This week and forms for our first adventure!

Hi Families,

Thanks for a great night of cookie selling last week! We still have some cases left, so if you would like more, please let me know and I can bring them to our meeting.

This week’s meeting is at Canyon Walk Daycare, attached to Steve MacLean Public School (the entrance is off Goldeneye Way, not Spratt). From now on, meetings will run at this location from 6:30 to 8:15pm, unless otherwise specified. Please be prompt with pick-ups; the custodian is often waiting for us to finish up in the room so he can clean it. The Guides should wear their uniforms, have their program book, dues (if not paid for up-front), and indoor shoes. A water bottle might also be handy.

We understand if some Guides may be late this week due to meet the parent night at SMPS. That is fine; please just come when you can. We will be working on promise and law and teamwork activities.

In addition, please check your email for forms and background about our trip to downtown Ottawa on Saturday, October 15. We plan to take the city bus to downtown, deliver some homemade sandwiches to Shepherds of Good Hope, and complete a fun scavenger hunt around Parliament Hill. Cost is $5 and girls bring their own lunch. Although our trips are optional, they are designed to provide fun, supplementary programming to the Guide program and we encourage everyone to attend! (That said, if you already know that you Guide cannot attend, please let me know as soon as you can.)

Finally, our unit will be participating in a community campfire on Wednesday, October 19 at Monsignor Paul Baxter School in Barrhaven, from 6:15 to 7:30pm. If your Guide is able to attend, please let us know. Parents will be responsible for drop-off and pick-up. We will also have our regular meeting that week.

Thank you!

Jen

September 22 - Cookie selling!

Hello!

This week we are going to do door-to-door cookie sales. Please meet at 6:15pm at 822 Covehead Cres., and we will sell on nearby streets.  Pick-up will be 8pm, again at 822 Covehead. This is a rain or shine event.

• In addition to selling, we would ask parents to pick up a case that evening for their Guide to sell on their own. Cases are $60 each and include 12 boxes.  Please make cheques for the cases out to Girl Guides of Canada (or see online banking options below). *If your Guide is interested in taking more than one case to sell, please see Lisa.


• Please also remind your Guide to wear her uniform (if she has it yet) and go to the washroom before the meeting. We will be outside the entire time, so she will also likely need a jacket, a flashlight and possibly an umbrella.

Online banking:

If you wish to make a payment for cookies, camp, dues, etc. online, the details can be found at this link: http://www.girlguides.ca/web/ON/Adult_Members/Unit_Banking/Unit_Banking_-_Parent_Online_Bill_Payment_Set-up_Instructions.aspx . The unit’s banking ID number is 003754. If you need your Guide’s IMIS number, please let me know and I can send it to you.

See you soon,

Jen

Sept. 15 meeting, cookies are coming, and a calendar of events

I hope everyone has settled into the new school year and is ready to get back to Guiding! A few key dates have been pinned down in the past few days; please find a calendar of events below. Please note that events that do not fall on meeting nights are optional. We would still love to see as many Guides as possible come out for the events though!

Thurs. Sept. 15: This week the meeting will be in/near the pavilion in Four Seasons Park and will run from 6:15pm to 8pm. If the weather forecast is bad, we will have the meeting at Jen’s house. I will send an email out on Wednesday next week to confirm our location.

• Please bring completed H1 forms, uniform (if possible), dues (either pay ahead or weekly as noted in my previous email), and a water bottle. Bug spray might also be a good idea.
• Guide Store order:  If you need to order something from the Guide store and would like to take part in a group order, please email Jen with what you need (sizes, etc. as well) before this meeting.

Thurs. Sept. 22: COOKIES are here! Tonight we are going to do door-to-door cookie sales. Please meet at 6:15pm at 822 Covehead Cres., and we will sell on nearby streets.  Pick-up will be 8pm. This is a rain or shine event.

• In addition to selling, we would ask parents to each take a case for their Guide to sell on their own that evening. Cases are $60 each and include 12 boxes.  Please make cheques for the cases out to Girl Guides of Canada. *If your Guide is interested in taking more than one case to sell, please see Lisa.
• Also, it would be great if we had an extra parent or two walk with us that evening. If you are interested, please let Jen know.

Thurs. Sept. 29: Tonight we will be working on the You and Guiding program area – lots of games, a bit of a discussion and a craft. We will meet at Canyon Walk Daycare from this point onward, and the meeting will run from 6:30pm to 8:15pm. Please remember to bring indoor shoes!

Thurs. Oct. 6: Tonight we will be working on the peace badge with activities related to the International Day of Peace.

Thurs. Oct. 13: Tonight we will work on parts of our travel badge and log some community service time making sandwiches for the city’s homeless.

Sat. Oct. 15: City bus trip to Parliament Hill for a scavenger hunt! Details to follow.

Wed. Oct. 19: Community Guiding Campfire in Barrhaven, 6:15pm to 7:30pm at Mont Sir Paul Baxter.

Fri. to Sun. Dec. 2-4: CAMP WOOLSEY! Details to follow.

That’s it for now. As always, please feel free to email me with questions.

Guider Jen