Reminiscing No Comments 
badges we don't need no stinkin badges, newspaper clippings, troop 20, university of georgia
Our troop visited Dean Rusk in 1982 (or 1983 – not sure), who at the time taught international law at the University of Georgia. We met him in his office, which was located in the Dean Rusk International Law Center. Imagine that.
Random Things That Don't Fit Anywhere Else Kinda Like Me No Comments barbie, gsusa, samona, stories, the 80s
Hey now, hey now, Barbie’s back! So the other day, I get an email from the GSUSA Shop with the title, “Barbie is Back!” In case you aren’t aware, GSUSA has some kind of partnership with Barbie to promote Girl Scouts or something… blah blah blah. I would link to the Barbie campaign, but GSUSA recently revamped their website, and I have no idea where anything is anymore, and I’m too lazy at this point to try to find it. No, I’m never too lazy to attempt to find something on a website. Here it is.
The whole partnership doesn’t really bother me as much as it does Samona (just ask her), but I do kind of shrug my shoulders about it. I’d be interested to see what kind of membership response they get from the Barbie campaign. Does it really work? Does it actually draw girls in? The cynical side of me says that it’s just another marketing campaign for both Mattel and GSUSA. Continue reading
Random Things That Don't Fit Anywhere Else Kinda Like Me 1 Comment big boy mountain, cats
A little while back I mentioned that we had a cat nicknamed Big Boy. Unfortunately, Orion passed away yesterday. He was 15. My husband and I got him from the Greenville Humane Society right after we got married. We had already gotten a stray kitten named Athena, and we wanted to have two kittens at the same time. So the two of us drove up to the Humane Society and picked him out. He was in a cage all by himself, and unlike the extremely loud kitten in the cage next to him, he sat there very quietly. He reminded me of my cat growing up because he was all white with a black tail. My cat Garfield was the same, except he had three black spots on his head and three on his side along with the black tail. People always commented about how his tail didn’t match the rest of his body, and this was just one part of his charm. I would say it was as if God went to a Pull a Part auto shop when He made him. Continue reading
Ideas No Comments communication, leader issues, parents, tips, troop stuff
I’ve been asked to create a tutorial on how to use Google Forms for event signups. I tell my parents that emails get buried, and I forget if they tell me in person (especially at a meeting – SQUIRREL!), so I require that they sign up using this form. It’s an easy way for me to keep up with who has signed up for what event all in one place, and I can also save the data to an excel spreadsheet. It’s easy for the parents too – I send them a link, they fill out the form, they hit submit – and that’s it! Continue reading
Ideas No Comments service unit, tips, volunteers
We snagged this idea off of the Girl Scouts Gab group on Facebook. Our service unit team is passing out “Leader Survival Kits” to our leaders at this month’s SU meeting:
Random Things That Don't Fit Anywhere Else Kinda Like Me No Comments councils
You know how every GS Council person has the same signature in their email? Well, every time I see one from this past summer’s featured tagline for GSSC-MM:
Hikes & Outdoors 2 Comments hiking, lost, waterfalls
I’ve decided to start logging my hikes in this blog because I do get asked what hikes I’ve taken and which ones I’d recommend for troops. I hope that’s OK with all four or five of you reading this blog. 😉
Back in March of 2014, my friend Meggan and I drove up to Asbury Hills, a United Methodist youth camp near Cleveland, SC, to hike to Moonshine Falls as recommended by our Methodist minister. You can download a map on the Asbury Hills website. It’s called Moonshine Falls because it used to be the site of an actual moonshine still way back when. And the 55 gallon drums are still there! I’m guessing Asbury Hills wasn’t there at the time. At least I hope not. You know those crazy Methodists, though! Continue reading
Traditional Stuff 2 Comments gold award, mrs. vickers, samona, the 80s, troop 20
Back when Troop 20 was made up of wee little Brownies and Juniors, Mrs. Vickers said she would take us to Europe if we stayed in Scouts and earned our Gold Award. Well, not PAY for it, but plan and arrange it and all that stuff. And this was a big deal for Mrs. Vickers, because she was deathly afraid of flying. She did get on a plane to go to Our Cabaña before that trip, but flying overseas was a much bigger deal for her. Continue reading
Hikes & Outdoors No Comments big boy mountain, camp wabak, cats, geocaches, hiking
Did you know that the real name of Camp WaBak’s Big Boy Mountain is really Cedar Rock Mountain? I was looking up geocaches in the area and found it on the map:
Experiences as a Leader No Comments badges we don't need no stinkin badges, city slickers, juniors, newspaper clippings, service unit, summer camp, upstate sc
Enough of this living in the past! I received a welcome surprise this morning when I opened up the August issue of our local city’s newspaper. The Simpsonville Sentinel featured an article about our service unit’s City Slickers summer camp and our Juniors’ work with the Fountain Inn Garden Club. I can’t say enough good things about the work they did with our girls. So if you’re in the Golden Strip of SC area, please contact them for projects! They were extremely enthusiastic about working with us. Continue reading
