| September 2008 |
Vol 1, Issue 2 |
| Go Green with Girl Scouts! |
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In May, Mabry from Daisy Troop 1569 cut her hair off and donated it to Locks of Love. Nice job, Mabry! | |
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| Girl Scout Discount Card |
 Businesses across our community support the Girl Scout Movement. Some of our greatest supporters are our Discount Card partners. When you become a registered Girl Scout, you will receive discounts with our partners listed below! Please use your card when you shop, dine or frequent these businesses.
If you have not received your Discount Card, or if you know a business that would like to participate in the Girl Scout Discount Card program, please contact us at 327-2288 or 1-800-331-6782. Thanks to all of the businesses that are participating in the 2008-2009 Girl Scout year! Go to our Web site under the Discount Card link for a complete and updated list of merchants and the discounts they offer. | |
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Spotlight on Girl Scouts
Put Your Troop in the Spotlight! Submit your troop's accomplishment (up to 250 words) and one quality JPEG image if you have one. E-mail vgalloway@sahuarogsc.org. |
 Brownies Recycle!Brownie Troop 254 in Yuma is initiating and administering a school-wide recycling program at Yuma Lutheran School. On September 9th, the girls painted the bins that will go in each classroom for paper, and will have recycling bins by the vending machines for cans and plastic bottles. The money they receive from the cans will be given to the San Diego Zoo through their Cans for Critters program. The girls will earn points for a special trip to the zoo in the spring.
 Daisies Earn the Leave No Trace Patch
Daisy Troop 1569 from Casa Grande made this great felting with a Leave No Trace theme which helped them each to earn the LNT patch. The felting can be viewed at the Council offices. The girls really had a blast with the project and earning the patch and plan on doing it again this year as Brownies. For more information on Leave No Trace, see our Web site under Badges. |
| Experience camp all year long and join us for our special
Jammin' in Jammies Sleepovers! |
This monster-sized overnighter includes camp favorites like singing, flag ceremony, and  arts and crafts, plus the awesome camp-themed activities. These unique sleepovers offer something for everyone. Girls will Discover new skills, Connect with new friends, and Take Action by applying their newly acquired tools. Dinner is provided as well as breakfast, lunch and snacks. Contact Michelle Higgins for more info, 319-3155 or 1-800-331-6782, ext. 3155; mhiggins@sahuarogsc.org. $40 Per Camp
Check in Friday at 6:00 pm (for dinner); Check out Saturday at 3:00 pm
Girl Scout Hacienda Program Center, 3101 N. Sabino Canyon Rd., Tucson
Register two weeks before event date.
Crime Time
November 14 & 15, 2008, Juniors, grades 4 and 5 Crack the case using CSI tools: fingerprint suspects, interrogate witnesses, and more! Parade of PixiesJanuary 23 & 24, 2009, Brownies, grades 2 and 3 Build a pixie cottage and wings to flutter, plus other fairy fun! Tween Oasis
February 20 & 21, 2009, Juniors, grades 4 and 5 Parents stressing you out? Friends and school too? Find out how to relax and rejuvenate with this overnight slumber party all about YOU! Kandy Land
March 13 & 14, 2009, Brownies, grades 2 and 3 Make a mess and have fun while learning the science behind your favorite sweet treats! Kandy Kollege
April 17 & 18, 2009, Juniors, grades 4 and 5 Come discover the chemistry it takes to create crystallized candy and other sweet favorites! |
| YOU'RE INVITED! The Happening at the Hacienda |
2nd Annual Friendraiser
A Kaleidoscope of Opportunity...
Join us for a fun-filled adult evening for the benefit of girls.
Friday, September 26, 2008
6:00 -10:00 pm
Hacienda Program Center, 3101 N. Sabino Canyon Road, Tucson
Enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and a fabulous dinner under the stars. Make s'mores around the campfire & twist the night away to the sounds of the Retro Rockets!
Silent Auction items list is available on our Web site.
$75 per person
Dress: Camp Fun - Jeans and Tennies
Complimentary Valet Parking
RSVP by September 23, 2008
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| Donate to Girl Scouts with Employer Match |
| Remember that you can contribute to Sahuaro Girl Scout Council through your workplace! If your employer participates in the United Way or UA Cares workplace giving programs, or you work for Raytheon or IBM, Sahuaro Girl Scout Council is one of the member agencies to whom you can choose to designate all or part of your contributions. Please write us in! If you are an employee of the City of Tucson, Pima County, State of Arizona, or the federal government, SGSC is an approved agency with each of these government employers, so you can write in the name "Sahuaro Girl Scout Council" on the designation form, and we will be notified of your gift. If you have any questions or want more information about how to designate SGSC to receive part of your workplace giving donations, call Debbie Rich at 319-3168 or 1-800-331-6782, ext. 3168. |
| Banking questions |
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As a Council, we are changing our partner bank from Bank of American to Wells Fargo. We are in the process of making this transition. Representatives from the bank will be at your Service Unit meetings. If you or your leaders have any questions please call Debbie Rich at 319-3168 or Trudy Wilson at 319-3153. Please don't call the branch. We are working with a central representative.
Our Board of Directors voted to reimburse all troops for the $2.50 monthly service fee. The reimbursement will be transferred back into the troop account once year-end financials are received in June. Wells Fargo will provide free starter checks. If your troop wants to order a box of checks there will be a charge.
The cookie account has been moved to Wells Fargo. Deposit slips for this account will be distributed at the Cookie Training in November.
We are mailing out Wells Fargo membership account deposit slips. If leaders do not want to keep the registration fees that they have collected, they can bring the payments to the Council office or go ahead and deposit the fees into the Bank of America account.
If leaders cannot attend the Service Unit meeting they can go to a Wells Fargo branch to open an account. Two signers will need to be present to open the account. Both signers will need two forms of ID each. Wells Fargo locations will be listed on our Web site. |
| Cookie News |
Attention Service Unit Cookie Managers and Service Unit
Managers. Cookie Training for your level will be Saturday,
November 1, 2008 at the Resource Center.
The cookie theme this year is "Imagine If... We Could Change the World." Troops will have two goals this year. 1) What can we do that's fun and allows us to learn with our cookie proceeds? 2) What can we do with our cookie proceeds to make the world a better place? At your Service Unit Cookie Training you will have a chance to hear some great ideas on how each level can make a difference.
The Cookie Department has some exciting news that lots of you have been waiting for this. We are going paperless this year. YES! No more hand-written reports. You will only print reports from E-Budde. Are we getting excited yet? We are. Please attend your Service Unit Meetings or call your Service Unit Cookie Managers for times, dates and locations of your area training. |
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 Saturday, November 1, 2008, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm International Wildlife Museum 4800 W. Gates Pass Rd., Tucson Daisies, Brownies, Juniors $6 per person Register by October 18 Creep along the halls of the International Wildlife Museum and discover fun and freaky science phenomena! Professional "mad scientists" will encourage girls to work along side them in some amazing experiments and activities. Join The Physics Bus and their always fun, totally wow-effect, high energy presentation. Create creepy concoctions with Wizard Meg from MegaScience as she conducts her dry ice experiments.Many other exciting adventures await...so don't delay...register today! Contact Michelle Higgins for more info, 319-3155 or 1-800-331-6782, ext. 3155; mhiggins@sahuarogsc.org. | |
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Yours in Girl Scouting,
The Staff at Sahuaro Girl Scout Council
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