June 2012 meeting

Hope everyone’s summer is off to a great start!

We just wanted to send a quick recap of our last meeting and an end of year summary, so here it is…

Our last meeting was so much fun, hope the girls told you all about it!  In case they didn’t here are the highlights.  

We broke into groups to discuss our Brownie homework. We were very impressed with girl’s character ideas and how in depth our discussions got!  All the girls earned their first journey award and we couldn’t have been any prouder of Troop 2440. We have such smart and talented girls to work with, lucky us!  

Secondly we did a character project, where the girls wrote down the name of a girl character on one side of a card and a personality trait describing that character on the other side. They then placed them trait side up on the floor. The girls looked at all the different traits and stood next to the card they felt best described them.  It was so fun to see their surprise when we flipped the cards over and they realized what character was underneath such as Judy Moody!  It also gave them some ideas of books they might want to read over the summer.

Finally we discussed earning badges and Alyssa shared the work that she did towards a painting badge.  (She already did the work because she didn’t realize we would do it as a group over the summer, so it worked out great to have a visual to show the girls.)  The girls were very impressed with her paintings!

We also gave out a star pin (represents one year of girl scouts completed) and a 100-year pin (we joined in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America).  So to be clear your girls should have brought home a star pin, 100 year pin and a badge, if you are missing anything just let us know!  

Also since our last meeting we had the Brooklyn Cyclones game and sleepover. It was such a unique, special activity and the girls had a blast! I’m sure the girls will be happy to tell you all about the fireworks, running around the outfield, watching a movie and sleeping in a tent at Coney Island! Their tents looked like a bouncy house as they played with flashlights and glow sticks. There were some challenges during the sleepover portion of the event - bright stadium lights, and lots of ambient noise. The girls showed resourcefulness (tying a sheet to the outside of their tent to block some light) and spunk, which made us really proud of them. Good Brownie traits! We had breakfast the next morning at a local diner, which was a nice way to end the event. You can tell from all the smiles that the girls had a blast.

We’re looking forward to planning many more great events for next year. 

Speaking of next year we would like to confirm that we would be continuing with Brownie Troop 2440.  We will have our meetings on the last Tuesday of the month and change the end time to 5:00pm. We had considered having 2 meetings a month, but think that we would like to stick to 1 meeting/month. We will supplement these meetings with lots of fun “extra-curricular” activities such as outings and picnics.

Please shoot us an email ASAP to confirm that your child is going to participate next year. Word of all the fun our girls are having has spread, and we have a sizeable waiting list for this troop! We do hope everyone will continue on with us in 3rd grade.

As we mentioned in the meeting recap, we assigned the girls a summer project… the painting badge!  All you need to know about earning this badge is in the Brownie Binder, in the Badge section.  We would love for the girls to work on badges together as a group, so they can feel a sense of accomplishment not only for themselves but be proud of their brownie sisters as well!  If you have any questions please email or call us but it seems that you can make this as much and little as your family may have time for!  

Stay in touch and we look forward to hearing all about the girls adventures over the summer as they have more time to explore their ‘World of Girls’!  

Hope your summer is filled with lots of fun in the sun with the appropriate amount of sunscreen of course! 

Happy summer,

Michelle and Martha