Brownie Guide
2002 - 2003
Welcome to another wonderful year in Scouting! We are looking forward to many activities, crafts, campouts and learning and sharing together. The following information should help you make this a great year!!Uniforms
The "official" Girl Scout uniform is your Brownie pin, which should be worn to every meeting or event (unless we are camping). In addition, we would like you to wear at least your vest or sash. We think that the whole Brownie uniform is important because it identifies us all as Girl Scouts and emphasizes working together. Your leaders will be wearing their uniforms to all meetings and events and hope that you will also.
Dues
Your parents will be paying an activity fee so that we will have money for food and snacks, craft materials, camping and other events. We are going to work on budgeting this year and understanding where the money goes. We are asking that you bring 50 cents to each meeting as your dues. We encourage you to earn this money by doing extra jobs (being a Brownie helper) at home. We will collect the dues at the beginning of each meeting.
Candy and gum
Please do not chew gum or bring candy or other food to the meetings or events.
What to bring to the meetings
Bring a tote bag with your name on it to each meeting. It should contain your Brownie Handbook and Try-It book, a pen or pencil, unbreakable cup with a lid for snack, and your dues.
Homework
At some meetings you will be asked to do a portion of a Try-It at home before the next meeting. For example, when we earned Eat Right, Stay Healthy, you helped make a grocery list and went shopping with your parents. You will get a note signed that states you completed this activity, and it should be returned during sign-in when you come to the next meeting.
Working on Try Its IndividuallyIf you would like to work on a Try It at home, you should be prepared to describe and/or show what you did to one of the leaders and several or all of the troop in Brownie Ring. Please let us know the week prior to presenting what you did so we can make sure there is enough time for sharing. If you tell us that you did a certain part of a Try-It, or finished a Try-It, but cannot describe what you did, you will not receive credit. If you have a Try-It that you would like to work on as a group, let us know and we will work it in.
Permission slips
Your parent must give his/her permission for you to come to events away from the meeting place. You MUST bring the permission slip in 1-2 meetings before to the event in order to go and so we can do the shopping for it and plan for drivers.