Volunteer Meeting Summary

Thank you everyone that attended last night's volunteer meeting!

Holidays Around the World - SOLD OUT

Wednesday December 7th, from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at Parkway Middle School

Spring Encampment - Depost will be $10 per girl. Registration form Deposits are due December 12th. https://forms.gle/EtccgEwtmQzLMczh9

DaVinci Bridge update - thank you to the troops that have turned in their painted DaVinci Bridge pieces. We would like to assemble it at the Holidays Around the World event, so please have it completed and retuned by then.

New Business

• Summer Campground take over - vote on campground. APPROVED

  • Fiesta Island Youth Camp June 2-4 (Alex call to reserve dates)

• How to Incorporate Friendsgiving into your Girl Scout year at all levels. See steps for age-level progression below.

• LMSU Communications

  • Current - Facebook, LMSU Website, direct emails. LMSU website doesn't show up in Google search results for "La Mesa Girl Scouts" or any similar searches. This is because it is a free Wix site and has the domain: girlscoutslamesa.wixsite.com/.

  • Proposed improvements:

    • Purchase domain for the service unit.

    • Cost: $192.00, at the price of $16.00 per month. We'd still be using Wix as our host, but having a custom URL would allow search engines to index the site and we'd show up higher in the search results.

    • Domain name options: GirlsScoutsLaMesa.com/org

    • APPROVED

Manager’s Report - Rebekah Hill, lamesasu688@gmail.com

• “We See You” Shout Outs

  • Heidi Ausman for taking Fliers to Kindergarten teachers at Fletcher Hills Elem. these fliers helped to get 2 new troops started.

  • Valerie for TCM Training and putting together a Google drive for Cookie Resources: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZJMap8d-XskB897Hw6HZRXHbbv-GWF_K?usp=sharing

• 100 Daisies - We have exceeded 100 Daisies!

• We have new Daisy troops to fill.

  • Troop 5166 - Lemon Ave Area (Kinder)

  • Troop 5071 - Murray Manor (Kinder)

  • Troop 5816 - Fletcher Hills Area (Kinder)

  • Troop TBD - Maryland Ave/Fletcher Hills Multi level forming (TK-2)

Activity Consultant’s Report - Alex Swift, lamesasuac@gmail.com

• Activity matrix (what activities need approval)

• Activity approval

  • Forms

  • Portal

  • Process

Girl Scout Friendsgiving Progression

Make every year different. Give girls more opportunities to responsibility.

The more girls own an event the more they get out of it.

Daisy (Badges: Yellow Petal Friendly & Helpful; Outdoor: Buddy Camper)

• Planning - talk to the girls about traditional Thanksgiving foods - what they like and don’t like.

• If you have a large troop consider doing 2 different recipes for each dish. Then compare what was different and the same.

• Potluck - each girl helps prepare her dish at home.

• Parents stay for the event.

• Have girls choose a craft.

• Incorporate a community service activity such as: Make holiday cards for seniors

Brownies (Badges: Snacks, Manners ret. Make it Eat it ret.; Outdoor Cabin Camper)

• Potluck - each girl helps shop for and prepare a dish at home.

• As a troop, girls prepare a simple appetizer, side dish and dessert.

• Parents stay.

• Consider asking grandparents to join as guests to incorporate Playing the Past.

• Incorporate a community service activity such as: make ornaments for Meals on Wheels

Juniors (Badges: Simple Meals, Social Butterfly, Traditional Foods; Outdoor: EcoCamper, Outdoor Cook ret.)

• Girls are divided into cooking patrols (teams).

• Ingredients are bought and brought by girls.

• Each patrol makes 1-3 dishes.

• Incorporate a community service activity such as: make care packages.

Cadettes (Badges: New Cuisines, Eating for You; Outdoor: Primitive Camper, Outdoor Cook ret.)

• Troop chooses a historical, international or regional cuisine to use as a theme for dinner.

• Each patrol chooses an entry, side and dessert.

• Patrols shop for ingredients.

• Patrols make their dishes.

• Parents come to eat at meal time.

• Incorporate a community service activity such as: collect items for refugees.

Seniors & Ambassadors (Badges: Locavore, Dinner Party)

• Troop chooses cuisine & dishes sourced locally.

• Girls design their own recipes or adjust quantities for a large group.

• Troop shops and prepares all dishes from local resources.

• Try a local food challenge - for example develop a recipe to enter into the San Diego County Fair.

• Troop shares their meal, options:

  • Invite younger Girl Scouts

  • Invite special guests

  • Donate prepared food