Badge testing information

Badge testing starts November 1 and will be available every week that we hold a meeting at St. Jerome. We also welcome badge testers! If you would like to stay the occasional night to help out, please let the leaders know.

Each meeting night we we will have a sign up sheet for badge testing. We ask you to fill this out so that we know whould would like to get tested, and for which badge. We also try to keep badge testing to a maximum of 3 badges per night for a Brownie so that she does not miss too much of the regular meeting.

What to bring for badge testing:

 

If your daughter is bringing a badge for testing at a meeting please ensure that she brings the following and add her name to the badge testing sheet when she arrives: 

a) Her program book with your signature beside the badge which she has completed – the leader who does the testing will also sign the book so you know that it was examined.

b) Any items pertinent to the badges (i.e., for the collecting badge bring in the collection, for an art badge bring in what was completed, etc. – for large experiments, cooking etc – a description and a picture from the brownie is sufficient).

c) Please ensure that the work is completed by the brownie.  If possible, it would be great that anything written down is done by the Brownie.  If she is not able to discuss what she has done (i.e., too shy, forgets) this allows us to know that she understands the badge components.

Our visit to Guide House

Here are a few photos from our visit to Guide House...

2nd Riverside South Brownies!

Ta-wit, ta-woo!

 Old Brownie badges

Learning about the artifacts

1000 Origami Swans from Japan

Badge collection on a poncho

Thursday October 11 – Door-to-Door Cookie Selling

This week’s Brownie activity is door-to-door cookie selling! Please see below for details:

1. The girls will be divided into groups of 5 with 3 cases of cookies to sell.
2. Each group will be escorted by a leader and a parent volunteer. The groups and meeting locations are below.
3. Parents are asked to drop their girls off and pick their girls up at these designated locations. Please drop them off before 6pm (as early as 5:45) if possible.
4. Brownies are asked to dress for the weather, but to wear their uniforms underneath their jackets. The girls will likely be selling cookies outside for the whole 90 minutes.

** If it is raining, this event will be cancelled and the girls will meet at St. Jerome’s Gym. We will confirm the event details by Thursday at 5:15pm.

Groups:

Kelly/ Allison G’s mom
Meeting Location: 881 Sandy Forest Place
Sarah, Allison G, Emma, Adriana, Alyssa

Alice/ Muskan's mom
Meeting Location: 5078 North Bluff Dr.
Fiona, Muskan, Penelope, Ellie, Grace

Jen/ Robin's mom
Meeting Location: 5078 North Bluff Dr.
Ali, Cate, Robin, Madison, Rileigh

Lisa/Caitlyn's mom
Meeting Location: 5078 North Bluff Dr.
Allison D, Emily, Sofia, Caitlyn, Jocelyn

Camp Woolsey Pictures

Lloyd Cabin 2012 at the campfire the girls made by themselves

Room 1

Room 2

Biggest trail marker ever!

Perfecting emergency shelter techniques

Guide House Reminder, Cookies and More!

 
Please take a quick look at the reminders and new information below.

1. The Brownies will be touring Guide House at 453 Parkdale Ave. this Thursday evening (Oct 4).  Please drop your Brownie off at 6pm sharp, with their permission form if you have not already turned it in (we have most of them).  Parking (off Foster St) is very limited and car pooling is encouraged. There may be room in some of the leader cars – please let us know asap if you need a ride.

2. If you have not picked up your cookie cases, please pick them up from Screech Owl (aka Alice) by October 3.

 

3. Please mark Oct 18 on your calendars for our Enrolment ceremony! Family members will be asked to join us at 7:00 that evening. More details will follow.

 

4. We are collecting balls of yarn (full or partial balls) for our November Fruggle Event. If you have extras you would like to donate please see Tawny Owl (aka Jen)

5. Thanks to those who requested Ballet tickets. Rainbow (aka Kelly) will circulate more details about the event shortly. 

We hope your Brownies are recovered from the great camping weekend. The Leaders are almost recovered J