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Nuts!
Troop nut training is scheduled for Wednesday, September 11, 2013 from 6-8pm and a tentative date of Saturday, September 14. Please provide our Service Unit Nut Sales Chair, Lisa Lopez with the name and contact information of your Fall Funds Volunteer so they can be invited to the training.
Nut Sales begin September 27 and will end October 13. Be sure that all girls and adults participating in Nut Sales are registered for the 2013-2014 GS year.
Leader Workshops
A Crafts Workshop and Ceremonies Workshop will be held on Sunday, September 22. The Crafts workshop is from 10am to 12 noon and the Ceremonies Workshop is from 1pm to 3pm. Leaders and parent volunteers are welcome – adults only, please. The registration deadline is September 15. Please contact Charlene Garfinkle at [email protected].
Outdoor Training
Want to go camping? Then you’ll need to be outdoor trained. Any adult volunteer may serve as your Outdoor Trained Leader (it does not have to be a troop leader) but they must become a member of Girl Scouts and authorize a background check. Registration for Outdoor Training will be through eBiz, available soon. The dates are:
Part A – Thursday, October 10th , 6:00 - 9:00, at Community Covenant Church, MPR, 5070 Cathedral Oaks Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Part B – Sunday, October 13th, 9:00 – 4:00
Prior to attending the training, you need to complete Stepping Out, an online training available on the Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast (www.girlscoutsccc.org) web site.
The test needs to be printed out, old-fashioned style, and snail-mailed to Marsha Hill before September 30th.
Service Unit Meetings
Our Service Unit meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from September through May from 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the Community Covenant Church, Multi-Purpose Room, 5070 Cathedral Oaks Road (across from Foothill School). The June meeting is our end-of-the-year Volunteer Awards dinner held on the first Tuesday in June.
Mark your calendar with this year’s Service Unit meetings:
September 10, 2013, October 8, 2013, November 12, 2013, December 10, 2013, January 14, 2014, February 11, 2014, March 11, 2014, april 8, 2014, and May 13, 2014
Each troop is expected to send at least one adult representative to the monthly Service Unit meetings but all leaders, co-leaders, adult troop representatives, parents of Juliettes and Service Unit volunteers are welcome! If you as the leader cannot attend, your co-leader or any of your adult troop family members can attend for you.
Hospitality begins at 7:00pm and we start our Business Meeting at 7:15pm, followed by sharing at 8:15 and closing by 8:30pm.
Thank you to this month’s Hospitality volunteers: Marsha Hill, Tracey Pigatti, Araceli Slicton, and Kathleen Brown
Getting Started Orientation
Getting Started Orientation is live training offered as need. Contact Charlene Garfinkle ([email protected]) to schedule this initial training needed for new troop leaders, co-leaders and Juliette advisors.
UCSB Sports Events
Please come cheer on our UCSB Gauchos! Tickets are available for Girl Scouts to the following games:
Men’s Soccer – Friday, September 20, 2013, 7pm against Yale
Women’s Soccer – Sunday, September 29, 2013, 11am against Denver
Women’s Volleyball – Friday, October 18, 2013, 7pm against Northridge
Women’s Soccer – Friday, October 25, 2013, 7pm against Cal Poly
Women’s Volleyball – Saturday, November 9, 6:30pm against Hawaii
A limited number of tickets are available for each of these events for Girl Scouts and their leaders/parents. It will be on a first come, first serve basis. Please contact [email protected], if you are interested in tickets for any of the above games.