Tonight we welcome a UWRF Professor who will speak to our troop about Buddhism. She has experience giving an “intro to Buddhism” talk to colleges and schools. This is part of our Interest Project patch “A World of Understanding” which suggests finding out about a religion that differs from your own.

Jamie and Rachel had a good time at the Lock-In. We played basketball, HORSE, with Troop 1510, and we “adopted” a younger troop to cheer on while they did the pole vault and tried out hockey skates for the first time!

Gayle will be collecting your cookie orders at tonight’s meeting. Cookie pick-up is Thursday, February 27th from 3-6 at the Armory. Money is due March 16th. A big THANK YOU to Gayle for again being our fearless Cookie Manager!

Jamie, Jill and Stephanie are finishing up their Silver Award Project with a food drive to aide the tornado-stricken town of Ladysmith, WI. They plan to replenish the depleted food shelf in Ladysmith. The food drive will be held February 9th through the 21st. Collection boxes will be available at schools and churches in River Falls. Please help out by donating non-perishable food items.

We currently have $805.57 after spending $99 on Lock-In registrations. These registrations were based on phone call commitments to participate.

These are the eight steps to earning the Bridge to Senior Girl Scout patch; however, a troop may bridge without earning the patch. Troop 1577 can bridge as soon as our troop members doing their Silver Award have completed their requirements. We will have to plan a great bridging! To earn the patch, we would do the following: