August 2004 Volume 30 Issue 7  
All Senior Girl Scouts are welcome to join the Senior Senate. If you are interested in have a great time with other girls doing service projects, girl planning boards and hosting the teen weekend.

The first Senate meeting will be held on September 25 at the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council office.

Be looking for more details in future
Golden Links and on the Web site on CIN.

GSSJC Gift Of Life Patch Requirements
There is a correction for page 39, April issue of The Golden Link under requirements.

Girls complete: Requirements #1-5 to earn patch, eyes are sewn on; two additional requirements to earn the heart; and three additional requirements to earn the Organ Donation green pin.

Recommended to begin with Brownie Girl Scouts, using progression to earn the remaining parts as girls move through the program.

THE TROUPE WANTS YOU!

Join the coolest troupe in town! The Council Puppetry Troupe wants all girls in fifth grade and above to consider becoming a Council puppeteer. This year the troupe has added a whole new set of puppets, the Neighborhood Crew, to the already well-known Kids on the Block puppets. Council puppeteers are writing skits to be used with these new faces. If performing or writing is something you enjoy, attend the September workshop.

Puppetry Troupe Training
Who: Girls, ages fifth grade and up
When: Sunday, September 12; 2-5 p.m.
Where: Girl Scout Center, 3110 Southwest Freeway
Cost: $5 per girl
Register: Program Registration Form
Event code: 10-63-20-6242

Information: George Ann Barrett at 713-292-0313,
or gbarrett@sjgs.org.

Shutterbugs 2004

(Fun with black and white photography)
Shutterbugs is a special interest group for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts that want to learn composition of photography, creativity, and how to develop their own pictures in a dark room. In the future these girls might be a part of a group that would support the Communications Department in taking pictures in their troop, service unit, or Council. These girls might also assist adults in teaching photography to other girls.

Shutterbugs weekend schedule
Friday - check in at 8 p.m. (Eat before arrival)
Sunday - check out at 4 p.m.
What: Learn basic photography composition and learn to develop pictures in the lab
Where: Camp Agnes Arnold
Who: Cadette and Senior (7th through 12 grade) 12 girls max.
Cost: $25
Dates: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Nov. 5, and Dec. 3
Deadline: Two weeks before session
Details: Kathy Elliott at 713-292-0224 or kelliott@sjgs.org
Bring: 35 mm camera (please label), one yard of cotton fabric, permission slip, medical form, your own food for the weekend (mess kit for cooking food, cup, plates, eating utensils, etc.). Please make your meals simple we don’t want to spend all of out time cooking. Your personal gear for a camp out, also a poncho, and a stuffed animal. Provided: Film for your camera, chemicals, and paper to develop some of you pictures is provided. Please include your parent’s e-mail address

Tour the Girl Scout Center

A trained docent will guide troops through the history of GSSJC as they tour the center at 3110 Southwest Freeway. Visits include viewing and discussing GSSJC’s collection of Girl Scout memorabilia throughout the building; participating in a scavenger hunt in the Goodykoontz library and memorabilia room; and learning about Juliette Low’s life and interests through the Golden Eaglet, an old fashioned silent movie. Juniors will complete a portion of Girl Scouting in the USA Badge.
Who: All ages
When: Tours are two hours long and offered on Monday
10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Deadline: Three weeks before the tour
Register: Use Program Registration Form
Questions: Myrna Monconduit at 713-292-0281 or e-mail mmoncond@sjgs.org

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