We're excited that you are interested in discovering fun, friendship and the power of girls together! Currently we serve approximately 500 girls in the Coppell and Valley Ranch areas. We service all schools in Coppell ISD.

If you would like more information about Girl Scouts, you can visit the official Girl Scouts USA webpage, our local Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas webpage, or take a quick peek at our list of Frequently Asked Questions

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us at coppellgirlscouts@yahoo.com.

Recent News:
 

Recruitment Night Success & Remaining Needs

Recruitment night was held this year on September 20th, 2011. Here are the numbers:

25 Girls still needing troops
15 Girls added to existing troops
58 Girls added to new troops (8 new troops formed)
72 Total girls from recruitment night

Please contact Troop Organizer, Monica Wightman to help place the remaining girls wanting troops!

Cookie Rally

January 8, 2012
2 - 3:45 PM
First United Methodist Church, Coppell

$5 per person(includes donation to Family Partnership)

Come learn and have fun with  a rally fit for a Centennial Celebration!

RSVP and Money Due by December 19th!
Please mail form and check (made payable to SU112) to:
Miranda Ramirez, 611 Cimarron Trail, Irving 75063

Questions? Contact Miranda Ramirez at 469.222.9083 or Mirandar28@gmail.com

Cupid's Workshops

Junior Workshop - Saturday, February 4, 2012
at Art from the Heart
Cost $10.00/scout
Includes: Paint a heart, Make lip gloss, Yummy snack, Badge

***Donation to Coppell Fire/Police Department: Please bring one 'new' or 'gently loved'
STUFFED ANIMAL. It must be at least 4" in height and is greatly appreciated to be teddy bear or bunny.

***The workshop is divided into three separate groups each not to exceed 12 girls.
The time slots are listed below. Choose two slots, a first choice and then a second
choice, that will work for your troop or for an individual girl.

1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm

To sign up for this event: email Lori at
loribethjade@yahoo.com, or call 972-506-7661

To drop off or mail payment: Teresa Mungo, 122 Clover Meadow Lane, Coppell
Make check payable to "Troop 2543"

Deadline for sign up and payment is January 25.
Time slots will be confirmed within a week.

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Brownie Workshop - Saturday, February 11, 2012
Cupid's arrowRiverside Church of Christ
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Cost $5.00

RSVP to Annette Moriarty

**Limited to the first 40 girls registered.**
Deadline February 1, 2012

Click here to download the flyer.

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Daisy Workshop - Saturday, February 11, 2012
Riverside Church of Christ
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Cost $6.00 per girl

RSVP to Jackie Nelson

**Limited to the first 40 girls registered.**
Deadline February 2, 2012

Click here to download the flyer.

First Aid/CPR Classes

Allison Groom is scheduling an additional training class for
those of you who couldn’t attend the October training.  

Contact allison.groom@verizon.net if you’re interested
or sign up at www.mysignup.com/cpr.

New Girl Scout Books

They are now available for pre-order through September 15, 2011. Download the form here.

To find out What's New about the Girl Scout Program, view the Powerpoint Presentation.

Leader Meetings

Our leader meetings this year will be held on the LAST Wednesday of every month (unless indicated otherwise) at the Town Center Elementary at 185 N. Heartz in Coppell. We will meet at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria.

Fall Registration

Marijana Clent is collecting Spring Registration forms now (Due 9/14/11). You can contact her to hand deliver them (do NOT leave on the front porch). Some notes regarding the forms:

How you can contact me:

Phone number: 925/872-1398
E-mail: thetallfamily@yahoo.com

Forms and check info ( please no cash!):

For all the leaders that have members re registering, please submit the forms with checks that are addressed to GSNETX.

Should you not have any forms here are the links to both Girl and Adult forms, forward and have your moms download, print and fill out. Girl form or Adult form

Forms submission:

1. By appointment - e-mail me- if you have any questions
2. In the drop off box at the front door - if no questions and have all the data needed

100th Anniversary PatchGSNETX 100th Anniversary Patch

This GSNETX patch will celebrate the Girl Scout’s 100th anniversary by focusing on our ten decades of history. To earn the center portion of the patch, girls will learn about our history by exploring various people, places and things representing the last 100 years. The ten rockers to be placed around the center portion of the patch will have requirements based around Girl Scout traditions such as leadership, citizenship and service.

To earn the center of the GSNETX 100th Anniversary patch girls must answer the following number of questions in each category according to their program age level. Click to go to GSNETX website to find out more.

Daisies - 1 Brownies – 2 Juniors – 3 Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors - all

Financial Report Forms Overdue

It's past time to turn in your Troop Annual Financial Reports. Some additional information is being requested such as complete contact information for all troop volunteers whose positions are related to the financial status of the troop. This includes troop leaders and assistant leaders, troop cookie managers, everyone signing on the troop bank account(s), anyone holding troop funds not in the bank account(s), and of course the person completing the form. Also, we are asking for information about participation in the cookie program, names of recognitions earned by the girls in the troop, and whether an activity approval form was completed for each money-earning activity the troop participated in other than the cookie program.
If any of the troops in the service unit have already completed the paper form, they can go ahead and turn in the paper form, or transfer the data from the paper form onto the new online form and submit.
If you’re completing the online form, once you click the submit button, a copy of the data submitted will be emailed to:

Two weeks after the form is submitted, Rebecca will send out a volunteer experience assessment to all volunteers listed on the form. She will keep track as assessments are completed.  Volunteers will be prompted to respond to the assessment twice. 

The troop volunteers in each troop who are responsible for completing the troop financial report just need to click on the link below and complete the requested information.
www.gsnetx.org\troopfinancialreport.

Bank Accounts

It is important for each troop to have a dedicated bank account in the troop's name. You can choose whichever bank you would like, but you must get approval from council. Click here to download the form (retrieved from the gsnetx website on 10/30/09).

Comerica Bank has been particularly helpful to many troops. They have even offered to come to your location to help you set up an account. It takes a $100 minimum deposit to open an account, but after that there is no minimum balance and there are NO FEES. Contact Sandra Jean Orta 972-393-1323 in the Coppell Office (128 North Denton Tap Road) or email her at sjorta@comerica.com. She was at the October Leader meeting to offer her help.

Family Partnership

Please click here to read about the Family Partnership program and what we're all doing to help support it.

Remember to find out if your company matches charitable contributions. These are just a few of the companies who do funds matching:

Becoming a Girl Scout Leader: 6 Easy Steps

Here is a little something for you potential leaders out there to help make your transition as easy and stress free as possible. Click here