Encampment Rain, Rain, Go Away
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This post took a little bit longer to write than I had anticipated, but I’ve been working on some time consuming projects not to mention running two troop levels! But much earlier in the year I stated I wanted to write more about our troop and our adventures, so here we go.
For the past few years, our service unit held our encampment at Camp Pisgah, which is part of the Peaks to Piedmont council. Our encampments are well attended, so we normally take up the entire camp and that makes it hard to get one scheduled. We hadn’t held one at our home camp called WaBak since 2013, so we tried once again and was able to land a date this past May. We were all very excited to be able to come back “home.”
We didn’t have a theme for this year’s Encampment, so each troop was in charge of planning their own activities. I am usually a procrastinator, but I was so excited that I planned our weekend two months ahead of time! And even included a schedule! Additionally, I put together a list of activities for our service unit that can be done at WaBak. I was PUMPED! Continue reading
If you’re new to the topic of national governance in Girl Scouting, you’re probably wondering what the title of this blog post means. Every three years, the Girl Scout Movement holds a meeting called the National Council Session in order to conduct business on a grand scale. The next one will be October 21st through the 25th in Orlando. I don’t know the exact dates of the Session itself within that time range, but we’ll find out closer to the date. 
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This time last year I was up to my eyeballs in national governance and great excitement about the October 2017 G.I.R.L. National Convention! I have no idea how I juggled service unit and troop responsibilities for the new troop year on top of becoming a national delegate late in the game, how I prepped for the National Convention, and how I kept up with the blog discussion about membership dues. This year I’ve only (I say ONLY – ha ha!) had just troop and service unit responsibilities, and I’ve still been completely swamped along with my life outside of Girl Scouts going nuts. I’m squeezing this blog post in while I have a few moments to myself. Calgon, take me away!
On the heels of my last