The Fall Product Sale started on September 15th and has been extended due to Hurricane Irma. Here are the new dates:

Product Sale New End Date:

October 20th

Troop Turn In to Community Coordinator New End Date:

October 22nd

QSP/Nut Online Program - Troop and Girl Credit End Date:

October 27th at 11:59 PM

(PLEASE NOTE: Customers can still order, bur troops will not earn proceeds and girls will not earn rewards. Nut.E system need to lock down in order to process girl rewards and troop over payments.)

Nut Delivery Dates to Community Coordinators:

November 15 - North Communities

November 16 - South & Keys Communities

Does your troop still need training? Go to the Fall Product Sale Training webinar recording. It's available 24/7! Just enter your name and email to access. Then contact your Community Fall Product Coordinator for your Fall Product Sale supplies (if they still need them).

Get a quick start to the Fall Product Sale! Try the 59 Minute Quick Start Program! It's quick, easy, and a great way to earn funds for your troop. Click here for more details.

To our friends and supporters,

We are honored and excited to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored by our local Target store. And you are invited to help!

Participating is simple: starting Tuesday, September 5 and running through Sunday, November 5, you will have the opportunity to vote on how Target should allocate a $5,000 contribution among three featured nonprofits addressing local issues.

We are one of those nonprofits!

We're asking our supporters to help us make the most of this incredible opportunity by voting for us when you are at the Target store in Hialeah this fall. Every vote counts to help us raise funds as we continue our mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. Learn more here.

Thank you for your support, and don't forget to share your support for us (and your thanks to Target) on social media throughout the duration of the voting campaign.

The Girl Scout membership year runs from October 1 - September 30. The CURRENT year (2017 membership year) ends September 30, 2017. NEXT year (2018 membership year) begins October 1, 2017. If a girl or adult is a new member, they should register for the NEXT year (no worries about insurance, they are covered for the gap between now and October 1).

Co-leaders who are utilizing the VTK for planning, make certain your role is renewed for 2018. You must be a registered member for 2018, renew your role (co-leader) and have a background check that is current in order to access the VTK and your troop roster. We are aware many adults who have current background checks are requested to do a new background check- some of our old system and former paper information did not transfer correctly to our new online system. Please do a new one, and you will be good for 3 years!

Every troop with less than 12 girls currently registered appears in our online catalog as open to new members. If your troop has more than 12 girls and you would like to widen your friendship circle to include more, please send an email to [email protected] that includes your troop number, grade level(s), and the TOTAL number of girls you would like to invite into your troop. We will update your troop information and make it visible in our catalog. Make new friends!

 

Our trip and travel form is online now!

Day trips, trips lasting 2 or less nights, and Council events do not require a trip and travel form unless non-members are attending and/or the trip is high risk.

Get the Trip and Travel application here.  

When Shannon, Jacqueline, and their family evacuated to Sarasota, they had no idea that Hurricane Irma would shift to where they were staying and that they would end up staying at a hurricane shelter there. As they waited out the storm, a girl around 9 years old mentioned wanting a "GNO" (girls night out) and Shannon and Jacqueline stepped in to make this happen! The next day, they spread the news that they would be having a Girls Night Out and invited boys and girls of all ages to participate. Using the knowledge they learned from their CIT training, they interacted with the children in the hurricane shelter by playing games like hot potato and drawing pictures. They were even able to make s'mores, which some of the children never had before. These Girl Scouts were G.I.R.L.s and made an unfortunate situation a day to remember for many children and their parents staying at that hurricane shelter!

  Have a story you want to share?

Send a story with an attached picture to Gabrielle Stieglitz at [email protected] and it might premiere on Tropical Talk!

 

Want to show off how awesome your troop is? Then aim for the Four Star Troop Excellence Award!

Each troop is required to compete at least 14 activities to earn the badge, a bar, a ribbon, and a pin per girl. Once the troop has earned the award, they get recognized at the Annual Meeting! How awesome is that?

To complete the award, the packet must be completed in the form of a book. All b ooks must be submitted by September 30, 2017.

Questions? Contact Beverly Jones at [email protected].