It's things like this that I really get mad at the world and what people will do to kids knowing they can get away with it: http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880219011

About a month ago my daughter's Brownie vest disappeared into thin air. Today I went out and managed to replace almost everything. She really wanted a sash instead of a vest this time, so we bought her the xtra long one. The problem is, she doesn't have enough room on it for all of her patches...and she still has a year and a half to go as a ( Read more... )

My name is Jenny (obviously).  I'm 20 and I live in San Luis Obispo, CA.  I'm a Gold and Silver Award Girl Scout (Bronze didn't come into play until I was a senior in high school...too late!)  If you or your troop need any extra help, I'd be glad to volunteer, help plan a camporee, etc.  Even if I can't be there physically to help, I am glad to ( Read more... )

My daughter posted this in my journal two weeks ago and so far has gotten only one response. If anyone can help out by answering one or both questions, it would be a huge help!

http://cheebs.livejournal.com/98423.html

I have a question for you ladies. Since you all give me great advice, I'm going to ask another ( Read more... )

I have been pestered by the other troop leaders if I am going to do a ceremony to welcome the girls as 5 yr olds to the troop in the Daisy group. I'm the Daisy leader and I only have 5 girls so that means a Vesture Ceremony but these girls can't read yet and are very shy since this is their first time in a group like this. I honestly don't want to ( Read more... )

This year my daughter is a Brownie in a new troop. Since I had been a Girl Scout before I volunteered to be the troop leader. Two other moms also volunteered and they were given the positions of leader and co-leader and I was assigned to be the Cookie Sales Manager ( Read more... )

I swear I do more than just complain about my troop and my troop moms, but I need to talk about this... Keep in mind I have 11 1-grader brownies, 5 are from my original Daisy troop and the others are from an "adopted" Daisy troop, who's leader abandoned them last year. They were not very active and my girls always were active ( Read more... )

I am facing a little dilemma as a new leader I was hoping to get some insight into ( Read more... )

I just noticed that World Thinking Day's theme for 2008 is water (http://www.worldthinkingday.org/en/home). What were you guys planning for your activities?