Thank you for a GREAT COSMOS Twlight Camp! We hope you enjoyed it!
Registration for Next Year - The following grade level guidelines must be followed:
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio is following GSUSA’s new grade level distinctions and that they need to be followed when registering new or returning troops.
Girl Scout Daisies: Grades K-1
Girl Scout Brownies: Grades 2-3
Girl Scout Juniors: Grades 4-5
Girl Scout Cadettes: Grades 6-8
Girl Scout Seniors: Grades 9-10
Girl Scout Ambassadors: Grades 11-12
Also, PLEASE NOTE: Effective immediately, the date for troop bridging is now June 1st. As a result, if your troop is bridging to a new grade level, the leader and co-leader will be required to take the appropriate Grade Level Leadership Essentials training within six months following the June 1st deadline. Please update your Volunteer Resource Guide accordingly.
The two required trainings are:
1. Girl Scout Fundamentals (Orientation to Girl Scouts of Western Ohio)
2. Appropriate Job Training or Grade Level Leadership Essentials – If you are a Girl Scout troop leader, you will need to complete the appropriate grade level training (everything you need to know to effectively facilitate the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.) If you are a service team volunteer, product sale volunteer, etc. you will need to complete the appropriate job training for your volunteer role.
On that note, if you chose to keep your troop at a different level than the above guidelines for this year, Council is recognizing that you are at the above levels anyway (this is different than what we were all told last year). SOOOO, you need to complete the next level training! For instance, you have a 6th grade troop and chose to keep them at Junior level and not Cadette level, Council is recognizing you at the Cadette level anyway, not Junior. I just received a list of all of the "non-compliant" leaders and this "new" rule is what is causing the problem. You need to complete the next level of training immediately or chance that you will get a letter from Council telling you that you are ineligible to be a leader (yes, even with 2 months left in the school year!). If you have any questions, please contact Martha Barbary at Council (If you are unsure if you are eligible/ineligible, let me know and I can look at the list) - you should also be getting e-mails from Martha that has more information on this.
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Troop Financials:
It’s that time of year – time to turn in your Troop Financial Report for the 09-10 school year. Troop Financial Report, as well as instructions for filling out the forms are on-line. Please note, a copy of your troop bank statement, verifying your troop account balance, must be turned in with the Financial Report.
If you troop is disbanding, please refer to the Disbanding a Troop file on the website – all the needed forms are embedded in this document.
Financial forms are due before school ends. You can pick up a hard copy of the forms or turn them in at the May 13 recognition event, or Financial Reports can be faxed, scanned and emailed, dropped off, or mailed by June 9 to
Jane Glandorf
Email: rcamplejohn@cinci.rr.com
Phone/Fax: 459-1965
Address: 6933 Keeneland Way (Lexington Park Subdivision)
Every troop must turn in a documentation of finances. If your troop did not collect funds or open a bank account this year, please send me a note stating the following:
· Troop Number:
· Leader:
· Leader Contact info:
· Reason for not turning in a financial report:
If you have other financial questions, check out the cosmos website for info about opening accounts, fundraising, tracking spending, or financial assistance. Info can be found in the financials section under the Leader’s Corner tab at the Service Unit website http://www.cosmosgirlscouts.com/LeadersCorner/Financials/tabid/198/Default.aspx .
Please don’t hesitate to call or email Jane with questions 919-6153, rcamplejohn@cinci.rr.com
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Training
It is never too late to get your training completed! We have many leaders that are close to being ineligible due to not getting the training completed - you will not be able to register your troop until the training is up-to-date! You can easily do many of the training requirements on-line ( http://www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org/Volunteers/GradeLevel.htm ) Click on the training that you need and go from there! All of the books are on-line and you can glance back at them if you need to find the answers.
Julia Poe - or new training coordinator - is working on getting our CPR certification set up to complete in August (for under $10!) - more information as soon as we confirm the dates!
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Mason Reach Out Backpack Program - looking for Service Hours?
Troops, are you looking for an end of year service project to give back tot he community? The Mason Reach Out Back Pack Program sends nutritious food home discreetly on the last day of school each week to students at a Mason school who might otherwise go hungry. This helps fill the weekend void when school lunches are not available and families struggle to feed their children. The children will receive food that they can prepare and consume at home. Since our schools do not offer a breakfast program, they also collect food for these children to have breakfast before school.
Wish List: ·
100% Juice Boxes, Soup (Chicken Noodle, Vegetable, Tomato), Canned/Pouched Meat (Tuna, Chicken), Canned Stews, Chili and Pasta, Applesauce Cups, Fruit Cups, Canned Fruit, Canned Vegetables, Peanut Butter and Jelly (small plastic jars), Jif to Go Packs, Spaghetti Sauce(Canned only-NO GLASS), Spaghetti , Noodle Bowls
Vienna Sausages/Beans and Franks, Individual cereal servings, Oatmeal packs, Cereal Bars, Granola Bars, Pop Tarts/Go Tarts, Raisins (individual boxes), Fruit Chews, Snack Crackers(Cheese or Peanut Butter), Rice Krispie Treats, Mac n Cheese
Troop leaders should contact Rosemary Wells for all Mason Schools and the girls may wish to contribute to a specific school.
Rosemary Wells
Reach Out Committee Chair
398-7039
wells0823@embarqmail.com
Looking for some press? If anyone has a story and/or pictures of their troop events/activities/service projects, etc.. that they would like to send into the Pulse Journal for possible publication they can send them to: warrencountynews@coxohio.com