SU Meeting Agenda August 16, 2018
– Led by Liz Amaral
Check out our website for more details on events you hear about tonight! www.gssunnytrails.com.
We also have a Facebook group: Sunnytrails Service Unit – Leaders and Volunteers
Meeting Begins:
Babysitting: Troop 6388. Suggested donation of $3.00 per child
Troop/Girl Announcements:
Brownie Badge Workshop, Troop 6144 SOLD OUT
Gold Award Molly: FingerPrint Theater: Saturday Aug25th 9am -12pm & 12:30-3:30, Sunday Aug26 12:30-3:30- Rohr Park .
Simple Meals Badge Workshop, Sept 15, 9:00 am Elks Lodge Troop 6388
Halloween Dance, Oct 20 , 6:00 pm at Elks Lodge Troop 5137
Starlight Parade, Super Girls Wanted! Dec 1 at 6:00 pm Troop 4795 (almost at capacity)
Upcoming Events:
VCC – August 25 Conference: 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. General session, lunch, and workshops. Celebration Dinner and Awards: 5-7 p.m.The Volunteer Conference and Celebration is rapidly approaching and we have been working hard to get us ready for an amazing day. Come out and join us at the San Diego Convention Center along with hundreds of adult Girl Scout members for an exciting, volunteer-centred gathering. Connect and share throughout the day, and honor our volunteer awardees in the evening dinner event. Choose from over 60 learning sessions, visit more than 30 exhibitor tables, get a sneak peek at the 2019 cookie rewards, and snag special deals from the Girl Scout store. This year our SU will be receiving The President’s Award. The President’s award recognizes the efforts demonstrated by an entire SU to enhance Girl Scouting in its community The criteria includes meeting administrative goals (90% of troops turning in their financial reports on time!), membership, SHARE, Girl Programing and Adult Learning Goals. Here is registration link for VCC. http://www.sdgirlscouts.org/content/sdgirlscouts/en/events/event-list/vcc.html
Brownie Badge Workshop, Saturday Sept 8, SOLD OUT Troop 6114
Simple Meals Badge September 15, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm The Elks Lodge – Outdoor Area. Learn kitchen skills, using a camp stove, and earning the Simple Meals Badge!. Cost $16 per Junior Girl Scout. The
badge will be included in the price along with all meals for the day – breakfast, lunch, and dinner!To register, contact Rhonda Uran at rhondauran@gmail.com.
Fall product program starts Monday, Sept. 24! Stacy Becerra will be conducting Troop Fall Product Volunteer Training the last week of August and first two weeks in Sept. If you have a new Fall product volunteer in your troop or if you are a new troop, please contact Stacy sabecerra1@gmail.com or nuts@gssunnytrails.com (619) 370-9026. Please make sure that your roster is current with updated with TMC’s, emails and phone numbers.
Outdoor Skills – Oct 5-7 Camps Winacka & Whispering Oaks. Consuelo
Camp Surf – Fri October 12 – Sun October 14. $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)
Halloween Dance- Saturday Oct 20 at the Elks Lodge at 6:00 pm. Troop 5137 Claudia Silva. Mark your calendars. The cost is $25/couple, and includes pizza and treats. There will be a photo backdrop for fun picture opportunities, fun treats and some fun prizes from a random drawing.
Let’s Camp Training: Thursday, October 26 from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. The cost is $5. We are excited to announce that our Service Unit will be hosting this training.
Train trip to LA Saturday Nov 10- Nov 11 SOLD OUT, Deb Lechner lechner@cox.net
Announcements:
Marlyn Carrillo, Membership Recruitment Specialist – Visiting from council to share what she does in her role and offer support to SU.
Vanessa Erickson, Troop Support Specialist,Visiting form council to share what she does in her role and offer troops support.
Marilou Thomas, Treasurer– Thank you to all troop volunteers that submitted Financial Reports on time! Financials are currently being reviewed. If you’ve received an email from Marilou regarding finances, please reply to her in a timely manner so that we can meet Council deadlines.
Membership Renewal – Don’t forget to renew your membership by September 30, 2018. The Girl Scouts 2019 membership year begins October 1. Registration is easy: Go to the GS website (www.sdgirlscouts.org) and access the Volunteer Toolkit (My GS/VTK tab) to renew membership for girls and parent volunteers. Call Girl Scouts Customer Care at (619) 610-0821 for support.
Girl Health History and Annual Permission: Remember to update your troops Health History and Annual Permission sheets. Forms can found in the Volunteer Toolkit under the Resources Tab.
Service Project Opportunity: Beautify Chula Vista is October 20th at 8:30 AM in the Terra Nova/Captain’s Ridge area near Clear View Elementary. Looking for troops to help with a clean up and planting project. If interested, contact Marianne Gibson email marianne.gibson1@gmail.com
Leadership Team Vacancies
SU Membership Recruitment: Direct, promote, and organize recruitment of new girls and adults to join the Girl Scouts by supporting a team of membership recruiters in our community.
Fall Product Manager (Trainee) SU is looking for a volunteer to train this year and take over Fall Product Sales for next year.
SU SHARE Coordinator: Builds awareness and support for the Share Her Annual Real Expense program which helps keep Girl Scouting available and affordable for all.
Money-Earning Projects: Presented by Julie-A quick overview of Money Earning Applications with some Guidelines.
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
Encampment Director-Marisa Segovia and Consuelo Quintana encampment@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 – Claudia Ortega Roth cookies@gssunnytrails.com
Membership Recruitment Specialist – Marlyn Carrillo mcarrillo@sdgirlscouts.org
SU Membership Recruitment – vacant
Registrar – SU Managers registrar@gssunnytrails.com
Recognitions – 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 September 20 at 7pm at the Elks Lodge