February 18, 2005
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Approval of the minutes
On motion duly made, seconded, and unanimously carried, the January 28, 2005 Minutes were approved.

Temple Board Meeting:

• Nothing to report.

Temple Affiliated Organizations Meeting:

• Please turn in the money for the Yakisoba tickets.

Troop Leaders:

• Report by Nancy. Tsunami collection from girls that donated parts of their dues and donated part of the Nut and Magazines funds total about $335.00 and that amount went to the Red Cross. The Girl Scout Leader Conference was Jan. 29th. Four leaders attended: Stacey Tanaka, Norene Yasukochi, Cyndy Wakita and I. There were various workshops on the Gold Award and troop travel and Ted Oyama went as a trainer for some of the workshops. OCBC. Check in time is 6:30 p.m. List of names are needed because groups are being arranged. Seniors girls do not have to attend. Happi coats will be passed out to the girls. Sunday, March 6th is Girl Scout Sunday. The girls must be there at 9:45 a.m. in full uniform. Seniors III are chairing the service. You can also participate in Girl Scout Sunday at your own church. Please let me know if you will be attending Girl Scout Sunday at another church because I need to order the badges. On Friday, March 11th we will be taking the troop photo in the Kaikan after opening. Please wear full uniform. A donation was made from the Southern California Edison on behalf of Grace Kanada.

Group Reports:

• Brownies: Reported by Emi Morimoto. The girls are working on their fourth try-it, “Friends Are Fun”. During the last parent meeting, the Jr. IIIs hosted a spa for the Brownies. They set up various stations (i.e., hair braiding and nail painting) and taught the girls about healthy beauty tips (i.e., not to share hair brushes or lipstick). Thank you to the Jr. IIIs for a well-organized activity. Thank you to Randy Alexander who hosted a Uno tournament. Since some of the girls didn’t know who to play the game, it was a nice opportunity for the girls to help one another and work together. Thank you also to Dan & Eileen Yoshimura who taught the girls how to make friendship bracelets using braided string and beads. The girls also decorated heart-shaped boxes in which they could store their bracelets. Tonight the Cadettes are helping the Brownies decorate writing paper and matching envelopes to correspond with a special friend. As for upcoming activities, next Friday six of our Brownies will be attending the OCBC Girls Day Celebration. For Yakisoba prep night, we’ll be at Higashi with the Juniors. On March 11th we’ll start our next try-it, “Movers”.
  
• Juniors 1 and 2: Reported by Lynn Taketomo: The girls finished the “Plants and Animals” badge. Last week the girls started the “Sign of the Sun” and the “It’s Important to me” badge. On March 4th, the Juniors and Brownies are going to Higashi. Activities will include a movie and snacks. Transportation will be provided by the leaders. Authorizations must be signed by the parents.
  
• Juniors 3: Reported by Rose Kamiya: The girls have completed the Junior Aide Award. They are currently working on their Leadership Award and the Bridging to Cadette Award. The girls have completed the First Aid training on February 5, 2005. All five Juniors passed and are now First Aid trained. Thank you Jr. III parents for bringing the girls and a big “Thank You” to Ted Oyama for training.
  
• Cadette 1 and 2: Reported by Ted Oyama. We are currently working on the “Photography” badge. The girls practiced working with different types of cameras (point and shoot, digital and SLR models). They learned about telephoto lenses, wide angles and standard lenses, “F” stop, ASA, and shutter speeds were also discussed by Mrs. Hamada. Pen pal letters sent to Japan. Next Friday we will be going to OCBC to participate in the “Girls Day” festival. About 160 girls are currently participating. We will be running the “Sakura Mochi” station. Mrs. Hirahara, Judy Ida, Mas Tomita, Stephanie I., Lauren K. are signed up to help. We need electric skillets. Sakura manju swaps were made by some of the girls, Cindy, Donna and Nancy H.

• Cadette 3: Reported by Cyndy Wakita for Stacey Tanaka. All five girls have completed their write-up for their Silver Project and will be turned in to Council next week.
  
• Seniors I: Reported by Cyndy Wakita. The girls are working with the Juniors tonight on Walking for Fitness. They have planned five activities, Warm Up, Make a Plan, Best Foot Forward, Be Prepared, and Add It Up. On Feb. 4th and Feb. 11th, the girls worked on the interest patch, Its About Time. Our level will not be attending the OCBC event on Feb. 25th. We will meet to work on our interest patch since the following week is Yakisoba prep.
  
• Seniors II: Report by Norene Yasukochi. Dec. Scouts earned their “Desktop Publishing” badge. Jan. Fulfilled all the pre-requisite requirements for the Gold Award and are currently making a project timeline.
  
• Seniors I: Reported by Suzette Kawaguchi. Four girls are working on their Gold Award. Due April 1st.
  

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• T-Shirts/Sweatshirts: (Ethel Toguchi) – I have the pull-over and zipper sweatshirts, if you ordered them, please see me. The new Brownies get a pull-over sweatshirt provided by the Troop. Payment is needed, please see Ethel.
• Refreshment Schedule: The refreshment scheduled was distributed. September starts the new schedule. If your name is not on the list, please sign up. 
• Garden Clean-Up: The garden clean up was distributed. The next garden clean up is March 13th. If you did not do garden clean up in January (because of rain) please sign up for the 15th of May or September 18th. The Garden Clean list will be passed around again and please return to Reiko Ikkanda.
• Cookie Sales: (Emi Morimoto for Cheryl Louie). The troop sold about 4,300 boxes of cookies. Jr. Girl Scout Kristina Ming was the top seller. She sold 300 boxes. Cookie pick up will be Sunday, Feb. 27th. Please try and pick up the cookies before 1:30 p.m. 
• Yakisoba: (Susan Hanada) The shift list is posted on the Girl Scout Bulletin Board. If you need to change your shift please arrange with somebody else on the shift that you would like to change to. Please see me if you have not paid for your tickets. Please help out on Friday, March 4th at 6:30 and bring your knives and cutting boards to help chop vegetables.

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• Ohigan Representative: Sunday, March 20^th is Ohigan. Volunteers: Corey Y. and Kaitlyn H. Donation will be made from the Girl Scouts.

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• Thank you for the refreshments to Hirahara, Yasuda and Hanada for the parents and Morimoto, Yaguchi and Furukawa for the girls.
• Next month refreshments: Hamaguchi, Louie and Yoshimura for parents and Kawasaki and Tanaka for the girls.
• Next Garden Clean Up: Sunday, March 13, 2005. Hamada (in charge), Alexander, Hamaguchi, Hayashibara, Ikkanda, Kamiya, Kawasaki, Louie, Ming, Teranishi, Toguchi, Yada, Yoshimura.
• Construction of the temple is behind two months. It is suppose to be finished this month but hopefully it will be finished at the end of May.
• Dates to Remember: 2/25 – OCBC Girls Day Celebration; 2/27 – Cookie Pick up; 3/5 Yakisoba; 3/4 & 5 – Yakisoba Cookie Booth Sale; 3/6 – Girl Scout Sunday Cookie Booth Sale; 3/11 - 20th Anniversary Troop Picture; 3/13 – Garden Clean Up; 3/18 – GS Cookie money due; 4/2 – Little Toyko Clean Up; 4/8, 4/29, 5/27 – No Meetings; 6/18 – Court of Awards.
• Next Parent Meeting: March 25, 2005
  

Closing Gassho: Rev. Briones. Meeting adjourned: 8:15 p.m.

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