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Welcome to Brownie Magic 2012!

Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012Time: 10 a.m. 3 p.m.Location: Camp Whispering Pines

The following letter details the event instructions, as well as rules and regulations. Hopefully, this will answer most of yourquestions about the event and will help prepare you and your girls for a wonderful day at camp.

Check InCheck In is from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Please have one adult from each troop check the troop in. Copies of permission slipsand medical forms for each girl will be turned in at this time, as well as Adult Emergency forms for each adult. The rest of thegirls and adults should go to the flag circle. You may exchange SWAPS there with the other girls until the event begins.

Location

Camp Whispering Pines, located in Garrison, TX, is a 93-acre property that offers the perfect balance of wooded areas, windingtrails and a wide-open lake. This camp is perfect for camping primitive style or in a cabin or dormitory.

ThemeThe theme for Brownie Magic 2012 is Magic! Feel free to incorporate this in your troops SWAPS, nametags and other items!

What to BringThis is a list of what each girl and adult will need to bring with her on the day of the event.

Permission Slip Medical Form Sack Lunch Lanyard or Carabineer SWAPS Nametags

o Please make nametags ahead of time. Nametags should have the girls first name in large, 1 inch letters, andthe troop number. Girls may decorate them in any way they wish, with stickers, markers and other craft items.

Sweatshirt or Jacketo Camp is generally about ten or fifteen degrees cooler than Houston. Some activities are indoors, while other

are under a pavilion, and other are outside. Girls need to wear comfortable, close-toed and close-heeled shoesand be prepared for unpredictable weather conditions. This event happens rain or shine!

Service Project Items (please see the details later in this letter) Poncho Sunscreen and Insect Repellant Bandana Backpack (to carry everything in) Sit-upons (optional) Snacks and Drinks (optional) Gloves and Hat (optional)

Special Needs

The camp is handicap accessible. Girls or adults with special needs should indicate the type of accommodations that will maketheir day more comfortable.

Parking

A large parking area is located near the front of camp. There will be volunteers to facilitate parking. Please follow theirinstructions to help events proceed safely and orderly. Vehicular traffic is not allowed into the central camp area, as this makesit safer for girls and adults to move around camp.

PLEASE CARPOOL!There is limited parking at camp, and we cannot accommodate an excess number of vehicles. A good rule isto have at leastfour people per car.

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First Aid and Emergencies

The first aid station will be located at the check-in table. Please send two buddies or one adult with each girl who comes to thestation. If the girl needs to stay, her buddies will have someone to walk back to the rest of the troop with. All camps arelocated within the emergency 911 system. All law enforcement and medical facilities are familiar with our operation and respondrapidly when contacted.

Food and Beverages/Lunch

Troops should plan to bring their own sack lunches, and any other snacks or beverages for consumption throughout the dayWater will be available throughout camp to guard against dehydration. It is important that each girl remembers to bring a

string or lanyard, a shower hook or carabineer to attach her cup to her backpack, as each registered girl participant will receivea plastic mug with a handle at check in. During lunch, troops are free to eat wherever they would like in the camp facility. Pleasedo not go into the unitsthere are troops camping there. Please be sure to throw your trash in the dumpster after you eat.

Service Project

This years service project will benefit the Juliette Gordon Low World Friendship Fund. Please bring pennies to donate to thefund.

Kapers

Each troop is asked to help pick up trash before you leave. Depending upon the location, each troop may also be assigned anadditional kaper, such as sweeping an area, emptying trashcans in a central area, or helping to clean a set of bathrooms. It ishelpful to explain to the girls that the camp belongs to all of them, and we want to keep it nice and clean. (Girl Scouts always

leave a place cleaner than they found it.) You may also be asked to help clean up or pack supplies at your last session of the day.

Evaluations and Patches

At check in, each troop will receive evaluations for each girl and adult. Troops are encouraged to fill out the evaluations afterthe closing ceremony, so that the evaluation accurately reflects the entire event. After the closing ceremony, have your troopfill out the evaluations and turn in the completed evaluations at the check in table. Your troops paperwork will be returned, andpatches for each girl and adult will be given to you.

Please Do Not Bring

Gumthis is not allowed in camp.Tagalongs (Extra Children and Adults)no provision has been made for tagalongs.Petspets are not allowed in camp at any time.

Tentative Schedule

9:30 10:00 Check In/SWAPS10:15 10:30 Opening Ceremony10:35 11:10 Session 111:15 11:50 Session 211:55 12:30 Lunch12:35 1:10 Session 31:15 1:50 Session 41:55 2:30 Session 52:35 2:50 Closing Ceremony2:50 - Kapers, Evaluations, Check Out

The five activities troops rotate through are: Songs & Games, Craft, Green Starlettes, Hike, and Science Magic. We hope thatyou and your girls have a wonderful time at Brownie Magic! Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions aboutthe event.

Thank you,

Jamie Williams Kristy AdamsGSSJC Program Manager Event Chair713-292-0269

jewilliams@sjgs.org

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GORP Good Old Raisins and Peanuts

GORP is a great snack to take on Girl Scout outings. It can be made a week or two ahead of time, and sealed in individual zip-lock bags for the girls. Although GORP stands for Good Old Raisins and Peanuts, it can be made with any combination of driedfruit, cereal, nuts, salty items, such as pretzels, and sweet stuff, like M&Ms. A simple recipe for GORP follows, but feel free tocreate your troops own secret recipe based on their tastes.

Yields: 10 cups of GORP

Ingredients:2 cups of raisins2 cups of peanuts2 cups of M&Ms2 cups of dried cranberries2 cups of cashews

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and divide into one-cup servings for the girls. (Zippered sandwich bags work well for thispurpose.) Eat and enjoy!

SWAPS Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere or Share With a Pal

There will be swapping at this event. Your girls should plan to make and bring about ten or fifteen inexpensive crafts per girl,to swap with girls from other troops. Have each girl put her SWAPS in a bag with her name on it, to prevent lost SWAPS.Swapping time is scheduled during check in, but SWAPS may also be traded at any other down time.

Traditionally, SWAPS have a safety pin glued to the back, so they can be pinned to clothing or a hat. (Some troops choose tohave SWAP hatsinexpensive hats can be purchased at most craft stores. For a troop ID, the girls can decorate them withtheir name and troop number.)

A few ideas for SWAPS are listed below. You can come up with more, or just give your girls an assortment of pipe cleaners, feltpom-poms and wiggly eyes, and let their imaginations run wild! (Remember to glue safety pins to the back.)

Wooden clothespins, large and small, painted to look like different people or animals. Smores from cut up sections of a box, a square of brown felt and a cotton ball. Pizza made of tan felt with red, yellow and green felt scraps glued on as toppings. Small scraps of leather can be made into a tiny saddle, with yarn and pipe cleaners for the stirrups. Eyelet trim (1 inches wide) cut into sections and glued to white ribbon to make an apron. Make friendship pins with bears on a safety pin. Mini sit-upons with wallpaper scraps. Felt pennants with the event name and date on them. Puzzle pieces painted in bright colors, then sealed, with iridescent colors sprinkled on them. Fuzzy dice made from soft foam cubes with marker dots, hung from a pin. Fans folded from wallpaper border remnants, with lace glued on the edge and a ribbon rosette at the base. Felt kite, with yarn for a tail.