We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are ready for 2003.
Reminder: The January Leaders Meeting is January 13 at Rainier View Elementary School Library, 7:00pm
The Cookie Pre-Sale starts on January 10 and end January 26. Please check out the 2003 Cookie Sale web page for more information. Please mark your calendar: The date for Cookie Rally has been changed from Feb. 5 to Feb. 4. The location is the same, Time: 6:00-7:45.
The Thinking Day event is on February 23 at Seatac Mall. The deadline for submitting your country requests is January 5. If you have not submitted your request, please email it to Monika Hammon, Country Coordinator. She needs this information by the 5th so her committee can get the list together and let you know your country at the Leaders Meeting. For more information check out the Thinking Day Web Page
It is time to think about encampment again. The final payment for your troop is due March 10, 2003. To learn more about encampment check out Encampment 2003 web page. You will find all the current information there. This page will be updated as more information becomes available so check it often. If you have any questions or would like to help with encampment email Gabriele Hammon, the Encampment Chair.
If you have not mailed your Pathways Registeration Form and you plan to attend, you need to get it in the mail ASAP or the classes you want will be full.
We have two troops that have web sites. Please check out web site for Troop 1846 and 1865 at www.geocities.com/troops1846and1865 and see what they are up to. If your troop has a web site let Gabriele know so a link can be added from La-Qual-By's site to your site.
Calendar of Events: The Daisy Day Event has been added
Here is a small part of the article: How To Make It Work
How can you be an effective leader when your own daughter is in your troop? Here are some ideas that have worked for me:
1. I try to be fair to all the girls, including my daughter. I've found that some leaders, in trying to not play favorites go overboard and never their daughters choose first, talk first or go first. That's not helpful to a mother-daughter relationship and just plan unfair to the girl in your troop who happens to be related to you.
2. Whenever possible, I've used some type of random selection techique for deciding who's doing what, whether it's chores or an opportunity to choose an activity.
3. I don't give my daughter inside information about what's going to happen. If there's going to be a surprise, she will be able to enjoy it just as much as everyone else.
4. I encourage the girls to be the real leaders in the troup. That way, they're the ones who make the deicions, not me. And my daughter gets same opportunity as the others to offer suggestions.
The following troops participated in Toy Fair, December 7: 1118, 1432, 2153 (made fleece scarves), 2188, 1733 (made scarves), 1773 ( made star and sun pillows that hang from the ceiling), and 1736
Troop 1118: They made domino sets and foxtails for Toy Fair. They went caroling with Daisy Troop 2262. They also made hand painted glass oraments as gifts for their families. They also invested a new Girl Scout and rededicated 3 others. They also had a christmas party. Looks like they were busy elves this past month.
Troop 1344: They helped with the Sherwood Forest food drive. The girls separated the food and 17 needy families in the Sherwood Forest area received a wonderful gift.
Troop 2153: They collected coats for One Warm Coat and donated them to the Federal Way Multi-Service Center. They also went caroling with Troop 1734. They also worked on their Caring and Sharing Try-It. They finished the month with a "sercet pal" gift exchange along with a cookie exchange. Looks like they had a busy month.
Many of you have heard about the Sex Offender's halfway house that the State want to put up in three local locations, one being in Federal Way and one being in Carnation. One of our leaders send me the following web site for people to check out if they want more information on this. www.wa.gov/dshs/geninfo/sccoverview.html