SU Meeting Agenda May 17, 2018
Led by Cathy Ecija
Check out our website for more details on events you hear about tonight! www.gssunnytrails.com.
We also have a private Facebook group: Sunnytrails Service Unit – Leaders and Volunteers
Meeting Begins:
Babysitting: Troop 6388 (Sarah Uran). Suggested donation of $3.00 per child
Flag Ceremony: Troop 6044 (Karla Divinagracia)
Troop/Girl Announcements:
Troop 6044: Bronze Award presentation: Chula Vista Animal Facility (Mollie Nunn / Cindy Saenz)
Upcoming Events:
Encampment/Sunnytrails Bridging Ceremony: Friday, May 18th – Sunday, May 20th
Troops attending encampment: $67 per girl/$50 per adult. Space limited to 140 girls. (Consuelo Quintanar)
Bridging Ceremony – Troops: coming for the day only (Sunday, May 20): $12 per girl/$6 per adult (includes lunch, patch, craft for girls, only lunch for adults)
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner: Thursday, May 24th, 6pm. $15/person. Register online (Narda Hirn /Elisa Hilliard). Registration is closed and all registered attendees will be receiving an email from the recognitions team.
Mission Sisterhood Journey in a Weekend: Saturday, May 26th – Sunday, May 27th. Camp Whispering Oaks. Seniors only. Prioritizing girls attendance, adults will be limited. $20/adult; $25 girls. (Claudia Silva)
Powder Puff Derby: Saturday June 3rd, 11am – 2pm Mountain Hawk Park. (Emily Santelices)
Camp Surf: Friday, October 12th – Sunday, October 14th. $130/participant. YMCA Camp Surf in Imperial Beach. Juniors & up. Includes modern accommodations, meals, and fun activities: surfing, bodyboarding, wall climbing, archery, arts & crafts, skit night, campfire, S’mores, beach volleyball, gaga ball, swaps trading time. Contact Julie Wunderly (wunderly@att.net)
Train Trip to LA: November 10th-11th, 2018. Includes sleepover in Santa Monica. Limited to 50 Spots; Juniors and up. $95 per person. Submit Train Trip Registration Form with payment as soon as possible to save your spots! Full refunds & cancellations available till September 3rd. (Deb Lechner)
Announcements:
Pollution Prevention Activity (“Poo Patch”): Action Research is working with County of San Diego Watershed Protection Program to provide fun, important pet waste education. Programs aim to reduce stormwater pollution by engaging dog owners in the unincorporated areas of the county in proper dog waste pick-up behaviors. They offer a “Poo Patch” upon completion of their activity.
2018 Annual Troop Financial Report:
- Financial period: May 1, 2017 – April 30, 2018
- Due Date: Submit by June 1, 2018 via the GS Virtual Toolkit
- Annual Financial Report How To Guide on the GS website (Volunteers/Troop Group Finances) & recorded webinar available. Note: The new Tracking Spreadsheet was revised in early May. If “Troops Dues Collected” is the first option listed in the Category drop-down box, you are using the most current version.
- INCENTIVE – we are raffling Sunnytrails Spirit T-Shirts to wear to VCC in August! To be entered in the raffle, all leaders must complete three requirements:
- Submit financials by June 1st (remember to submit a screenshot of your confirmation to Marilou Thomas, Service Unit Treasurer: treasurer@gssunnytrails.com);
- All leaders must have on their official roster two registered, non-related adults performing the role as Troop Leader and/or Co-Troop Leader; and
- All leaders must have at least five girls currently registered for this year on your troop roster.
Cookie season wrap up: Please email the cookie team to arrange for pick up of remaining awards and patches. They cannot guarantee the condition of rewards that they store with prolonged pick up dates. Also, please be on the lookout for a survey regarding how our service unit operated this season – please provide feedback. Lastly, please update contact information in your “MyGS” accounts for girls and troops continuing next year to receive information for the ‘18-’19 cookie season.
Event Calendar 2018-19: Planning meeting was held on Thursday, April 26 and all events scheduled to occur for the next GS year are listed on the tentative calendar available to view on our website.
Looking for a Troop Leader: Troop Leader needed for Troop 5181 (Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors). Please contact Liz Almaral at managersramb@gssunnytrails.com for details.
Looking for a Community Partnership Fair Coordinator to plan an event in the Fall. Please contact any of your Service Unit Managers if you are interested.
Looking for a Fall Product Sale Coordinator to be mentored by Stacy Becerra for ‘19-’20 GS year. Please contact any of your Service Unit Managers if you are interested.
Looking for SU Volunteers for next year: Interested in helping the Service Unit with events next year? Please contact any of your Service Unit Managers if you are interested.
Roundtables:
- Financials
- Off-site training
Service Unit Team:
SU Team Managers –
Cathy Ecija (Daisies / Brownies) managerdbr@gssunnytrails.com
Julie Wunderly (Juniors / Cadettes) managerjrcad@gssunnytrails.com
Liz Amaral (Seniors / Ambassadors) managersramb@gssunnytrails.com
Stacy Becerra (Independents (IRM) Manager) – independents@gssunnytrails.com
Activity Consultant – Consuelo Quintanar activityapproval@gssunnytrails.com 619-253-9977
Treasurer – Marilou Thomas treasurer@gssunnytrails.com
Elks Lodge – Noemy Martinez elks@gssunnytrails.com
Fall Product Sales – Stacy Becerra nuts@gssunnytrails.com
Cookie Sales – Darshana Scott and Claudia Ortega Roth cookies@gssunnytrails.com
Membership Recruitment Specialist – Marlyn Carrillo mcarrillo@sdgirlscouts.org
SU Membership Recruitment – Lourdes Paola membership@gssunnytrails.com
Registrar – Myrna Takaki registrar@gssunnytrails.com
Recognitions – Narda Hirn and Elisa Hilliard recognitions@gssunnytrails.com
Sunnytrails Website – Deb Lechner, website@gssunnytrails.com Send flyers with events!
Travel Pathways Regional Coordinator – Debbie Lechner, lechner@cox.net, 619 869-9734, www.gssunnytrails.com/travel ideas for troop travel, questions about Destinations!
Facebook Page – Julie Wunderly, Cathy Ecija, Liz Almaral are administrators – along with Gladys Vuong
Next Service Unit Meeting: Thursday, August 16 at 7pm at the Elks Lodge
Enjoy your summer break!