The New Uniforms are Here!

Our cadette uniforms are ready - I will distribute them tomorrow at the fieldtrip.  If you are not attending the fieldtrip, I will have it at the next GS meeting on Fri. Dec. 6.  There are a few things that you can (and should) move from your Junior (or Brownie) uniform to your new vest:

1)  The two pins on the ribbon - the World Trefoil pin (blue & gold) and the GS Membership pin (green & gold). 
2)  The wings from bridging up to Junior from Brownies and the straight rainbow from bridging up to Cadettes from Juniors.
3)  All of you membership stars.
4)  Your Bronze Award if you have one.
5)  Any patches from the back of your vest that have "year bars" with them - like Operation Cookie Drop, Camp, etc.  There's a good chance you will add more years to them.

If you have a vintage GS Membership pin that was given to you (maybe your mom was a GS or a friend?), you can wear that in place of the green & gold Membership pin.

If you have questions, please email me.  This will be your vest until you bridge up to... wait for it... wait for it... [gulp] Adults.  Yes, that's when you are taller than me.  And you know what?  I bet I will cry when that happens.  lol

What can we reuse from the old uniform for our new Cadette Uniform?

Before you stash away your green sash or vest, if you want to reuse some of the pins & patches here is what will carry over to the new Cadette uniform that you will receive in September:

from the front:
American Flag patch
"Girl Scouts USA" patch
"Western Washington" patch
Blue Bird crest
"43125" number patches
gold membership stars and plastic discs
Bridge to Cadettes rainbow bar patch (you received in June when we bridged up)
Brownie wings patch
Trefoil pin
Green & gold Girl Scout pin
Bronze award pin

from the back:
any patch that has year "bars" that go with it, like the Operation Cookie Drop or Summer Camp - the main patch and the year "bars" can move over to the back of the new vest

Let me know if you have any questions.
If you do not want to remove any of these items from you old uniform, you can purchase new ones in September with the new vest.

Patch Placement

Front:

• Journey patches - little blue "Me" and green "Team" (there is one more ring patch that they will get after the communitry service project) - http://www.girlscoutshop.com/JUNIOR-JOURNEY-AWARD-PATCH-SET
• circle "Staying Fit" (heart) patch

Back:

• Science patch - for Kids in Medicine
• Pac-Sci Camp-In patch
• Postcard Exchnage patch
• Patch from international troop
• 2012 & 2013 patches (go around Operation Cookie Drop patch)

Patch Placemetn

Some of you have asked about patch placement in the past.  Since it is so important that you wear your uniform when you sell cookies, I thought now is the time to get those patches on!  You may not have all the patches Sarah has - and that is ok.  You may even have patches that Sarah doesn't have - those patches probably all go on the back (email me if you think you have one that belongs on the front).  There are still plenty more patches to come, so squeeze them together so there is room!

The patches on the front are (from top to bottom):

• Flag patch
• Girl Scouts of Western Washington
• Blue Bird Crest
• Troop #'s 43125
• membership pins and disks
• Rainbow patch (earned from bridging up from 3rd grade Brownies to 4th grade Juniors)
• Wings patch (earned from bridging up from 3rd grade Brownies to 4th grade Juniors)

- all of the following were earned in 4th grade:

• Digital Photography
• First Aid
• Drawing
• Savvy Shopper
• Flowers
• Cookie CEO

The patches on the back (can be in any order):

• Camp River Ranch Garden - from Garden Harvest Party fieldtrip Oct. '12
• Owl  - made at meeting Nov. '12
• Dad & Daughter - Trail Maintenance April '12
• GSWW Skillettes (big square) & Knot (little square) - March '12
• Flag Ceremony - March '12
• Operation Cookie Drop & What Can a Cookie Do (both round) - cookie sales 4th grade
• Building Leaders - from leading a meeting in 4th grade
• 100th Anniversary - either April or May '12
• Cake Decorating & Gymnastics - both were fieldtrips in 4th grade
• Girls Rock - Dec. '11
• Theater - from meeting Dec. '12
• Pottery - 2 part fieldtrip Nov. & Dec. '12
• St. Albans, Camp River Ranch, Summer Camps, First Time Camping & Summer '11 & '12 bars  - from summer camps (not troop activities)

Owl Patch

Did you get your owl patch sewn onto your vest or sash?  This is Anne-Claire's.  Isn't it cute?  And unique - there is not another Girl Scout that will have a patch like that one!  Imagine the conversations it can start...

Patch Checklist

Here is a list of patches that were given out this year.
Round patches on the front:

• Cookie CEO
• Drawing
• Savvy Shopper
• Flower
• First Aid - we will be finishing this patch on 5/25
• Digital Photography - we will be starting this patch 5/25

* all of these patches were earned patches and required homework to be turned in;  homework can still be turned in by June 2nd to earn patch

Misc. patches on the back:

• GS 100th Anniversary (round green & yellow) - if you were at the meeting that Elena led
• Operation Cookie Drop - if you sold cookies
• Girls Rock - orange oval
• Building Leaders - if you led a meeting & were responsible for snack
• GSWW Outdoor Skillettes (big square) - if you participated at Camp RIver Ranch
• Dad & Daughter - if you participated in Adopt-A-Trail at Camp River Ranch
• Flag Ceremony - if you participated in the Flag Ceremony at Skillettes
• Small square knot (from Skillettes)

Is your uniform ready?

By now you should have all of your patches and pins on your vest or sash.  Every girl has been given all of the patches, as well as her vest/sash and the Journey book.  Here is a link to show where the patches and pins go. 

These are the patches & pins that everyone in our troop should have:


Right Side:

• American Flag Patch (reused from last year)
• Official Girl Scout ID Set (Girl Scouts of Western Washington)
• Bluebird Crest Patch
• Troop Numbers 43125
• Yellow plastic disk with gold Membership Star pin (signifying 1 year completed in Girl Scouts)
• Rainbow Patch
• Brownie Wings Patch

Left Side:

• Green Insignia Pin (ribbon)
• World Trefoil Pin (reused from last year)
• Girl Scout Membership Pin

Back:

• Girls Rock Patch

If you are missing any patches or pins, you can purchase them at the Girl Scout Store in Seattle or Redmond.  The Seattle store is moving to Bellevue in January 2012.   Call to find out when.  Or you can purchase these items online.