A Note From the Founder – Pinterest Boards
I was recently introduced to a new website called Pinterest. For those of you who are not familiar with it, it is like a giant online bulletin board of fun projects and activities. You start your own board and then “pin” links to websites that interest you. I recently started a Pinterest Account for Frontier Girls projects and plan to have boards for each of the Areas of Discovery as well as boards for topics like Patriotism, Troop Resources, Fundraising, and SWAPS. On each board will be pictures of projects that you might wish to use in your Frontier Girls journey. When you click on them, you will be taken to the website that has instructions for the project. Please remember that these sites are NOT part of Frontier Girls and we cannot guarantee their content, so please surf responsibly. As our troops and members send me great websites, I will make sure to pin these to my boards as well. If you have a Pinterest board of your own that relates to Frontier Girls, please let me know so that I can follow it and repin your ideas to the main Frontier Girls boards. To visit the Frontier Girls Pinterest Boards go to :
http://pinterest.com/frontiergirls/
You can also reach each of the Frontier Girls Pininterest Boards from
the Areas of Discovery or Alphabetical badge list. Have fun!
Kerry Cordy
Girl of the Month – Rebecca Strub
Submitted by her leader, Diana Havir
One of the greatest joys I’ve experienced as a Frontier Girls troop
leader is watching shy girls who begin the program develop into much
more confident leaders of their peers within a few short years. Getting
to be part of their transformation is truly a blessing.
Perhaps the most remarkable transition I’ve witnessed thus far has
taken place in Rebecca Strub. She was one of the original members of
troop #109 when we first started almost 4 years ago, and she started as a
dolphin. While she has always been a joy to know and work with, she
was certainly not excited about speaking in front of our troop and
needed much encouragement to lead or participate verbally.
The Rebecca I know today is a butterfly. She proudly wears the
dolphin level Gem Award she earned before “graduating” to the next level
last year. Her mother reports that the biggest challenge for Rebecca
earning her Gem Award was memorizing the Frontier Girls Creed, but she
worked on it every day until she had it done. She willingly volunteers
to lead the troop in the flag ceremony or the Frontier Girls promise at a
moment’s notice. She brings items that are relevant to whatever badge
we are working on and confidently explains them to us. She has served
the troop this whole year as snack coordinator, using the phone to
contact and coordinate with the rest of the troop. Even though using
the telephone readily can be a great obstacle for shy young girls, she
has faced the challenge head on and improved her phone skills greatly in
the process. These are only a handful of reasons why I feel she
deserves to be recognized in the newsletter as a Frontier Girl of the
Month.
It is exciting to watch all the girls in our troop grow and mature
into young women, though I am especially proud of the changes Rebecca
has made in such a short time. I look forward to seeing what the future
holds for this bright young lady.
New Badges Added for July
July Contest
Our American Eagle has yet again hidden himself somewhere in our website. Unlike last month, everyone who find the correct page that the eagle is located on will be put into a drawing to win $5 for their level. Help us improve our search engine ratings by clicking on as many pages as possible until you find the eagle seen below. Then email kerry@frontiergirls.com with your name, level, and mailing address along with which page you found the eagle on to be entered in the drawing.
