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CENTRAL OREGON VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER
GIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
Are you interested in putting on a fun She / Me Event (all from a kit) for new girls and adults, in your area?
To find out more, contact Peggy Lovegren plovegren@girlscoutsosw.org / #541-389-8146
Are you interested in volunteering to help plan a Central Oregon
CONTEST TIME! Girl Scout summer outdoor wilderness event, in collaboration
Two Service Units, one in the north and one in the south half of with "Trout Unlimited"? If so, contact Peggy Lovegren
our Council, will win a free weekend at a GS Camp of their plovegren@girlscoutsosw.org / #541-389-8146
choice by bringing in the highest percent of family giving
donations! SU #69 is currently in the lead for the south The Central Oregon Service Center had a tub of special
half! The average gift amount is $36.35 which is more than the scrapbooking scissors—the kind that make pretty edges on
national average of $25...Yippee! Keep it up Central Oregon! paper. They have been checked out of our office for quite some
Family giving is the $25 or more amount we ask each family to time. We would love to have them back. Please return them to
donate on top of the $12 registration dues, when they register 908 NE 4th St. Suite 101, Bend. Thank you
their girls and themselves with Girl Scouts. It also includes any
financial donations from donors in your Service Unit. Please
encourage all of your troop families that are able to pay this If you are interested in running an event for the Girl Scouts,
$25, to do so. please come to Event Director Training on Wednesday,
January 6th 7-8pm. Location is TBD.
Please rsvp to Sharon McCarthy at:
Just an update that the new training calendar has been posted sam11@bendbroadband.com
to our website. This is for trainings that run January – July. You
can follow the link below: Older Girl Program Level Training is now available as a home-study
and can be found on our website.
http://girlscoutsosw.org/CMS/Files/Volunteers/Adult%
20Training/2010%20Training%20Schedule%20with%20links.pdf Updated Junior trainings are now available in Home-Study and
On-line.
THANK YOU AND HUGS TO
Tracy Willson-Scott, Sharon McCarthy, CENTRAL OREGON STORE HOURS — JANUARY
Paula Buchanan, Dory Delp, Laura Cuthbert, Wednesday: Jan 6, 13, 20, & 27 11:00-1:00p.m.
Cate Cuthbert, Michelle Hanford, Kelly
Pence, Lavonne Smejkal, Tina Pavelic,
Monday: January 11th 5:00-7:00p.m.
Ingrid Hoban, Twyla Hutchison, Yvonne Options for purchasing Girl Scout merchandise:
Byrne for the Holiday Crafting event-rave 1) Visit or call the Central OR Girl Scout Store / for store hours: #389-8146
reviews from all! 908 NE 4th St., Suite #101, Bend, OR. 97701
2) Fill out store order form (available at GS Service Center) & attach payment/no
Paula and Jessie Edgren for the fabulous job
shipping. Your order will be filled on the next day the store is open, and you will
they did on the Bend Christmas Parade!
be contacted to pick up your order in your troop mailbox at the Service
Jessica, you were a beautiful princess and
Center.
so were all the girls!
3) Contact Eugene GS Store at 1-800-522-8772 ext. 118 to order and have shipped
to your home (with shipping cost)
Those of you who organized and participated
4) Go on-line to GSOSW.org/ click on shop/and order from
in all the other Holiday Parades!
our on-line store with credit card and have shipped to your
home (with shipping cost)
Bonnie Sullens and Michelle Arnold for doing
Questions: Contact local Store Volunteers:
the wonderful Girl Scout Cookie Trainings!
Renee Martin; skigal49@yahoo.com
Gail Kamna; anmak@bendbroadband.com
Beth Grimes for doing the Christmas
Miniatures Display in Prineville....wow.....it
was so fanciful and pretty! If any of you have ideas for improving the Girl
Scout Council website (www.girlscoutsosw.org),
Heather Anderson for directing the Older please let Michelle Clinch, Director of
Communications and Sarah Miller,
Girl's Night Out Pizza and Pottery Party. Communications Specialist know:
mclinch@girlscoutsosw.org / smiller@girlscoutsosw.org
Renee Martin and Gail Kamna for all their
extra volunteer store hours serving all of us! Michelle Clinch has authorized the name
change of our e-group. Members of the
Heather Anderson for her years of volunteer- e-group should receive notification from
ing as SU #69 SU Manager! Thank you SO yahoo groups automatically, but in case
much Heather. you get any questions:
Sharon McCarthy for stepping up as SU #69 The web address is now: http://
temporary SU Manager! groups.yahoo.com/group/gsosw
And all emails will need to be sent to
gsosw@yahoogroups.com
Sisters Girl Scouts singing at Rays, 30 strong
Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington is pleased to announce a contest for girls to submit videos that COOKIE DATES
promote the Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program. The contest is open to all girls age 13 and older in our council, and
our Program intern, Lacey, was instrumental in developing this contest for our membership. She is a local high
school student and long-time Girl Scout. We hope to showcase girl creativity, integrate online marketing to JAN. 9-18th Pre-Orders
engage girl participation and enhance cookie sale success. Prizes will be given to the top three videos and these,
along with other video submissions, will be featured on our council You Tube channel. FEB. 10th -12th Cookies
delivered to
The deadline to submit YouTube videos is January 27, 2010. Please visit the Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW our area
Washington homepage for prize information and complete contest rules. Click on the "Lights, Camera, Action"
icon in the upper right-hand corner.
Best of luck to all contest participants! FEB. 19th—MAR. 14th Open
Sales
Meghan Bromert
Program Specialist
Community Partners
Direct line: (503) 977 6808
If you attended the Pine Mt. Observatory trip this past summer & did NOT receive your badges, please have
the Troop Leader contact Sharon McCarthy at sam11@bendbroadband.com.
The badges are waiting for you.......
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR, DAY OF SERVICE.....
Make it a day on rather than a day off! January 18, 2009
Contact Jessica Knight at #541-385-8977
Girl Scouts have been invited by the new Central Oregon Volunteer Connect
Organization which matches volunteers with volunteering opportunities to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
participate in the following projects: IS LOOKING FOR GIRL SCOUTS WHO WANT
Bend's Community Center: TO HELP!
*Assisting with meal preparation for their clients (10 volunteers) If your Girl Scouts are interested in First Aid /CPR
*Blanket Project; come make fleece blankets that will be distributed to the volunteering to deconstruct ceiling fans for the JAN. 9TH
homeless later in January. No sewing experience necessary. parts, that were donated to the "Habitat for
Bethlehem Inn, Bend Humanity ReStore" (which collects and sells 8-4pm
*Preparing a meal in your own kitchen (10 volunteers) anything for the home with 100% of proceeds United Methodist
Ronald McDonald House, Bend going back into the building) please contact
*Plan and prepare one or several meals for families Adina Eden at #541-385-5387 ext. #234 / Church
(they have the food.....5-10 volunteers) aeden@bendhabitat.org
LaPine Community Kitchen The timing for this project is very flexible and it Please sign up
*Help prepare and serve a meal for the community as well as help sounds like fun to me!
clean the facility. The ReStore is at 740 NE 1st in Bend. on-line or come
(8-10 volunteers) into the service
Prineville Oasis Soup Kitchen Painting the Youth Built Habitat House on
*Help prepare and serve a meal for the community. (5 volunteers) January 23, 2010 from 9-3pm at 97th and center for a
Bend Habitat for Humanity Empire in Bend. Contact Adina for this registration.
*Hands on help at the Youth Build construction site (10 volunteers) opportunity also. Cost: $25
Bird of Prey Program Wacky Winter Weekend
January 29-31, 2010
At The High Desert Museum Suttle Lake United Methodist Camp
Join us for an afternoon of exploring those wonderful creatures of the sky….Birds of Prey
14 Miles West of Sisters
Who: All registered Junior Central Oregon Girl Scouts. No tag-alongs. Minimum: 20; Maximum 30. $75 per person
Troop registration /troop responsible for Safety Wise girl/adult ratios. Girls 11 yrs old & Up – maximum 40 girls
Where: High Desert Museum, 59800 South Hwy 97, Bend
When: Saturday, January 9th from 11-2:30 Enjoy tubing (provided), hiking, snowshoeing
Activities: Earn the Bird Badge and cross country skiing (bring your own
Make Bird Enrichments for the Birds of Prey at the High Desert Museum equipment). Have fun at movie night with hot
Bird of Prey Encounter cocoa and popcorn on Friday and Saturday
Discuss How a Bird is Classified as a Bird of Prey night. On Saturday morning girls can partici-
Simulate Water Proof Feathers on Your Arm pate in tubing from 10-noon or just play in the
Dissect Owl Pellets snow! We will have badge work for girls in
Test the Strength of a Bird’s Egg the afternoon and there will be free time to
Cost & registration: $9.00 per participant includes program cost, badge and admission to the High
play outside, play games inside, do a puzzle
Desert Museum. Troop registration must be submitted by December 21st, 2009 to the Girl Scout
Center –
or just read a book by the fire.
908 NE 4th Street, Suite #101, Bend, OR, 97701. Troops sleep in heated cabins or rooms in
Special Instructions: Lunch will not be provided. Please bring a sack lunch & beverage. Wear comfy cloth- the lodge. Requests for specific accommo-
ing & closed-toe shoes. dations will be taken on a first come, first
Contact: Sharon McCarthy at sam11@bendbroadband.com with any questions serve basis. Individual girls may sign up but
they must sleep in the lodge with staff.
All meals are provided for Saturday and
breakfast on Sunday morning. The cook at
this camp is fabulous and the meals are won-
WHAT: SCIENCE AND MATH FAIR derful. Kid friendly food! Girls will help set
WHO: All registered JUNIOR Central Oregon Girl Scouts up and clean up for meals.
No tag-alongs. Minimum: 36, Maximum: 60 A confirmation letter and information will be
Troop registration with troop responsible for Safety Wise girl/adult ratios. sent following registration. If the roads are
WHEN: Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:00 – 3:30 closed due to stormy weather the event will
WHERE: Elks Lodge, be cancelled and re-scheduled for a later
63120 Boyd Acres Road, Bend date.
ACTIVITIES: Earn the “Making it To register go to www.girlscoutsosw.org,
Matter” & “Math Whiz” Badges through Program tab, then Events and
eCouncil Event Registration Quick Link. You
Twelve Activity Stations
can also register at your nearest Girl Scout
Guest Speaker
Service Center using an Individual or Troop
Lunch Provided
Event Registration form. For further informa-
COST & REGISTRATION: $10 per participant includes program cost, badges and lunch.
tion, contact Jan Thompson, Teen Program
Troop registration must be submitted by January 5th to the Girl Scout Center,
Coordinator at (541) 485-5911 ext. 115 or
908 NE 4th Street, Suite #101, Bend, OR 97701. Attn; Renee Martin email Jthompson@girlscoutsosw.org.
CONTACT: Pat Joslin at joslins@bendcable.com with any questions
Daisy’s Dreams
WHO: Daisy and Brownie Scouts
WHAT: Complete 10 out of 15 requirements for a Council Patch honoring Juliette Low
WHERE: Trinity Episcopal Church 469 NW Wall St., Bend
WHEN: Saturday, January 30th
10—12 Daisy Scouts
1—3 Brownie Scouts
COST: $3.00 No financial assistance
REGISTRATION /RESTRICTIONS/DEADLINE: Register with a troop event registration.
The deadline for registrations is Monday, January 25th.
There is a maximum of 50 girls.
CONTACT: Dory Delp 382-8054 or Tracy Willson-Scott 330-2349
SU 068
SU 068 Team meeting: Jan. 26th
SU 068 Volunteer meeting: Jan. 4th COCC Rm. 6 6:30
COOKIE RALLY
THINKING DAY - 2010 Sisters -
Jan 8, 2010 3 to 4:30 PM
WHO: Areas invited: SU 068 Daisy through Juniors
Age level: All No tag alongs Sister’s Elementary School
Registration: Troop Registration form
Registration open date: January 1, 2010 Juniors through Ambassadors
Registration close date: January 30, 2010 Sister’s Middle School
Mail troop registration form and payment to :
908 NE 4TH St. Suite 101, Bend, OR 97701 Evelyn Brush (Sisters)
ajoyfulnoise@bendbroadband.com
Makes checks payable to SU 068.
WHERE: Prineville Church of the Naza- COOKIE RALLY
rene
780 E First Street Prineville -
Prineville, OR 97754 Jan 8. 2010 6 to 7:30 PM
WHEN: February 13th, 2010
Event time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Prineville Church of the Nazarene
COST: $4.00 per registered girl and 780 E First Street
adult that wants a snack and Cost: $2.50/Girl
have a patch. Cost includes: a
patch, snack, and drink Lisa Forbes (Prineville)
Makes checks payable to SU 068 lisa@juniperbear.com
CONTACT: Lisa Forbes lisa@juniperbear.com
SU 069
SU 069 Team meeting Jan. 25th 6:30 Central Oregon Service Center
SU 069 Volunteer meeting Jan. 5th UMC 7:00p.mm -
Sharon McCarthy will be serving as the temporary SU Manager
Service Unit #69, please help me in thanking Heather Anderson for all
of her dedication and hours as your Service Unit Manager! We truly
appreciate you!
Applause....Applause! Now please help me in welcoming Sharon
BOUNCING OFF THE WALL McCarthy to the temporary position of Service Unit Manager on top of
being the Event Coordinator and leading 2 troops! Thank you so
Come & enjoy 2 hours of bounce time, much Sharon for filling in! We truly appreciate you also!
pizza and drink with your Girl Scout Friends!
Who: DAISIES & BROWNIES, SU069
BOWLING
When: Friday, January 29th Come & enjoy 2 hours of bowling & snack with your
5:30-7:30pm OR
st
Girl Scout Friends!
Sunday, January 31 5-7pm OR
Sunday, February 7th 5-7pm
Where: 1134 SE Centennial Court, Bend Who: Juniors, SU069
Cost: FREE for girls who sold cookies in Winter/Spring When: Saturday, January 23rd 9-11am
of ’09; $5 for any other girl who wants to attend. Where: Lava Lanes,
(must be a registered Girl Scout) (The Council is paying for this 1555 NE Forbes Rd, Bend
event with the funds the girls earned through the ’09 Cookie Sale) Cost: FREE for girls who sold cookies in Winter/Spring of ’09; $10 for any
Registration: other girl who wants to attend. (must be a registered Girl Scout) (The Council
Please select one of the event day/time above & submit a troop registration is paying for this event with the funds the girls earned through the ’09 Cookie Sale)
form, check to cover fee (if appropriate) plus a signed Liability Waiver
Registration:
(per girl) by January 20th to:
Please submit a troop registration form plus check for fee (if appropriate)
Girl Scouts of Oregon & SW Washington,
by January 15th to:
908 4th Street, Suite 101, Bend, OR 97702.
Girl Scouts of Oregon & SW Washington,
908 4th Street, Suite 101, Bend, OR 97702.
Troop Leaders responsible for Safety Wise Girl to Adult ratio.
Minimum of 20 girls. Maximum of 50 girls per event day/time.
Troop Leaders responsible for Safety Wise Girl to Adult ratio. Minimum of 20 girls.
No tag-alongs. No Financial Aid Available.
Maximum of 50 girls. No tag-alongs. No Financial Assistance Available
Please contact Sharon McCarthy at sam11@bendbroadband.com Please contact Sharon McCarthy at sam11@bendbroadband.com
with any questions. with any questions.
PROGRAM CALENDAR
JANUARY
1 Happy New Year 2010!
3 SU #69 Cookie Rally 2-4p.m. Bend Elk’s Lodge 63120 Boyd Acres Rd., Bend
4 SU #68 Meeting 6:30-8pm COCC Redmond Branch Rm. #306
6 GS Store Open 11-1pm
6 Event Director Training 7-8pm. Location is TBD
8 Sisters Cookie Rallies 3-4:30p.m. (Daisy –Jr. At Sister’s Elementary) (Jr.—Ambassadors at Sister’s Middle School)
8 Prineville Cookie Rally 5:30-7pm Prineville Church of the Nazarene 780 E First St.
9 First Aid / CPR 8-4pm United Methodist Church (ENOUGH PARTICIPANTS?)
9 Birds of Prey Event 11-2:30pm High Desert Museum
9 Cookie Pre-sales start!
11 GS Store open 5-7pm
13 GS Store open 11-1pm
15 Older Girl's Night Out Ice Skating Event 6-9p.m. Seventh Mt. Resort
18 Martin Luther King Junior Day!
18 Cookie Pre-sale tallies
19 Program Committee Meeting 6:30pm GS Service Center
19 Cookie pre-sale orders due to troops
20 GS Store open 11-1pm
21 Troop cookie orders due on ebudde
23 SU #69 Junior GS Bowling Event 9-11am Lava Lanes, Bend
25 SU #69 Team meeting 6:30pm GS Service Center
26 SU #68 Team meeting 6:30pm location TBA
27 GS Store open 11-1pm
28 Silver/Gold Training 6:15-7:15pm Bronze 7:15-8:00pm GS Service Center
29 SU #69 Daisy, Brownie Bouncing Off the Walls Event 5:30-7:30pm
30 Science and Math Fair 9-3:30pm Elks Lodge, 63120 Boyd Acres Rd., Bend
30 Daisy Dream
29-31 Wacky Winter Weekend Suttle Lake Camp
31 SU #69 Daisy, Brownie Bouncing Off the Walls Event 5-7pm
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