First Aid Fun with Kappa Delta - Tues Feb 16

Girl Scout Sunday - March 6

Please join the Amity Service Unit for Girl Scout Sunday!  Girl Scouts Sunday kicks off Girl Scout week, when we commemorate the Girl Scouts’ Birthday (when Juliette Gordon Low formed the first Girl Scout troop Savannah, Georgia).

Join us for an opportunity to be together with other Girl Scouts of all ages, learn about a faith and be recognized as Girl Scouts at a local church.

Sunday March 6

10:30 am

Christ Episcopal Church

526 Amity Rd

Bethany

Girls and their families are invited together to this event.   Girls should wear their uniforms. Everyone will be invited to the Parish House after the service for refreshments and participating Girl Scouts will receive a patch from the Service Unit.

Please RSVP to Allyson Rogers by March 1, (allyson8@gmx.com) so that she can make sure there is enough food!

More info and directions:

 www.christchurchbethany.org 

 (north on Route 63 to Bethany.  The church is on the right hand side at the blinking light).

Sincerely,
Allyson Rogers

allyson8@gmx.com

Spend an Afternoon at Long Wharf Theater

Having Your Say

Love theater? Spend your Saturday afternoon at Long Wharf Theatre. Go behind the scenes as they produce Having Our Say, based of the lives of the Delany Sisters’ first 100 Years. Create and share your own oral history before attending a production of Having Our Say. Discuss the show and ask questions of Long Wharf staff following the performance. Join us for this special event designed just for Girl Scouts!

Saturday February 27 from 11:15 am to 5:00 pm

Cost per girl is $25 which also includes pizza lunch and a patch. Each troop will receive 1 free adult ticket and/or 1 free adult ticket per 10 girls in a troop registered. Additional adults can attend for $25. Space is limited! For booking, contact Jennifer Carroll at jcarroll@longwharf.org or 203-772-8202. Please book by Thursday, February 25.

Girl Scout Night with Yale Women's Basketball March 4, 2016

Culture Day at Hill Regional Career High School on Friday February 5 from 6-8 pm

Help support these older Girl Scouts on Friday Feb 5th from 6-8 pm!

Girls and Women in Sport Day at SCSU Sat Feb 6

Southern Connecticut State University Athletic Dept sponsors a great day for girls in sports.  Follow this link for more info and registration  information!

http://www.southernctowls.com/news/2015/12/10/WXC_1210153714.aspx?path=gen

Amity Service Unit Celebrates Thinking Day!

Thinking Day is an international Girl Scout and Girl Guide celebration of the birthdays of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell and the start of scouting.  This year the theme is “Connect” – with friends, the community, and your passions.  Troops also donate items for a service project. For background information you can learn more at www.girlscouts.org/en/about-girl-scouts/global/world-thinking-day.html

The Amity Service Unit will celebrate Thinking Day, as we have in the past, as follows:

• Sunday February 21, 2016

• Set up at 1:30, Program runs from 2-4PM, clean up till 4:30PM

• Holy Infant Church School Gymnasium, 456 Orange Center Rd, Orange, CT 06477

• Troops may just set up a table to display information about a country or they may also present a short program (5-10 minutes).

• Cost is $2.00 per girl in your troop so patches may be purchased for all.  Parents and tagalongs are free.

• Contact person:  Nina Ruckes,  nruckes@optimum.net

If you intend to participate, please email Nina with the following information by February 13:

• Leader name, address and e-mail

• Number of girls in the troop (so we can buy patches for everyone), expected number who will participate on Sunday

• Top 3 choices for the country you wish to represent

• Will you do a presentation?

• Please mail a check for $2/girl in your troop so patches can be purchased (payable to GS of CT) to Nna Ruckes (email her for address)

 

Check List for Thinking Day 

1. Table cloth (a 6’ table and 2 chairs will be provided)

2. Foamboard or Cardboard display with information about your country such as flag, map, helpful phrases, picture of Girl Guides

3. Food or beverage and serving utensils/napkins/paper plates

4. SWAPs (optional)-Something wonderful affectionately pinned!

5. Presentation (optional) -some ideas are a dance, recitation of the Pledge from your country, video (please supply all equipment), recite facts about your country, song, etc.

6. Basket for Silent Auction, worth about $25.00.  Money collected from this will go to the Service Unit to support other programs

7. Donations for Kenyan Health Care Initiatives:  

• Children’s books of all kinds for all ages – must be unmarked and in good condition. Not text books

• Simple puzzles and games for kids of different ages (new or in excellent condition)- Bananagrams word games, memory games, basic games, cards, marbles, flash cards, checkers, chess , etc.

• Sports equipment and supplies – soccer balls, equipment for baseball, volleyball, basketball, badminton.

Once you get your chosen country, you may want to  visit www.patchfun.com to see if they have a patch for your country.  They would be a very cute addition to your Thinking Day patch.