Service Unit Meeting January 21, 2021

Sunny Trails Virtual Service Unit Meeting Agenda
January 21, 2021 – Led by Elisa Hilliard
Online Resources from San Diego Council – Staying Connected

UPDATES

• Cookie kickoff success: Thank you to the Girl Scouts that participated in leading parts of the event.  They earned hours towards their Service to Girl Scouting Bar. Thank you also to the leaders that support these girls. 
• Service to Girl Scouting Bar: volunteer at least 20 hours to the Girl Scout organization as a Cadette, Senior, or Ambassador. You might volunteer your time at a special event for younger girls, be an office assistant for your council or service unit, or help with special projects.
• Discounted Zoom licenses for volunteers are now available Price: $30
• When you can’t meet in person, gathering virtually through Zoom keeps your Girl Scout sisterhood store
• Cookie – updates – Claudia Ortega Roth, cookies@gssunnytrails.com (please don’t include // at the front of the address)
• Eastlake Cupboard & Otay Mesa open 1/25/21
• You can enter orders starting now!
• You can order by the case or box
• Cookie Pick Up – Jan 23rd 
  • Pickup Name: Rainbow Region
  • Pickup Location:  1320 Air Wing Rd, San Diego 92154
  • Pickup Date: Saturday, January 23
  • Pickup Time & line:  varies by troop, see eBUdde Delivery Tab & click confirmation.
• Cookie Virtual Office Hours for families:
• Girl Scouts San Diego’s Product Program team will be hosting a series of virtual office hours to answer questions, assist with Digital Cookie, and provide clarification as we progress through cookie season. Click on the date(s) that work for you to register.  Please share with your troop families. Sunday, Jan. 31 on Zoom, Sunday, Feb. 14 on Zoom, Sunday, Feb. 28 on Zoom

• Final Reports for Bronze and Silver Award update:
• As we are still working remotely, please do NOT mail in Bronze and Silver final reports to our Balboa office. Please choose one of the following to do instead:

• Submit final reports online: Find online report forms at sdgirlscouts.org/bronze and sdgirlscouts.org/silver at the bottom of each page. (There is a PDF preview linked within the online form, so girls can preview the questions.)
• Or, email a PDF of each final report form to highestawards@sdgirlscouts.org using the following naming convention for each PDF: Award_girl first name, girl last name, and troop numbe.
• If you have recently mailed in your paperwork for Bronze or Silver, please send an email to highestawards@sdgirlscouts.org using the following subject: Mailed on (insert date). In the body of your email please put the first name of the girl and troop number.
• Girl Scout Hangouts

Daisies-Ambassadors: Wednesdays 4-5pm in Jan & Feb.  Sign up to hang out with your fellow Girl Scouts! These relaxed and fun sessions will be led by our Outdoor and Program teams and tailored to whoever shows up. Meet new friends and chat with old ones in these virtual meetups. View the hangout schedule and sign up.

• Emerging Leader Girl Scouts
  • Girls in 10-12 grade: Applications are now open for our 2021 Emerging Leaders program! Find more info and apply by Sunday, Feb. 7.
• Financials 

• Reminder to keep on top of that 
• Marilou Thomas to conduct a training on this topic next month 
• Join the Service Unit Team
• Looking for a Service Unit Manager to train under Marilou Thomas who will be completing her third and final year as SU Manager

Events

• Sunny Trails Encampment – January 23, 2021 CLOSED 
• Camp Hogwarts awaits all wizards and witches! 2021 Sunny Trails Encampment! 

• Share Event (March 13)
• Recruitment Event (April 24) – Cathy Ecija 

• SAVE THE DATE! SUNNY TRAILS RECRUITMENT TEAM PRESENTS – Drive In BINGO
• Saturday, April 24 – 7:00pm – 8:00pm – Elks Lodge: 901 Elks Lane, Chula Vista
• More details coming soon!

• Volunteer Network Leadership Training in (April 17)
• Volunteer Recognition (May 15)
• Sunny Trails Girls Court of Awards (TBA)

Announcements:  

• Silver Award Project – Troop6156 – Leader: Cynthia McGregor

– Encouraging Literacy with Little Libraries

Service Unit Team:

Sunny Trails Volunteer Network (Cadettes and older) www.gssunnytrails.com/volunteer-network 

Facebook:Sunny Trails Service Unit – Leaders and Volunteers – Admin:: Cathy Ecija, Elisa Hilliard, Marilou Thomas, Deb Lechner