Operation Christmas Child 
Shoebox Party 2009

Pinwheels for Peace

For those of you who are Brownie Leaders this great project is highlighted in your Journey Book.  Girl Scouts of all ages are invited to do this great project with your club.

imagine...  whirled peace!

In today’s world, peace needs to be more than just a word.

Imagine…  millions of pinwheels spinning in the wind – pinwheels in the United States, Great Britain, South America, Australia, the Middle East, Canada, Africa, Europe and Asia;  pinwheels all over the world!

–       big pinwheels, small pinwheels;  pinwheels of all  shapes and sizes

–       colorful pinwheels, decorated with drawings, paintings, collages, photographs  – pinwheels with words of peace and harmony written on them – fields of pinwheels, pinwheels along roadsides, in schoolyards, in parks, pinwheels EVERYWHERE!

Please visit www.pinwheelsforopeace.com for free templates for your pinwheels.

Please join us on International Day of Peace, September 21st, as we create a visual public statement about peace!

To learn about International Day of Peace, visit Peace One Day and International Day of Peace.

Operation Christmas Child

This project consists of wrapping a shoebox (bottom and top separately) and then filling it with age appropriate gifts.

Example: 2-4, 5-9, 10-14 for either a girl or boy. 

We will be collecting empty shoe boxes (not the really small toddler shoe size). 

We will have a shoebox packing party in November. 

If anyone has any items at home that they would like to donate, we could use the following: 
small bouncy balls, rubber ducks, crayons, markers, small pads, thin coloring books, hard candy, happy meal toys, puzzles, toothbrushes, hair clips, small bars of soap, small storage containers, socks, gently used Barbie dolls with a few outfits, blocks, gently used littlest pets, Lego, art supplies, etc.

If you would like to make a monetary donation Operation Christmas Child needs $7 per box to cover shipping cost.  Any amount would be greatly appreciated. 

If you do donate money please make the check payable to JWCR so that we can just send them one check.

UNICEF

UNICEF Trick-or-Treat is almost here!

International Recipes on the JWCR website

Our International recipes link is up and running on our website. Many of the foods displayed at our International buffet are there if you would like to try making them at home. Also, we encourage you to add your favorites. Email your recipe to Laura and she will be sure to add it to our website.

Clothing Drive for Ukraine Orphanage
We also collected a lot of clothes for the orphans in Ukraine. I had a hard time fitting everything into my car that Saturday. Thank you for your overwhelming support of this project. All the cloths made it into boxes and were sent out by the Ukrainian Woman’s League last month. If we could get a count of who participated for our report, we’d appreciate it. Thank you again for supporting this project.
 

Operation Smile
Thank you to the Junior Woman's Club children for raising $75.00 for Operation Smile. The children sold drinks and cookies during our annual Yard Sale. Great job!  Keep up the good work.