Weekly Meetings: #1 ~First Meeting Tonight!

First Meeting - Sept. 29th-2010

  Pre meeting fun in gym

6:20- Flag Ceremony’

6:30-Welcome- Three things about you!
6:45- Magazine Drive- $2.00 each packet/ 1.50 each mag
  Planned Events: Apple-Picking/ Corn Maze/ Halloween Party/ Clement's Market/ Trinity Rep Play/ Singing at Sakonnet Bay Manor/
6:50- Planning – ideas/costs
7:00- Craft Project-Erin


Next Week (10/13/2010) Apple Picking- Meet @ Old Stone Orchard-4:30p.m.  CALL TRACY or ERIN if your daughter needs a ride.  Please bring completed permission slips.

IDEAS! (notes courtesy of MaryBeth V.)

When asked to brainstorm, the Girls came up with the following: Horseback Riding, Kayaking, Fishing, Tie Dye, Sailing, Corn Maze (10/16), Paint Ball, Six Flags Trip, United Skates of America

Halloween Party Planning

ACTIVITIES
- Rockin' Jack'O'Lanterns
- pumpkin bowling
- Tie Dye Pumpkin Shirts (sneak peek)
- Jello-eating contest (strawberry kiwi)
- Decorate cupcakes
FOOD
Pizza Rolls
Pizza
Cupcakes
Fruit
Veggie/Dip
~ Cup of Mud
~ Water
~ Punch with Eyeballs

Sakonnet Times: 09-22-2010



Great job, girls!



Outings: Apple-Picking in Little Compton

UPCOMING   This would be a Wednesday field trip. October Wednesdays available are 10/06, 10/13, 10/20.  If we  follow our usual routine of creatively sharing transportation... everyone ends up with a ride TO and FROM the orchard. Contact Erin.  More information, directions on their website.

http://www.oldstoneorchard.com/

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Outing: Escobar's Corn Maze Harry Potter Day, Sat. 10/16

UPCOMING This might be a great way for us to see the Escobar Family's Corn Maze, this year. 

2010's Design

In Print: "Scouts say thanks..."

From the Sakonnet Times (East Bay Newpapers) published September, 9th, 2010. 

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So, I sent an email on Monday morning to thank the bagpiper and...



The Firefighter's Prayer
September 11th, 2010

 She offered to come and visit our troop, sometime.  Yea!
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On 9-14-2010 10:04am Pipe Major, Debbie Kane wrote:

Hi Erin,
Thank you very much for your e-mail. It was an honor for me to be part of Saturday's ceremony of remembrance. I believe that if there is one person you can reach by your example it is a job well done. I strive for that every time I present myself in public. Please tell all your Girl Scouts I said "hi" and to keep up their good work.
If your Girl Scout troop would ever like me to come and do a special bagpipe presentation for them I would be happy to do it. Please contact me any time.

Thanks again for your very kind and heartfelt comments.
Warm regards,
Debbie Kane, Pipe Major
Rhode Island Highlanders Pipe Band

Pardon Gray Day-9-11-2010

What a day! We had quite a presence with Registration and Activities. Our Girl Scouts made a big impression on many kids. They helped their guests make SWAP pins to take home.  They applied countless tattoos and painted many faces with patience and precision.  I am very proud of those

girls and thankful for their parents' patience and support.  We will participate next year, but there will be little mystery what to expect.

A thank-you has been sent by email: "Those girls made the entire GS organization look like a million bucks. Whether they arrived in Girl Scout uniform or soccer uniform, their presence was priceless. They worked extremely well together and charmed the crowd with their politeness and skills."

I am preparing the pictures to share. I will be emailing log-in information to each household.  Thanks, again.

Erin

Have You Seen This in Print?

This photo was published in the Sept. 2nd issue of The Sakonnet Times.  However,  I didn't know about it until this morning when I opened a paper I bought last night. Thanks, Tracy, for taking the great picture!

You'll find it in a prime location at the top of the "Around Town" section (page 12).  If you see it in the paper, you may notice something else that Alice spotted immediately... and caused me to run to the phone (to issue an apology) then to my computer... to submit a correction.  

Labor Day Weekend: Best wishes to you and your family.

Saturday's Waves at Sakonnet Point

...and a bubble-gum pink sunset.

Re: EARL. Well, that was not so bad.

A few Earls would be just fine for "Hurricane Season."  Ideal weather is expected through Labor Day.  I hope you are somewhere enjoying it... like we are.

Maybe we won't have any more of those three-shower days, either (H.H.Humid).

OUTING-- Osprey Sea Kayaks

Samantha, Owner of Osprey, with GS 1308  and the Earl brothers

How about some quiet-water paddling in the Fall?  You can find a review which served as a preliminary Thank-You note, written the day following our outing here.  Later, I wrote another note which named names... sent to staff/owners.
Meanwhile, we will be looking forward to more paddling in the Fall.  We may organize an outing with a combination of kayaks we own and kayaks rented from Osprey. ($25/ 3hrs for single sit-on-top; $40/ double kayak.)  More info on Westport River paddling at http://www.ospreyseakayak.com/

Earl will be visiting... staying OFFSHORE, we hope.

Generally speaking, the name "Earl" doesn't make me nervous.  When any other Earl is approaching, I do not feel the need to prepare with plywood and water.  More recently, the name has become more charged... Yeah, Earl family... save some of those nifty graphics.  Put them in a scrapbook. Make no mistake about it, we actually don't want EARL to become too memorable.

GSRI #1308 goes back to school!

Hope all is well with you...
Despite having to hit the books, again, you'll find that it still feels like Summer.  BTW there will be WAVES at the beaches, this weekend.  Keep your distance!

Pardon Gray Day 9/11/2010 10a.m. to 4p.m.

Get out your sashes and vests.  This is going to be fun! The Troops in our area will have quite a presence at this event.  GSRI of Tiverton, Little Compton, and Westport, MA will host activities for kids and be encouraging new girls to Register with a Troop OR to become a Girls Scout who attends events and outings w/ others. Girl Scouts are needed to staff Make & Take Activity tables: 
1. SWAP Pins (see earlier post), 2. Macrame Friendship bracelets (with pony beads), 3. God's Eyes w/ yarn and twigs, 4. and Bug Bookmarks (Sue G.'s imagination at work). 
We have also been asked to offer with Temporary Tattoos (Daisies and Brownies can do this) and Face Painting (Cadets can do this).
A Color Guard has been requested for the parade honoring victims of Sept. 11, 2001. We will choose names from a hat for this.  Flags will be on loan from GSRI Council.
Registration will take place nearby at another table and we want to encourage new girls to join. 
*If you need help getting your uniform ready, contact me directly.  I still have some 1308'ers patches/badges. Official Web Page