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.