Wednesday, January 28

7:00 to 8:30 pm

 

Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Lafayette

 

We are still thinking about what to include, all suggestions are welcome! Please support the Association by making a small cash donation ($3 -$5) to offset our costs. A basket will be passed at the Leader Meeting next Tuesday to collect donations. Thanks for your help!

 

Remember, at least one leader or parent

must attend.

 

 

 

It is time to start thinking about Camp!

 
Older Girl Program: Anne Mitchell 284-2784

Gold Advice Night
Our Service Unit has held an informal event for the last two year where girls who have completed their Gold Awards talk with other scouts about their projects in an informal Q&A.  This year it will be held in early February in the evening (7:30 - 8:30) after many activities are done for the day.  It is generally held at Round Table in Moraga (and we provide pizza and drinks for the speakers) because they have a room we can reserve. Often girls, leaders and parents attend.
 
At this time I am looking for 2-4 girls that would be willing to spend an hour talking about their projects; deciding on a project, planning it, executing the plan and everything else that goes along with the project. I also need a leader who has been involved to help guide the discussion if necessary. If your girls are willing and available please let ask them to contact me and we can set a date.
 
10-year Pin Ceremony
This year we will be honoring the girls who have been members for 10 years at the January Leader meeting on 1-28-09.  The ceremony will take place from 7pm - 7:30 pm that evening. If you have girls in your troop that should be included in the ceremony please email their names and the name of one adult leader from your troop that will present them with their pin.  There are 14 troops from 9-12th grade and so far only 4 have responded. The deadline to provide their names so that they are included in the older girl newsletter has passed but you can still get on the list by contacting Anne before January 17th. 
 
Leadership Opportunities:
May - Middle School Ice Cream Social recruiting event. Girls needed to plan a one-hour event for 5th-8th graders.  This has become a Lafayette tradition! 4-6 girls can plan this event; an event binder exists with all the details.

- Anne

Event Coordinator:  Sandra Patterson 296-9281

 

 

 

 
Each year on February 22, girls participate in activities, games and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in other countries. The theme for World Thinking Day 2009 is girls worldwide say "we can stop the spread of AIDS, malaria and other diseases.

For 2009 the Lafayette Service Unit is asking every troop to participate in a World Thinking Day Activity, and then send in an article (with pictures if possible) on what your troop did.  We will publish these articles in the Girl Scout Lafayette Spring Newsletter and also submit (with your approval) these to the local newspapers.  The community will learn how Lafayette Girl Scouts celebrated World Thinking Day!

To participate, pick one or more of the suggestions below, or define your own Thinking Day event!

    
Suggestions:

 

 

The following events scheduled for the rest of the year are:
 

Father Daughter Dance February 6, 2009

Rolling Skating Party March 11, 2009

Daisy/Brownie Health Faire May 12, 2009)

If you are interested in hosting a Lafayette-wide event, or some type of badge workshop, please contact Sandra for additional information.

 

 

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It is that time where we say goodbye to loyal volunteers and begin to look for new people to help... If you are interested in serving on the LCT, we would love to hear from you.  Take a look at the LCT Roster the various roles and start thinking about what you are interested in.  Future Leader Updates will show the open positions. There will be large and small jobs available!

 

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The Lafayette Service Unit is required by council to maintain a current list of all bank accounts in the service unit.  Please send the following information to the LSU Treasurer, Anne Mitchell:

- Troop number
- Treasurer name, email and phone number
- Bank name
- Bank account(s) number and type (checking or savings)
- Signers on the account (troops should have 3 signers).
 
All troops should have a bank account - please refer to pages 24 and 25 of the Council Resource Guide for guidelines and how to set an account up at Wells Fargo.
 
Deadline is January 31, 2009

 

K-2 Currently no school organizer. Please contact Linda if you are interested. 

3-5 

Juleen Lapporte, 284-1540
Happy Valley - Currently no school organizer. Please contact Linda if you are interested. 

Lafayette - Karin Husch 283-1455
Springhill - Kerry Bolen 943-1499
St. Perpetua - Trish Brown 937-5164  
Stanley - Currently no school organizer. Please contact Linda if you are interested. 

 

 

 

Initial Orders January 9 - February 1
Deliveries of product to troops  - tbd

Public sale March 6, - March 22, 2009 

Cupboard Opens - March 9

 

Questions about Cookies?  Please contact Ardice Hartry at 962-9739

 

What do you want to be when you grow up? Meet women who work in various careers that use math, science, technology, and engineering.  Participate in hands-on activities from these exciting fields.  Observe the Chabot Space and Science Center exhibits and attend a planetarium show or a show in the megadome theater.   Chabot Space and Science Center will be open exclusively for this event on this day. Click here for more information.
 

Diablo Day Camp, Session 9 (August 11-14, 2009) is looking for a Level
II first aider-without this position being filled, we will not be able to
hold our session.  Please email Director Denise Greenspan if interested!

Please email your succinct announcements and advertisements - worded exactly as you wish them to appear - to Colleen McCarty.   PLEASE NOTE:  The deadline for submitting items for publication is the 20th of each month.