Welcome to Lakota Ridge!
Welcome to the Lakota Ridge
Service Unit #475! Lakota Ridge
supports troops in the West
Chester area, including those
attending Freedom, Heritage, Union
and Endeavor elementary, Lakota
Ridge Jr. School, Lakota
Freshman School and Lakota
West HS.
The
purpose of the service unit is
to provide girls with access
to the Girl Scout program
through the development and
support of troops, troop
leaders, and beyond-the-troop
activities. Service units
provide this support by organizing
troops, providing program and
training resources, and
recruiting adult volunteers to
work with girls in carrying
out the Girl Scout program.
Next Leaders Meeting
The next leader's meeting is our Leader/Daughter dinner
May 7th, 6:30pm at Freedom Elementary!
Finance forms due by May leader's meeting!
The leaders meetings are always the 1st Thursday of the
month at Freedom Elementary from 7-8pm.
Gold Award News!
Jennifer Carpenter
and Katie Bakken (Troop
45762) have earned their
Girl Scout Gold Awards. Their projects involved making improvements to the
Hamilton Living Water Ministry Teen Center.
Laura Clyde
and
Katy Schraffenberger (Troop 40885)have
also earned their Girl Scout Gold Awards.
They all will be recognized at the
Council Gold Award banquet on Sunday May 3, 2009.
What's New?
Below is a list of upcoming events in our Service Unit.
Click on the link for more information.
Leader/Daughter Dinner
The Leader/Daughter dinner will be at 6:30pm at Freedom
Elementary Cafeteria on May 7th. Please email Amy Clyde
mclyde@fuse.net with
headcount by April 2nd. Bring extra supplies, crafts, books to swap.
Twilight Camp
Cancelled due to lack of volunteers!
Flag
Workshop
Troop #48142 is anticipating fulfilling
their bronze award requirements, this fall, by hosting a Flag workshop. This
workshop will include Flag ceremony, Flag etiquette, Flag trivia and a Flag
retirement for each troop that attends. This is an excellent chance to learn the
Flag ceremony and retirement procedures. The event is being held on Sept. 12th,
2009 at Camp Butterworth. Registration is $2 per girl and adult, leaders
are free. No sibling tag alongs please! More info to come!
Any questions email
Bobbie Jo Bomkamp
Service
Team Openings
Help Wanted: Volunteers
Needed! Haven't joined the
service unit team? Now is the
time to join!!!
The following
is a list of the service team positions
available:
Come
join us and our great team, we
have food, fun, great
discussions, and a fantastic
support group of women who
love scouting. If anyone is
interested in these positions,
please let Karen know at one
of the leaders meetings or
email the service team at
lakotaridge@yahoo.com.
Other Good Things to Note
DID YOU KNOW that the Dollar
Store (next to Biggs) is
offering a 15% savings on
Oriental Trading Company
orders and offers no shipping
fees on those orders? Check it
out!
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