August 27 -- Our First Junior Girl Scout Meeting

For our first meeting of the year, we "concluded" our Brownie Girl Scout years with stories and memories of the fun things we did, the Try-Its we earned, the special events we attended, and the friends we've made over the years! Now another year has come, and a new "journey" awaits us!

To help us start our new year as Junior Girl Scouts, Isabel from Cadette Troop #32 came to talk to us about her years as a Junior Girl Scout. She showed us her Junior vest with all her patches and told of all the experiences she had as a Junior Girl Scout. She also showed lots of pictures from all their special events and trips, and even taught us a few songs and games that we can do as Junior Girl Scouts!! Thanks so much, Isabel!

The second half of our meeting involved the parents and families. We talked about the new uniforms for Junior Girl Scouts and went over upcoming events for the girls to attend. We then capped the meeting off with an "Ice Cream Sundae Social" for all!! Here are some pics:


The girls are learning some new songs and games from Isabel:

Singing and entertaining while eating ice cream!:

Girl Scout Junior Vest

1 -- Junior Insignia Tab
2 -- World Trefoil Pin
3 -- Girl Scout Pin (traditional or contemporary)
4 -- Bronze Award Pin
5 -- Membership Numeral Guard
6A -- Sign of the Rainbow
6B -- Sign of the Sun
6C -- Sign of the World
7 -- Cookie Sale Activity Pin
8 -- Junior Journey Award Patch Set
9 -- Junior Badges
10 -- Junior Leadership Pin
11 -- Brownie Wings
12 -- Junior Aide Award
13 -- Bridge to Junior Girl Scouts
14 -- Safety Award Pin
15 -- Membership Star
16 -- Disc for Membership Star - green
17 -- Disc for Membership Star - yellow
18 -- Iron-on Troop Numerals
19 -- Troop Crest
20 -- Girl Scout Council Identification Set
21 -- Wavy American Flag Patch
22 -- Patrol Leader's Cord

Welcome to Junior Girl Scouts!

Welcome all!! Just a quick reminder, please be sure to register your Girl Scout for the upcoming year if you have not already done so. Girls are only allowed to attend one meeting for their troop without being registered. We don't want anyone to miss out on all the FUN!!

Each girl will be needing the official green vest, which costs $15.75 and can be bought at the downtown Walgreens or at the Girl Scout Council Office on Tri-view Avenue. Each girl will also need to purchase the book called Get Moving! Girl Scout Journey Book for $7.00. (The "Cookie Dough" each Girl Scout earned from last spring's Cookie Sales can be used towards the purchase of the Journey Books.) These books will be used at each meeting. There are two other books offered by the Girl Scout Council, but purchase of these is OPTIONAL! The Junior Girl Scout Handbook sells for $10.95 and The Junior Girl Scout Badge Book sells for $11.95. If you are interested in getting one of these books, I would recommend the Badge Book. Again, these two books are not required for our meetings!

The Girl Scouts also had the opportunity to order Troop 273 T-shirts! They voted on the color and style and the order has been placed! The T-shirts will be here in time for the next meeting! Please have the Girl Scouts wear their vest or T-shirt (or both!) to each meeting! Thank you!

Here is the winner of our T-shirt design:

Here is a quick listing of Upcoming Events that will be taking place before our next meeting:

September 8, 2009:
***EHS Homecoming Parade ***
Most of us will be walking with Washington School,
so we will not be participating as a Girl Scout troop.

September 13, 2009:
***l Scout Registration Nite***
2pm - 4pm at ??? (TBA)
If you are already registered for the upcoming year,
it is not required that you attend this event, but you
are more than welcome to join in the festivities!

September 20, 2009:
***l Kick-Off Event -- "It's Your Planet -- Love It!"***
1:30pm - 3:30pm at Chris Larsen Park along the riverfront.
See what Girl Scouts is all about! Visit booths to make
recyclable crafts, see new Journey books, and be able
to purchase items from the Girl Scout shop! Sioux City
Recycling Center will also be on hand! The cost is FREE for
all Girl Scouts -- each girl is to bring a bottle of water and an
empty milk jug.

September 24, 2009:
***Troop Meeting***
6pm - 8pm at Washington Heights Church

A New Year... A New Beginning!

Welcome back! (We hope you enjoy the "changes" made to our blog -- since we are Junior Girl Scouts and our color is green, we thought we would incorporate the color green into the blog also!!)

We will be starting our new year off with our first "meeting" on Thursday, August 27th from 6pm - 8pm at Washington Heights Church. We will have our meeting with the Girl Scouts for the first hour, then would like the parents to return at 7pm for a parent meeting the last hour. We will go over what being Junior Girl Scouts means, proper dress code, fees for registration and council events, etc. Please bring your wallet/checkbook to this meeting. We are not charging troop "dues", but there will be T-shirts available to order on this night and registration fees for those who have not yet registered. The highlight of the evening will be the ice cream sundaes provided for the Girl Scouts and their families at the end of the evening!! Be sure to be there, as you don't want to miss out on ice cream!!! We look forward to seeing everyone back!!