Worried about your kindergartener or 1st grader finding friends due to distance/hybrid learning?
Girl Scouts is a great place to start. An instant group of friends that does fun activities together in person and/or virtual. This year our council is also leading many activities for girls and new troops.
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SEPTEMBER 2020
Sept 15 - Last day to sign up to become a delegate to represent our service unit at the council's annual meeting. Girls 14 and older and Adults can be delegates. Sept 17, Thursday - 6:00-7:30pm at Island Lake Park, shelter#3 (up on the hill) - GS Informational Meeting and Troop Formation - Do you know someone interested in joining Girl Scouts? Come learn about girl scouts, register, and form a troop. Please register here due to limits on numbers of people. Sept 14 - 30 - Girl Scout Spirit Week. Be a Force for Good! Join us in making the world a better place. Sept 25 - Oct 18 - Fall Product Sales OCTOBER 2020 Sept 28 - Oct 20 - Fall Product Sales Oct 22 - 6:30-7:30pm - VIRTUAL GS Informational meeting and troop formation - sign up HERE. Do you know someone interested in girl scouts? Let them know, so they can come and learn more! Oct. 25th - 11am-12:30pm at Groveland Park - GS Supply Swap. All are welcome to share supplies or pick up supplies. Oct. 31 Juliette Gordon Low’s Birthday (Founder’s Day) NOVEMBER 2020 DECEMBER 2020 Dec TBD - Troop Cookie Manager Training JANUARY 2021 Jan TBD - First Aid/CPR/AED Blended learning class - (If feasible) Sign up required. A link will be posted here when available. FEBRUARY 2021 Feed My Starving Children Event for Troops and Families (If feasible) Cookie Rally (Need a volunteer or troop to organize it) Cookie Sales - Mid Feb to Mid March Feb 22 World Thinking Day Feb 23 - River Valley's Annual Meeting - (Delegates Needed, 14 years old or older, contact us by Sept 10, 2020, if interested) MARCH 2021 Feb - Mar - Cookie Sales March - Girl Scout Week, March 12 Girl Scout Birthday APRIL 2021 International Festival - If feasible Volunteer recognition and Bridging and Awards Ceremony information MAY 2021 Bridging and Awards Ceremony - If feasible. A community bridging and awards ceremony, need not be bridging to attend. For Troops and/or Individuals. JUNE 2021 Jun 28 - July 2 - Service Unit Day Camp JULY 2021 Jul 24, Sat - 10am - Slice of Shoreview Parade - It's always great fun to walk in a parade! (organizer needed) AUGUST 2021 Girl Scout Information Tables at Elementary School Back To School Nights (Volunteers needed) |
CALLING ALL JUNIORS! ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE STAYING FIT OR SIMPLE MEALS BADGES? AMBASSADOR TROOP 53562 HAS SOME GREAT INFORMATION FOR YOU!
Troop 53562 has created some videos and introduction materials to help you with your badges. You can find the information on our RESOURCES page and it is also linked here. Here is the introduction page, the Staying Fit page, and the Simple Meals page. Good luck and Happy badging! Family Giving - Donate to girl scouts and share the value of girl scouts with others. Learn more HERE. Donate HERE or at GiveMN. Be sure to mention our Oak Shore Hills/Mounds View Service Unit. |
Why Choose Girl Scouts For Your Daughter?
There are lots of activities out there that you and your kids can choose to take part in. Why should Girl Scouts be one of your daughter's activities?
There are lots of activities out there that you and your kids can choose to take part in. Why should Girl Scouts be one of your daughter's activities?
- Come to a Community Meeting and talk to parents/leaders to find out why their girls are in girl scouts.
The Oak Shore Hills/Mounds View Service Unit (a.k.a. Mounds View Service Unit) is part of the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys. Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys serves 40,000 girls in southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin and is a member of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
The Mounds View Service Unit serves the Mounds View, Arden Hills, Shoreview and surrounding areas and the following schools:
Elementary Schools: Island Lake Elementary, Pinewood Elementary, Sunnyside Elementary, Turtle Lake Elementary, Saint Odilia Catholic School, Oak Hill Montessori, Prince Of Peace Academy, and Pike Lake and Snail Lake Kindergarten Centers
Middle Schools: Chippewa Middle School, Edgewood Middle School
High Schools: Mounds View High School
We work closely with the New Brighton service unit and you can see what they are up to on their website at newbrightongirlscouts.com
We support the Girl Scout mission, promise and law.
The Mounds View Service Unit serves the Mounds View, Arden Hills, Shoreview and surrounding areas and the following schools:
Elementary Schools: Island Lake Elementary, Pinewood Elementary, Sunnyside Elementary, Turtle Lake Elementary, Saint Odilia Catholic School, Oak Hill Montessori, Prince Of Peace Academy, and Pike Lake and Snail Lake Kindergarten Centers
Middle Schools: Chippewa Middle School, Edgewood Middle School
High Schools: Mounds View High School
We work closely with the New Brighton service unit and you can see what they are up to on their website at newbrightongirlscouts.com
We support the Girl Scout mission, promise and law.
The Girl Scout Mission
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. The Girl Scout Promise On my honor, I will try: To serve God* and my country, To help people at all times, And to live by the Girl Scout Law. *Members may substitute for the word God in accordance with their own spiritual beliefs. |
The Girl Scout Law
I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout. |