Welcome Back 2019!

Important Information for a New Year of 

Girl Scouting at EOCCS

Registration

The annual registration fee to join Girl Scouts is $40. You can join or re-register through the following link. https://girlscouts.secure.force.com/girl. Returning Girl Scouts can also pay the registration fee by sending $40 to Mrs. Holman by cash, check or through CashApp ($CharterGirlScouts) or PayPal (charter_girlscouts@yahoo.com). The Girl Scout council also provides financial assistance to cover the $40 registration fee to qualified applicants. or anyone who applies. The form can be downloaded from the Permission slip link on the left. Registration fees go directly to the council and do not benefit the troop.

Meetings

Girl Scout meetings are held the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Fridays of the months that school is in session. A link to our calendar on the left. Meetings are at 99 Washington on the 2nd floor. There's no need to bring girls to the meetings. 2^nd graders are transported to 682 with the bus students. Then all Girl Scouts are walked across the street with their leaders.

Meetings are from 4:15-5:45pm. Please try not to pick up your daughter before 5:40p as we doing snack and closing circles. However, picking up your child after 6:00p prevents us from spending time with our own children.

Parents arriving after 6:00 will be subject to a $1/minute late fee which is payable when the girl scout is picked up. 

Communication 

Please make sure you follow our blog. As always there are no newsletters to keep track of. You can get new content on you computer, tablet or phone. Our blog has everything in one place about what’s going on with the EOCCS Girl Scouts as well as our calendar.

The address is eoccs-girlscouts.blogspot.com. You can check it from any computer or smart phone. There also a link on the school website in case you lose the web address. However, if you subscribe, you’ll get an automatic notice anytime something new is posted.

Subscribing is a simple 2-stage process. 1^st click the subscribe link so you can enter your email address and the verification text. You’ll soon get an email with a link to click on to verify your subscription. Once you verify, you’re all set.

For quick messages we use the remind app. Text 81010 to sign up. Enter @tr21247 for Daisies, @tr21248 for Brownies, @tr21249 for Juniors or @tr21246 for OGs. Sign up for remind and you'll get a text every time there's new content on the blog. 

Finally, don't forget to join our facebook group, EOCCS Girl Scouts. There you can find pictures girls at our various events. 

Important Dates!!

September 27^th - Nut Sale begins for all registered girls
Octotober 4^th - 1st Meeting 

October 11^th - Meeting

October 18^th - Meeting Nut & Candy money due
October 25^th-27^th- Fall Camping at Camp Hoover

November 1^st – Meeting - Final Nut & Candy money due    November 15^th – Meeting

2019 Candy and Nut Sale 

This year the nut sale starts on September 27^th, before our first meeting in October. Therefore, we'll be handing out nut forms to all girls who are registered by that date. There are various way Girl Scouts can earn patches by participating in the sale. By selling 15 candy and nut items and 2 magazine subscriptions girls can earn 2 patch segments. A final patch can be earned by registering on the sale website and entering 15 email addresses. More specifics are in the Nut & Candy packet.

All nut money is due October 21^st. 

The troop earns $1.00 per nut each item sold and $1.50 for each magazine subscription which is used to support troop actvities. 

However, there is a late order date. Final paper sales are due November 1^st and final orders are due December 4^th. 

                                    

Dues 

You've paid your $40 registration to the council. Now what? There is still $75 troop dues which supports the troop. Dues are payable in 3 payments of $25.00 each.

The first dues payment is due on Friday, October 4^th. The second payment is due on November 1^st, while the final payment is due on December 6^th. Alternatively, you can pay the full amount at one time. Remember, troop dues covers the cost of books, other supplies and snacks.  

Uniforms

Our troops uniform consists of a girl scout polo, vest and khaki skirt or pants. The vest, along with the council patch and flag, can be purchased at the council shop for approximately $30.00. Daises & Brownies have the option of purchasing the matching skort from the council. You can also purchase a pair of Khaki pants. Purchasing a Starter kit is not necessary.

Please note, you MUST have vest to be considered in uniform. Wearing the girl scout colors is NOT sufficient nor are graphic T-shirts. In addition, only age level badges go on the front of the uniform, Nut, Cookie and other fun patches must be placed on the back.

Check out the link on the left for uniform specifics, troop numbers & levels. Use the pictures as a guide to know where iron-on/sew everything.
Please note, you MUST have vest to be considered in uniform. Wearing the girl scout colors is NOT sufficient nor are graphic T-shirts. In addition, only age level badges go on the front of the uniform, Nut, Cookie and other fun patches must be placed on the back.
Check out the link on the left for uniform specifics, troop numbers & levels. Use the pictures as a guide to know where iron-on/sew everything.

Fall Camping 

Our first trip this year will be an overnight camping trip to Camp Lou Henry Hoover in Newton, NJ, the weekend of October 25-27. We'll spend Friday and Saturday nights sleeping in cabins. We'll have a fun day, get to go paddle boating, do archery, tackle a ropes course, hiking and more. And we'll complete several badges. Although we are not sleeping in tents, everyone will need a sleeping bag or bed roll. It's $10 per girl ($15 per adult) and includes all activities, food, tent camping and transportation. Due to their age, all Daisies must be accompanied by an adult. We have limited cabin space, so pay your for the trip asap! All payments are due October 11th as we must givve a roster of attendees to the council.

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