VISTA 15:

 

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

OCTOBER
Sat 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

****Our next meeting is TUESDAY, December 15.****

****Bring your Cookie Parent at 7:00 for 1/2 hour of Cookie training.****

 

Following are notes from our November Community meeting.

 

Please note on the Activities sheet, that several of our events NEED a co-chair...please volunteer, in ways big or small, to help the leaders who have volunteered thus far.  Participation from all of us make the Scouting experience that much better for all our girls. I don't have the time to call each of you and ask if you are willing, so please call me and we will find something to fit your availability and talents.  We NEED volunteers for:

* Daddy Daughter Dance - a co-chair and specific task volunteers, maybe a junior troop to run the popcorn machine and cotton candy machine - we have several such tasks!  Just call and volunteer!

* Winter Event - a co-chair

 

Family information for the Holiday Baskets was distributed.  If you signed up for a family but did not get your information, please contact Mary Scudella.

 

The theme for this year's FriendShip Fair is The Olympics!!  The flyer is attached.  We have more options for participation this year - create a booth and/or participate in our own Olympic Events or simply be a spectator!  Know that spectators are needed to cheer on our athletes!  The first deadline is December 14 for registration.  Mark your calendars for Friday January 29 and come join the fun!

 

And in keeping with the Olympics theme, this year's Daddy-Daughter Dance will be Come Dance for the Gold!  The flyer will be coming soon.  In the meantime, Daisies and Brownies mark your calendars for Friday, February 12, and get your dancing shoes ready!

 

This year's Brownie TryIt Workshop will be run by Troop 2849 and the TryIt will be Art To Wear!!  So Daisies and Brownies mark your calendar for Friday, March 19, and get ready for a boatload of fun!

 

Fall product has been delivered.  A big Thank You to Chris Reinert for coordinating the Cluster, and Madeline Powell for coordinating Hawthorn Community.  This year 273 girls participated for a sales total of $36,000, and $5,000 of that going directly to our troops!!  Congratulations!

 

The patches for early registration were distributed in October.  I still have patches for: troop 41290, troop 41479, troop 41574 and troop 42436.  Please let me know when you can pick them up, along with your Council Essentials Handbook.

 

New Leader Training is available with Vicki Repsholdt.  Please give her a call to participate.  She has a huge amount of experience and information to share!

 

  

Highlights from the VISTA meeting (agenda attached):

* Don't miss the Cookie Rally and Wolves Game on January 2, 2010!

* Girl Scout Tent Sale!!! December 4 & 5 at the Vernon Hills GS Shop.

* Emergency Contact Cards were distributed one per troop.  See Kiesha if you didn't get one.

* Thank you to Cynthia Miles who gave us a mini-training on SafetyWise and Insurance!  Many questions were asked and answered.

* We are hoping to reformat the VISTA portion of the meeting to be what YOU need, so we need your input.  Do you want sharing sessions, training sessions, what?  Let me know.....I haven't yet received any feedback so should I presume you are now getting the info you need?

* If your troop of older girls is looking for a leadership activity, contact the Council to arrange for them to lead a STEM Saturday!

* Don't forget to contact Nina Ferolo to join the caroling portion of the Hawthorn Winter Botique! 

* Contact Janine Ritchie to participate in the Adopt A Grandparent program at Hawthorn Lakes and help troop 42425 achieve their Bronze Award!

* Also contact Janine Ritchie to participate in a caroling opportunity during dinner at Hawthorn Lakes on December 16 from 5-6pm.

* Online Council training should be available by the end of the year!

* Both weekends for the Cluster 63 Camporee are almost full.  Get your reservations in asap!

* The contents of the VISTA 15/Cluster 63 storage locker can be found on the VISTA website:  http://www.ilcrossroads.org/vistas/15/resources/equipment/  Thanks to Chris Lee, our Cluster has a storage locker at A-American Self Storage on Rt 60 in Vernon Hills, at no charge!  Map and key instructions are attached.  Please tell everyone you know about A-American!

 

****Our next meeting is TUESDAY, December 15.****

****Bring your Cookie Parent at 7:00 for 1/2 hour of Cookie training.****

 

See you then!

Valerie