The Wood Gatherer's Desire

As firewood is brought from the forest
For the warmth and clear light to blaze skyward
I will reach with my Camp Fire friends
For the heights that I know are within me

I will strive to grow strong like the pine tree
To be pure in my deepest desire
To be true to the truth that is in me
And follow the law of Camp Fire

This Sunday is Grand Council Fire, wear uniform, bring sit upons and flash light. Ceremony starts at 7pm, drop off kids at the Shiwaka flagpole between 6 and 6:30pm. Please donate a package of cookies at the council kitchen on your way in.

You will be sitting behind us, there will be a point in the ceremony where parents will come up and pin the wood gatherer's pin on your daughter's vest. After the ceremony, we will stay together as a group and meet parents back at the lodge. Please don't rush and grab your kid when we are dismissed from the ceremony. It is very chaotic and we want the girls to stay together and walk back to the lodge for dessert.


wohelo!

TPL and the wetlands

April 17 was a double whammy camp fire day! we had our first ever "east side neighborhood" los cerritos wetlands event (the second one will be May 1st 10am to noon, Los Cerritos Wetlands, meet at trader joe's parking lot in the market place)

There were about 30 or 40 camp fire families there, with another 30 or 40 volunteers from around the city to help pull weeds and take a tour of Los Cerritos Wetlands. i heard many people tell me they couldn't believe all this amazing space we have right here in the city, so much that can be saved. it was very inspiring to hear!!

then, at 5pm we had our pizza and concert with The Potential Lunatics!! a total smashing success! this was a great way to celebrate our end of the year and reward for candy sales, thanks so much to everyone who came out! there were 7 groups invited and we had a nice mix of parents and kids. thank you to the Potential Lunatics and we are hoping to plan another concert soon! Highlights for me were AMBER getting up and singing and playing guitar to a song she wrote (she also went up and did another song with emma) and when a huge chunk of the audience came up and sang with emma! I really loved how emma chose to sing a camp fire song that reminded her of a time when her older sisters were in camp fire and sang to her, i saw many kids singling along with her. it was a great concert!!

The Potential Lunatics will be playing at the Aquarium of the Pacific on May 1st at 3pm, let me know if you want a flyer. our family will be attending the los cerritos wetlands restoration at 10 am May 1st and then seeing the concert at 3pm (much like april 17!!). hope some of you who missed out april 17 can see them there.

spring camp out

spring camp out is may 14 and the pancake breakfast is may 15th. (check your camp fire calendar, it is written wrong) 50 dollars due by the pancake breakfast or bring a check to me anytime.

last call for the wetlands!! april 17th or may 1at 10 am to noon, meet at trader joes parking lot in the market place. i will be at both events so see you there!! you can drop off if you would like. let me know if you can't make it to these last two events and we can work something out. a trip to bolsa chica will count and there are bird walks at gum grove also.

potential lunatics party april 17th 5pm, please come, bring friends and family!!

add on meeting: May 3rd parent meeting, no kids. we will talk about day camp (august) evaluate this year and plan for next year.Meeting is at 6pm at the church. MAKE NOTE 6PM TIME!!! Not 5pm.

grand council fire sunday may 2nd... everyone is on course for the woodgatherer award. yay!!

may 22nd, 10 am meet at the nature center for a walk and visit to the spca. hosted by jessica and this will count toward an "outdoor progression" award we will complete at camp shiwaka.

june 7th meeting danica will host

june 14 bring a t-shirt or two to silkscreen

everyone is invited to the nationwide council event celebrating camp fire's 100th birthday on July 31st at camp shiwaka. put this date on your calendar, it will be a historic event. our group may asked to help so stay tuned for more info.

March 2010

Thank you for a wonderful Camp Fire Birthday meeting!! We got a lot of work done tonight, hope you had fun!

The Cake Auction has been canceled this Saturday.

Next meeting is March 29th, at the church, Olivia hosts

100 year patch paperwork due by April 19th

Please note that to earn the Wood Gatherer patch this year, each girl must participate in two wetlands activities. I have decided to allow two Los Cerritos Wetlands events to count, this Friday March 19th is a vigil at Loynes and Studebaker at 6:30pm which will count for one event if you choose to attend. (Saturdays April 17 and May 1st available, please rsvp)

April 17th Potential Lunatics party

May 2nd is Grand Council Fire, you must attend two wetlands events before grand council fire to earn the Wood Gatherer award. Handouts for this event will be given at the next meeting.

May 7th/8th Spring Campout and pancake breakfast
tickets for the pancake breakfast have been handed out. money is due by the day of the breakfast. this year we will be responsible for the full amount, we are hoping to have zero cost for food at day camp so unfortunately the pancake breakfast cost falls on all of us. come out and enjoy the sleepover and eat as much pancakes as you can to make the 50 dollars worth it! remember this is a super fun event for the kids, they LOVE it!! I will have a tent set up for spring camp out, please let me know if you want to sleep out with your family, we need at least two more tents for our large group. this is a great opportunity for families to enjoy camp shiwaka too!!!

stay tuned for more updates!

feb/march 2010

candy sales are done! whew! this felt like a really long drawn out candy sales for me, i think having two kids selling is a big part of that. we made it through and we will be getting a nice check to add to our camp fire account which still have a pretty good balance. i will be ordering bead looms for us soon, so we can all start learning how to bead bracelets and headbands. we can take our bead looms to daycamp and work on projects there as well.

camp shiwaka will be august session 3 from august 9 to august 13. i will be there the entire week with the kinder group and can spend time with both groups. this works best for me because i will only be taking off one week instead of two. we will have a daycamp meeting when we get closer to the end of the school year. we will be earning a special patch/award that week as well. lets make day camp super cushy this year, if you have old blankets, pillows etc that are ready for the garbage, hold on to them for camp this year. we want to make a really cool hang out to relax in this year.

next meeting is feb 22 at danica's house, new address will be available soon. we will be having a new member join our group sophia shroeder, if you know her at school, be sure and welcome her to our group. she will need a few buddies to help her learn about camp fire, let me know if you would like to help with this.

pinewood derby has been postponed and may not happen this year, let me know if you are interested so i can keep you posted.

march 1st Natalie hosts the meeting

march 14 Meet and Greet at Grace First Church, in uniform 8:15am, more info to come

march 15 Camp fire history meeting, earn the 100year patch and purple bead. be sure and wear your uniform to school one monday during the month of march to earn this patch/bead

march 20 cake auction neighborhood event, 6:30pm at the camp fire counci (this is NEW UPDATED INFO) each child will bring a cake (homemade or bought, preferably homemade) with whatever crazy decorations you can come up with. the cakes will all be displayed and then auctioned off to the highest bidder. there will be awards given in several categories. it would be a great event to take grandparents to or anyone who would enjoy purchasing a cake from you, your camp fire group or to help support camp fire. i will post more info as i get it. if you have two kids in camp fire, you only need to bring one cake.

no meetings march 8, 22

march 29 Olivia hosts this meeting

april 12 Nicole hosts

april 17 Potential Lunatics Party!!! so far i am thinking we will order pizza and have soft drinks, juice, water. our group is hosting so we can arrive early and help decorate and set up. i will post the time (most likely afternoon, early evening) and address soon. contact me if you have any special requests for this party (special dessert, gift bags? any creative ideas?) we will talk about it at the camp fire history meeting.
*****concert info: Lisa Gonzalez' house 1520 Hackett, Long Beach 90815, pizza served at 5:00pm, concert starts at 5:30pm, shirley temples and roy rogers will be served (water will also be available) the potential lunatics will be singing some jazzed up camp songs so be ready to sing along! friends and family members are welcome to attend!!

april 19 Samantha hosts

april 24 all council work party at camp shiwaka, come help for a few hours to get camp ready for the summer. free hamburger lunch will be provided

april 26 Ella hosts

march and april, if you are hosting a meeting and will not need the full hour (we will always do our "business' the first few minutes) let me know so i can finish up some things we still need to work on. remember to work on your individual symbolgram and we will finalize our "loving bears" symbol this year as well. please don't worry if your meeting plan is not a full hour, just let me know ahead of time. thanks!!

thats a lot of info! see you next monday at danica's!!

May 1st Saturday East side neighborhood service project at Los Cerritos Wetlands 10am to noon, there will be a dozen groups attending this event so if you still need to attend a restoration, this would be a great one to go to. info:

http://lcwstewards.org/lcws/calendar.html

feb 2010

no meetings for the upcoming monday holidays, next meeting is feb 22nd led by danica, dori will send out info if the location is special

thank you loving bears for all your hard work selling candy this year!!! camp fire council says its been the best year ever!

march is camp fire birthday month so there will be another neighborhood event (cake baking contest of some kind) so stay tuned for that. pinewood derby is march 6th if anyone is interested, let me know.

please keep working on your individual symbolgram, we will work on that in the near future and complete our loving bears symbol.

and last but not least...
we have a date for the Potential Lunatics party/concert! Saturday April 17th, it will be a potluck dinner and concert. Mark your calendars, it will be a super fun party!!

Riverbed cleanups

Save our Beach has teamed up with Los Cerritos Wetlands, they have trash clean ups at the beach and around the wetlands. They are also involved in the disneyland ticket give away for volunteering. These events will fulfill the requirement for our service projects (remember you need two, the colorado lagoon plus the los cerritos weltands) so if these work for you, feel free to attend.