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Girl
Scouts of Tejas
Council Service Unit 223 Serving Girls in Grand Prairie, Texas |
Upcoming Events
March 24, 2008 Service Unit meeting Service Unit Team members will meet at 6:30 followed by the leader meeting at 7:30 at First Presbyterian Church of Grand Prairie. Spring registration packets will be available. Financial report forms will be in the pick up box for each leader to get.
April 22, 2008 Leader Appreciation Day Plans are underway for an event to commemorate this special day.
May 10-12, 2008 Service Unit Camp Out is scheduled for this weekend. It does fall on Mother's Day weekend but it is not a family event due to limited space. Our girls will ride horses and swim at Camp Bette Perot this year.
May 2008 Bridging Event TBA If you'd like to help plan this event, please contact Kristy Benoit
May 2008 Leaders, make plans to get your evaluations, financial reports, and spring re-registration in on time to qualify for a free 3 person, hot pink tent. There are only 20 available and there are 30 troops, so hurry!
Recent News
March 10-16, 2008 Girls Scouts of Grand Prairie Kicked off Girl Scout week Monday night with a birthday bash. There was cake, punch, and lots of silly songs.
February 23, 2008 Essay Contest Nicole C of troop 363 won an adorable Build a Bear teddy dressed as a Brownie Girl Scout! See her Winning Essay and the other entries.
February 22-23, 2008 Crystal's Lock-in and World Thinking Day Celebration Nearly 100 girls partied the whole night through at this fun event.
February 25, 2008 Service Unit meeting Let's get ready for Birthday week!
January 28, 2008 Service Unit meeting This month's meeting was all about the bling! Did you know leaders can get awards too? A leader who does a good job can be nominated by other troop adults or girls to receive various awards, dpeending on years of service and previuos awards earned. Contact Kristy Benoit to get info on what your leader may be eligable to receive and to get application paperwork.
December 15, 2007 Ornament Exchange-In an effort to raise money for Family Partnership to support Girl Scout camps and services for those unable to afford it otherwise, Service Unit 223 hosted an ornament make and take party.
November 26, 2007 Cookie Training-This month's Service Unit meeting was all about the cookies. Cookie parents from each troop came to learn about the Girl Scout Cookie Program.
October 27, 2007 Roller Boo-Girls from all over Grand Prairie came to the Forum Roller World for this fun skating party, costume contest, and for a celebration of our faounder, Juliette Low's birthday.
October 12-14, 2007 SS Adventure-Volunteer Retreat at Camp Rocky Point What fun we had hanging out with other leaders and learning new tricks! Classes offered included lashing (yes, you too can make a table out of sticks and twine!), geocaching, and lots more.
September 2007 Recruitment events-Participation was wonderful! We had girls from all over town come to get a little taste of Girl Scouts. Troops ran various booths and there was even a Girl Scout uniform fashion show. All told, more than 150 new Girl Scouts were signed up at these three events.
August 27, 2007 School Started.
August 20, 2007 Service Unit team and leader meetings was held on this day. This was a change from the normal date due to the first day of school.
Thanks to the wonderful folks at Fresh Express here in Grand Prairie, we had a lovely salad dinner at this meeting. Our thanks go to Tammy Patton for making the arrangements through her husband's workplace! Next month will be Chicken Sketti provided by Janet Maher.
August 11, 2007 Service Unit Team Kick Off event was held on this day. We have opted for a "South Pacific" theme. Service Unit team members attending the Kick-Off dressed as either island women or sailors in Blue dungaree pants and dungaree shirts. A few others came as tourists. The end result was that Grand Prairie Service Unit tied for Best Dressed!
July 23, 2007 Service Unit team and leader meetings was held. Service unit team members will met at 6:30. Leaders and parents joined us for the leader meeting at 7:30. Primary agenda issues included the details of the recruitment events coming up in September and ways to improve our performance and strive for the President's Award for 2007-2008.
May 18-20, 2007 Service Unit Camp out was a real hit. A night hike, the climbing wall, campfire and smore's, and many other fun camp related activities provided a good time for around 100 participants at Whispering Cedars.
May 7, 2007 Service Unit Leader Appriciation Dinner. This year's dinner was held at the Oasis at Joe Pool Lake. The food was terrific and there was fun to be had by all with the "surprise goodie bag" lotto, followed by several rounds of trading. Awards were presented as follows:
- Green Angel-Pat Jackson
- Pathlighter-Pat Echelberger, Linda Smith, and Judy Huddleston
- Outstanding Leader-Sue Bryan, Kim Soles, Debra Sala, Kristy Benoit, Grace Evola-Bourlon, Janet Maher, Teresa Tate
Congratulations to all these wonderful ladies and thank you for all of your hard work suppoting Girl Scouts in Grand Prairie.
Podcasts-coming soon!
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the girl has a need, we have an obligation. Because the girl has a choice, we must be her best choice. Because the girl has high expectations, we must excel. Because the girl wants to explore, we must be her guide. Because the girl wants to belong, we must open our arms. Because the girl is searching for directions, we must be her compass. Because the girl encounters times of turmoil, we must be her haven. Because the girl is tomorrow's woman, we must care today. Because of the girl…We exist. By Mimi Murray, National Operating Volunteer Welcome to the website for Girl Scouts of Tejas Council Service Unit 223 We proudly serve girls in Grand Prairie, Texas. Please email our webmaster with your suggestions for content or improvement. Thanks!
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