VISTA 2:

We have Cookie Ambassadors! 

Troop 358 receives Bronze Award!

Couldn’t make it to the Leader Meeting?
Here is what you missed!

Come join us at the next meeting: Monday, Dec. 14 at Longfellow School: 501 Arlington Hts. Road, Buffalo Grove from 7-9 pm. We will be discussing Cookies, Cookie Training, and hopefully passing out Cookie Materials!

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"Ours is a circle of friends united by ideals." 
— Juliette Gordon Low

Thank you Troop #40358 for hosting this months Bake Sale! Contact Julie G. if your troop would like to host the next bake sale.

Troops Sharing their Accomplishments

Bronze Award – Vida Nahar , Kathy Ozmeral, & Heidi Krug-Myers, Troop #40358

Congrats to all the junior girls for earning their bronze award and sharing with us on how they achieved this great honor by hosting a “Halloween Costumes Give-away” event. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle were the guiding principles behind this environment-friendly project! About 300 Halloween costumes and accessories for adults and kids were collected. All those were given away for free to members of community at the Give-Away event. Each girl worked for at least 15 hours sending appeals, placing boxes, collecting the costumes, folding and packaging the costumes and on the disbursement event.

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Tent Sale!

The Vernon Hills Regional Office is having a tent sale (no actual tents or camping equipment will be for sale.) Location: 650 N. Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills in the Council shop. When: Fri. Dec. 4, 8:30-5:00 & Sat. Dec. 5, 9:00-12:00. Examples of Tent Sale discontinued items: Select clothing - $6/each or 2/$10; Socks - $1; Denim Shirts - $12; Patches starting at 25¢; Books starting at $1 each. Sale limited to stock on hand. All sales final, no returns accepted.

Does your Troop have their Volunteer Essentials?

Panoramas are now discontinued! EACH Troop needs to update with the Volunteer Essentials Book. If your troop did not pick up a copy at the meeting please contact Julie Barbakoff at julie_barbakoff@hotmail.com (one book per troop). Looking for Financial Aid? The forms and information about Financial Aid are in the Volunteer Essentials.

Vista Storage Locker!

Take advantage of our Storage Locker, you can borrow Journey Books, STEM Kits, Songs, Tents, Flags, etc. Contact Julie Barbakoff at julie_barbakoff@hotmail.com for additional information and storage location. The Council is no longer paying for our expense of a Storage Locker, we are asking each troop to pay $5 for the year to the Cluster 60 (Formally Vista2). Make checks to Vista2 for amount of $5 and send to Julie Barbakoff or Sue Jacobson.

Training Update

New Training Calendar coming soon! There are no online leader or camping training till the first of the year. We have old training materials if interested. Check out materials with Julie Barbakoff. Materials will need to be returned and you will need to make copies of evaluation form to turn in. You can sign up for training online through the website.

Town Hall Meeting – Rob O’Brien

On Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Vernon Hills Regional Service Center, issues were addressed on growing pains with the merging of seven councils. In addition website consolidation was mentioned along with increase of cost of campgrounds. Have your voice heard at the next Town Hall Meeting, which will be held in the spring.

Summer Camp

Adult Volunteers needed for Sport, Nature, and Science. Camp is run from June 7 to June 14. Job Share is welcome.

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FALL PRODUCT PROGRAM  – Jan Grant (Fall Product Ambassador)

Product delivery date is this FRIDAY (Nov. 13, at Heidi Graham’s Infinite Peripherals: 3104 N. Arlington Hts. Rd.) Between 4-6pm (NOTE: There will be NO PICKUP after 6pm).

If the leaders are unavailable, they must call the other parents in the troop and get someone to do it, or coordinate with another troop that has room for your order in their car. Heidi’s phone number is 847-687-2497. If you need to talk to her, please try to contact her in advance, as there’s no guarantee she’ll be free to answer the phone while managing this event. Also, please remember to thank Infinite Peripherals for donating the use of their facility to the Girl Scouts. Watch for emails regarding F.P. Incentives!

Voice your opinion: Any comments regarding to Fall Product please email Jan Grant at jcgrant@aol.com.

The Cookies are COMING! – Please Read

We have Cookie Ambassadors! Susan Koretz, Dorann Swanson, and Eden Richards have stepped up the cookie plate and divided our area by Buffalo Grove-Wheeling-Lincolnshire, Twin Groves, and Arlington Heights. A Troop from Arlington Heights has volunteered to help out with Incentives. We are still in need of your help to fill the following volunteer positions listed below. Please take a moment and look at the volunteer positions we need to fill our cookie team. Contact our Vista Managers if you any questions or would like to volunteer.

SITE SALE COORDINATOR: (2-5, ideal to have one from each community). A Site Sale is where Troops sell their additional boxes of cookies at store location like Jewel, Bank, etc. This position collect Site Sale forms from troops that will be participating and organize all requests for date, time, and locations. Call the stores to arrange site sale (this way they are not getting bombarded of calls from different leaders) and provide permits. Handle issues that arises with site sales.

DELIVER STATION COORDINATORS: (4-5, one from each community). Locate a facility for the day of delivery. Organize, inventory, breakdown and assemble volunteers on the day of delivery. Older troops can help with this position.

Important Cookie Information!

Cookie Training: Monday, December 14 at the Leader Meeting. Bring your Cookie Helpers! Our Vista has been informed that there will be NO online training for cookies and who ever is your Cookie Helper is required to be trained. If this person if not a registered Troop Leader he or she will need to have a volunteer background check.

Distributing Materials: Hopefully at the Monday, December 14 Leader Meeting

NEW! Troop Proceeds: Plan A: $.65/box with incentives or Plan B: $.75/box no incentives for Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts only or Plan C: Camp Credit, no incentives.

All cookies are now kosher and have zero transfat per service. Several varieties are also nut-free. Complete nutritional information and descriptions are available online. We have switched our bakery to Little Brownie Bakers: http://www.littlebrowniebakers.com/". "Thanks A Lot" and "Lemonades" have been dropped from the line-up. Also, Carmel delights are now called Samoas, Shortbreads are Trefoils, and Peanut Butter Patties are Tagalongs.

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Spring Registration Patches

If your troop registered before (or made a deposit by) July 31 of this year, your troop will receive a patch for each girl. Patches were distributed at the meeting. For those that were NOT at the meeting contact Julie B. to make arrangements to pick up your troop patches.

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Up Coming Events!

Tuesday, November 24: The Electric Company Roadshow. 5:30—7 pm (doors open 4:45, performance starts promptly at 5:30) For girls 6-11 years old with an adult guardian. A one-night only FREE performance in which children will participate in interactive games, receive an all-access TEC pass, a backpack of goodies, and be entertained by special guest SHOCK. Space is limited and registration is required! For more information and to register online visit: wttw.com/electriccompany or call 773-509-1111 ext. 6.

Saturday, January 2, 2010: COOKIE KICKOFF Event for 10,000 — Chicago Wolves at Allstate Areana, Rosemont. Doors open at 2:45 with activities following. Game starts at 7 pm. $12 per person includes t-shirt and a patch to registered girl scouts. $4 vouchers for a hot dog and soda (optional). Confirmation and directions will be mailed the week of December 10-16. Registration deadline has been extended to December 4. Click the link to see flyer: http://www.ilcrossroads.org/vistas/2/events/Cookie%20Kickoff_100809.pdf .

LOOKING FOR GIRL SCOUT CADETTES, SENIORS, AND AMBASSADORS FOR COOKIE RALLY EVENT!

Here is your chance to share your expertise with younger Girl Scouts by running one of the stations at the Girl Scout Cookie rally outlined above. By volunteering for this event, you will all receive an event t-shirt, tickets to the hockey game, and invitation to come back in February or March to sell cookies at one of the hockey games! SWEET! 

Wednesday, August 18, 2010: SHREK The Musical at the Cadillac Palace, Chicago. Show starts at 7:30 pm. 50% payment is due November 15 / Final Payment April 15. Discounted tickets for Girl Scouts and their families are available for $26, or $15.50. The whole family may attend! Make checks payable to TROOP 40083. Contact Heidi Graham at graham847@gmail.com.

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GS Makit Plate Kits – Great project for younger troops

Have the girls make their own plates that can be used at a meeting or while camping! $5.95, includes 25 pieces of art paper with makers. Processing per Plate: $5.95 additional to the cost of the kit. Fun patches are .75¢ per patch. http://www.makitfun.com/girlscouts/

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Take Daisy, Brownie, Junior or Cadette Bear on to your next outing or meeting. Then come to our next Leader meeting and share your stories. Contact Julie G. to schedule their next Adventure!

Trip Bits:  

Share your crafts, outings, events, or voice your idea at our Leader Meetings!

Meeting adjourned at 8:00. Minutes submitted by Karla Weiss

People you should know:

* Cluster Ambassador Managers:  Julie Greenfield (fieldwulf@comast.net) & Julie Barbakoff (Julie_barbakoff@hotmail.com)

* Finance Ambassador:  Sue Jacobson  (sue109@aol.com)

* Communication Ambassador:  Cathy Rabeler-O’Hara  (v2_intcomamb@gsvista.org)

* Fall Product Ambassador:  Jan Grant  (jcgrant@aol.com) 520-5610

* Cookie Ambassadors: 

BG/Lincolnshire/Wheeling: Susan Koretz (tpfan444@aol.com) 808-2814

Twin Groves: Dorann Swanson (swansonwpd@aol.com) 845-2401

Arlington Hts: Eden Richards (serichards@wideopenwest.com) 577-1928

GS-Vernon Hills Office: 847-573-0500

Council Representatives:  Sara Nam (snam@girlscoutsgcnwi.org) ext. 2523
Loretta Hernandez (Lhernandez@girlscoutsgcnwi.org) ext. 2524