November 28th Meeting

The girls had a great time at the meeting last night. We earned the Pet Care, and Gentleness badges. Professional dog trainer/breeder Elaine Wallace came and gave us a demonstration with her certified pal Gezel! She taught us what a trained dog is capable of, animal safety, and also talked about animal cruelty. Then we got to see her in action teaching a six month old puppy, GiGi how to sit, and even got her to lay down! She left us presents of coloring books, and a safety booklet that the girls loved so much they were all starting on them before the meeting ended! We talked about what gentleness means, how to show gentleness in different ways, and even read a few verses from the Bible about how God needs us to be gentle with each other, and ways to show gentleness. We also made a poster about the importance of being gentle with animals! We also put together our care package to send to serviceman Todd Mattson who is serving on the USS Washington. We also made thank you cards for Ms. Wallace, and for Grandma Guerin who bought us our Christmas tree, and also purchased the tall flags and flag poles for the girls.

The girls have the homework assignment to be the primary caretaker of a pet for 2 weeks. Also, Dolphins need to write me an essay, or poem about what gentleness means to them, this will be due at the December meeting.

Remington is in charge of bringing snacks to the next meeting.


Congratulations to Claire for earning her first Servant's Heart of the Year!

Congratulations to Emma, Jaclyn & Nathalie for earning their second Service Hearts of the Year!

Business discussed: 

Newsletters now need to be signed by a parent, so that I know they are being read. All girls who bring back their newsletters signed will get a star by their name, girls who earn all their stars will get a special surprise at the camp out.



Christmas Tree: For our December service hours, we will have a Christmas tree display at school to collect hats, gloves, scarves, mittens. Monday, December 5th we will stay after school to set it up. We should be done by 4pm. Then we will all take them to charity on the 22nd, and also take down our tree that day after school.



Needs: We need at least 11 large glass baby food jars with the screw top lids, and also broken, and small pieces of crayons for our December meeting. We will not be having a gift exchange this year, instead we will be making gifts! 


Pancake Breakfast: Our Pancake Breakfast will be held on January 29, 2012.




Serviceman Chris Salinas care package will be put together at the December meeting. Please bring non-perishable snack items, or new hygiene items, or stationary for him.




                 ***Frontier Girl Challenge***


Do at least one of the following:

1. Sort, wash, dry, fold, and put away one load of laundry.


2. Hand wash, dry, and put away a sink of dishes.


3. Empty and load the dishwasher.


4. Clean a toilet.

Frontier Girls Pancake Breakfast

The girls will be having a Pancake Breakfast at the Legion Hall on January 29, 2012. I will give you more details as the time gets closer. We need to arrive by 7AM, and stay till clean-up is done. If you need to leave for Church, that is fine, but it would be best if everyone went to church Saturday night, so that we can stay all morning.

Doing Badges on Your Own

I have the calendar worked, so that this year you will earn several awards, just by attending all the meetings and events. The monthly service projects will earn Otters at least 2 service hearts, and Dolphins at least 1 service heart this school year. 

To complete the Fruit of the Spirit Award this school year, you need to earn the Kindness badge on your own.

To complete the Leadership Award you need to earn the Make A Difference Award, and memorize the Creed.

You will earn the Life Skills Award by completing the Monthly Challenges, and attending the Life Skills Day on June 2nd. 

I really want to encourage those leveling up in August (Claire, Emma, Jaclyn, Krysta, Nathalie & Vanessa) to earn the Make A Difference Award this year. Start thinking about ideas, and I will be handing out planning worksheets at the November meeting. 

I am slowly printing out all the badges and their requirements, starting with the ones that I think the girls would be most interested in, I am currently on my third ink cartridge though.. I will also be handing out a spreadsheet of all the available badges, with the ones we will be doing together marked.

Attending all meetings and events will earn you 30 badges this year. To earn the WOW Award you need to earn between 33-34 badges each school year, so you can see, it is only a few on your own this year. But keep in mind that we will not always be working so hard! Next year I plan to focus on the Liberty Award, and to do a few more of the art, science, and knowledge badges. Though I plan to always to a Character badge at each meeting! I am trying to work the schedule so that we will earn all Awards in a three year cycle, but with so many of the girls leveling up this first year, I am pushing us. I hope this doesn't drive too many of you away!!

Campfire Jamboree

The Campfire Jamboree was a huge success, even with wet sticks, complete darkness, and car batteries dying! The weather was mild and sunny, and the fall leaves were a perfect background!


The girls started the night by filling two garbage sacks with trash that was around our campsite, and down the trail to the lake, and along the small beach area at our site. Then we had our opening Flag Ceremony lead by the Yellow Banana Monsters, and the other girls checked their jobs. Then they all helped gather wood for our campfire.


A wonderful local Boy Scout, named Jed, attended and taught the girls fire safety, and how to build a campfire, the girls can't wait to try on their own at our next camp out!  The girls then rewarded Jed with earning the Outdoor Cooking badge and feeding him a feast of a dinner that included beans and wieners, hobo soup, pudding, and roasted apples, with hot chocolate to drink. FYI to all the Pampered Chef lovers out there.. the big stock pot holds up to campfire cooking! No scorch marks or melting to the handles!


Our leader in training, Megan, led us in learning several Frontier Girls songs such as, I Points to Myself, I'm a Little Pile of  Tin, 3 Chartrusse Buzzards, and Down By The Banks. 


We ended the night with a discussion of the Make A Difference Award, and passed around a few ideas on how to earn it.


Reminder: Please bring an item for our Care Package for our serviceman, Todd Mattson to our November 28th meeting.

American Legion Post 464 Banquet

Last night we had the honor of helping our local Legion Post 464 host a banquet for National Commander Fang A. Wong. All the girls did a great job, and we received many comments about how well behaved, and helpful the girls were, and many inquires were made into the Frontier Girls program. Below is a picture of Director Wong thanking the girls for their help. He made everyone laugh by saying that the girls were so attentive, he was afraid to say no to a refill!

Etiquette Badge

At our October meeting we had a very fancy tea party with a real silver tea set, linen napkins, and beautiful tablecloths. We learned how to sit like proper ladies, table manners, party manners, phone manners, audience manners, and we did it all in our pajamas and slippers! From properly buttering bread, to what happens when you need to burp was covered.

Then we had a candle lighting Investiture Ceremony, where we all lined up colored candles that represent a part of the Frontier Girl Creed. We each represented a piece and lit the candle. Then we took oaths promising to be faithful and true to the Troop, and to our Leadership positions.


Congratulations to Emma, Vanessa, Nathalie & Jaclyn for earning thier first service hearts!!


**Frontier Girl Challenge: To help with dinner. Help prepare one dish of the meal (salad counts), help set the table, pour drinks, and clean up. Be sure to practice your manners that we learned!**

Upcoming Events:

The Legion Post Banquet: Monday, November 7, 2011 from 5:30- 7:30. We have been asked to serve drinks at a banquet that our local Legion is hosting for the area, where National representatives will be present. This is a great honor for us! They could have asked the high school FFA or Honor Society, but they asked us! Let's serve our community proudly! Remember to log your hours on your service heart hours sheet!

Frontier Girl Campfire Jamboree:  Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 4-8pm at the Mozingo Lake tent camping area. Everyone needs to bring a can of soup to make Hobo Soup. Local Boy Scouts will be leading the girls in the Fire Safety badge, and we will be earning the Outdoor Cooking badge as well. Plus lots of great campfire songs!

Upcoming Meetings:

Flag Corp Practice:  November 8, 2011 after school from 3:15-4pm. This is an additional program that Frontier Girls, and local Pioneer Girls can join. We will be preforming professional flag ceremonies, and tall flag routines to songs such as Proud to Be An American.

November 28, 2011 Frontier Girl Meeting:  We will be earning the Pet Care badge with a presentation from a local dog breeder, Elaine Wallace. We will also be earning the Gentleness badge. Remember to bring something to send to our first Service Member Care Package. We will be preparing a box for Todd Mattson who is currently stationed on the USS George Washington.