11-19-08 SHELTER food sort



Food collection and donation to SHELTER

For families hitting hard times that are in need, SHELTER provides Thanksgiving food items

The girls were able to collect food from their own homes and/or collect from their neighborhood. Together, the troop rallied together and not only sorted the food, separating canned from pantry items, but also created homemade Thanksgiving cards.

This exercise prompted thoughtful discussion focusing on thinking of others, donating your time and a little of what you can spare, and thankfulness for what we have every day - friends, family, and a great community.

Directly after our meeting, I brought the food and cards over to PHE, where they were combined in a very large & heavy yellow bin with other food items from other Girl Scout Troops. We, however, were the only troop that created their own special touch with the holiday cards!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

11-5-08 Creative Composing Try-It

Task #3 is to compose a poem, about anything the girls chose. This, of course, took much thought! Steph below wrote a poem about tickling...

Keniah wrote about her Mom...








Montana & Tayler









Elena, Maddie, Lilly & Montana
...all proud of their well-decorated poems!
Great job, ladies!

Sept 2008 Troop Campout



In order to earn the "Ready, Set, Go Camping" Try It, the 2007-8 girls "camped" in Christine & Lindsay's backyard.

They learned how many different uses a bandana has, how to tie a couple of useful knots (overhand and square knots), and enjoyed making S'mores while telling crazy stories around the make-shift campfire!
Staying up until past midnight was, of course, part of the evening's activities. When the weather chilled out a little bit too much, the girls moved their sleeping bags into the living room.

Imagine what camping on Mt. Diablo would be like?