October Leader Meeting Notes

Thanks to everyone who logged into our October Service Unit Leader Meeting.  If you were unable to attend, or if you need a reminder, a summary of what we discussed is below:


Sweets and Treats Is Coming To A Close

Our 2024 Sweets and Treats fundraiser is coming to a close.  Please be aware of these remaining deadlines:

10/15/24: Troop/SU Paper Order Access Ends

10/16/24: Girl/Troop/SU Reward Selection Due Date

11/1/24 – 11/3/24: Fall Product Items and Rewards Delivery to SU’s

11/19/24: ACH Pull/Deposit


Outdoor Art at Camp Hidden Hammock ~ Nov 2

Our all-levels Outdoor Art badge in a day event at Camp Hidden Hammock will take place on November 2 from 9:30am – 1:00pm

$7.50 per girl / $5 per adult

Troop adult ratios need to be maintained

Register here by October 26, 2024


Pumpkin Chunkin’ for Creature Safe Place ~ Nov 10

Troop 40038 is working with Creature Safe Place in Fort Pierce to turn tricks into treats after Halloween this year!  

Every year Creature Safe Place collects uncut pumpkins leftover from Halloween decorations and turns them into food for the animals in their sanctuary!  They get lots of donated pumpkins, but they need help cutting them into bite-sized and store-able pieces.  


That’s where you come in!  

Join us on Sunday, November 10 from 12pm to 5pm at Creature Safe Place, 4500 McCarty Road, Fort Piece, FL 34945 to chunk, chop, and bag up all the orange gourd-y goodness.  Bring your own implements of dismemberment if you have them, or borrow ours!  (Camp hatchets, cleavers, and chef’s knives work very well.)

This is a drop-in and drop-out community service event, you do not need to volunteer the entire time!  

Questions?  Email Joe at [email protected]


CSA Camping Weekend ~ December 13 – 15 at Camp Nocatee

Our annual CSA chill-out camping weekend will take place December 13 – 15, 2024at Camp Nocatee.  This low-key camping experience is for Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors and will feature some fun chicanery, some camping skills, some study time, and a meteor shower!

Registration is $25 per person with a $15 deposit (and rough roster) due by Monday, October 28.  

Please send your roster to Jamie Turner by text message 

(772)332-6380 or email [email protected]

Please send your deposit to Jamie Turner by check or by PayPal to [email protected]

There will be a CSA Weekend Planning Committee meeting on Monday, October 28 at 6:30pm at Panera Bread in St Lucie West


Leader Holiday Party ~ Under The Sea

Our annual leader dinner and holiday party will take place on December 9, 2024 at 6:30pm at the Nativity Episcopal Church at 1151 SW Del Rio Blvd, Port St Lucie, FL  34953

Bring a wrapped ornament and a dish to share!

Prizes given for creative “under the sea” names or themes of dishes!

Questions: contact Jamie Turner at (772)332-6380


If your troop is participating in our Salvation Army Stocking Drive, the filled stockings, fillings, or empty stockings are due by the leader holiday party on December 9.  

You can bring them with you to the party to drop them off.

If you are unable to attend the party, please make alternate arrangements with Dawn Borrow to deliver your stockings on or before December 9.


World Thinking Day ~ January 11 at Camp Hidden Hammock

We’re planning a World Thinking Day event on January 11, 2025 at Camp Hidden Hammock from 9:30am – 1:30pm

Girls can earn the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Thinking Day and Girl Scouts Global Action badges at this event for all levels.

Cost for girls will be $7.50 and adults $5 – Registration will open December 1 at the Camp Hidden Hammock website


Gemini Service Unit Ingathering ~ Escape to Abalufa ~ March 14 – 16

Our annual Ingathering camporee has a date, a location, and a theme!  
All we need is YOU!

This year’s Ingathering is called “Escape At Ahbalufa” and as you might have guessed it will take place at Camp Ahbalufa in Fort Piece on March 14 – 16, 2025.

The theme of this year’s Ingathering is mysteries, puzzle solving, and detective work, and we will be earning badges related to that theme for each level over the weekend.  

Each campsite will be asked to contribute to the fun by designing an “escape room” style puzzle scenario or other mystery to solve within their campsite, to be experienced by the other troops / campsites who will all rotate through the various sites.

Alongside the mystery and fun will be food, songs, and fun with our sister Girl Scouts!

This is an excellent opportunity for new troops and younger troops to get a taste of the camping experience a little closer to home, while more experienced and older troops get to show of their creativity and enjoy the company of each other.  

For everyone, it’s a fantastic time to make new friends and meet the old, as this is the one time every year that all our troops can come together!

Registration will be $35 per person, with a deposit and rough roster due in December.

You do NOT need to have a camp trained volunteer to participate in Ingathering.  If you are a new troop without a camp trained volunteer, let us know when you submit your deposit and we will try to partner you with a camp trained troop so that you can share in the benefits!


Now that the new membership year has officially begun, if you need help with changes to your roster please reach out to Jessica Gonzalez at [email protected]


Our next Service Unit meeting will be Monday, November 4 at 7:00pm, on Zoom.