Fremont School, Hawthorn School District, Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills
- 1,395 current girl members *
- 672 current adult volunteers *
VISTA Meeting Detail
VISTA Meeting
Meeting Agenda:
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
Townline School Cafeteria, Route 60 and Aspen Drive, Vernon Hills
WELCOME
CRAFT AND SUPPLY SALE/SWAP
COUNCIL LIAISON AND MEMBERSHIP SPEICALIST (KEISHA MULL)
- Membership
- Volunteer Services
- Program
- Product Sales (Fall Product & Cookie Sale)
CLUSTER
- Cluster Updates (Valerie Parker)
- Fall Product Sales (Chris Reinert)
- Spring Camporee (Jennifer Clark)
- Council Essentials Book (one per troop)
- Program Guide (mailed to scouts/parents)
- Early Registration Patches
- Volunteer Essentials Book / Training Calendars
EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
- Feed My Starving Children (Jennifer Clark)
- Dancecenter North "Nutcracker" (Laura Hart)
- Caroling at Hawthorn Winter Boutique (Nina Ferolo)
- STEM Saturdays
- Geico
- Dashboard (Road Safety Patch)
- Contest - New Name "Center for Leadership and Innovation"
- Wishing Star Theatre - "Let’s Pretend" Try-It & "Theatre" Jr. Badge
CALENDAR
OCTOBERSat 10-17-09 STEM Saturday - Girls Go Green, VH Regional Service Center
Sun 10-18-09 Fall Product Sale order taking ends
NOVEMBER
Mon 11-9-09 CLUSTER Mtg 7pm Townline School
Sat 11-14-09 STEM Saturday - Kitchen Science, VH Regional Service Center
Sat 11-21-09 Science Sampler, Brownie & Daisy Scouts 10am - 3pm VH Regional Service Center
DECEMBER
Sat 12-5-09 STEM Saturday Lights and Optics, VH Regional Sevice Center
Hawthorn Winter Boutique / Caroling
"Magic of the Nutcracker" Dancecenter North Libertyville
Sun 12-6-09 "Magic of the Nutcracker" Dancecenter North Libertyville
12-15-09 CLUSTER MTG 7pm Townline School
OUR WEBSITE:
www.ilcrossroads.org/visstas/15
OUR COUNCIL LIAISON
Keisha Mull: 847-573-0500 ext 2515 or kmull@girlscoutsgcnwi.org
Meeting Minutes:
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
Townline School Cafeteria, Route 60 and Aspen Drive, Vernon Hills
VISTA 15 is now CLUSTER 63!
CADETTES/SENIORS AND AMBASSADORS
Spend a Day at the Girl Scout Center for Leadership & Innovation: 770 N. Halsted Chicago 60642 (312-416-2500 x259) Mon Jan 18th, 2010 (M.L.K. Day)
9 am - 2 pm
Cost $20 per girl
Bring: Lunch and a Water Bottle
RSVP: Marijean Snarski by Nov. 30th
Choose either:
Exchange City Program: radio station, set laws, solve problems on the job in the bank, retail shops, snack shop and city hall. Learn about career options, personal finance skills and roles as consumers
Science Program: science math and lang. arts in ecosystem featuring prairie, cave, lake, and forest. Hands-on fun with projects, experiments, and exploration. Create gadgets, problem solve, test the body, and conduct investigations to address environmental challenges
GIRL SCOUTS FOREVER GREEN COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT:
Designed and led by girls to bring about lasting and sustainable environmental change in their schools/communities! Projects involving water use, energy efficiency, waste management, green space and air quality are all part of becoming an environmental advocate
Register to become a Green Team! Attend the Forever Green Community Action Event on April 10th, 2010
Have until May 31st, 2010 to complete the project
SCIENCE SAMPLER: program for Daisy and Brownies, participate in experiments. Choose one or all three
Homemade ice cream, tye-dye t-shirt, make silly putty, fingerprinting, create volcano, launch rockets, optics, flinging ping pong balls, making edible comets
Nov. 21st, Jan. 30th, March 6th at Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
STEM Saturdays:
Girls Go Green: Learn how to take better care of our planet: recycling, make your own recycled paper, decorate your own canvas bag, build your own biome, discover about global warming.
Oct. 17th: Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
Kitchen Science: science experiments using ingredients from the kitchen. Make your own ice cream, learn about yeast, make homemade pizza, investigate acids and bases and create bath soak and mud facials
Nov. 14th: Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
Lights and Optics: play tricks on your eyes and mind with optical illusions, create tie-dye t-shirt using chromatography, make moving cartoon picture: $15 per scout (bring white t-shirt)
Dec. 5th: Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
Animal Adventures: research endangered and extinct animals, talk with a veterinarian, meet local police canine unit, dissect owl pellets, make edible cookie animal cell and more $15 per girl
Jan. 16th, 2010: Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
GEICO: All Teen Girl Scouts (ages 11-18) No license required!
Cost: $15 (includes fun patch, goodies, and snack) $5 )(includes a snack)
Nov. 7th 12-5pm, Collision Ctr of America Naperville
Meet the GEICO Gecko, see a simulated rollover accident, get hands-on experience changing a tire, jumping a car, and checking fluids, participate in a distracted driving activity, walk a straight line wearing impaired vision goggles, meet police officers
Sat. Nov. 14th, all except hands on experience: 9:30 - 2pm, Ctr for Leadership/Innovation Chicago, IL
HELP PLANT A PRAIRIE: Plant seeds in a fellow girl scout’s field in S. Wisc to bloom next spring
Nov. 7th, 2009 10 am. Lunch provided. Fort Atkinson, WI Cost: Free Contact Courtney Feuquay w/ questions
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN One Million Meals: Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Libertyville
Dec. 4-6th: Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake www.onemillionmeals.info
Dancecenter North announces its 20th Anniversary production of "The Magic of the Nutcracker!"
Intro to the performing arts and fulfills requirements for Brownie "Dancercize" Try-It or Junior "Dance’ Badge
20% off ticket pricing for all performances at Libertyville H.S. Butler Auditiorium. Shows on Sat. Dec 5th at 3 pm or 7 pm or Sun. Dec 6th at 3 pm
Return payment to Laura Hart (checks payable to Dancecenter North)
Mainfloor: $20 ea Balcony: $16 Main Rear Seating: $12 each Patches: $1.50 each
LADIES NIGHT AT BEST BUY DEERBROOK MALL IN DEERFIELD: Must be 18 or older
LIVE DEMOS/RAFFLES/GIFT BAGS (1st 50 Women in Line)
SUNDAY NOV. 8TH 8pm - 10:30 pm
2BU STUDIOS: ENTERTAINMENT PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS
Our studios allow child artists to be creative and express themselves through popular arts while learning about diff. aspects of the art
Talented staff will lead the interactive meeting and provide a craft and snack. Each troop is responsible for purchasing the badges. Cost: $12 per participant, siblings welcome. $50 deposit to hold date
Fridays from 3 - 4:30 pm or 3:30 - 5 pm
Oct. 9, Nov. 13th, Nov 20th, Dec. 11th, Jan. 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th, Feb. 26th, March 19th, April 9th, 23rd, and 30th, May 7th
CADETTES/SENIORS AND AMBASSADORS
Spend a Day at the Girl Scout Center for Leadership & Innovation: 770 N. Halsted Chicago 60642 (312-416-2500 x259) Mon Jan 18th, 2010 (M.L.K. Day)
9 am - 2 pm
Cost $20 per girl
Bring: Lunch and a Water Bottle
RSVP: Marijean Snarski by Nov. 30th
Choose either:
Exchange City Program: radio station, set laws, solve problems on the job in the bank, retail shops, snack shop and city hall. Learn about career options, personal finance skills and roles as consumers
Science Program: science math and lang. arts in ecosystem featuring prairie, cave, lake, and forest. Hands-on fun with projects, experiments, and exploration. Create gadgets, problem solve, test the body, and conduct investigations to address environmental challenges
GIRL SCOUTS FOREVER GREEN COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT:
Designed and led by girls to bring about lasting and sustainable environmental change in their schools/communities! Projects involving water use, energy efficiency, waste management, green space and air quality are all part of becoming an environmental advocate
Register to become a Green Team! Attend the Forever Green Community Action Event on April 10th, 2010
Have until May 31st, 2010 to complete the project
SCIENCE SAMPLER: program for Daisy and Brownies, participate in experiments. Choose one or all three
Homemade ice cream, tye-dye t-shirt, make silly putty, fingerprinting, create volcano, launch rockets, optics, flinging ping pong balls, making edible comets
Nov. 21st, Jan. 30th, March 6th at Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
STEM Saturdays:
Girls Go Green: Learn how to take better care of our planet: recycling, make your own recycled paper, decorate your own canvas bag, build your own biome, discover about global warming.
Oct. 17th: Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
Kitchen Science: science experiments using ingredients from the kitchen. Make your own ice cream, learn about yeast, make homemade pizza, investigate acids and bases and create bath soak and mud facials
Nov. 14th: Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
Lights and Optics: play tricks on your eyes and mind with optical illusions, create tie-dye t-shirt using chromatography, make moving cartoon picture: $15 per scout (bring white t-shirt)
Dec. 5th: Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
Animal Adventures: research endangered and extinct animals, talk with a veterinarian, meet local police canine unit, dissect owl pellets, make edible cookie animal cell and more $15 per girl
Jan. 16th, 2010: Vernon Hills Regional Service Center
GEICO: All Teen Girl Scouts (ages 11-18) No license required!
Cost: $15 (includes fun patch, goodies, and snack) $5 )(includes a snack)
Nov. 7th 12-5pm, Collision Ctr of America Naperville
Meet the GEICO Gecko, see a simulated rollover accident, get hands-on experience changing a tire, jumping a car, and checking fluids, participate in a distracted driving activity, walk a straight line wearing impaired vision goggles, meet police officers
Sat. Nov. 14th, all except hands on experience: 9:30 - 2pm, Ctr for Leadership/Innovation Chicago, IL
HELP PLANT A PRAIRIE: Plant seeds in a fellow girl scout’s field in S. Wisc to bloom next spring
Nov. 7th, 2009 10 am. Lunch provided. Fort Atkinson, WI Cost: Free Contact Courtney Feuquay w/ questions
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN One Million Meals: Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Libertyville
Dec. 4-6th: Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake www.onemillionmeals.info
Dancecenter North announces its 20th Anniversary production of "The Magic of the Nutcracker!"
Intro to the performing arts and fulfills requirements for Brownie "Dancercize" Try-It or Junior "Dance’ Badge
20% off ticket pricing for all performances at Libertyville H.S. Butler Auditiorium. Shows on Sat. Dec 5th at 3 pm or 7 pm or Sun. Dec 6th at 3 pm
Return payment to Laura Hart (checks payable to Dancecenter North)
Mainfloor: $20 ea Balcony: $16 Main Rear Seating: $12 each Patches: $1.50 each
LADIES NIGHT AT BEST BUY DEERBROOK MALL IN DEERFIELD: Must be 18 or older
LIVE DEMOS/RAFFLES/GIFT BAGS (1st 50 Women in Line)
SUNDAY NOV. 8TH 8pm - 10:30 pm
2BU STUDIOS: ENTERTAINMENT PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS
Our studios allow child artists to be creative and express themselves through popular arts while learning about diff. aspects of the art
- Scout Book Publishing: $10 per scout: create personalized book learning about each other, facilitated by our book publishing director
- Scout Music Recording : $15 per scout: record favorite song in professional recording studio, karaoke style, leave with licensed copy of recording and rock star experience
- Scout Video Production: $20 per scout: create own music video, leave with licensed video starring themselves and fellow scouts
Talented staff will lead the interactive meeting and provide a craft and snack. Each troop is responsible for purchasing the badges. Cost: $12 per participant, siblings welcome. $50 deposit to hold date
Fridays from 3 - 4:30 pm or 3:30 - 5 pm
Oct. 9, Nov. 13th, Nov 20th, Dec. 11th, Jan. 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th, Feb. 26th, March 19th, April 9th, 23rd, and 30th, May 7th