November

Upcoming events:

Meeting Wednesday Nov 4, 6 to 7pm at the lodge (cont to work on outdoor progression)
Please sign Gentle Barn release forms if you are planning on attending November 21

Saturday November 7   Los Cerritos Wetlands Restoration
   10:30 to noon
meet at 1st street and PCH, please don't be late
Closed toe shoes required, Camp Fire t-shirt (not polo) for example camp shiwaka or camp wasewagan would be nice so people know we are Camp Fire kids
This event fulfills the requirement for a service project for our end of year Discovery patch.

Friday Nov 13  Discovery Club at the council 6 to 8pm

Wed  Nov 18  meeting at the lodge 6 to 7pm

Saturday Nov 21  Gentle Barn visit 11am (meet at McDonalds near the council at 8:30 for quick breakfast) I need drivers, let me know if you can help drive, it's approx a one hour drive to the farm.
This event will fulfill the service project requirement for the end of year Discovery patch.

Monday Nov 30  Discovery level gift wrap party at the lodge/council 6pm


December 5  Belmont Shore parade 6pm

Regarding Service Projects: You must participate in either the Los Cerritos Wetlands Restoration event OR the Gentle Barn visit to fulfill the requirements for our end of year Discovery patch/award. If you cannot make either event, there is one more Los Cerritos Wetlands restoration scheduled on Dec 5th (same day as the Belmont Shore parade) you can go to, let me know what event you attended.

Sept 2015

We get new blue uniform polos this year and some of you ordered jackets that should be in soon.

First event of the year is Friday, September 11 Patriots day at the airplane park: Del Valle in Lakewood on woodruff. Lisa will be coordinating a meet up at McDonalds prior to the 5pm check in at the park.  Kids need to be in uniform: we will have new blue polo shirts to wear this year. More details to come for this event. Please RSVP to Lisa G if you can attend ASAP.

The kids are now in Discovery Level, you should have received info from the council with sign up sheets. the first Discovery club meeting is Friday September 18 from 6 to 8pm at the council. please bring the signed paperwork, club dues are $60 (this is separate from our wakin yolo gidi club dues) and be in uniform. there is a calendar in the packet that was sent out that has all the Discovery Club events for the year. we will continue to meet monthly but will add these DC meetings to our calendar.

Kiniya is early this year, Thursday Sept 24 7pm. Please wear your ceremonial collars to this event. we will be making a wakin yolo gidi symbol patch for the back of the collar this year, so leave the middle of the collar free from patches/beads.

First meeting for our group is Wednesday October 7 at the council from 6 to 7pm. Please bring your wakin yolo gidi book bag, pen/pencil and be in uniform. We will hand out hard copies of the yearly calendar for you to take home. We will be working on an Outdoor Progression Patch this year, it is very important to be at all meetings, council events, service project event (wetlands restoration in the spring) and the Discovery Club meetings. My older group really enjoyed this new chapter in their camp fire experience, the kids will become friends with other kids their age in other groups and take on more responsibility in the council. As they move through Discovery level and on to Horizon Club, they will be prepared to run events and serve as officers in the club. These are skills that will help them in high school, college and future careers. Please bring a check of $75 for our group dues (this money pays for our deposit to all council events, supplies, patches and beads) Remember, you can purchase beads at the council (for example the bead list kids bring back from Camp Wintaka) anytime. Your child can also earn beads from the bead book, available at the council store.

October 17 is the Fall Halloween Carnival

October 19 Bingo Night Neighborhood Association get together

May/June update

Meeting this week Wednesday May 20 hosted by Emily and Aliyah, 6 to 7pm at the council

Please turn in pancake breakfast ticket money on Wednesday so we can turn everything in ASAP, hope you all enjoyed your pancakes today.

We have fall registration packets, please come in at the next meeting and fill out your paperwork, it get's easier each year as you just update any new info on the forms. Registration fee is due and this year we get a new blue polo shirt for our uniform. Make sure you have your check book with you so we can get it all done quickly.

I have an order form for new Hoodie sweatshirts and crew neck sweatshirts if anyone is interested, I highly recommend getting one as they come in handy as a "uniform" top in a pinch, we literally wore out our three red jackets. I will have the form at the next meeting, we only have until June 5 to get the order in and i don't know when they will be ordering another round.

Camp Shiwaka is session 1 this year, June 22 - 26, please sign up soon so we have a final head count. We are assigned fire ring 7.

Our end of year swim/ice cream party will be Friday June 26 after Camp Shiwaka the time will be either 3 to 7 or 4 to 8, still finalizing this event. After a fun week at camp together it will be great to end the year with a party, thanks to the Kirchhoffs for hosting!!

A few plans for next year: we will be Discovery level starting in the fall which means the council will host some events to get all the Discovery level kids together for some training and fun. We will have new dark blue polo shirts for our uniform and they will have their collars to wear at all ceremonial events (kiniya, grand council fire, thursday night shiwaka sleep over etc). You can decorate the collars but please leave a spot in the very middle of the back for our group symbol. We will be making our group symbol patch next year with our new name Wakin Yolo Gidi's, yay!

As we move into a new level we will continue to earn beads and patches along the 5 trails (family, self, community, outdoors, creativity and future). I am excited for us to start on an "Outdoor Progression" patch called "Fire Tender" which is one of the original Indian patches that look so great on the leather collars. There are 7 activities to complete including taking a hike, learning about knots, learning about proper camping techniques, fire building and fire safety, using a pocket knife, compass training and a few more things. The kids learn much of this at Camp Shiwaka but we will go over in a little more detail at some of our meetings. We will plan and go on a hike to complete the progression. The next outdoor progression is called "High Adventure" which is another beautiful patch and will be more advanced techniques in hiking, compass, camping etc. We may start this progression next year, maybe at camp shiwaka or the following year. My plan is to work on outdoor progressions along with our "business meeting" format (the kids will continue to rotate through president, vp, etc) at our meetings and finally, we will continue to have "kid run" meetings as well. I am so excited to include more outdoor hiking events and a visit to Los Cerritos Wetlands will be on our calendar as well, we need to see what happened to all the seed bombs we through a few years back!

I hope everyone will continue with us to the next level and please let me know if you have any programming suggestions (outings, field trip ideas, special guest speakers you may know etc) I welcome any and all suggestions from you guys, thanks so much for hanging in there with us!

Spring events 2015, new name!!

We have our new Indian name!! Wakin yo lo gidi  (which means Flying fire wild cats) perfect!!

Monday March 23 Cake auction and potluck at Millikan High School cafeteria 5:30 start
Please bring a side dish or main course to share.
Cake theme is TOYS

Thursday March 26, Cerritos Flag Salute 18125 Bloomfield Ave, Cerritos, 90703  6:45 to 7:15

Wednesday April 22 Rocket Cat meeting hosted by Alyssa 6 to 7pm at the council
  We will rehearse the fire maker desire for grand council fire

As fuel is brought to the fire
so I promise to bring
My strength, my sensitivity
My heart's desire
My joy, my sorrow
To the fire of human kindness
For I will tend
As my fore bearer's have tended since time began
That fire that is called
The love of one for another
The love of all towards God



Grand Council Fire is Sunday May 3,  7pm Please wear your new ceremonial collars, bring a sit upon, flashlight, closed toe shoes

Saturday May 9  Los Cerritos Wetlands restoration and nature walk  10am to noonLos Cerritos Wetlands

Friday May 15  Spring Camp out, Saturday May 16 Pancake breakfast

Wednesday May 20 rocket cat meeting, hosted by Aliyah

Wednesday May 27 rocket cat meeting hosted by Emily

Wednesday June 10 last rocket cat meeting of the year

Collar Workshop

Our ceremonial collar making workshop will be Wednesday March 4 at 6pm at the council.

The cost is $70 per member for the cost of the leather, $35 is due when we order the leather and the balance is due at the workshop. Be prepared to make the deposit at our next meeting (or get together) so we can order the leather ASAP.

A parent or adult must accompany each child at the workshop, the parent will help their child draw and cut out the collar shape.

Typically the workshop is 2 hours in length.

We will have a leather sample to choose from prior to the workshop so you can choose the color you want. There are only a few choices to pick from, earth colors basically.

November 2014

Meetings will be Wednesday Dec 3 (previously we had a meeting on the 10th)  and our Xmas party will be on Wednesday Dec 17th tentatively at Lisa G's house. This year we will have a cookie exchange, each child brings two dozen cookies and then we share them with each other so everyone gets a nice mixed tray to take home.

Belmont shore parade is Saturday December 6, meet on Quincy Ave to line up at 6pm, parade starts at 7pm. Please wear uniform, comfortable shoes, red/white or blue sweatshirt under vest. I will have santa hats for the everyone to wear. You can wear Xmas gloves, necklaces and hold jingly bells to shake while we are walking. I need a few parent volunteers to walk with the kids, anyone interested?

We are planning a caroling event for Saturday December 13 at 2pm in a nursing home in the Bixby Knolls area. I will send out a confirmation email once it is officially set up. There is a fire station near the retirement home we thought we could sing some carols for the firemen and give out cookies. This event will be hosted by Natalie and count as her meeting for the year. Stay tuned for more info on this event. Pencil it in your calendar.

See you on December 3rd, 6pm at the council. Please have your workbook in a 3 ring binder and bring it to the meeting, we will be decorating brand new canvas bags to hold our new workbook and other camp fire items gathered throughout the year.

I am working on the meeting assignments for the kids, these will be handed out early January and start the end of January, beginning of Feb. I am also working on getting some guest speakers to come to a future meeting as well as planning a wetlands event in the Spring.

November/December 2014

Hello Rocket Cats!

Hope everyone had a great time at our pumpkin carving party, we can make this event our new fall tradition to get us into the Halloween spirit!

Next meeting is Wednesday November 5, 6pm at the lodge.  PLEASE BE IN UNIFORM, we are taking our photo for a Kiniya poster. We will continue with our "formal business meeting"at the start and I really need everyone to be on time, 6pm sharp. I am expecting the kids to take their roles seriously (president, vp, secretary etc) and if we are missing a person they cannot read their part or fulfill their assigned job. From now on the first 15 minutes of our meetings will be formal with kids discussing group business, we will rotate officers so it is important each child gets a turn being president. If your child is a historian, they are allowed to take photos at our meetings and events, they can print up and share photos with fellow members. We will continue through the next few years rotating kids through so everyone gets a feel of what each office is like. Thanks for understanding we need to start on time each meeting.

Wasewagan bead fair is Saturday November 15-16. You should receive info in the mail about what to bring, we will meet at 8am at Mcdonalds by the council for a quick breakfast and be on the road by 8:30. So far we have Art, Chris and myself driving up which will be enough drivers for the number of kids going. 

I have collected dues from Aliyah, Alissa, Natalie, Carly, Conner, Lizzie and Nicolas. Still need dues from Nate M, Nate N, Scott and Emily: dues are $75.00 checks made out to Camp Fire. Please bring a check to the next meeting, November 5.

Kiniya is Thursday November 20 at 7pm (arrive by 6:30 at the flagpole at Shiwaka) Our service project was to donate gently used jackets and coats to charity. Please drop of your coats to Lisa G by Wed Nov 5 at the latest (our next meeting). Remember to BE IN UNIFORM at our next meeting so we can take a photo of all the kids in their uniform with all the collected jackets. 

December meetings are Wed Dec 3 at the lodge and Dec 17 is our cookie exchange Christmas party. 

Belmont shore parade is Saturday Dec 6, more info to come

Starting in January, each child will be responsible for one 30 minute lesson plan for a future meeting. I will hand out a packet of meeting ideas next Wednesday, you and your child will choose your first,second and third choice. Once I assign you a meeting, I will give you the full lesson plan you can use to plan your meeting. Remember, we are working on lesson plans throughout the year on five trails (trail to knowing me, community, future, creativity, environment) Each trail represents a colored bead, each lesson plan earns that bead. When looking over the lesson plans, you can modify them somewhat but you need to get the over all idea across. If you have another idea you would rather do (such as have a special guest come and talk to the kids, teach the kids something or take a field trip) please let me know so we can make sure we have a good balance of topics covered during the year. The kids LOVE special guests and field trips, we haven't had as many as I would like. Discuss with your child what skill they have or talents, something that inspires them and see if you can get a lesson plan that fits. We can be creative.

 I will assign each child a lesson plan and meeting date so you will know exactly how much time you have to plan it. In the past I have had kids cook/bake at their house, special guest Game Warden came and did a talk, one child had a party to celebrate her mexican heritage with a pinada at the park, one child shared her family traditions for birthdays which included making a special bread from the country they were from etc etc... The sky's the limit! Remember you can just follow the chosen lesson plan as well, I will give you guidelines. 

Basically the 30 minute meeting will be 15 minutes lesson (teaching something) 15 minutes craft or activity. This can be modified however you need but this is the basic format. The kids run the meeting, you would be surprised how much the kids LOVE to run their own special meeting. This has been very successful in the past.

Thank you ! I look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday!

Sept/Oct 2014

Hello Rocket Cats!!

Coming up: first meeting is Wednesday Oct 1, 6 to 7pm at the council. This year we are continuing to work on our Indian name(s) and moving through the four trails on the Adventure Level trail.  We earned several beads and two patches at Shiwaka this year, we will purchase those after we collect dues for the year and hand them out soon.

Dues are $75 per child for the year, please bring a check at our first meeting made out to "Camp Fire". This money helps Lisa and I purchase beads, patches, awards and to sign up for group activities like Kiniya an and the Belmont Shore parade. Every event at Camp fire has a group fee attached so we need the funds so we can easily sign our group up.

Saturday October 18 Fall halloween carnival, we will discuss this event at our first meeting on Oct 1. Carnival is from 4 to 7pm.

Monday Oct 20  Neighborhood association Bingo Night at Millikan cafe, 5:30, dinner is provided. (Lisa will bring drinks and dessert)

Wednesday Oct 29 Pumpkin carving meeting at my house (7140 Killdee street, 90808) 6 to 7pm. Bring your pumpkin, carving tools and dress for a mess. Parents can stay and help, siblings are welcome as well.

Bead Fair Weekend at CAMP WASEWAGAN !! November 15-16, Cost is $82 per camper, $77 per adult (I will be going with my husband, Art will be going, depending on how many kids sign up we might need another parent to go) Deposit is due Saturday Sept 20 which guarantees your space but OBLIGATES YOU  for the total payment by Sat Oct 18.
This event is coming up fast so mark your calendar and get your deposit in to Camp fire asap. We need to get a head count so we know how many drivers are needed.

Ok see you guys Oct 1!!

Camp Shiwaka August 11-15 2014 Session 3

Camp Shiwaka: our theme this year is "Dragon Days and Castle Knights"

Some Objectives for Camp Shiwaka this year:
earn "Our amazing earth" fire maker emblem (nature hike, map skills, water conservation, recycling and a group project to be completed by the end of the week)
earn a variety of beads
helping our group with team work, supporting each other and bonding
learning how to sit still, listen and follow directions from leaders, co leaders, day camp aides and other staff members
learning outdoor skills: specifically fire building and wood chopping
learning to follow a recipe, cooking over the campfire, proper food prep techniques
learning new camp songs, feeling confident to sing them in front of others
organizing the camp site, keeping it neat and clean, getting chores done in a timely manner
getting dirty and having fun!

We will be cooking lunches Tuesday, Wednesday and dinner Thursday night. Friday morning we will make breakfast together.
  Tuesday: Mock Tacos, grilled peaches, golden nuggets
  Wednesday: Quesadillas, refried beans, grilled corn, chips and salsa, muddy buddies
  Thursday dinner: Hobo packets, fruit salad, s'mores and banana boats
  Friday: pancake cake with nutella, bacon, fruit

We have a very large group this year (14 kids) so I need everyone to be on time in the morning, picked up promptly and in correct clothes/shoes. No flip flops, sandals or ankle socks allowed in camp.

Monday: 9-9:15am arrive at the flagpole for opening songs. Bring a sack lunch (please don't pack capri sun type drinks with the little straws), bottle of water (if labeled can be used all week), wear sunscreen and hat. BRING A WHITE T-SHIRT we will decorate it with our theme for the week. Everyone must have a ditty bag with plate, cup, bowl and utensils plus a sit upon.
pick up is 3:30p Monday-Wednesday (please be prompt, thank you)

Tuesday and Wednesday 9am-3:30 (we are cooking each day, no lunch needed)

Thursday: 2:30 arrival, please bring a sleeping bag, pillow, pj's, jacket, bug spray (the mosquitos can be bad in the evening time), toothbrush and toothpaste, change of clothes for the morning and your POLO SHIRT/VEST/CF UNIFORM (we will have a ceremonial fire that night).  I need one or two parent volunteers to spend the night with us Thursday night and help with breakfast in the morning. Let me know if you are interested.

Friday: I need several parent volunteers to come early Friday morning to help with breakfast, packing up and breaking down camp. Let me know if you are available to come by 8am, Camp is dismissed between 9:30 and 10am. All parents should plan on arriving to pick up their child by 9:30 at the latest. We will be hustling and bustling cleaning up, breaking down camp and packing up.

Remember, Monday I will give each parent a shopping list for items we need during the week. It will list the item, quantity and when we need it. I will have two large ice chests, one for food and one for ice plus two water containers for drinks. The kids get really hungry during the day so we will have a snack each morning as well as our lunch. The kids will be exhausted after camp so make sure they get enough rest for the next day. It looks like the weather will be in the mid 80's next week so we will drink lots of water and take breaks as needed.

See you Monday August 11th!!

2014 April-June

Monday is the cake auction, please let Lisa know if you are coming (March 24, 5:30pm, Millikan high school, potluck bring a main or side dish please, no desserts needed)

April meetings: 9th and 30th at the council 6 to 7pm. we will be getting ready for Grand Council Fire, the kids will be learning a short speech they will do at the ceremony and this year they host the Camp Fire Law song, singing in front of everyone and teaching the hand signs.

Saturday May 3rd Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center nature walk. We will meet at the Upper Back Bay in the Interpretive Center parking lot at 10am. We can do a self guided tour of the center, they have a short movie we can watch and then take a walk together around the back bay. It is very hot and dry there, unless we have some june gloom, so wear comfortable clothes and shoes, hat, sunscreen and water.  I plan on being there about an hour 1/2 but we can stay as long as everyone would like.

Sunday May 4th  Grand Council Fire at the council, more details to come. This is a formal camp fire event which means the kids must be in uniform, dark blue pants, white polo and vest. jackets are ok, shoot for red, white or blue if possible. The kids will be out in front of everyone leading a song and reciting a short speech so pay close attention to how they look please. Remember parents pick kids up at the lodge after the ceremony, the kids will be excused first.

Wednesday May 7th is our parent meeting to go over registration, Spring Camp Out, summer events and answer any questions you might have. Please no kids at the parent meeting.

Friday May 16 to 17 is the Spring Camp out and pancake breakfast. We will discuss this at the parent meeting.

Wednesday June 11th is our last get together this year, we are signed up to attend the Ropes Course/Challenge at Camp Shiwaka, starting at 3:30 it is a 4 hour event. There might be a fee for each child, some of the fee will be paid from our candy sale earnings, I will let you know before the event. This is a very special, very cool course and is designed to help groups learn trust and to handle challenging situations. Fear of heights is addressed and the staff is highly trained to work with groups of kids. Local fire fighters have used our course, it is that good so i hope everyone can attend.

Camp Shiwaka is August 11 through 15, Lisa and I will be running camp this year, we will discuss this more at the parent meeting.

March-June

I am planning a field trip to the Peter and Mary Muth Center in Upper Back Bay for the spring, please let me know if Saturday or Sunday mornings work better for your family. I am shooting for April or May, should be a couple hours for a visit and walk.

We have the pancake breakfast tickets to hand out, the spring camp out is Friday May 16 to Saturday May 17 this year, please mark your calendars. We are planning a parent meeting for Wednesday May 7th (no kids please) so we can get registration for next year done, plan spring camp out and plan for Camp Shiwaka. I am hoping to lead camp this year along with Lisa instead of paying a youth counselor so we will need a few parent volunteers to help us that week. It's super fun and most parents find it a really unique experience to hang out with the kids all day.  We will also decide on our end of year party for the June 11th meeting.

Cake auction is Monday March 24th, more details to come

Grand Council Fire is Sunday May 4th, 6pm at the flagpole

Meetings: April 9, April 30, parent meeting May 7, end of year party June 11

Candy Sales

We have a meeting this Wednesday Jan 8 from 6 to 7pm at the council. We will be working on our Sparks Champion projects and have an art lesson. Nick is signed up for snacks for this meeting.

The candy sale kick off is Monday Jan 13, 5:45 to 8pm at Millikan High School ( 2800 Snowden Ave 90815). This is a potluck so everyone needs to sign up for a main dish, salad, dessert, drinks or paper goods. Bottled water is preferred as it is not too messy to clean up. Please sign up at tomorrows meeting for a dish or paper goods to bring. I will have the sign ups for the bank and store candy sale dates at the kick off event. Please make sure you copy the dates correctly and check the blog often for any changes to the schedule. If you don't show up for a sale, especially a good location, that means someone else will miss out on selling so be mindful of what you sign up for. Marie Newton will be helping me with the bank deposits this year, every week you need to coordinate a drop off with her so we can be sure to get all the money in the bank in a timely manner. I will add on as many sale date/sights as you need, don't worry if you don't get all the spots you want in the beginning. There are always people who give back good sights toward the end, so I can sign up for more as we go. Please don't wait until the last minute and tell me you are stuck with a ton of candy. If you communicate with me I will do my best to help you get rid of it but I work full time and have two kids selling so I am super busy. Candy sales start officially on Friday Jan 17 and end Feb 16. All money needs to be turned in by Monday Feb 16 so we can do a final deposit Tuesday Feb 17. I will organize the tables, chairs, posters, sale box this weekend and have them available in front of my house when the sale starts. Please bring back the tables/chairs etc immediately after each sale. Sometimes we need them for another sale right away and it is hard to track down who has what and where. It is a great idea to have your own little table/chair set up you can use your own. I have done that for several years and it has been much easier not worrying about tracking down the table/chairs each time.

I will be picking up the candy this Saturday at 10:30. Please come by and get your candy around noon if possible, I don't have a lot of storage space so I need to get the candy distributed asap. If you can't make it on Saturday, let me know when you can pick it up so I am home when you come by.

Jan 29 meeting at the council 6 to 7pm

Obstacle course, Cinnamon Ornaments, Pizza making, Kiniya 2013

Fall 2014

Monday Oct 14 is the Neighborhood Association Bingo night at MIllikan high school cafeteria. Arrive by 5:45 in uniform please. This event is catered: Mexican food (burritos, tacos and enchiladas)

Kiniya is a ceremonial campfire we have in November that celebrates our service to the community. Each year we choose a project or an organization to support. We have spent several years supporting the Los Cerritos Wetlands, helping to restore and save our local wetlands, which we will continue to do in the spring with other groups in the neighborhood association. Our Kiniya project this year will be to gather and donate gently used shoes. Start cleaning out your closets and asking family/friends to save their shoes for you. More information to come soon, just wanted to give you guys a heads up.

Oct 23 meeting, we will be celebrating Halloween with some fun food and creepy crafts. We have several badges to hand out as well.

Each year we ask each family to pay $75 in dues to help offset the cost of patches, events and craft supplies. Please make a check out to Camp Fire and turn it in to me at the next get together. It is really hard to run a group when we have little or no funds so I am eager to get our bank account up and running so I can purchase beads, patches etc. thank you!!

Saturday Oct 19 Halloween carnival: each kid will work a one hour shift (4, 5 or 6pm) Lisa has a schedule you can check out at the bingo night. I will be there at 3pm to set up (I have two groups to set up) and will be there the entire time. Remember to wear your costume and bring friends and family too! I have the jack o lantern fishing booth for us this year again. Let me know if you have a booth idea you are dying to do instead and we can do it as well.  The more booths the better!


Rocket Cats Booth Times

4:00 to 4:30  emily ---nate noriega

4:30-5:00  carly------ethan

5:00-5:30---nicolas---conner

5:30--6:00----natalie --alyssa --jacob caspers

6:00-- 6:30       nate merryman--aliyah

6:30---7:00   lizzie and munroe

May June wrap up

Thank you to everyone who came to Spring Camp out, it was a great success! We had tons of food and the kids had a great time too.

Pancake tickets: we still need pancake ticket money from Ethan, Jacob, Aliyah and Isabella. Get it to Lisa ASAP so we can turn it in, we are already late. thanks!!

Next meeting is Wednesday May 22nd at the council from 6 to 7pm. Please bring pancake ticket money, Shiwaka forms and check please if you still have it. We will have next year's registration form for you to fill out (it's super easy) and need a $20 check so we can register our group ASAP. We collect dues in the fall.

Last meeting will be June 5th at Lisa Gonzales' house for a pizza party! yay!!

Camp Shiwaka, we have a great turn out so far for camp, the kids are going to have a great time. Session one is June 17 through June 21: schedule is Monday -Wednesday 9am to 3:30pm, Thursday 2pm with overnight sleepover, Friday camp ends at 10am. Please get your sit upon and ditty bags ready, kids will need a water bottle kept at camp all week, sunscreen, hat and bug spray. There is an aluminum can drive Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so start collecting now. For the sleepover, kids need a sleeping bag/pillow/pj's/toothbrush and toothpaste. Remember no electronic devices at camp (camera is ok but it may get dirty/broken). Also, only closed toe shoes with tall socks (lots of stickers out there at camp) and clothes will get dirty!!!! There are supplies at the council store but they run out so get there soon!

Thanks! See you Wednesday May 22 at the council

Leslie

April/May 2013

Next meeting is Wednesday April 17th at the council  6 to 7pm

Art Workshop Showcase Friday April 19th

Rancho Los Cerritos visit Saturday May 4th from 1 to 4pm (free!! siblings welcome)

Grand Council Fire Sunday May 5th 6pm, Must be in uniform, flashlight, sit-upon

Sprint Camp Out at Camp Shiwaka Friday May 10 to May 11 with a pancake breakfast Saturday morning.

Added events 2013

New events added to our calendar:

Saturday March 23 Madrona Marsh Nature walk 10am to noon

Saturday April 6 Los Cerritos Wetlands Restoration and planting event, 10:30 to 12:30
  (meet at the corner of 1st street and PCH, Seal Beach)

Saturday May 4th Los Cerritos Rancho crafts and house visit 1pm to 4pm

Feb/March update

Art Workshop at the council  Monday Feb 25 4 to 5pm  5$/kid

Urban Farm visit  4 to 5pm Tuesday Feb 26 http://thefarmdesk.wordpress.com/
 I will be picking up Emily and Lizzie at 3:30 after school at Cubberley (in front of the school) if anyone wants to meet up with me and carpool kids to the farm. Let me know if you are interested.

Meeting at the council Wednesday March 6  from 6 to 7pm focus on earning some beads!! It's Camp Fire's Birthday! Let's celebrate!!

Cake auction  Monday March 18 (more info to come)

Meeting at the council Wednesday March 27   6 to 7pm

       the Tanda ya o gah group will run this meeting

Info regarding the Art Workshop

Each club member is to bring a photograph if possible, or a drawing of their Spark Champion to the Art Workshop on Monday Feb 25. At the workshop, each club member will create art works using the photograph or drawing (or even just the written name of their Spark Champion) and then incorporate that into the medium of print making. A Spark Champion can be a teacher, coach, parent, grandparent, neighbor or any adult who helps, encourages and is there to guide youth in working on their spark. A "spark" is anything that a person enjoys doing or something that interests them (for example: art, writing, reading, sports, a specific subject in school etc etc)

Please help your child pick a Spark Champion before they attend the Art Workshop.


Spark Champion Showcase

On Friday April 19, 2013, we will have an evening reception at the Camp Fire Council to showcase the art from the Art Workshop. We will send out invitations to all Spark Champions to honor and thank them for being a Spark Champion to a young person in Camp Fire. More info to come.

flickr pictures

here is a link to the rocket cats on my flickr account

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34522003@N00/sets/72157632586637621/

Candy sales 2013

thank you for a great candy sale everyone!!