New Year Notes & Business

I hope everyone had a great time on the camping trip! Even with being rained on, it was fun! I know we were really disappointed about having to miss the History Days at the school and log cabin. I am planning on trying to see it again in October, along with going on the horse ride, and hay rides.

Please return the registration packets to me at the Pancake Breakfast!

If I have overlooked a badge that you earned, or you have some last minute badge work to turn in, please let me know ASAP. For the Dolphins who noticed they were missing their Life Skills Pins, they are on back order, and should be in by the Pancake Breakfast. 

The calendar for the new year is finished. Please mark your calendar's of important dates and times. Please also note that it is subject to change as things come up, and new events are added. I am still looking for more service hour ideas to add to the calendar.

I have also added everyone to their Leadership Position, and made the Patrol's. Remember that each Patrol Leader is in charge of naming their patrol. A three word phrase that includes your color. At the Pancake Breakfast I will have blank buttons, and each girl will be able to decorate their own leadership position button to wear by their level tabs.

For the girls who bridged. Please add your new buttons and level tabs to your vest until after the Lollipop Parade. We will wear our vests in the parade, and I want to show off your achievements! We will make special banners to keep your old level badges after the Parade and Social.

END OF YEAR NOTES:
I am so proud of everyone's service hours! I am excited to announce that together we performed more than 212 hours of community service this last year! I am giving us a goal of 250 hours for next year! 

Super Troop Award - The new award for Frontier Girls Troops, and I want it!! You guys do your part by re-registering by the end of August, and I will do my part by planning and holding events for the rest of the requirements! Remember that all you really need is the online only version for $25, and Kerry Cordy did inform me that she will pro-rate this fee based on when you registered last year.

Folders & Newsletters - I will have a new folder ready for all girls by the Pancake Breakfast. Inside you will find the motto, promise & creed, a fresh servant hour log, your current life skills log, and copies of all badges that we will work on during the next year. Every girl will be expected to have their folders at every meeting, and I will have special awards for those who have their newsletters signed by a parent. There will be a booklet for the Liberty Award, and as it will take several meeting to finish, not having your papers will get you behind.

Homework - there will be a small amount of homework every month, mostly keeping track of something, or looking up some information in a book or online. The reason for this is the character traits that we are trying to instill in our daughters. Character takes time and practice to develop!

Uniforms - Please wear your red Frontier Girls t-shirts to all meetings through the year, and all Servant events that could get messy. For non-messy events, and other events that we are appearing as a troop to the public, we need to wear our uniforms. A special award will be given for those who are able to do this.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST & BAKE SALE:
I need all the girls to help! I know there is a conflict that will keep Nathalie and Jaclyn from attending, so lets have them help with baking extra items for the bake sale. Please let me know what times work best for your families. You don't have to stay the whole time, but I do need someone there by 7:30, and to stay and make sure all is cleaned up by noon. I am planning to be there the whole time. We will also be hosting a raffle for a ham, and having a bake sale table. Every family needs to provide a few items for the sale. This will be our major fundraiser for the year, and therefore will determine our budget for the year!

LOLLIPOP PARADE & PARISH SOCIAL:
We will be walking together in the Lollipop Parade. Please wear your vests and blue shorts or skirts that have no decoration on them, and a white polo shirt. We will meet in front of the MFA in Conception Junction at 2:30pm. After the festivities at the park, we will host a basketball booth at the social. The work schedule will be as follows so that all girls will also have time to visit all the other booths.
4:00-4:30: Remington & Emma
4:30-5:00: Megan & Claire
5:00-5:30: Brylie & Kali
5:30-6:00: Vanessa & Jaclyn
6:00-6:30: Emma & Nathalie

News from Frontier Girls

 

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

Beach Fun,   Home Fire Safety, Leather Working, Locks of Love, Pirates

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.

Camping Trip

We will be leaving my house at 1pm on Friday, August 3; and will arrive at the campsite by 2:30. We will spend an hour setting up tents and the site. We will spend the evening doing badge work, going on a hike, and touring the museum. Saturday morning after breakfast and clean-up, we will finish any badge work that needs to be done; then we will have our Bridging & Awards Ceremonies, pick new Leadership positions for the new year, and create new patrols. My goal is to be done and on the road by 11am. 


Camping Supply List

___Tent
___Tarp to fit under tent (optional)
___Sleeping bags or air mattresses
___Pillows
___Extra blankets
___Folding chairs (optional)
___Water bottle
___Flashlight
___Insect repellant
___Sunblock
___Prescription medications
___Personal hygiene items
___Towels
___Toilet paper (there are restrooms and showers available, but in case they are empty!)
___First aid kit (optional, I will have a large one)
___Snacks for travel time
___Modest pjs
___Outfit for morning
___Tennis shoes and socks for hiking
___A change of clothes in case (optional)
___An item to be put together into a trail mix (no chocolate please!)
___Frontier Girl Folder


If anyone has any skewers, or campfire cookware they could bring, please let me know. We will also be splitting up the grocery list between families, I will let each family know what they are responsible to bring after I get a final head count.

Calendar Updates

I have updated the calendar with the firm dates set for the rest of the summer activities through August. I am starting to plan the next school year, so things around the blog will be changing in the next month! Please refer to this calendar post through the camping trip!

September 26th Meeting:  My Troop, Teamwork (not finished)

October 24th Meeting: Etiquette

November 12, 2011: Campfire Jamboree: Fire Safety, Fire Building, Outdoor Cooking


November 28th Meeting: Pet Care, Gentleness (Todd Mattson care package)

December 5th: Setting up our Christmas Tree after school, also making a poster, and gift wrapping two boxes for under. Also making collection boxes for Box Tops, our school service project.

December 19th Meeting: Holiday Badge, Joy. Christopher Salinas care package.

January 23rd Meeting: Take the Lead, Responsibility, finish Teamwork.

January 29th: Pancake Breakfast @ Legion Hall

February 24th: Movie Night to cut and sort box tops and soup labels.


February 27th Meeting: Paper Crafting, Love. Henggeler Care Package

Will hand out vests, and awards earned so far.

March 26th Meeting: finish Paper Crafting & Love badges. Platoon Care Package

March 31, 2012: 1-4pm Mozingo Nature Trail Outing: Hiking, Peace 

April 23rd Meeting: Flower Gardening, Patience; Community Service Project: Flowers at Park

May 7th Meeting: Paleontology, Geology - Field trip to NWMSU

June 9, 2012: Life Skills Day; will have stations set up to earn different Life Skills, from 2-5pm at my house. We will also earn the Self-Control badge.

July 21, 2012: Nodaway County Fair Parade~ walk with flags.

4th of July: Stanberry 4th of July Parade. Parades badge. Will meet the 3rd from 3-5 at my house to prepare. Meet in Stanberry, in front of the school at 9AM. ~Ride on float.

August 3-4: Overnight Camping Trip at Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska: Camping, Faithfulness, finish hiking, Orienting, Native Americans Cultures, Friendship, maybe a few others. We will also have our Year End Ceremony, and hand out level pins, awards earned, and have level up ceremonies. We will also plan Fundraisers and the Lollipop Parade/Parish Social/Next School Year. We will also pick new leadership positions, and new patrols will be made.

August 19: Pancake Breakfast with Raffle & Bake Sale.

August 25:  Lollipop Parade~walk with us, or walk with another group in support of. Parish Social Fundraiser.

Exciting News!

I talked to Shiela Trautz yesterday, and we have been penciled in for a Pancake Breakfast on August 19th. I really like this date.. first Sunday after school starts, Sunday before the Parish Social, and only breakfast in August! This is great news to be starting the school year with funds for activities. 

I would like for us to run a bake sale and/or have some other kind of raffle/silent auction going on at the front table, maybe both.


Also, on the Frontier Girls website, they know have up and running an alphabetical list of all badges, simply click on the badge you are interested in, and the requirements pop up in a separate window. You must me logged into your account as a member, and it is under the Files heading.


I will have the camping supply lists ready to hand out at Life Skills Day Saturday!

Request from Kerry

I received a request today from a woman who will be  visiting more than 2,500 men and women recovering at the Wounded Warrior Unit at Ft. Campbell, KY.  She wants to make sure that she has at least one card for each person and has asked for our help. 

If you would like to help with this nationwide service project please make cards of support and encouragement and mail them no later than May 18th to:
 
Operation Quiet Comfort
307 Palmer Ln.
McCormick, SC 29835

This is a one time project only, so do not mail cards to this address after May 18th.  Sorry for the short notice, but we just got the request this morning.  Thanks for all your help!

Kerry Cordy
Frontier Girls Clubs
www.frontiergirlsclubs.com

Frontier Girls May Contest

Design an original Frontier Girls cartoon.  Entries must be received by May 31.  Include  your name, mailing address and Frontier Girl level with your submission.  $5 will be awarded to the winning entry from each level.  Parents and Leaders may also participate at the adult level.

April Meeting

Our flower garden looks fantastic! The girls did such a great job! We even planted some bulbs in the other flower bed at the park. I handed out water schedules, please keep these in a special place by your calendar, lets not let our beautiful flowers get weeded out! We also earned the Patience badge. Their homework is to set their favorite snack in front of them ready to eat, then set a timer and wait (PATIENTLY!) for 15 minutes before having it!

Our next meeting is May 7, and we will be going on a field trip to the geology/geography department at NWMSU. I do need an extra driver! Brylie and Kali are in charge of snacks for the trip. Please make it something that can be eaten on the road.

The Pampered Chef catalog party ends May 7th also. Please ask family and friends if they are interested. Also there is a way to place an online order through Laura's Pampered Chef consultant sight. This is a great outlet for family that is far, as orders can be shipped directly to them!

Our camping trip date has been set!! July 27-28th. We will be going to Indian Cave National Park in Nebraska. It is about 15 miles across the boarder on Highway 136. We will be camping in tents, hiking trails, seeing real cave drawings, a butterfly field, and there is also a museum to tour. I will post next month a detailed camping supply list that each family will need to supply. If you do not own a tent, please ask to borrow one from family/friends first, before buying. 

I will be sending out letters with homework assignments that need to be turned in by the Camping Trip. Remember, I already have the badges, jut turn in the paperwork, and it is yours!

April Frontier Girls Contest

The April Frontier Girls Contest:

Write a poem about something that you learned about in Frontier Girls. Include your name, level, troop number and e-mail to Kerry at frontier girls.

Nature Hike

We had such a great time on our Nature Hike last Saturday! We made a trail mix to share, and we learned the hard way not to include chocolate!

We went over hiking safety rules, and played three hiking games; an ABC hunt of items.. though not sure we ever found a z, there were no zebras roaming the forest! We also looked for habitats, we found lots of different homes, including ants, fish, birds, snakes, frogs, and rabbits; then we played a trail marking game. We split up into 2 groups. One group went and left "signs" along a trail with rocks, branches, leaves, litter; and the other team had to follow the clues to find the hiker. Then we switched and the other team got to leave clues. I am happy to report that all hikers were found! To earn the Hiking badge, Otters need to log 4 hours of hiking, and Dolphins 5 hours. We hiked 2 1/2 hours. You can either finish as a family, or we will be hiking again on our Camping Trip.

We also earned the Peace badge. We stopped at a gazebo for a peaceful break. We talked about conflict resolution and how we can only control what WE do in an argument. We also talked about how religion is the number one cause for war in the world, but that religions all have one thing in common.. The Golden Rule! We went over how Jews, Muslims, Hindu's and Christians all say their Golden Rule! Then we all sat quietly for a time to become peaceful and to listen to the world around us, then we worked together to write a poem about peace. 

We also all made it one mile without complaint! This was a big requirement for our Life Skills Award!