Welcome to Lakota Ridge!
Welcome to the Lakota Ridge
Service Unit! Lakota Ridge
supports troops in the West
Chester area, including those
attending Freedom, Heritage, Union
and Endeavor elementary, Lakota
Ridge Jr. School, Lakota
Freshman School and Lakota
West HS.
The
purpose of the service unit is
to provide girls with access
to the Girl Scout program
through the development and
support of troops, troop
leaders, and beyond-the-troop
activities. Service units
provide this support by organizing
troops, providing program and
training resources, and
recruiting adult volunteers to
work with girls in carrying
out the Girl Scout program.
Next Leaders Meeting
The next leader's meeting is TONIGHT, February 7th from
7-8pm at Freedom Elementary.
What's New?
Below is a list of upcoming events in our Service Unit.
Click on the link for more information.
Cookies
The theme for the
2007-2008 Cookie Campaign is “Ready, Set, Go!” It challenges girls to set
goals, make decisions, learn about themselves, and exceed expectations by
providing them with tools needed through a girl-focused program. We hope all of
the troops are out there selling cookies and enjoying themselves!
Now that the initial
order taking is over, get ready for the cookie booths. There are still sites
available to hold your cookie booth. Check out the council website for details.
All troop cookie managers can now log onto Cookieworks.
User ID and Password are as follows: cookie managers first initial, last name
and troop. All cookie managers need to change their password right away and fill
out their troop info. They will need this site to order cookies and prizes.
Email Amy at
mclyde@fuse.net
with any questions.
Cookie shops: Are you a younger troop and don't want to
do a cookie shop, but want your girls to experience how one works? Some of our
older troops would love to have you join them! Let Karen Tucker know if you are interested in this activity
-- younger or older troops.
For older girls this is considered service hours. Note that the older troops
would get the cookies from council and retain the proceeds. We want to use this
as training and experience for younger scouts and their leaders.
For more information on the cookie sale,
click here to check out
the council website.
WE NEED YOU! Next year will be Amy Clyde's last year with
us. If you are interested in taking over the Cookie Manager position, please let
Karen or Amy know. We would like you to train with Amy during the 2008/2009
school year and then take over as SU Cookie Manager for the 09-10 school year.
LaserWeb
Father/Daughter Event
Mark your calendars for the Laser Web Father/Daughter
Event. Due to space limitations, we are offerring two different dates to
accomodate as many groups as possible:
- 5th Grade GS and Older:
Saturday, February 23, 2008
- Kindergarten through 4th
Grade GS: Saturday, March 1, 2008
Both
dates are held at Laser Web on 7285 Dixie Highway in Fairfield, from 9am to
Noon. The cost is
$15/couple and $7/additional
GS.
Ø This
is a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED event. We are planning to limit the number of
registrations for each date to 100.
Ø We
will play as many laser tag missions as we can fit in the 3 hours, realistically
it’ll be 3-4 games depending on how quickly the groups can transition between
stations. (Please tell your troops to listen for directions.)
Ø We
can play more advanced games as players improve.
Ø We
will rotate in three or four groups throughout the laser arena, arcade, and
“Space Station”.
Ø Additional
game tokens can be purchased at 50% off during the event (8 tokens/$1).
Ø Each
couple is asked to bring something for the Space Station Café (I will let you
know via email what to bring after all registrations are in).
Ø Each
couple is also asked to bring toiletries (K-4th) or canned/boxed
goods (5th and up) to donate to Reach Out Lakota.
Ø We
are in desperate need of baby food jars or unwanted CDs! If you have any to
donate, please contact Renee Stock. Any moms that can help
out with this mission, please contact Renee – Thanks!
For more information, check
out the appropriate flyers:
Mother/Daughter
Event
Mark your calendar for April 19th for the Mother/Daughter
event at Lakota West HS. Details to come!
Little
Women Production
The Lakota West theater group is performing "Little Women"
this spring. This relatively new musical, based on classic novel, features
strong female characters which serve as excellent role models for the young
women of today. The play would be a good troop activity. Lakota West is the
first high school in the tri-state area to perform this magnificent musical.
Their theatre program has been recognized for excellence at the local and state
level, and the shows draw sell out crowds. Check out their website to see what
they are all about. If you are interested in a GS field trip, see the
flyer. You can also contact Paula Dolloff
for special group rates:
Paula Dolloff
Lakota West Theatre Business Manager
8940 Union Centre Blvd.
West Chester, OH 45069
Paula.Dolloff@lakotaonline.com
(513) 874-5699, ext. 10211 or 10431
Website: www.lakotawesttheatre.com
Xavier Women's
Basketball
It's time for GIRL SCOUT NIGHT at Xavier women's
basketball!!
This year, the event will be held prior to and during the
women's basketball game on Wednesday, February 27th when the Musketeers take on
A-10 rival Dayton. The game is at 7pm, but the Girl Scout events will begin at
6pm, and include a free cheerleading clinic with Xavier cheerleaders and
mascots, meet-and-greet and open gym with current Xavier student-athletes, and
COOKIES! This event is celebrating the delivery of your cookie boxes :) In
addition, all girls that learn a cheer during the clinic will be able to perform
it on the court at halftime.
Please see the
flyer for more information.
Twilight Camp
For Twilight Camp we are making Olympic Torches, please
save your paper towel tubes. If someone has a flag for China, Germany, and
Brasil we would like to borrow them for the week. Not a small flag something
big. If you have costumes or other items that represent each of these countries
we would be interested. Please let Karen or Julie know.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR and CRAFT person needed! We are in
desperate need of someone to be in charge of crafts and to act as Program
Director for camp this summer. Everything is already picked out for each day. We
need someone to head up the crafts each day by making sure everything is set up
and ready to go. You will have two Cadette/Seniors to help you. Program director
will work with Julie and I to decide what time we do what and who does what and
when.
Service
Team Openings
Help Wanted: Volunteers
Needed! Haven't joined the
service unit team? Now is the
time to join!!!
The following
is a list of the service team positions
available:
Come
join us and our great team, we
have food, fun, great
discussions, and a fantastic
support group of women who
love scouting. If anyone is
interested in these positions,
please let Karen know at one
of the leaders meetings or
email the service team at
675sum@GRGSCVOL.Org.
Other Good Things to Note
DID YOU KNOW that the Dollar
Store (next to Biggs) is
offering a 15% savings on
Oriental Trading Company
orders and offers no shipping
fees on those orders? Check it
out!
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