A few updates for April from Brie!

Just wanted to give a quick update.  Please be sure to read through this and ask any questions you may have!  

• The troop has purchased the mess kits (mesh bag with plate, bowl, cup and silverware) for all of the girls as well as a few additional for adults.  You will not need to provide those items for Camporee or any additional trips.
• We will be tie dying shirts and bandanas for the troop.  The troop has purchased the girls' shirts (unless we have told you otherwise).  If you (as an troop volunteer) would like a shirt or two tie dyed, please bring it/them to next meeting.  The shirts should be white and 100% cotton.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  We will be wearing the shirts for Camporee.
• In order for the girls to have a uniform look (without wearing a uniform) to Camporee, we will be wearing the tie dye shirts and we would like for them all to wear black stretchy pants or capris (depending on the weather and/or their comfort level as far as temperatures).  Please send your daughter in their tie dye shirt and black stretchy bottoms on the day of Camporee (we will pass their shirts out at the meeting before Camporee).
• Is there anyone who has spare room in a shed or attic who would be willing to store camping items?  We are currently working on a wants/ needs list for our troop.  At the Outdoor Training that Jessie, Melissa and myself went to, we learned quite a bit about what a troop should have.  We would love to be able to have these items so we can have the bins packed and ready to go when we decide to go camping.  Unfortunately, that requires space to store things.  I do not personally have much space to store things at the moment.  I may be able to store a couple of bins.  If you are willing to be our main point of contact to store troop items, let me know.  If we have a few people willing to store a couple of bins, we could make that work as well.  
• Does anyone know of where we can get cheap reusable grocery bags (the nylon type)?  By cheap, I mean around $1....  We need to get enough to make "sit-upons" for the girls to take.  (Small water resistant pads for them to sit on the ground or picnic table with to prevent wet behinds and give a little padding.)
• We still have some cookies available for sale.  Carrie has them at her house.  She has shortbread, cranberry and peanut butter sandwiches (correct, Carrie?).  If you have anyone interested, we would be grateful to get rid of them.  The troop had to pay for them and once they sell, the entire $3.50 would just be deposited back into our troop account.  Please let Carrie and I know if you have any you can sell.  I believe there are around 45 boxes left in total which will equate to an additional $157.50 back in our account.
• If I have not yet sent the information to you for meetings you missed (and your daughter has not received a badge for First Aid and/ or the first Quest Key), please let me know.  I apologize for not getting you the information sooner.  It has been a busy couple of months for me.  I will get you that stuff ASAP so you can try and work with your daughter before next meeting and she can show us/ tell us what she did so we can hand out the badge.

Thanks, everyone, for all you do!  

Upcoming events:
Sunday April 6, 2pm Nature Hike (more info to come on this site)

Monday, April 7 6pm meeting