November and beyond

Next meeting we will be getting ready for Kiniya. Our service project this year is to help restore Los Cerritos Wetlands and we added the Colorado Lagoon to our wetlands list as well.

This Saturday (nov 7th) I will be attending the habitat restoration at 10 am to noon at Los Cerritos Wetlands. If you would like to join me, i have space for one more kid and you are also welcome to drop off at the wetlands and pick up around noon. I have only attended a trash pickup in the past but i assume it will be a bit messy, so wear clothes that can get dirty, closed toed shoes, hats, sunscreen, garden gloves are good if you have them. Let me know if you can come. This will fulfill 1/2 of the service project needed to earn the Wood Gatherers Patch.

Bead Fair!! Vets day, November 11th, $5 dollars per girl, starts at 9:30am to noonish. Please wear your uniform, we take lots of pictures that day for the council. We could use as many parent volunteers as possible, don't worry if you can only drop off. this is a great way for the girls to earn 7 beads all in one day and have fun with the entire group. let me know if you can help out that day at one of the booths.

November 16th meeting: a professional makeup artist will be showing us how to do different kinds of make up (she works in hollywood and is an artist as well) This will be a fun meeting! She will be doing temporary makeup tattoos, be sure and let me know if you dont want your child to get one. they last longer than your normal temp tattoos. :)

Kiniya: thursday November 19th. Meet at the flagpole at 5:30pm, drop off camp fire kids and then family heads to the amphitheater at the back of camp shiwaka. bring sit upon, flashlight, wear your uniform. Two girls will go up and read our scroll about our service project and put it in Santas bag. Please bring one package of cookies (drop these off on your way to the flagpole at the council) these will be served after the ceremony at the lodge. Bring the lyrics to the Dreidel song if you have them.

At the Parent meeting we discussed the Art Workshop we will be attending Saturday Jan 9th, please mark your calendars. It will be in the afternoon (time to be announced) and held at Summer Studios in Torrance. Cost is approx 15 dollars/girl, we will subsidize with money from our kitty if possible. The girls will earn at least one bead (most likely a few) for this event and i will expand on this lesson in future meetings. They will be learning to color mix and paint a painting while being instructed by David Parsons, the owner of the studio and a professor at several colleges. I hope we can all do this together! Older siblings may also come (let me know ahead of time) There is room for 15 to 20 kids.

Belmont Shore parade is coming up, there may be some changes in the time and location (where we meet) so stay tuned for more on that soon. It is the first Saturday of December. If you have a Santa hat, please bring it that night. Dress warmly, white turtleneck or sweatshirt under your blue vest, dark pants, shoes you can walk in.

We still have a few people who have not paid dues, try to get me a check for 60 dollars asap if you have not already. thanks!