Nearing, Service Unit Coordinator and Troop
73891; Kerri Antonuccio, SU Membership Promotor and Troop 62803; Amy Kelly, SU
Treasurer and Troops 71901 and 62804; Anne Valade, Fall Product Manager; Joanne
Gibson, Cookie Manager, Hood School Coordinator and Troops 69175 and 62548;
Amber O’Driscoll, Batch School Coordinator and Troop 76211; Denise Kung,
Interim Recording Secretary and Assistant Fall Products Coordinator and Troop
62798; Lisa Alexander, Troop 86279; Lisa Ayer, Troop 62798; Karianne Bekier,
Troop 62803 and 82418; Melissa Audier, Blog Manager; Kim Lambert, GSEM
Representative
WELCOME:
Debbie led us in the Opening Flag Ceremony
and the Promise and welcomed the Leaders. Brownie Girl Scout, Olivia
Antonuccio, held the American Flag during the Ceremony.
Cookie incentive update from Jo – the incentives have arrived and are
available for pickup from Jo. Watch for an announcement on the Leaders FB page
for more information.
Early Bird registration – we are at 13% renewal for the town. If
we can reach 50%, we can earn a $300 incentive! Please help us reach this goal
and consider renewing early. The deadline is May 25 for troops to get the $50
program credit (for up to 12 girls) and $75 (for more than 12). Kim suggested
Debbie email each Leader separately to try to reach our goals.
Arbor Day Service Project – Friday April 27th at 6pm at
Ipswich River Park, organized by Ruth Kennedy. Come join in the celebration and
help plant a tree!
Daisy Recruitment event – 4:30-6:30pm on April 28th at
the Library. Tell your friends and neighbors. There was some discussion about
having an event geared towards parents to learn about how to prepare for Girl
Scouts in terms of online leader training, how to form a troop, etc. Kim Lambert suggested LEAD online to help
Leaders as well to organize their troop.
Field Sports Day Event update – Amber confirmed the gym is reserved for
this event and Debbie will be sending an
email to all parents directly. The deadline will be
May 7th for signups.
Daisy Fairy House event, April 28th – this is a service
project being run by Lisa Alexander’s Cadette troop. Free for Daisies and 2nd
grade Brownies.
Girls Needed – Flag Ceremony for Town Republican Committee on April 30th
at the Horseshoe Grille. Participants perform the ceremony at the beginning of
the committee meeting.
Memorial Day Planting event and service
project May 19th – join Ruth Kennedy to help plant flowers at Veterans Memorial
Park.
Fly Up for Spring June 20th – there was some discussion about the
lateness of this event, which is scheduled to end at 8:30 on a school night.
The consensus was Fly Up should end by 7:30-8 based on the number of troops
participating.
Blog – we have a new blog manager! Thank you to Lisa Ayer for
stepping up to take on this role.
Facebook Administrator – Debbie will check out to make sure we
have one Administrator. Karianne Bekier
offered to help with posting to Facebook in the future. Kim Lambert showed us an APP called BAND for group
organizing.
Shoe Drive service project – Amy Kelly’s troop will start a
town-wide collection for gently worn shoes on May 1st. The collection bins will
be posted all
over town and items will be collected through the end of June. The shoes get
sent to organizations aiding underprivileged nations and will be distributed to
the needy. INCENTIVE: the troop that
collects the most shoes will earn a free badge workshop run by Amy’s troop!
Meeting Ended at 8:33 pm
Minutes taken by Denise
Kung
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