FW: Work Day coming...help needed

HCNC Work Day - Thursday, June 19 from 9-5.

With all the June rain it's getting a little too wild at the Howard Christensen Nature Center! Help is needed especially with weeding, cutting the grass at the Red Pine Interpretive Center and planting a butterfly garden by the Welcome Center.

There are plenty of jobs for people of all interests and ages, from picking up sticks to boardwalk repair. Please let me know if you plan to come and when so that I can have gloves, wheel barrows, shovels etc. ready for you. (Another option is to schedule a date for a group to visit and help maintain HCNC as the beautiful place that it is.)

THANKS!

Kathy Reed, Director
Howard Christensen Nature Center
(616)675-3158
(866)675-3158
hcnc@kentconservation.org

Girl Scouts - Did you do a service project? Do you have a sponsor?

Leaders,

 

1.         In reviewing the annual troop reports, we have found that many of you did not list any service projects on the report.  So we need to ask you to review your accomplishments again just to be sure. 

 

            Did your troop assist with another troop? 

Did you collect pop tabs? 

Did you make cards/tray favors or visit a nursing home? 

Did you pick up trash/clean up the playground or plant flowers?

 

These and lots of other small gestures are service projects – please email with your troop number and project, if they are not included on your annual report

 

2,         Many troops did not list a sponsor – It is important to the neighborhood that each troop have at least one sponsor.  So please think about a person/company/institution that helped your troop.

           

            Did you have a cookie booth?  That location is a sponsor.

            Did  a group/organization/company donate cash or supplies to your troop?  They would be a sponsor.

            Did you have a guest speaker at a troop meeting?  That person is a sponsor.

 

            Again, please email me with your troop number and the sponsor name – you don’t need to complete the paperwork

 

Please respond as quickly as possible – we need to submit these additions to Council by Monday, June 16^th.

 

Thanks,

 

Beth Reedy

 

 

Girl Scouts - Paperwork information

Leaders,

 

Please be advised that Kelly’s term as Registrar has ended.  We want to thank Kelly for all she’s done for the neighborhood and in getting our paperwork completed and submitted in a timely manner.

 

If you have any outstanding paperwork, please submit it to Beth Reedy and she will make sure it gets to the proper place.

 

Thanks for all you do; enjoy the beautiful Summer weather!

 

Beverly and Beth

Cookie Profits Benefit Others

The Oregonian Thursday, June 05, 2008 Junior Girl Scouts turn cookie profit into gifts.

Junior Girl Scouts from Troop 1884 contributed 80 percent of their earnings from cookie sales to benefit two worthy causes.

The girls, who attend schools in west Beaverton, Hillsboro and Newberg, meet at Cooper Mountain Elementary School. The 9- and 10-year-olds have been Girl Scouting together since first grade. According to leader Suzanne Bick, the girls are working to earn their Bronze Award, their first major award as Junior Girl Scouts.

After netting more than $600 in earnings, the girls voted to donate the majority of it. They went to Powell's Books and purchased $225 worth of books to be sent to schoolchildren in Honduras. The girls had heard about the Honduran children from Cooper Mountain fourth-grade teacher Allison Roth, who does community work in Honduras. Roth had posted a request at the school asking for donations.

The Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter in Hillsboro was the second recipient. The scouts made a shopping trip to PetSmart to buy toys, flea collars and treats, as well as 160 pounds of food to donate.

Bick said that she and co-leader Corinne Walton were in agreement when one of the Girl Scouts expressed how they felt about sharing their cookie money: "We feel like community heroes."

Girl Scouts Summer Tuesdays events

Leaders,

 

Due to some unforeseen circumstances, not all Rockford schools received the Summer Tuesdays fliers.  If you did not get one, please check out the one posted on our website.  If you know of girls looking for summer activities, please direct them to the flyer also.  Remember, Rockford is hosting 3 summer events:  canoeing in June, a pool party in July, and a bike hike in August…looking forward to seeing you there!

 

Happy Summer!

 

Beth & Beverly

GS Year End Paperwork Wrap Up

The June 1 deadline is now past . . . thank you to each of you that
submitted your paperwork by this deadline. If your troop is not listed
below and you have not received a phone call from me, your paperwork has
been processed. If you did turn in your paperwork and you are still
listed below, please contact me ASAP by email so I can research this for
you.

Reminder to the following troops: You need to submit TWO copies of the
following paperwork to finish this year: Annual Troop Report, Detailed
Cash report and copy of your Last Bank Statement. Forms can be found on
our website at www.rockfordgs.com under forms. Questions? Contact our
managers, Beth Reedy or Beverly Dickinson.

Troops Still Waiting on Paperwork:
576 1579 2076 2598 2615 2741 2916 2988 3020 3098
3152 3222 3366 3384 3416

Have a wonderful summer and see you at the neighborhood kick-off meeting
for the 2008-09 Scout year!

Kelly McLellan
Rockford GS Registrar
PH: 863-0350 E: gkssmc@iserv.net