• Christina Sanchez – who is leading a new Pre-K Daisy troop (Troop #605)
• Cathy Collins – who is leading a troop of 2^nd grade Brownies (Troop #324)
• Silvia Manzano – who is working with Cathy Collins
• Heather Cook – who is co-leading Brownie Troop 1996
• Also, Amanda Bennett who is leading a troop of 1^st grade Brownies (Troop #163)

This event was held on October 30^th and Memorial United Methodist Church. 45 girls attended (75 registered) with the break down as follows:

• 20 Brownies
• 25 Juniors
• There were 34 registered adults there and 1 non registered adult

This foundation takes the overflow of kids that have been removed from their homes due to neglect, which the state is unable to assist. A list was circulated for people to sign up for children from this foundation to adopt at Christmas time. As part of the items purchased for these children, please make sure a backpack with a nametag is included for each child. Since there were several children with the same first name on the list, the list that we can select from has the children’s last names listed. For confidentiality sake, only include the first name on the tags. If you or your troop, is adopting a child/children, please make sure the BAIR Foundation receives the items by December 10^th. Penny will send an updated list to everyone after the meeting. Anyone can help out with this endeavor so if you have any co-workers, family members or friends who might be willing to help, please forward the list to them.

The council received a check for $40,000 from the Pervasive Run. This race had 1,800 participants and several of the WCSU troops and leaders were represented at this event.

Instead of having one fundraiser for the Friends of Girl Scouts, it was decided that each troop would be given envelopes for each girl to donate money at the service unit’s primary events. Also at these events, a jar will be placed at the registration tables to collect any spare change people might have to donate to FOGS. With these efforts, $15 was raised at registration rally and $202 at Founder’s Day. At Founder’s Day, one family donated $100. At the Investiture and Rededication Ceremony, envelopes and flyers for FOGS will be included in the ceremony brochures and a jar will be set-up at the check-in table.

These t-shirts cost $10 and are still available for purchase. The shirts are helpful to wear during cookie sales to make people aware that the sale is in progress. Penny will re-email the information regarding the shirts to those who did not receive it the first time.

The camp-out was held at the Nails Creek State Park at Lake Somerville. Julia did not believe this location was as good as the ones in the past. About 80 people attended this event.

Cathy Carrillo passed out a flyer for the spring camp-out at Krause Springs on April 22^nd -24^th. The theme is "Let’s Get Physical" and the cost will be $15 per person. Each girl attending the campout will be able to earn a level appropriate badge.

The fall products will be delivered on November 10^th. Paula Gardner has scheduled the following times for picking-up your troops items from Penny’s house:

• Thursday, November 11^th from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
• Saturday, November 13^th from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• Sunday, November 14^th from 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. (this time will be used only if necessary)

Paula will be handing out deposit slips when orders are picked up.

On November 22^nd, the initial cookie orders are due to Sheri Medina. Sheri has only received the names of nine cookie coordinators in the service unit even though there are 23 troops eligible to sell cookies. There is some concern about how the girls that participate in In-School Scouting will be able to sell cookies (if they want to) since those that participate in the program are only involved for nine weeks at a time. They are going to try and take the girls that participated in the fall semester and add them to an existing troop or hopefully they can form a troop on their own if they can get a parent from the school to volunteer as a leader. As of right now, any girl that participates in In-School Scouting will only be able to sell cookies by taking orders and then delivering the cookies after the fact. The name of the Piñatas has been changed to Iced-Berry Piñatas. Gus suggested that someone teach all of the girls how to say in Spanish "Would you like to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies?" There is still not a confirmed spot for initial cookie order pick-up, so if anyone knows of a potential location, please let Penny or Sheri know. Gus will check with Austin Bolt for the cookie pick-up and also check with Miller Blueprint to see if they will still laminate the girl’s posters for free. If anyone needs to contact Sheri during this time, her cell phone number is 350-7648.

On Saturday, December 18^tih, the WCSU will be in charge of monitoring the displays. Penny asked if anyone had a specific display they wanted to cover. Troop 172 requested "Winnie the Pooh", Christy Curry’s troop requested "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Carrie’s Manongdo’s troop requested "Beauty and the Beast", Troop 324 requested to be by Troop 67 and Troop 470 requested that they not be put at the end of the trail. The trail is opened from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. and volunteers should plan on arriving at about 5:30 p.m. to be able to park up front. You will be given a volunteer parking pass to assist with your parking. All family members are invited to participate.

Penny verified which troops were doing what country. At this time, the list is as follows:

Troop 22 – Italy Troop 67 – Canada Troop 87 – Australia

Troop 172 – Samoa Troop 181 – Ghana Troop 224 – Peru

Troop 259 – Japan Troop 369 – India Troop 1452/1274 – Greece

Troop 2047 – Switzerland Troop 1996 - Jamaica

Carrie mentioned that if someone was doing Scotland she met someone who would be willing to come and do a Scottish dance at the event.

• Christy Curry will be dancing in the Nutcracker in New Orleans and in another ballet, "Cinderella", at the Dougherty’s Art Center on March 4^th,5^th,and 6^th.
• Penny asked each troop leader what their troops goals were for cookie sales. She stressed the importance of having one during cookies time.