CHRIS'S NEWSCAST

Hi all,

Is it really almost April? Hard to believe another year has almost snuck by.

Reminder that our next leader meeting is April 1st at 7:30 PM. We have some exciting news to share and some of the Dance pictures to distribute. If you cannot make it please ask another parent from the troop to attend.

Thanks to the troops that accepted the Proclamations at the Fanwood and Scotch Plains Town meetings. Hopefully some of the you saw them at the meeting or on the RV Replay. I think they did a fantastic job.

Arirang Fundraiser – I was talking with a Leader of a Union Troop and she told me about an exciting Fundraiser they are running at Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse on May 16th. This is open to all levels. See flyer for the details. Contact LaTanya directly if you have any questions about the event.

Cookies – Strive for Five clarification –

• Troops are allowed to order more cookies during our goal getter period or for booth sales. Strive for Five” is a program designed to increase YOUR cookie sales! By asking customers who might have planned to only purchase two or three boxes of cookies to jump to five boxes, it becomes a win for everyone! You’ll get more sales experience, more incentives, and more troop proceeds plus your customers have a chance to win an Apple iPad.
• Customers who buy five (or more!) boxes of cookies win an entry into the iPad drawing. For every five boxes your customer purchases, they can enter. So, for example, if your customer buys 15 boxes of cookies, they are entitled to enter 3 times. (This also applies to people who already purchased 5 boxes.)
• The troop that sold cookies to the winner of the iPad gets a pizza party for their entire troop. The Service Unit with the highest increase of sales over their 2012 cookie season total will be awarded $500.
• Any orders will need to be ordered by the leader as a goal getter/booth sale order in the transactions tab. These cookies will be picked up at council on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday March 21-April 20th.

GSHNJ Summer Camp Open Houses – Want to find out more about their programs? Attend one of the Open Houses and get your questions answered.

Camp Hoover
4/21/13 1:00-4:00PM
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Camp DeWitt
4/14/2013 2:00-4:00PM
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The OVAL
5/11/13 1:00-3:00PM
5/12/13 1:00-3:00PM
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Looking for something to do with your troop this summer? Check out the programs offered by Council.

• Tree Top Adventures (Partial Course) in June: Try your hand at the exhilarating obstacle courses suspended between trees. Journey through the woods 10 feet off of the ground on zip lines, suspended bridges, scramble nests, swinging logs and much more! Learn more here.
• Mountain Creek Waterpark in July: Mountain Creek Waterpark is where winter’s white snow turns into summer’s cool water! As the area's largest waterpark, Mountain Creek has over two dozen different rides, slides and attractions for the entire family at its picturesque mountain setting. GSHNJ is offering a great package deal allowing you and your troop or family to spend the day at the park, enjoy an “all you can eat“ buffet for lunch and take home a patch, too! More information here.

Any questions please let us know.

Chris Quesada (Manager - Service Unit 56)

Join the Fun of Girl Scouting

Fanwood and Scotch Plains girls in kindergarten to 12th grade can have fun all year long by becoming Girl Scouts. Girls have fun and enjoy activities with other girls of the same age while they learn by doing, make new friends, and learn about themselves and their world. Since the Girl Scouts will celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2012, this will be an exciting year in the organization.

The Fanwood-Scotch Plains Community of Girl Scouts will hold an informational meeting for adults and girls interested in joining Girl Scouts on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm in the dining room of Fanwood Presbyterian Church (enter door through Marian Ave).

Kindergarten and first-grade girls can join Daisy Girl Scouts. Older girls can join one of the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Girl Scout troops, which span from kindergarten through high school. A registration fee of $24 per girl or adult volunteer will be collected at the meeting.

The formation of new troops, especially at the Daisy level, depends upon adults volunteering to be leaders. Girl Scouting needs caring adults to provide guidance and leadership to enable the girls of today to become the confident young leaders of tomorrow. Free training is provided for all adult volunteers, and ongoing support is abundantly available. Volunteers are also needed to help with short-term projects such as fun events, badge workshops and cookie sales.

Fanwood-Scotch Plains is part of the Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Council, which covers 7 counties across central New Jersey. For more information about FSP Girl Scouts please call Chris Quesada at (908) 233-5943 or review this website.

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FSPGS is looking for Adult volunteers

Want to lend a hand? We have many open positions on the FSPGS Service Team and we are always looking for leaders. Would you like to be a leader, perhaps an event organizer, or perhaps as a school organizer, or any other function?

Click here to complete the Adult Volunteer Interest Form

Someone from the Fanwood Scotch Plains Girl Scout Community Service Team will get back to you shortly.