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= News & Events =

**April 2011**
Meeting Scheduled for either April 15th or April 21st. (Still waiting ti hear responses to email sent)

Harry Potter Exhibition bus trip to be tentatively held on May 14th (unless we have any oppositions to that date) Mrs. Martin will be contacting the museum, bus company and other leaders in the SU to confirm that this date is ok.

Please try to work on your Journeys. They need to be completed before you send in your proposals because you need to have the completed date on the form. You will need to have your proposals in 6 weeks prior to the start of your project (However you can work on the preparations for your project)

February 2011
Minutes of the February Meeting: We discussed the Gold Award and the "Your Voice, Your World" Journey:

You will need to submit to council 10 weeks prior to the beginning of your project and your project must be completed by March 2012 in order to be recognized at the council Gold Award Ceremony next year. The project itself must be at least 40 hours (not including prep, research, etc) and combined time should be approximately 80 hours. It must be sustainable, meaning it must be something that can be repeated by another person (you can have pamphlets, a project box for schools. etc.). it also has to be something that no one else is doing, so it has to get approved by council after you submit your proposal. They will contact you with a couple of dates to go for an interview after they have viewed your proposal. The other part of the award is working on the Journeys (You must complete two since we did not earn the silver award). If you did not complete the one we worked on last year, you can go to the Girltopia page and do the activities. We are now working on one that is called, "Your Voice, Your World". Basically you will need to think of an issue you feel strongly about (but you have to think of a specific issue that you would like to help change) and then you have to think of a person who would have influence over making changes and then voice your ideas to that person in a prepared presentation with the hope that your presentation with cause positive change. The first assignment is that I asked each girl to to is come to the next meeting with an issue so we can discuss how to prepare a presentation. So far here are some of the ideas that girls have shared:  Workshops with the Elderly to increase brain function Theater program for kids Cyberbullying Workshops Breast Cancer Awareness workshops  Each project must be unique. Make sure you present your idea to me before you spend hours working on it and filling out the proposal forms. Gold Award Project Proposal Form http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/highest_awards/pdf/Girl_Scout_Gold_Award_Proposal.pdf

**November 11th - 7-9 pm** Our first troop meeting of 2010-2011 year - bring info/paperwork on gold awards, discussion on Journeys, plan holiday party? **November 27th, 1-4pm** - College Panel - Girl Scout alums are going to share their experiences of the application process, freshman year and more. **Dec 4th** - Promises, Promises **2pm** show, but we may be meeting for lunch earlier. Keep whole day open  **Dec 11th** - Barnes and Noble Book Fair - Menlo Park Mall - percentage of sales will go to NEMGS - known now as EMHGS (Edison/Metuchen/Highland Park Girl Scouts)   **Dec 16th** - 7-9pm - Older Girl Program - making goody bags for children at Hands of Hope   **Dec 23rd** - Do you want to plan a ** GS Holiday Party ** on this date? - Do you want to do Secret Sister again? Click here to vote  **Jan 15th - 12 - 3:45pm**- looking for volunteers to help distribute cookies at white church on Dover   **Jan 20th** - Cookie Sale begins through February 28th   **Jan 21** - Dance Night (looking for troop to run Junior Bake Off)

Journey
Please choose the type of Girltopia award you wish to receive here - http://doodle.com/qeucstxwwtsvfmkw

**Plans for next year**
Please vote for your choice of meeting days/times. Fridays did not work out well for us this year. If you are not returning to the troop next year., please contact Mrs. Martin. Please vote here: http://www.doodle.com/22eua4rdc4uxq4et

GIRLTOPIA WORKSHOP - APRIL 15th
Please send ideas about an art/craft activity we can do with the Juniors/Brownies ASAP so that I can get the supplies.

CABARET NIGHT - APRIL16th
Check out the entertainment for Cabaret Night here. You will need to be at Woodrow Wilson at 4:30 - 4:45 so that we can get the tables set up and be ready to help sign in troops between 5-5:30 so that we can start on time.

March 2010
===Well, cookie sale is over. Now we have to focus on completing the Journey and doing our two events - the workshop for Juniors & Brownies on April 15th and Cabaret Night on April 16th. I've only gotten a few responses on when to meet next. Please let me know ASAP! Click on participate below:=== media type="custom" key="5560829"

Check out the entertainment for Cabaret Night here.

February 2010
It looks like we will have to wait until February 26th to have our next GS meeting. We will be working on the Cabaret Night (we should have our troop registrations in by then). We will also be planning our Girltopia Workshop. I am waiting to hear back from the leaders that meet at St. Helena's for possible workshop on April 15th.

We will also continue working on the Girltopia Journey and discuss Gold Awards ideas. Please come to the meeting prepared to do all of this. if you have any ideas for a community service project that involves Girls (Women's Shelter, teenage runaways, etc.) let me know.

Check out the links on the left and try to participate by adding to the wiki or answering the questions in any of the forms for the Girltopia Journey. you cvan also read what other girls had to say or even start a discussion by clicking on the discussion tab at the top of the page.

See you all on the 26th! //Mrs. M//

Our next meeting will be held on Friday, January 8th at 7:30 pm We will be discussing the following:

Cookie Sales This wiki - how to interact with it Talent Show - Facebook Song, SIngle Ladies (Workshop & finale),

Cookies are being delivered on Dec 9th. Get your orders and then schedule to pick up the needed cookies. Payment due at pick up.

November 2009
Our next meeting will be on December 11th. It will also be our holiday party!

Don't forget to bring your gift for your secret sister. Send an email to Nabeela to let her know what snack items you would like to bring. We will need someone to bring napkins, cups and plates as well as beverages and snacks.

Troop Calendar
To view the troop calendar you have to have a Google account. Please sign up ASAP using the email that I have been using to contact you. If you prefer to use another email. let me know since I only approved access for the emails that I already have. Parents - if you would like to access the calendar, you too will need a Google account and you will need to let me know what email address you used to sign up so that I can approve your access to the calendar. Thank you.

**Mark Your Calendars for April 16, 2010**
====This is the day we will be running the **Cabaret Night** at Woodrow Wilson School. We will need to be at the school at 5:00 to set up. The workshop will go from 5:30 to 6:30 and then we will have pizza. The performances will begin at 7:30. We will need to come up with an opening number ourselves and then a group number for the workshop and Finale. Start brainstorming your ideas on the Cabaret Page====