VISTA Agenda

• Call to Order
  
  
• Flag Ceremony, Pledge and Promise
  
  
• Council Activity and Report
  • Celebrate Thinking Day (see http://www.girlscoutspw.org/docs/shop/09februaryshoppromo.pdf)
  • Make sure you are receiving "CONNECT! Our Power of One! Volunteer e-Newsletter".  Click here to see back issues or sign-up for your on-line copies.
  • At the GS Council Store there is now shipping charges when you order from the Council Store. See PDF for details.
  • Donate money in the month of February at the council store to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund, your troop will receive... (Learn more>>>)
  • The new Girl Scout Adventures is out. Click here to learn more.
    
    
• Ambassador’s Reports
   
  1. Cookie Product - Meredith
     
     • Need Volunteers to sell cookies at the Home Show on Feb 28^th and Mar.1^st. If your troop is interested, please contact Meredith - Cookie Ambassador (Vista 13 contact page)
     • Cookie Incentives will be distributed at the VISTA meeting on March 25th. Make sure your Cookie People know about this!
     • Sell Cookies at the Home Show (Learn more>>> ).
     
     
  2. PADS:  Contact Cynthia Cobb (click here for Cynthia’s contact info). 
     
     
  3. Large Events
     • Large event training scheduled for April 9, 2009.
     • Open events
     • Updates
       
     
     
• Committee Reports
  
  1. Large Events -
     • Junior Lock-in
     • Brownie Days
     • Tasting Tea
     • Daisy Days
     • Camporee
       
• Announcements
  1. Next Team Meeting - December 3, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
  2. Meeting Changes!  March date has been changed to March 25th.  May has been changed to May 27th.
     

Vista Meeting Minutes

Liz Fogarty led a Web site quiz.  Thank you to everyone that participated and thanks even more for using the website!!

The Flag ceremony was led by Troop 3585!

Announcements

• Troop 3585 is working toward a Silver Award. They are hosting a Brownie Try-It event.
• Contact Erika at the Council if you are not receiving e-blasts
• First Aid training may again be available at Vista meetings. Stay tuned.

Council News (Lillia Taylor and Reese Nelson)

• Grayslake area needs more help getting troops registered.
• Need volunteers for Woodland recruitment events. Sign up at Vista meetings.
•  Please fill out the survey on the Home web page. (no longer available)
•  Reese led a STEM activity demo (optical illusion). Program boxes are available in the Shed.  The kids really enjoyed participating in this demonstration.

Cookie Sales (Meredith)

• Cookie pick-up was a success.
• Endorsement stamps are available at Harris Bank in Round Lake and Gurnee
• If anyone has a copy of the Daily Herald article about cookie pick- up, please forward to Meredith.
• Need help with Home Show cookie sales on 2/28 and 3/1. Email Meredith if you are interested.
• Tribute to Achievement Event at the Hilton downtown: Need girls to sell cookies on March 4th from 4:30 - 8:45 p.m. at the Hilton
• Extra cookies are available after the VISTA meeting tonight.
• Cookie Incentives will be available for pickup at the March VISTA meeting.  You must turn in final paperwork before receiving incentives.
• Debbie discussed Mints for the Military program where customers donate cookies for armed services. Also need help packing boxes for shipping overseas to military on March 8th. Contact Debbie with questions.

Large events (Margie)

     - see http://www.ilcrossroads.org/vistas/13/events/ for all the details on each event

• Schaumburg Flyers on 6/11
• Leader/Daughter event on 6/20: Mystic Blue Cruise, $25 per person
• Need chairman for Mother-Daughter event.
• Discussed Junior Lock-in
• Discussed Tasting Tea
• Discussed Camporee

Vista meeting date changes: 

• March has been moved from March 18th to March 25th
• May has been moved from May 20th to May 27th