yahoo! we have a location!

we got the thumbs up to meet at Grace First Church for our meetings. Located where Studebaker and Los Coyotes come to a point, near the Long Beach Camp Fire Council. We meet in room 311 on the Los Coyotes side near the preschool playground. This will make it much easier to have an organized meeting.

Please join us Wednesday November 4th at Grace First Church for our next Camp Fire meeting, 6:15 pm.

Let me know if you can meet Wednesday November 18th without kids so we can have a parent meeting. It would be a great idea for us to meet, parents only, to discuss the upcoming year.

Kiniya is Thursday November 19th at the council, meet at 5:30pm at the flagpole (in Camp Shiwaka) more details coming up.

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Canvas bags and "Sit upons"

Nov 4th

Please bring a plain canvas tote bag to decorate and purchase a "sit upon" kit from the council so we will have them for Kiniya. Sit upons are a camp fire tradition, we made them when i was a kid in camp fire. they should last many years and used for all outdoor activities, a soft cushion to "sit upon"

Uniform: Red vest, white polo, "starflight" and "camp fire" patch (you might like to get a red hoodie as well, both my daughters love them and they qualify as a uniform to casual events)

Starflight Kindergarten level workbook

We have a parent (Lisa, Bella's mom) who volunteered to host the Christmas party meeting in December, it will be the second meeting in the month of December. The first December meeting will be "homemade christmas present making" and we will continue the theme by having a "homemade gift exchange" at our christmas party. This has been a great success with my older group and I have been amazed at the wonderful creative ideas the kids (and parents) come up with for presents. My own family has had this christmas tradition since i was a kid and at summer camp we often had "christmas in july" where the campers made homemade gifts made with only natural objects found around camp. I will give you ideas for gifts you can make, of course you can always make an edible gift/treat or come up with your own idea.
Stay tuned!

Upcoming Events

Next meeting is Wednesday October 21st, 6:15pm at Leslie Heuer's house 7140 Killdee street 90808. Please purchase and bring a canvas bag (from Joanns or Michaels) cost approx 5 dollars, to be decorated at this meeting. The bag will hold our starflight workbook that you can purchase at the council when you buy your uniform (red vest, white polo shirt). Please bring your filled out registration forms and a check for 20 dollars made out to "camp fire usa" We will decide on dues (I suggest 60 dollars per year) to cover supplies for our meetings. I will be available to speak with parents this night, feel free to speak with me and our parent meeting will also be a good time to chat about our group and up coming year.

Saturday October 24th, Halloween Carnival at the council (corner of studebaker and carson street) 4pm to 7pm. Join other camp fire members for fun, games and food. Wear your costumes! Invite your friends!

Parent meeting (no kids please) date to be announced. (note this is a change from Oct 28, please update)

November 4th meeting: Purchase a "Sit Upon" kit at the camp fire council and bring tonight. We will "sew" them together at this meeting. A "sit upon" is a special cushion used at all ceremonials, camping and outdoor events when we need to sit on the ground. The kit comes with everything you need to make the cushion and will last for many years, be sure and put your name on it too (I think they cost about 5 dollars). Please bring your starflight workbook in your canvas bag to all meetings. We will go over the workbook together tonight.

I am still working on our location, soon to be finalized. If you are interested in hosting a meeting at your house in the interim, let me know! It would be great to have a christmas party in December if anyone would like to host this event.

Thank you for visiting our blog, I will keep it regularly updated. Calendars through December will be handed out at the next meeting. Thank you for your patience while we put our group together!!

WoHeLo!!

Meeting Wednesday October 21st 6:15pm

(photo is from el dorado park)

Our next meeting will be at my house again, let me know if you need directions and address.

We will be decorating a canvas bag that can hold our starflight workbook (we will be getting it soon) so purchase a canvas book bag from michaels or joanns before the meeting and bring it on Wed Oct 21st. It needs to be large enough to hold a 3 ring binder.

Be sure and ask your friends if they would be interested in joining our group! We especially need kinder boys. They are welcome to join us at our meetings.

Thanks!

get together meeting

here we go!

our first meeting was a success and we are off and running, thank you so much to all the parents who are interested in joining our group. i hope you enjoy camp fire as much as i do, i will do my best to inspire you to all the wonderful things camp fire has to offer your kids (and YOU!)

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday October 21st, 6pm location to be announced soon.

Please bring your 20 dollar registration check made out to "Camp Fire USA" to the next meeting with your forms filled out. We will have a calendar for the next three months and a roster of our members to hand out. Since we will be adding members, we may have to update it often.

Halloween Carnival is Saturday October 24th 4pm to 7pm. This will be a great opportunity for you to come with your family and visit the council. Come in costume and have a good time visiting with other camp fire groups.