Welcome to the Woodbury Girl Scouts Service Unit Website.
At the local level, the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys are broken down into smaller governing bodies called service units. The Woodbury Service Unit is proud to serve 117 Girl Scout troops with just over 1000 registered girl members and 532 registered adult volunteers.
All of our guiding principles are directly connected to The Girl Scout Promise and The Girl Scout Law.
Everyone should download and print a copy of the most recent SafetyWise updates, effective 08/27/2009. You should keep a copy tucked inside of your troop copy of SafetyWise.
Please plan to attend the next Woodbury Service Unit Troop Leaders Meeting on Monday, April 5, 7pm.Continue to pay close attention to email updates from your Program Age-level Advisor.
Need a few more boxes of cookies? Want to get rid of extra boxes? Try out the Cookie Wiki! It's a message board for troops to swap or transfer.
CPR and First Aid Training ~ Information about class dates, times, and pricing is available under "Coming Events". Debbie has negotiated excellent pricing for us. The community education catalog that just came out offers the combined class for $70 and we pay only $25 for our own privated training sessions.
Family Fundraising Campaign 2010 ~ Formerly the Family Partnership Campaign. Materials were distributed at the March leader's meeting. If nobody from your troop picked up your materials, you will be contacted by the Woodbury Service Unit Chair, Cathy S. We've got a PowerPoint presentation for you to use with parents/guardians of your girls. There is now an option to make contributions online as well.
Early Registration ~ NEW! To receive a Special Woodbury Service Unit Girl Incentive prize, registrations will need to be turned in to the Registrar at the May 3rd, 2010 leader meeting. Pick up your troop packet at the April or May leader meeting.
Older Girl Event - Spring Celebration ~ Please join troop 51418 at the Bridge 121 for another fun night of fellowship for Cadette and older girls. We had a blast at the Fall event and want to hold one more to celebrate the end of another great year. Music, snacks, nail art, crafts, ping pong/pool/foosball and game systems (Rock Band) will highlight the evening.
2010 Woodbury Pinewood Derby ~ Cadette Troop 51008 thanks all that attended the Woodbury Pinewood Derby on March 20. We had over 80 girls race cars. There were girls from all program age levels and everyone had a great time. If a girl in your troop lost her patch or didn't get one, let us know, because we have some extras. Thanks again for making this event such a success.
Daycamp 2010~ Registration for girl campers and Junior Caddies is now closed. We are still in need of Caddies!
Adult Volunteer Awards ~ Please take a few moments to consider nominating someone you know for a Service Unit Level adult award. What a great chance to recognize that person has gone above and beyond to serve girls or adults! Nominations are due by April 15. Awards will be given at our May 3 leaders meeting.
Forever Green ~ Girl Scouts Forever Green Community Action Project, January 25 - April 30. Please visit the River Valleys Forever Green page for patch requirements, focus area information, and project ideas
2010 Fall Encampment ~ Save the Date! Saturday, September 18 at Lake Elmo Park Reserve. If you are interested in having input on this annual event, contact Debbie. Paperwork will be available at the May leader meeting. If you did not get your 2009 encampment patches, please contact Julie S.
Special Needs Troops Now Forming ~ The Woodbury Service Unit is in the process of forming new troops for girls with special needs. This opportunity is open to girls of all abilities in Kindergarten to 12th grade.
On January 18, 2010 the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys announced that their Board of Directors had made a decision upon recommendation of the Long Term Property Task Force. Our beloved Camp Rolling Ridges, along with several other camp properties, are scheduled to be closed and placed on the market to be sold as of October 1, 2010. We have created a page on our service unit website to keep everyone up-to-date on this topic. Please be assured that daycamp will still take place this summer, as scheduled.
Troops Seeking Your Help
Many times, troops are looking for help to complete a service project or earn leadership hours. Watch here for opportunities to assist your sister Girl Scouts.
Troop 50918 Needs Your Support ~ We are girl scouts in Woodbury, Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys.We are troop 50918 and we are collecting personal hygiene products and bathroom products (unused).We are collecting for the Lutheran Social Services homeless youth programs.This is for our bronze award.We are helping people from the age of sixteen to twenty-one that have either no home or have run away from home; we are collecting these products for them because they need them for when they move out of the shelter.Some of the things we are collecting are mouth products and personal products such as toilet paper and much, much more. Thank you for helping Lutheran Social Services homeless youth programs, please consider donating.
Sincerely, Abbie, Alexa, Ashley, Jenny and Kayla
Several troops are continuing to collect plastic caps for recycling through the Aveda program. Please feel free to bring your caps with you to monthly Troop Leader Meetings. Thanks!
Coming Events
Watch for details as they become available.
To be a part of planning this fun annual event, email Debbie.
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For any questions, concerns, or problems with the website, contact admin@woodburygs.org
