Just a form or two: Expense and Sign In

So I thought I would get the ball rolling and add a few different forms for you today. Please note that I am using KeepandShare.com which was deemed safe by my Norton Internet Security. It will ask you to create an account to download the files but I would rather have a safe site that requires you to sign up then lead you to an 'Unknown' site that does not. =) And it is 100% free.

The first form sort of thing is an Expense form which I use for my unit's expenses. So when I go out and purchase things this is the form I fill out to get money back. If I buy badges off a website with my credit card then I just staple the receipt to the form, fill it out, and then eventually get a cheque once everything has been A-Ok'd. Here is what mine looks like:

Keep in mind it has been personalized for my division in the top corner. I based this off of one that I had originally been use in my finance binder but ran out of and couldn't seem to track it any where. And thus this was born. The one that I have available for download has a space for you to write in your division and also a little note as to where to staple.

It is available for download here: Expense Form


My second little thing today is a sign in sheet. I use these for my brownies and they have the basic information on them. The person dropping the brownie off is required to write the brownies name, who dropped her off, and their initial. When that brownie is being picked up the person writes who they are, and then initials that they have been picked up. We do send out in our emails that if someone other than the usual will be picking up their brownie they should let us know versus just writing it on the sheet. That way we can keep an eye out for the new people and not only introduce ourselves but also make a mental image just in case of a worst case scenario which we all hope never happens.

This one is also personalized to my unit but the one available for download has a spot for you to write in your unit's name and the corresponding date. It still has the toadstools in the corner but I can change it if you need me to =)

It can be downloaded here: Sign In Sheet

Welcome to the Brownie Bulletin

Actually to be honest I was hoping for Brownie Blog but it would appear that someone had already come up with that idea - although I am not sure they liked it as the last time they posted was 2004.

My name is Amy but my brownies know me more commonly as Night Owl. I run a brownie unit in the beautiful Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada. This is my second year as an unit guider but will be my 13th year overall in the wonderful realm of guiding. Although I left guiding as a pathfinder, I rejoined because I wanted to pass on what I was taught onto those most willing to listen - Brownies!

I had never really thought of leading Sparks because they are a bit too young for me to handle and I am afraid the same can be said about Guides. Although it is an excellent group of kids, I think they are a bit too close to my height and age for me to handle so Brownies it was.

I myself was a brownie for three years - two years as a Gnome and one year as an Elf  but I always wanted to be a fairy.. looking back on it though Gnomes and Elves are pretty awesome as I haven't been to a unit yet that has these circles. When I was a brownie we wore the traditional brown dresses with the belt, penny pouch, badge scarf, tie, and hat. You had to wear brown socks and black shoes and bring pennies and dues every week. My mom was a Snowy Owl and most of my friends from school were in my pack '24th Sitka Brownies.' Here is a really old picture of me when I was in brownies I am sure that I have another one but I haven't been able to find it yet.

Somewhere in my collection of old things there is a picture of our entire unit and I always big my mom about how different she looks now =)

But things have definitely changed.
For starters the brownies now wear orange and blue. No Brown. No Dresses. I mean I had a stripped brownie shirt too but I always wore the dress... not sure they could make and orange and blue dress though! Never the less my brownies wear orange and blue shirts with blue pants, blue badge scarf, and a white tie with orange maple leafs. They run in three circle groups: fairies, kelpies, and sprites. And they are a big crowd this year as we are coming in on twenty which is a big difference from our group of about seven full timers.

Anyways enough about all that. I created this blog to share my endeavors with the world. One of my other leaders 'Rainbow Owl' suggested that I should post some of my handiwork online. I like to do up all sorts of things in publisher and utilize them with the girls. I work at a print shop so it helps =) I make badge sheets, sign in sheets, awards, certificates, chorus books, program work, crafts, newsletters, almost anything really and the best part is that they are all fairly versatile.
I thought this would also be a great way to share what we are doing and planning and even share some links of things that I have found useful.


Well I guess I will leave it at that for now. Not sure how to go about setting this all up so I will focus on that and then start posting! Anchors away! =)

Yours in Guiding,