feb march 2010

next meeting thursday feb 18 5pm to 6pm at the camp fire council

march 3 meeting at the church 6:15pm

pinewood derby has been postponed, if you are interested in helping out for this event, there is a committee that needs parent volunteers, let me know. it might be canceled if we don't get enough interested people.

march 14 Sunday Meet and Greet at the church, we need to show our support and thanks to Grace First Church by greeting the members on their way in to service. 8:15 am in uniform, more info to come

march 17 meeting at the church, camp fire 100th birthday meeting, be sure and wear your uniform one wednesday in the month of march to earn your special patch.

march 20 cake auction event for our neighborhood association at the Camp Fire Council (new location) 6:30 to 8pm. each child will bring a homemade or store bought cake with whatever crazy decoration you can come up with. the cakes will earn awards and will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. you can bring grandparents to this event or anyone who may want to buy a cake to help support camp fire. some of the cakes will be carved up and eaten during the event so it will be a sugarfest for sure!

march 31 meeting at the church

april 14 meeting at the church

april 17 potential lunatic party at lisa g's house!!!
1520 Hackett, Long Beach, 90815 (near csulb) 5pm hot pizza and sub sandwiches served, roy rogers and shirley temples to drink at the "bar" (water will also be available), concert starts at 5:30pm. friends and family welcome to attend. this will be all about having fun!!

april 24 all council work party at camp shiwaka, come and help clean up camp to get it ready for summer, free hamburger lunch after will be provided.


april 28 meeting at the church

be sure and put camp shiwaka on your calendar for august 9 through 13, more info to come, we will have a parent meeting dedicated just to camp and we will organize the entire week without the kids to distract us. if you are available to help during the week, let me know, there is a day camp training on a saturday in may that is mandatory (tba). i will need at least one parent to take this training. i will be helping with my 4th grade group that week as well, even with most of my attention going to the kinder group parent help would be greatly appreciated. its super fun, you will enjoy it!!

keep checking back, i will update often!


just added: May 1st Saturday Los Cerritos Wetlands habitat restoration service project 10am to noon at Los Cerritos Wetlands. more info here: http://lcwstewards.org/lcws/calendar.html

Feb 2010

Hey there candy sellers! It's been a busy month, thank you all for your awesome selling so far, several of you are done already, good job!

Next meeting is Wednesday Feb 3rd, 6:15 at the church. We will work on finally picking a name and finish up our "Knowing Me" patch. Lisa G is picking up our Belmont Shore parade patches so you will get those if you participated in the parade.

Meeting Wed Feb 17th will be canceled because:

Art Workshop at the Camp Fire Council: Thursday Feb 18th from 5 to 6pm. Lisa G. will be there to help, I am working that day. This is a National Camp Fire event where the kids learn an artistic skill (photography, collage etc) and then their work is judged by the National Council. Lisa G. says one of the kids from her group won one year, very exciting! My older group has participated and enjoyed it as well. We will do the workshop this week instead of the meeting on Wednesday. Please wear your uniform to this event, they often take pictures that are used in advertising for Camp Fire.

In March we will be having a Neighborhood event to celebrate Camp Fire's 100th Birthday, there may be some changes in our usual schedule (meaning more council events and less meetings) I am trying to keep us to 3 activities a month so we don't get too busy but I also want to keep building our friendships!!

Pinewood Derby: Saturday March 6th (time to be announced but it will be in the morning) i will get info on the cars next week at my leader meeting.

Don't forget to wear your Camp Fire uniform to school on Wednesdays!

Bring all Candy sale money to me by Feb 15th, i will make the final deposit on Feb 16th. Candy sale paperwork is due to council by Saturday Feb 20th. we will be penalized if we are late, so please drop all money to me by Monday the 15th.

Candy Sale Stores/Bank schedule

Jan 30 F&M Bank

900-930 Alyssa
930-1000 Alyssa,
1000-1030 ___________________________
1030-1100 ___________________________
1100-1130 ____________________________
1130-1200 ___________________________


Jan 30 Vons 4200 Woodruff, Lakewood

900-930 Bella, Nathan
930-1000 Bella, Nathan
1000-1030 Marcos, Bella, Nathan
1030-1100 Marcos, ________________
1100-1130 Marcos
1130-1200 _______________________


Feb 6 F&M Bank Seal Beach blvd, Seal Beach

900-930 Aliyah, Bella
930-1000 Alyssa
1000-1030 Marcos, Lizzie
1030-1100 Marcos, Lizzie
1100-1130 Lizzie, _______________________
1130-1200 Lizzie, ______________________

Feb 7 Albertson 5015 Del Amo, Lakewood 90713

1200-1230 Lizzie, Emily
1230-100 LIzzie. Emily
100-130 Audrey, Lizzie
130- 200 Audrey, Lizzie
200-230 Audrey, Lizzie
230 -300 Audrey, Lizzie

thank you ana!!

some great pictures from our christmas party!!

Happy January!!

Next meeting is Wednesday Jan 6th 6:15pm at Grace First Church, room 311

Candy Sale Kick off event is Tuesday Jan 12, 6pm - 7:30pm, location Los Altos Methodist Church (Willow and Woodrow). Everyone signed up for potluck items at the last meeting.

Candy sales begin Friday Jan 15th and run through Feb 14 (Valentines Day)

No Meeting Wednesday Jan 20th. I will be sending out info on candy sales through emails, candy distribution will be during the week of Jan 11th. We will be signing up for group sales at the candy sale kick off event.

Keep checking the blog for updates!

***note the date change of the candy sale kick off event********

Please contact Lisa G to pick up your candy asap.

thank you thank you!

Our Holiday Party was amazing!!
Thank you Lisa and Jack for hosting it, what a fun event!
I will post upcoming events soon, just wanted to share a few photos. they are a bit blurry, my phone camera is not so hot.

Our group has already become a real joy to me, thank you so much for your support. I promise you won't regret joining! we will continue to find fun and exciting events for our kids.
:)

Holiday Party

Hi there!! Our holiday party will be Wednesday December 16th at Lisa Solecito's house (Bella)
The address is 4506 Ladoga, Lakewood 90713 (Lisa's phone number is (562) 366-0351 in case you have any questions)

We will be having a guest author there to read her christmas book, I have purchased a book for each kid in our group and they can have it signed by the author. I LOVE to have guest speakers so i am super happy we have one so early on. Her name is Suzanne Ferry and lives here in Long Beach, she is also a former Camp Fire girl!! Such luck to find her!

We will be doing a craft, having a snack and singing christmas carols as well as hearing the guest speaker. Start time is 6:15pm and please be prompt so we can finish on time.

Next year I have plans to start a progressive dinner tradition, we will need three households to help host each meal (appetizers, dinner and dessert) so if you like to plan early and can volunteer, let me know.

:) Merry Christmas!!