Posting the Cricket (blog version) for Issue #8B, Oct. 11 2018. NOTE SOME DATES etc. HAVE CHANGED. Always double-check each date, time, etc. in case of error(s).
Correction of the SU Meeting location is ALSO now made. (for Nov. 27). It will be at the Bob Kirby Branch Library. Thanks!
OUR NEXT SERVICE UNIT
MEETING for SU 722 (Warren and Edmonson Counties) is November 27th (NEW
DATE) th at the Bob Kirby Branch Library. (NOTE LOCATION TOO). Leaders,
if you can’t attend a SU Meeting, send another Troop adult to take notes for
you. Via the Events Page on FB: The events will go as follows:
5pm - craft
5:30 - eat (a simple meal will be provided, but PLEASE let us know that you are coming so that we will have enough.)
6pm - short SU meeting
followed by Cookie Team presentation
5pm - craft
5:30 - eat (a simple meal will be provided, but PLEASE let us know that you are coming so that we will have enough.)
6pm - short SU meeting
followed by Cookie Team presentation
FROM TRACEY DODSON: ATTN: all registered adults, especially
troop leaders and co-leaders: It is very important that you login to MYGS on the GSK website and verify that
ALL of your personal information is accurate, Leaders/COs - please be sure that
all of your troop members' information is correct. Thank You!
NETWORK LIKE A GIRL SCOUT
Another Network
Like a Girl Scout Class (required for leaders and OK for co-leaders to take) is
to be offered in October. If you have completed Class One and Two, you can take
this class. Get with Olivia Jacobs to get on the list soon and get an invite to
the latest Doodle Poll. Betsy Sheppard will hopefully be teaching the class
again this month.
SERVICE UNIT MAILINGS
Olivia Jacobs, our
Troop Support Specialist for Caveland, has sent out some Service Unit 722 mailings.
If you would like to be on her list, let her know. Also let her know if you are
an Adult Member not with a troop to get on the list. If you have Yahoo for
email, check your Spam or Trash folders for mailings.
YOUR VISITS TO THE CAVELAND
SERVICE CENTER: Olivia and
Sally are at the Office most days and times when the Shop part of the PLC is
not open. So contact the Volunteer Care Number (888)
771-5170 to get in touch
with them first, and then you can go there at other days and times. They are
happy to help with anything not requiring the cash register.
FALL FORUM:
For ALL Volunteers! This important event is a chance to have YOUR Volunteer
Voice heard! Members of our Council Staff and Board will be there to answer
your questions and also hear your opinions on
things of interest.
They also share important new information. It is October 30th at 6:00.
Plan to be there!
MORE SERVICE UNIT NEWS -
UPDATED
Congratulations to Tracey Dodson, our Service Unit Mgr.
for this Troop Year.
Here is the list of
the rest of the SU Team:
Fall Product: Wendy
Silva
Cookie Team: Alice Allen (Chair), Lorie Cline, Whitney Smith, Leslie Steele
Program Team: Ginny Pfohl (Chair), Melanie Samuels-Black, Catherine Poteet, Tracey Dodson
Treasurer Team: Lorie Cline, Whitney Smith, Tracey Dodson
Communication: (Betsy) Elizabeth Sheppard
Cookie Team: Alice Allen (Chair), Lorie Cline, Whitney Smith, Leslie Steele
Program Team: Ginny Pfohl (Chair), Melanie Samuels-Black, Catherine Poteet, Tracey Dodson
Treasurer Team: Lorie Cline, Whitney Smith, Tracey Dodson
Communication: (Betsy) Elizabeth Sheppard
Email or contact Tracey
Dodson for 1-2 night trips and events. (this includes meetings not at your
usual meeting place).
<Fill out
your Travel Applications and send them to the GS Office for longer trips (as
usual).>
OUR AREA 17 MEETING
Mark
your Calendars! Our Area Fall Meeting is October 22nd. Dinner
(potluck) is at 5:30 and the Meeting is at 6:00 p.m. at Houchens Program Center
(Camp). Sharon Taylor-Carillo, our Area Vice Chair, shared information about
this. All Area 17 Members and Girl Scout
Girls age 14 and up are invited and very welcome. Invitations will be sent
later, but if you do not
get one, you are
still invited and very welcome. We will talk about important Governance info.
and more that matters to you. More info. is to come.
Contact Sharon
Taylor-Carillo if you are not on her list for the Area 17
newsletter, The Scoop at sharonlyrae@aol.com.
Area 17 includes the following counties: Allen, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan,
Simpson, and Warren. You should be getting the Scoop in your regular email.
MORE NEWS FROM LAST ISSUE
Sally Smalling, our
new Recruitment Staff person, is working with Chris Sherrard in Heartland.
NEW Welcome Guides and Thumb Drives for the 2018-19 Troop Year are now
available at the GS office. There are new Safety Activity Guidelines, also NEW
dates, ages, trainings, ratios clarified, more.
Find the complete Unofficial
Dates List AND the GSK Councilwide Important Dates at our Unofficial
Facebook page in the Files
section, or at the GSK website OR your Thumb Drive.
GIRL SCOUT DATES for SU 722 – (a very
partial list) updated Tuesday Sept. 25th 2018
Here is another
incomplete (partial one I made) Dates List. Please double-check all of these dates/times/info. and Register or call before attending an event in case of errors or omissions.
2018
Oct. 1: New Troop Year Begins for 2018-19 – check your MYGS /VTK troop area online.
Oct. 20th is a Lost River Campout for some troops.
October 19-22: Autumn Adventure Weekend at Camp Shantituck.
October 22: Fall Area 17 Meeting at Houchens Camp 5:30 eat (Potluck), 6:00 meet.
Oct. 27 (Sat.) is the Halloween Bash at Camp Pennyroyal.
October 28th (Sun.) is Halloween at Houchens, 2:30 - 4:30, for all ages/levels.
October 30: Fall Forum 6 p.m. at GS Office (Caveland) Bring comments, questions.
October 31st: Founder's Day (Juliette Gordon Low's Birthday) Also: Halloween!
Oct. 31st: Lost River Scarecrow Trail Opens (call first)
November 2-4: Leader Retreat Weekend at Houchens Camp
November 3 is the New Leader Social at Camp Pennyroyal.
November 3rd is the GS of Simpson County’s Christmas Bazaar. Contact is Amber Huggins.
Nov. 4th: Daylight Savings Time ends.
Nov. 6th is the deadline for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
November 10th: Cookie Training Open House at Caveland
November 10th: Veteran's Day Parade – BG – some Troops will be participating.
Nov. 17th is GS Day at WKU Football.
Nov. 26: Fall Product Awards Selections due.
Nov. 26: Cyber Monday Sale - also Resident Camp Reg. opens.
November 27th: SU 722 (Warren-Edmonson) Meeting at the Bob Kirby Branch Library. Come at 5 p.m. for craft, 5:30 eat, 6 p.m. = short meeting, next is Cookie Team Presentation.
Nov. 27: Fall Product Troop Funds collected and deposited in bank. Family Owing Forms due by 11:59 Eastern Time, 10:59 Central.
Dec. 3rd: ACH Withdrawal begins for Fall Product.
Dec. 8th (For Trainers) Trainer Meeting (Sat.) at GS Office 10 a.m.
Dec. 12-13: GS Offices Closed for 2 days - All Staff Meeting.
Dec. 15th: Last day to shop at all locations for 2018.
Dec. 24 - Jan. 1st 2019 - GS Offices Closed for Holiday Break.
2019
January 1- March 24: Cookie Sales (includes Booth Sales starting March 1st)
Jan. 15th (Tuesday) SU 722 Meeting
Feb. 1-3 (for Trainers) All-Trainer's Retreat - Location TBD
Feb. 22nd: World Thinking Day – see MYGS, the WAGGGS website, and other info. for events (to come).
March 1st - Cookie Booth Sales begin.
March 10th is the start of Girl Scout Week. This week ends Saturday, March 16.
March 10th is Girl Scout Sunday.
March 11th (Monday) Area 17 Spring Meeting
March 12th: GS Birthday - part of Girl Scout Week.
March 16th is Girl Scout Sabbath.
March 19th (Tuesday) SU 722 Meeting
March 24th: Cookie Booth Sales end.
March 22-24 Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana's Annual Meeting - Camp Bear Creek and Kentucky Dam Village - Calvert City, KY https://www.gskentuckiana.org/…/governa…/annual_meeting.html
April 12-14th: Spring Training Extravaganza at Camp Pennyroyal.
April 22nd is Girl Scout Leader's Day. (Girls and Parents thank their Leaders today.)
May 17-19: Outdoor Training Weekend at Camp Shantituck
May 21: SU 722 Meeting or a Dinner Out.
May 31st: Resident Camp Registration closes.
June 30th: End of Year Troop Bank Account Reports (Financial Reports) due to GS Office.
Be sure also to also download the Council-wide Important Dates flyer also for the 2018-2019 year. (The latest). It will be in our Files section soon.
More Cookie Dates and others are to come.
March 19th (Tuesday) SU 722 Meeting
March 24th: Cookie Booth Sales end.
March 22-24 Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana's Annual Meeting - Camp Bear Creek and Kentucky Dam Village - Calvert City, KY https://www.gskentuckiana.org/…/governa…/annual_meeting.html
April 12-14th: Spring Training Extravaganza at Camp Pennyroyal.
April 22nd is Girl Scout Leader's Day. (Girls and Parents thank their Leaders today.)
May 17-19: Outdoor Training Weekend at Camp Shantituck
May 21: SU 722 Meeting or a Dinner Out.
May 31st: Resident Camp Registration closes.
June 30th: End of Year Troop Bank Account Reports (Financial Reports) due to GS Office.
Be sure also to also download the Council-wide Important Dates flyer also for the 2018-2019 year. (The latest). It will be in our Files section soon.
More Cookie Dates and others are to come.
ALWAYS DOUBLE-CHECK EACH DATE OR EVENT in case of errors. More events are listed at the Unofficial FB
page.
TRAINING WEEKENDS: Several Training Weekends are shown above
on the Unofficial Calendar. You can get Trainings, find new Girl Scout Friends,
and more at these. Plan to go with your Troop Co-leaders for a LOT of fun and
get your trainings at the same time. Come for one day, part of a day, or the
whole weekend. Sign up via MYGS/Activities at the GSK website.
HELP GIRLS FIND TROOPS: If you know girls who would like to be in
Girl Scouts, contact the GSK Volunteer Help Line at (888)
771-5170 or contact Sally
Smalling directly. (See contact info. at bottom).
IT IS TIME TO UPDATE YOUR
OPPORTUNITY CATALOG – (also
known as the Open vs. Closed Troops Area online) – your choice is here on your
Troop Page. If your Troop is open to more girls, make sure that it says that on
the VTK/Opportunity Catalog ASAP. If you can’t find this section online,
contact Volunteer Care at (888)
771-5170.
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THE COUNCIL “S’MORES LIST”:
“Looking for S’more fun?
The S’mores List is a great place for you to find fun activities that don’t
necessarily fall inside of
the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, but still
offer exciting and unique opportunities for girls. The S’mores List is also the
perfect place to share your troop’s activities if you’d like to invite others
to join in the fun. Check the S’mores list often for new offerings at: www.gsksmoreslist.org”
MORE IMPORTANT CONTACT
INFORMATION:
Volunteers
Your Volunteer Service Unit Manager is
Tracey Dodson, gstroop1051@hotmail.com, email her for
her phone number and keep it handy.
Your Volunteer Service Unit Product
Chair is Wendy Silva, allonwyn@yahoYour
Volunteer Service Unit and Area Communications Helper is Elizabeth (Betsy)
Sheppard: lizann447@yahoo.com and 270-779-4152.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Staff
The Girl Scouts of
Kentuckiana Volunteer Care Page is
here: (phone and email options, hours): https://www.gskentuckiana.org/en/our-council/web-to-case.html, (888) 771-5170.
Olivia Jacobs is our Caveland Troop Support Specialist: ojacobs@gskentuckiana.org, Ext. 11222 or (270) 495-4102
Sally Smalling is our Caveland (Recruitment) Lead Generation Specialist: ssmalling@gskentuckiana.org, Ext. 17222 or (270) 495-4095
Unofficial
Facebook pages:
The Service Unit
722 Unofficial FB page for Warren and Edmonson counties is here:
The Area 17
Unofficial FB page is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/294305000987780/
And the KYANA GS
Volunteers page (for all of Council) is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/KYANA.GS/ .
Unofficial Camp Pages may be found by searching for KYANA and the
name of the camp.
Please double-check ALL dates and info. for all, in case of errors.
ALSO check the Council-Wide Important Dates AND your VTK/MYGS/Activities list
once a week to keep up with other events and news.
I hope you find
this useful! –B PS Just let me know if you want to receive this Newsletter via
email also by emailing me at lizann447@yahoo.com, w/ IMPORTANT and CRICKET in the header.
Betsy Sheppard
