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[quote=Anonymous]I always look at the online possible lesson plans for ideas but then just adapt or do whatever I think will be fun for the girls in keeping with the theme for the petal.

On money, there's different ways to do it.  I have parents buy the vest and Daisy petals themselves, then pay 50 in dues which covers monthly room rental, craft supplies, fun patches, and fees for low cost activities that the troop participates in. For more expensive activities (like camping), I had the families that wanted to attend pay directly.  In our troop, most of the parents indicated that they didn't want to have to send in little checks for $3 or $5 activities, and weren't upset that the kids that attend fewer activities might be slightly subsidizing the kids that attend more activities.

Definitely set yourself up for help from the beginning.  Have a signup genius and get each parent to sign up for 1-2 meetings to bring snack and assist.  Even better if you can get the parent volunteer to actually plan the meeting.  I personally like the meeting planning for the little ones so it's not a big deal for me but I had a couple parents volunteer to plan outings, which was a big help.

Agree with PP that the goal of cookies is for the girls to acquire skills.  If they aren't, it's not worth doing.  Most K troops skip cookie sales.

Attend the service unit meetings.  Most of the cool stuff happens at the Service Unit level, and if you go to the meetings you'll know what's happening.  [/quote]

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