Check out this online Film Festival launched in September 2009 by Girl Guides of Canada!
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
ENROLMENT November 3rd 2009
Our 2009/10 1st Chase River Guides Enrolment was really great! We were lucky to have Sally, a Guider from Chemainus, come with some of her collection of 60 historical Guiding uniforms. This formed the core of our Enrolment. Girls arrived as usual at ....(to be finished soon!)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
NEWSLETTER #1 - 16SEP09
This Newsletter was given out at Registration. I have deleted any personal information from Newsletters - if you noticed I've missed deleting something, please let me know!
We would like to WELCOME all new and returning Guides and their families! There are a few changes for this year, but we hope everyone has just as much fun as last year!
FORMS etc.
FORMS: If your daughter was in Guiding in this District last year you will just need to check over and sign the A5-R, and do a new Health Form.
If your daughter is new to Guiding OR this District, you will need to complete a Form A5, IR1 (Image Release) and a Health Form. Some time in the next few weeks we will have every girl complete a Code of Conduct form at a meeting and have parents sign after.
The Registration Fee for our District this year is $65. If possible we prefer cheques, but we do accept cash.
UNIFORM
Girls should be in uniform unless we advise it is a ‘no uniform’ meeting. Footwear should be runners or similar. Girls should always come prepared to spend all or part of the meeting outside (jacket, pants etc).
PARENT MEETING
There will be a PARENT MEETING next Tuesday, September 29th, shortly after 6:30, inside meeting place. We will hope for good weather so the girls and a leader can be outside during the meeting. It is very important that at least one parent for each Guide attend this meeting. We will be discussing cookies, expectations, programme, plans, dues, leaders, etc.
COOKIES
Our Fall Mint Cookies have arrived. We have a small number of girls so far, but still have 30 case to sell. At Guide age it is expected that each girl will sell TWO CASES of cookies on her own. The remainder of the cookies will either be sold when we go door-to-door during one or two meetings OR by Guides/parents who want to sell more cookies. Cookies are still $4/box or $48 a case. Parents who would like to pay us right away (cheque or cash) for the two cases of cookies are very welcome to do so. Other parents will ‘sign out’ the cookies and pay as soon as they are sold.
COMMUNICATION
We will keep parents advised of what we are doing in Guides and what our plans are. To save on paper and to ensure everyone gets Newsletters on time we would like to send them out by email. At the Parent Meeting we will get every family’s email address.
Also, both parents and girls are free to contact leaders by whenever you have a question or concern.
Please make sure that we always have your correct phone numbers (home & cell) so if we need to contact you if there is a change/cancellation of a meeting, or a problem with your daughter we can do so.
LEADERS
Right now we have 3 adult Leaders and 1 Jr Leader. However we are actively looking for more Leaders, for two main reasons: it is very likely that all of the current leaders will need to miss meetings either occasionally or frequently, and we need more leaders before we can recruit more girls. If you know of anyone who might be interested in being a Leader, or YOU might be, please tell one of us asap!
Thanks and we look forward to seeing parents for the PARENT MEETING September 29th!!
Your daughter’s Guiders: (NAMES WILL NOT BE ON BLOG)
We would like to WELCOME all new and returning Guides and their families! There are a few changes for this year, but we hope everyone has just as much fun as last year!
FORMS etc.
FORMS: If your daughter was in Guiding in this District last year you will just need to check over and sign the A5-R, and do a new Health Form.
If your daughter is new to Guiding OR this District, you will need to complete a Form A5, IR1 (Image Release) and a Health Form. Some time in the next few weeks we will have every girl complete a Code of Conduct form at a meeting and have parents sign after.
The Registration Fee for our District this year is $65. If possible we prefer cheques, but we do accept cash.
UNIFORM
Girls should be in uniform unless we advise it is a ‘no uniform’ meeting. Footwear should be runners or similar. Girls should always come prepared to spend all or part of the meeting outside (jacket, pants etc).
PARENT MEETING
There will be a PARENT MEETING next Tuesday, September 29th, shortly after 6:30, inside meeting place. We will hope for good weather so the girls and a leader can be outside during the meeting. It is very important that at least one parent for each Guide attend this meeting. We will be discussing cookies, expectations, programme, plans, dues, leaders, etc.
COOKIES
Our Fall Mint Cookies have arrived. We have a small number of girls so far, but still have 30 case to sell. At Guide age it is expected that each girl will sell TWO CASES of cookies on her own. The remainder of the cookies will either be sold when we go door-to-door during one or two meetings OR by Guides/parents who want to sell more cookies. Cookies are still $4/box or $48 a case. Parents who would like to pay us right away (cheque or cash) for the two cases of cookies are very welcome to do so. Other parents will ‘sign out’ the cookies and pay as soon as they are sold.
COMMUNICATION
We will keep parents advised of what we are doing in Guides and what our plans are. To save on paper and to ensure everyone gets Newsletters on time we would like to send them out by email. At the Parent Meeting we will get every family’s email address.
Also, both parents and girls are free to contact leaders by whenever you have a question or concern.
Please make sure that we always have your correct phone numbers (home & cell) so if we need to contact you if there is a change/cancellation of a meeting, or a problem with your daughter we can do so.
LEADERS
Right now we have 3 adult Leaders and 1 Jr Leader. However we are actively looking for more Leaders, for two main reasons: it is very likely that all of the current leaders will need to miss meetings either occasionally or frequently, and we need more leaders before we can recruit more girls. If you know of anyone who might be interested in being a Leader, or YOU might be, please tell one of us asap!
Thanks and we look forward to seeing parents for the PARENT MEETING September 29th!!
Your daughter’s Guiders: (NAMES WILL NOT BE ON BLOG)
NEWSLETTER #2 - 29SEP09
1st Chase River Guides
Newsletter #2 / Parent Meeting Info
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
This is going to be a really exciting year – Girl Guides of Canada is 100 years old in 2010, and there are many, many exciting activities being planned at Unit, District, Area, Provincial and National levels. One of the really big events that we already know about is a giant Sleepover for all Guiding members in British Columbia at GM Place in Vancouver in May. We will have more info on this soon, along with fundraising.
We also have some big changes this year – one of the main being there are no longer any Guide Shops in BC – GGC has introduced
e-shopping! If you’ve already gotten your daughter’s uniform etc, great. We will talk tonight about possibilities of putting in a group order to reduce shipping costs.
Key Dates:
(some still being planned!)
October 6th: Cookie Selling. We will need several parent helpers to drive/assist.
October 13th: Prepare for Enrolment
October 20th: Enrolment – Parents invited!!
October 27th: Halloween Meeting at McNab’s Corn Maze in Yellowpoint
November 3rd: Program work
November 10th: Program work/prepare for Remembrance Day
November 11th: Remembrance Day Parade
December 1st: Visit Seniors Centre or Caroling?
December 8th: Guide Christmas Party
January 5th: 1st meeting for 2010
Our FALL COOKIES are here - we are asking that each FAMILY take 2 cases of Cookies to sell. We will also be having a Door-to-Door Cookie selling night next Tuesday. Cookies are still just $4.00 a box…if you want more than 2 cases, please just phone or email Christine…I can get more quite easily!
FINANCES:
G. has volunteered to be our Money Guider again this year (THANKS!) – We prefer cheques if possible, but do take cash!
Girls need to bring ONE DOLLAR each week for DUES..this money goes towards badges and other supplies
CLOTHING
If girls have uniform, they should wear it. Girls should be in uniform for Enrolment, which is October 20th. Girls must always come to activities with good footwear and prepared to be outside (jacket!)
Newsletter #2 / Parent Meeting Info
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
This is going to be a really exciting year – Girl Guides of Canada is 100 years old in 2010, and there are many, many exciting activities being planned at Unit, District, Area, Provincial and National levels. One of the really big events that we already know about is a giant Sleepover for all Guiding members in British Columbia at GM Place in Vancouver in May. We will have more info on this soon, along with fundraising.
We also have some big changes this year – one of the main being there are no longer any Guide Shops in BC – GGC has introduced
e-shopping! If you’ve already gotten your daughter’s uniform etc, great. We will talk tonight about possibilities of putting in a group order to reduce shipping costs.
Key Dates:
(some still being planned!)
October 6th: Cookie Selling. We will need several parent helpers to drive/assist.
October 13th: Prepare for Enrolment
October 20th: Enrolment – Parents invited!!
October 27th: Halloween Meeting at McNab’s Corn Maze in Yellowpoint
November 3rd: Program work
November 10th: Program work/prepare for Remembrance Day
November 11th: Remembrance Day Parade
December 1st: Visit Seniors Centre or Caroling?
December 8th: Guide Christmas Party
January 5th: 1st meeting for 2010
Our FALL COOKIES are here - we are asking that each FAMILY take 2 cases of Cookies to sell. We will also be having a Door-to-Door Cookie selling night next Tuesday. Cookies are still just $4.00 a box…if you want more than 2 cases, please just phone or email Christine…I can get more quite easily!
FINANCES:
G. has volunteered to be our Money Guider again this year (THANKS!) – We prefer cheques if possible, but do take cash!
Girls need to bring ONE DOLLAR each week for DUES..this money goes towards badges and other supplies
CLOTHING
If girls have uniform, they should wear it. Girls should be in uniform for Enrolment, which is October 20th. Girls must always come to activities with good footwear and prepared to be outside (jacket!)
NEWSLETTER #3 - 13OCT09
1st Chase River GuidesNewsletter #3 Tuesday, October 13th 2009
Girls need to have UNIFORMS by Enrolment, which will be Tuesday, November 3rd. For parents who would like to be part of the UNIT UNIFORM ORDER:• Each Guide needs a Guide Book, Badge Sash, Guide Tie, and a Guide T-Shirt.• Please check the size chart very carefully…If the shirt is not the right size, YOU will need to return it and pay shipping charges• Please calculate all applicable taxes• Please make cheques payable to as G will be paying for it on her VISA and needs all the money before placing the order• G hopes to place the order Monday Oct 19, so all orders AND MONEY must be to her by Sunday evening October 18th. If G does not hear from a parent by 9pm Oct 18th she will assume that parent is ordering uniform online themselves.
Don’t forget to bring COOKIE MONEY in to G as soon as you sell a full case of cookies. If you need more and know you can sell them please contact Christine – she can get more within a day or two
Communication
We would like to communicate with Guides and Guide parents via EMAIL as much as possible this year. Every Guide family except one has email, and if we can get information to you without printed newsletters we will save time and money. PLEASE check your Email, especially in the day or so before Guide meetings!
CLOTHING
If girls have uniform, they should wear it. Girls must always come to activities with good footwear and prepared to be outside (jacket!)
Girls need to have UNIFORMS by Enrolment, which will be Tuesday, November 3rd. For parents who would like to be part of the UNIT UNIFORM ORDER:• Each Guide needs a Guide Book, Badge Sash, Guide Tie, and a Guide T-Shirt.• Please check the size chart very carefully…If the shirt is not the right size, YOU will need to return it and pay shipping charges• Please calculate all applicable taxes• Please make cheques payable to as G will be paying for it on her VISA and needs all the money before placing the order• G hopes to place the order Monday Oct 19, so all orders AND MONEY must be to her by Sunday evening October 18th. If G does not hear from a parent by 9pm Oct 18th she will assume that parent is ordering uniform online themselves.
Don’t forget to bring COOKIE MONEY in to G as soon as you sell a full case of cookies. If you need more and know you can sell them please contact Christine – she can get more within a day or two
Communication
We would like to communicate with Guides and Guide parents via EMAIL as much as possible this year. Every Guide family except one has email, and if we can get information to you without printed newsletters we will save time and money. PLEASE check your Email, especially in the day or so before Guide meetings!
CLOTHING
If girls have uniform, they should wear it. Girls must always come to activities with good footwear and prepared to be outside (jacket!)
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