May 2004
GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE!! If you work hard and have faith, you can accomplish anything. And we proved just that. It took 2 years of fundraising, praying, sweating, and stressing, but WE DID IT! We rode into Gatlinburg, Tennessee in May 2004 clapping, whistling, and honking the horn to let everyone know that WE DID IT!" We visited the Ripley's Aquarium, Museum, and Moving 3D Theater. Unfortunately, many of the girls were too terrified to make it through the Haunted Adventure. We also ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. Kayla and Courtney had to stand in chairs while the entire restaurant clapped and chanted Happy Birthday to them. Overall, we had a super time. The girls mentioned that they would like to go to Pigeon Forge next year........
A big sigh.....we are finally CADETTES! The girls took off their Junior sashes, blew out their green candle representing the Junior years, walked the bridge, lit a blue candle representing the Cadette years, and put on their Cadette sashes. And of course, Ms. Tracey did the same after all the girls had done their part.
Camp MASH was rainless this year! The girls had a lot of fun playing, talking, cooking, floating their boats, and making memories.
April 2004
Sleepy Hollow hosted a Mother Daughter Makeover. Kaila, her Mom, Lorren, and Ms. Tracey attended. Everyone learned about hand, arm, and head massages. Before and After pictures were taken of each mom and daughter couple.
March 2004
Sleepy Hollow hosted the Bowling Lock-In. Maecy, Lorren, Kelsey, and Ms. Tracey bowled all night.
Our troop has almost sold all of the 2880 boxes of cookies that were ordered. Kayla and her mom once again hit the 750 mark and Lorren and her mom hit the 500 mark. Once those cookies have been sold, Gatlinburg better watch out!!
February 2004
Sleepy Hollow hosted the annual Dad and Daughter Dance. In the Fast Dance Category, Maecy and her Dad won 3rd Place and Patrice and her Dad won 2nd Place.
We enjoyed an International Retreat at Camp Timber Ridge with Troops 2030 and 6970. The girls chose countries and taught a game, song, craft, or info to all the other girls. The meals were international too! This event was in celebration of World Thinking Day.
January 2004
Sleepy Hollow hosted its annual Skating Lock-in. Patrice, Brooke, Courtney, Isis, Lorren, Kaila, Kayla, and Ms. Tracey attended.The girls skated all night long. Ms. Tracey slept maybe an hour.
*The girls completed the Stress Less badge and worked on the 2004 Cookie Sale Pin.
December 2003
Sleepy Hollow hosted Girl Scouts Light a Tree Night. Each troop decorated a Christmas tree with homemade ornaments. The trees were given to organizations in the community, nursing homes, libraries, and families in need.
We held a Troop Fiesta Court of Awards dinner. Ms. *Tracey prepared a Mexican fiesta of food! All girls were presented with badges they had earned since our October Court of Awards. Pet Care, Dance, and Let's Get Cooking were presented to various girls (we worked on the badges as teams) and Becoming a Teen was presented to all the girls who worked on it as a troop badge.
*Ms. Tracey hosted the first ever Troop 625 Slumber Party! We ordered pizza and stayed up watching movies until 3AM. Ms. Tracey was asleep by 2AM, but up at 6:30AM cooking eggs, biscuits, and sausage for everyone.
*We are meeting during the Holiday Break. We are working on the Sweet Shoppe and Stress Less badges.
November 2003
Sleepy Hollow hosted the 2nd Annual Junction Retreat at Woodland Christian Camp. The girls participated in a variety of workshops that included candlemaking, candymaking, crafts, and trust games.
October 2003
Sleepy Hollow hosted Daisy's Birthday Celebration. Each troop created a booth with a Girl Scout theme. Our troop had the Cookie Tree. The tree had questions on Girl Scout Cookie history. Each girl went to each booth and received a piece of clothing for their paperdoll. Once the paperdoll was clothed, the girls signed their name on a huge banner of Daisy and her first troop. Ms. Tracey and Kayla received Scout of the Month Awards. There was a Girl Scout Spirit Competition for the girls and leaders. Ms. Tracey won the Most Spirited Leader Award because she colored her hair green!
September 2003
We camped at Camp Pine Acres with Brownie Troop 2030 and Junior/Cadette Troop 6970. We had A LOT of fun!! Our troop went canoeing and the other troops (Ms. Tiffany is their leader) went on a platoon boat ride. We cooked on the fire and made several neat crafts. Ms. Piggie and Ms. Robin even came by to spy on us! This was the first time Ms. Tiffany's troop had camped at a Girl Scout camp.
Sleepy Hollow hosted the Food Frenzy this month. Each troop went into a neighborhood and collected food and toiletries for families in need. The troops (total of 102 girls) collected 1,687 items in 2 hours!
August 2003
Sleepy Hollow hosted The Junior Olympics this month. Ms. Tracey was cremed in the Creme the Leader Event! Our troop presented the Flag Ceremony. Other contests were Beach Fun, Obstacle Course, Sleepy Hollow 500, Fill Me Up, and Balloon Toss.
June and July 2003
We are working on the Sweet Shoppe Badge. These projects are from the Girl Scout Council of Rolling Hills. We made taffy and 3 different kinds of fudge. The girls had a lot of fun.
Sleepy Hollow sponsored the Bowling Lock-in this month. Ms. Tracey, Lorren, Stephanie, and Nundai participated.Sleepy Hollow presented the Battle of the Troops. Troops lip-sinced to songs. We perfomed We Are the World. Some of us got stagefright, but we still had fun. Isis received Junior Scout of the Month too.Sleepy Hollow's Annual Dad and Daughter Dance took place on February 15th. The theme was Back to Oz. Team members were characters from The Wizard of Oz. Ms. Tracey was the wicked witch! Maecy, Carson, Lorren, Patrice, Dads, and Friends participated. Lorren and Ms. Tracey received Scouts of the Month for January. Maecy and her Dad won 2nd Place in the Fast Dance Competition. Everyone had a great time.Sleepy Hollow's annual Skating Lock-in was held this month. Patrice, Maecy, Brittany, Isis, Nundai, Lorren, Kayla, and Ms. Tracey were there. The girls stayed up all night, except Lorren who slept for 2 hours. Ms. Tracey slept maybe 1 hour. She had to go to work the next day. The girls skated and played games.Sleepy Hollow hosted a Mother and Daughter Bingo this month. Patrice, Courtney, Audrey, Kelsey, Brittany, Lorren, and their moms participated. Everyone had alot of fun playing bingo and winning neat prizes.
The 2003 Cookie Sale is on! We sold 3000 boxes. Gatlinburg, here we come!!Sleepy Hollow presented Girl Scout Christmas Around the World. Our country was Ireland. We explained the meaning behind the Twelve Days of Christmas. Our booth consisted of a tree decorated with Irish crafts and a poster of different Irish customs.Sleepy Hollow's Winter Retreat was a blast! We slept in boxcars at Camp Woodland Christian. Girls participated in different workshops, such as pretty crafts, self defense, Christmas crafts, decopauge, scrapbooking, fudge making, oil changes, and games. There was a talent show and karioke show as well. Eleven of our girls, along with Ms. Tracey and Ms. Pam attended.Sleepy Hollow hosted Daisy's Birthday Dress-Up. Girls were given a paperdoll to dress in uniform. Each troop created a booth. Our booth was the Edible Campfire. Each booth gave out a piece of the uniform. Patrice received Junior Scout of the Month and the troop received Troop of the Month (both for September 2002). Sleepy Hollow hosted its annual yard sale. Our troop made $40.
Sleepy Hollow held its our 4th Annual Silver Comet Rail Trail Clean-up today. Patrice, Brittany, Courtney, Lorren, Kelsey, Audrey, Kayla, and I participated in the clean-up. Sleepy Hollow hosted a pool party this month. Girl Scouts ruled the pool!
We worked on the United We Stand badge and American Patriotism IPP this month. We learned how to hold and fold the American flag. The girls actually taught ME how to fold the flag. We practiced a flag ceremony too. We created a patriotic poem with all of our thoughts. We talked about our "roots" and some of us realized we had common ancestors. We learned the story behind The Star Spangled Banner and sang it too. We promised that we would never sing in the public! LOL!!! We discussed other American symbols besides the flag. I read a sheet on the dollar bill that
discusses the symbols and meanings of them. I think the best part was learning The Pledge of Allegiance in sign language. I had printed a sheet showing the hand signs. It was difficult to make out the signs. Maecy knew a little sign language and she tried to show the rest of us. Ms. Kathy asked an elder with the church who works with the deaf to come teach us how to do it for our next meeting. It was a whole lot easier to learn from him than from a sheet of paper. He spent 30 minutes with us and we had it down pat. This is one badge that ranks up there on my favorite list.
June 2002
We earned the Looking Your Best badge this month. We gave ourselves oatmeal facials, new hairstyles, and compliments. We made lip gloss and body glitter. Audrey brought in her face products. She uses over 10 products to keep her skin healthy!
Sleepy Hollow hosted a SWAPS night this month to teach girls about swaps. Kayla, Jenae, and Lorren participated. Megan received Junior Scout of the Month, Audrey received Cadette Scout of the Month, and the troop received Troop of the Month (all for March). Way to go girls!Sleepy Hollow hosted a scavenger hunt this month. Audrey, Brooke, Stephanie, Megan, and Kelsey participated in this event. Ms. Kathy drove the girls around town so they could find the stuff.Sleepy Hollow hosted the annual Dad and Daughter Dance. Maecy and her dad placed in the Fast Dance Contest and Jenae and her dad placed in the Slow Dance Contest. Ms. Tracey received Leader of the Month for December.Sleepy Hollow hosted the annual Skating Lock-in this month. Lorren, Nundai, Porschia, Megan, Maecy, Amber, and Isis skated all night and did not sleep a wink!!!Sleepy Hollow presented Gingerbread Fantasy 2. We made two gingerbread houses and donated them to First Baptist Church of Mableton and Martin's Restaurant Systems. We completed It's Important to Me and Sign of the Sun.
We held our Shoebox Cookie Exchange on December 17th.
We also held an Investiture, Rededication, and Court of Awards Ceremony. Maecy was invested, and Nundai and Audrey were rededicated. It's Important to Me, Sign of the Sun, and several calendar patches were presented.
November 2001
We are starting Sign of the Sun and It's Important to Me badge.
**We now have pen pals! Our pen pals are located in New York, California, Connecticut, and North Carolina. We made Christmas ornaments for them and wrote letters.
Sleepy Hollow hosted its annual Mother and Daughter Dance. We danced to 70's music and did the Hokey Pokey. Stephanie received Junior Scout of the Month for October 2001. She received the award for helping at a festival for foster children and working with Habitat for Humanity.
We made ornaments for a troop in New York. We are exchanging the ornaments with them.
**Nundai and Audrey joined our troop this month. Nundai transferred from Troop 253 and Audrey is our Cadette helper.
October 2001
We continued working on the Girl Scouting in the U.S.A. badge. We talked about the Promise and Laws and what they mean to each of us. Also, we learned about different junior signs and pins.
Sleepy Hollow's Annual Yard Sale was this month. Our troop made $77. The money will go towards our Holiday food baskets and presents for whomever we sponsor at Christmas.
**We attended a Home Depot workshop. We made fire engines and then the fire department came and talked about fire safety. Also, we received a pin, Home Depot apron, and a certificate.
Sleepy Hollow hosted Daisy's Big Top. Each troop created a booth with a carnival theme. We did Pin the Pins on Daisy. We recycled last year's paperdoll by turning her into a junior girl scout. Jenae won 1st Place in the Junior Costume Contest. Way to go Jenae!
We held our Investiture, Rededication, and Court of Awards Ceremony on October 29th. Three girls were invested and eleven girls and one leader were rededicated! We recognized our first patrol leaders, junior team representatives, and girls who have earned badges, which were all of them. Megan was recognized as the first girl to complete a badge by herself. Three girls read about our founder, Juliette Low, and Jenae and I read a poem about how girls view leaders when they first meet them. We, girls and parents, did the closing together.
September 2001
We have started working on the Girl Scouting in the U.S.A. badge.
We had our 3rd Annual Silver Comet Rail Trail Clean-up today. We marched together in twos, carried flags, gave away American flags, and sang patriotic songs. We walked almost three miles one way doing just that! Each scout had two flags that she gave to the people on the trail. We had different scouts carrying troop flags, the service unit flag, and two large American flags. When we first crossed a busy intersection to get to the trail, cars honked, waved, and cheered for us. People on the trail were doing the same. Some people even sang with us. At one point when we were coming around a curve on the trail, a group of folks took pictures of us and clapped for us. We were exhausted by the time we got back to the park for lunch. We also did a scout's own before we left the event. Each girl lighted a candle and made a wish. Each of us told our wish to the group. Lorren wished for peace and I wished for girl scouts to keep growing so we can make the world a better place! Thank you to Lorren, Jenae, Courtney, Brooke, Stephanie, and Kendra for representing our troop at the clean-up.
Our service project this month was cleaning up the Silver Comet Rail Trail and making cards for girl scouts who lost family members in the terrorist attacks.
August 2001
We worked on the Healthy Relationships badge.
Sleepy Hollow sponsored a pool party and cookout this month. Lorren, Allie, and Courtney attended this event. We swam for three hours! Ms. Tracey got sunburned just a little bit. Lorren jumped off the high dive!
July
We worked on the recruitment boards for Sleepy Hollow.
June 2001
We worked on the Books badge. We met twice at the library so we could work on the badge. Also, we discussed plans for the new troop year.
