First Meeting Greetings

First Meeting Recap 

Daisy Troop #62147 has officially entered the building!!

On my honor, it was with great pleasure to meet all of the parents and daisies yesterday! What a great group of girls we have to start our first troop! I know both Christine, Benares, and I are thrilled to get to know all of the Daisies!

 

Joining the girl scouts is a wonderful journey these amazing little girls will take together while forming everlasting friends and a sister bond. 

We had a great time getting to know each other and finding out what our favorite colors, movies, and animals were. We started to talk about our journey together as Daisies and learned our Girl Scout Promise.

Girl Scout Sign is a Traditional Greeting that is done by raising three fingers of the right hand with the thumb holding down the pinky. The three fingers represent the three parts of the Promise. 

Girl Scouts can greet each other with the Girl Scout handshake, used by Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all over the world. The handshake is made by shaking hands with the left hand and making the Girl Scout sign with the right. The left hand is nearest to the heart and signifies friendship.

During our meeting our Daisies learned the Girl Scout Sign when they said the Girl Scout Promise. They traced and decorated their hand and cut it out and pasted it to the colorful Girl Scout Promise. We will continue to practice this at the beginning of each meeting. Wonderful job girls!!

As Troop Leaders we will strive to help each girl learn the Girl Scout Law that states:

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. 

Another Girl Scout tradition is the "Friendship Squeeze" used to close the meeting. It represents the unbroken chain of friendship among Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world, the Friendship Circle involves Girl Scouts standing in a circle, crossing their right arms over their left, and clasping hands with their friends on both sides. Everyone then makes a silent wish as a friendship squeeze is passed from hand to hand around the circle.

Finally, we ended the meeting by calling each Daisy up by name to receive a "Beginning Certificate", which welcomes them to Troop 62147 and a year of Daisy Scouting Ahead!!

Our Next Meeting: 

December 14, 2015 

All Daisies will be released to Troop Leaders at CS and our meeting will begin directly after at CC. The meeting with be adjourned at 4pm. Please remember to send a note to your child's teacher and a nut-free snack.