Updated Calendar

I inadvertantly deleted the troop calendar but I think it might be best to just have what we have coming up for now:

Friday Nov. 21 -- Troop meeting: Making ornaments. Some to take home, some for Girl Scout tree at the Performing Arts Center. Our theme is "go green!"

BRING DONATIONS OF FOOD for Hammond Mission field trip to this meeting OR by 9 a.m. Saturday Nov. 22.

BRING Filled out PERMISSION SLIP to the meeting and give to Susie.

Snack: Julianna/Susie and Kayley/Jennifer

Drinks: Jilli/Diane



Saturday Nov. 22 -- meet at 9 a.m. at Ridge United Church in Munster to begin cooking lunch for Hammond Mission. (simple meals badge)

11:30 a.m. drive to Hammond Mission with cooked food, prepare to serve lunch there.

Noon-1 p.m. serve lunch


December 14 (Sunday) -- 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Field Trip to CBS News in Chicago for entertainment technology badge.


January 9 -- Meeting

January 23 -- Meeting

February 6 -- Meeting

February 21 (Saturday) -- Culture Fest at Wilbur Wright

* March 6 -- Meeting

* April 10 -- Meeting

* May 8 -- Meeting

* Months with only one meeting likely will also include a field trip to supplement what we're doing. 

Other upcoming things we will hopefully get to by the end of this school year (some will be field trips on weekend days:

* Making dog/cat toys for the Humane Society 

* Tea Party with girl scout cookies at Hartsfield Village

* Biking and/or fishing together in the spring

* Teach girls who haven't gone yet to geocache and plant our own troop geocache somewhere

* Digital photography badge with FHH mom and photographer Ann Latinovich

* Playing the Past badge -- possible field trip

* Girl Scout "journey" -- This would set the girls up to earn their Bronze Award next year. They need to do a "journey" in order to be able to work on their Bronze Award project as fifth graders. The journey can be done in a few meetings or on a weekend day and will cover topics such as gender stereotypes, self esteem, and how girls can make a difference and make the world a better place.

* Help the Daisy Troop run by Suzanne Regan and Becky McKeever (1st graders) -- possibly help them with their bridging ceremony in the spring?? Or help them learn a new skill?

* Learning about a flag ceremony and/or something to do with Indiana government since they're learning about it this year.

* Going camping at the Dunes (Linn Surd's idea and I endorse it! :-)

Geocaching Adventures!

Troop 10265 can handle the cold! We headed out to Centennial Park for some geocaching fun on a blustery Friday, November 7.

The girls learned that geocaching is a high-tech scavenger hunt where people hide items and log their latitude and longitude coordinates. People hunting for caches use GPS devices to find the spot near where things are hidden, based on their coordinates. But it takes a sharp pair of eyes to find things that are tiny, magnetized to fit under things, behind things, and camouflaged to blend in with leaves and dirt! 

Our girls did amazingly well on their first time geocaching, proving they are natural detectives and work well together! After finding five caches scattered around Centennial Park, they decided they want to "pay it forward" by teaching the girls who weren't able to join us about geocaching in the spring. They also want to hide our own troop geocache for others to find! We can't wait!

We enjoyed hot cocoa after our hard work finding hidden treasure!

Here are some photos from our adventure:

Jewelry!

Who knew we had so many talented jewelry designers in our group?!

The girls had a lot of fun earning their jeweler badge in October with the help of Elena and her grandma, Kathy Yonkman, who makes jewelry as a hobby. She is very talented and was great with the girls, showing them how to make beaded bracelets. 

The girls liked it so much we decided to have a second jewelry-making meeting, where Margie and Lindsey helped the girls make necklaces and Clare and Tori helped them make paracord bracelets. We ran a bit short on time, but hope to finish those bracelets in the future!

Here are some photos: