Comments for Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland Blog http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:46:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on GIRLS – Additional Opportunity for Fall Product Recognitions! by gsmoheartland http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/11/25/girls-additional-opportunity-for-fall-product-recognitions/comment-page-1/#comment-374 gsmoheartland Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:46:11 +0000 http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/?p=136#comment-374 "No, this is just an additional opportunity for the girls to earn recognitions." “No, this is just an additional opportunity for the girls to earn recognitions.”

]]> Comment on Girl Scouts learn financial literacy in hands-on program by John Lanza http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/11/30/girl-scouts-learn-financial-literacy-in-hands-on-program/comment-page-1/#comment-322 John Lanza Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:56:29 +0000 http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/?p=140#comment-322 This looks like a great program. It's awesome to see that the Girl Scouts are reaching kindergartners. We need a stronger focus on teaching our younger kids the basics of financial literacy (needs vs. wants, making choices, sharing & saving & spending smart). I went into my daughter's classroom (K-1) in early November with our Money Mammals teaching guide and helped them make "Share" jars in which they saved money for two weeks. The money, along with cans of food and clothes went to local families in need of assistance. Kids love saving for a goal - it's so much more effective than telling them to "save for a rainy day," which is too abstract a concept for them. I'll be doing a similar program with the girl scouts in the Los Angeles area in January so it was exciting to read about other Girl Scout financial literacy incentives here. This is a very exciting time for all of us involved in financial literacy because people have finally woken up to the importance of it to our society. Keep up the great work! This looks like a great program. It’s awesome to see that the Girl Scouts are reaching kindergartners. We need a stronger focus on teaching our younger kids the basics of financial literacy (needs vs. wants, making choices, sharing & saving & spending smart). I went into my daughter’s classroom (K-1) in early November with our Money Mammals teaching guide and helped them make “Share” jars in which they saved money for two weeks. The money, along with cans of food and clothes went to local families in need of assistance. Kids love saving for a goal – it’s so much more effective than telling them to “save for a rainy day,” which is too abstract a concept for them. I’ll be doing a similar program with the girl scouts in the Los Angeles area in January so it was exciting to read about other Girl Scout financial literacy incentives here. This is a very exciting time for all of us involved in financial literacy because people have finally woken up to the importance of it to our society. Keep up the great work!

]]> Comment on GIRLS – Additional Opportunity for Fall Product Recognitions! by Leslie McCann http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/11/25/girls-additional-opportunity-for-fall-product-recognitions/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Leslie McCann Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:32:25 +0000 http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/?p=136#comment-310 Will the individual troops get the money from these additional sales or will that additional money all go to council? Will the individual troops get the money from these additional sales or will that additional money all go to council?

]]> Comment on Events Postings by Deidre Wipke-Tevis http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/02/02/events-postings/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Deidre Wipke-Tevis Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:32:23 +0000 http://gsmoheartland.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-48 The deadline for registering for The Gathering is October 16th, 2009 and we still do not have a description of the workshops or the special registration form. When will that information become available? Thanks, Deidre Wipke-Tevis The deadline for registering for The Gathering is October 16th, 2009 and we still do not have a description of the workshops or the special registration form. When will that information become available?

Thanks,

Deidre Wipke-Tevis

]]> Comment on Events Postings by gsmoheartland http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/02/02/events-postings/comment-page-1/#comment-4 gsmoheartland Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:43:17 +0000 http://gsmoheartland.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-4 Right, the girls will not need to bring their own tents. In regards to the start time of 6:00 p.m. that is what time the girls can start arriving at Camp Finbrooke. Because we realize that girls will be driving from varying distances Friday night is merely a time for the girls to arrive at camp, get situated in their units and start to meet other girls. We will have a camp fire and smores but other than that we will have no set agenda for Friday evening. All of the organized activities will begin Saturday morning once everyone has had a chance to arrive. Right, the girls will not need to bring their own tents.

In regards to the start time of 6:00 p.m. that is what time the girls can start arriving at Camp Finbrooke. Because we realize that girls will be driving from varying distances Friday night is merely a time for the girls to arrive at camp, get situated in their units and start to meet other girls. We will have a camp fire and smores but other than that we will have no set agenda for Friday evening. All of the organized activities will begin Saturday morning once everyone has had a chance to arrive.

]]> Comment on Events Postings by Deidre Wipke-Tevis http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/02/02/events-postings/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Deidre Wipke-Tevis Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:05:57 +0000 http://gsmoheartland.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-5 No problem. Thanks for the info. So they will NOT need to bring tents of their own, right? Also, we are trying bring a caravan of older girls from Columbia MO to The Gathering. It is a minimum of a 3-3:30 hours drive down to the Springfield area from Columbia. Since The Gathering is scheduled to start at 6 pm there is no way that we can be "on time" unless we have the girls skip out early from school --probably not a good precedent to set with out girls. We noticed that the event is scheduled to end at 11 am on Sunday. Would it be possible to start later on Friday night say--8:00 pm (instead of 6) and just extend the time on Sunday until 1 or 2 pm? That would allow girls who live a long distance from Springfield to be able to arrive on time? Since our Council is so geographically large, we need to be cognizant of driving times--especially for events that are specifically advertised to get girls from all over the Council together. Just a suggestion.... Thanks, Deidre No problem. Thanks for the info. So they will NOT need to bring tents of their own, right?

Also, we are trying bring a caravan of older girls from Columbia MO to The Gathering. It is a minimum of a 3-3:30 hours drive down to the Springfield area from Columbia.

Since The Gathering is scheduled to start at 6 pm there is no way that we can be “on time” unless we have the girls skip out early from school –probably not a good precedent to set with out girls.

We noticed that the event is scheduled to end at 11 am on Sunday. Would it be possible to start later on Friday night say–8:00 pm (instead of 6) and just extend the time on Sunday until 1 or 2 pm? That would allow girls who live a long distance from Springfield to be able to arrive on time?

Since our Council is so geographically large, we need to be cognizant of driving times–especially for events that are specifically advertised to get girls from all over the Council together.

Just a suggestion….

Thanks,

Deidre

]]> Comment on Events Postings by gsmoheartland http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/02/02/events-postings/comment-page-1/#comment-3 gsmoheartland Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:34:44 +0000 http://gsmoheartland.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-3 Deidre, I'm sorry for the delay; I don't see this question in the previous comments. :( They will be camping in the units, which means depending on the age of the campers, they will either be staying in the cabins (for the youngest) or in the perma-tent units. Please let us know if you have any other questions! Deidre, I’m sorry for the delay; I don’t see this question in the previous comments. :(
They will be camping in the units, which means depending on the age of the campers, they will either be staying in the cabins (for the youngest) or in the perma-tent units.
Please let us know if you have any other questions!

]]> Comment on Events Postings by Deidre Wipke-Tevis http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/02/02/events-postings/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Deidre Wipke-Tevis Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:43:15 +0000 http://gsmoheartland.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-2 I am still waiting for a response to my question about “The Gathering” at Finbrooke in November. Will this be a tent camping event as implied in the Spring-Summer G-O Guide? Thanks, Deidre I am still waiting for a response to my question about “The Gathering” at Finbrooke in November. Will this be a tent camping event as implied in the Spring-Summer G-O Guide?
Thanks,
Deidre

]]> Comment on Camp Info Now Online by gsmoheartland http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/02/24/camp-info-now-online/comment-page-1/#comment-20 gsmoheartland Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:56:42 +0000 http://gsmoheartland.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-20 Hello, thanks for commenting. We've looked into your question, and we here at the Council Office have no knowledge of any blogs that ran last year. If so, it was done on an individual basis and weren't "official," so to speak. However, we think it's a great idea!! We can't guarantee that we'll absolutely have running camp blogs next year, but it is something we're now going to try to do. Thanks for the suggestion! Hello, thanks for commenting.
We’ve looked into your question, and we here at the Council Office have no knowledge of any blogs that ran last year. If so, it was done on an individual basis and weren’t “official,” so to speak.
However, we think it’s a great idea!!
We can’t guarantee that we’ll absolutely have running camp blogs next year, but it is something we’re now going to try to do. Thanks for the suggestion!

]]> Comment on Camp Info Now Online by Abi's Mom http://blog.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/2009/02/24/camp-info-now-online/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Abi's Mom Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:27:29 +0000 http://gsmoheartland.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-21 Last year we could check a camp blog site to see what are daughters where doing at camp- ---and a general overview of how camp was going for the week.. The posts where made by the camp director, I think. Is there something like this available this year? Thanks Last year we could check a camp blog site to see what are daughters where doing at camp- —and a general overview of how camp was going for the week.. The posts where made by the camp director, I think. Is there something like this available this year? Thanks

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