First Donation as well as bad news.........

On the 25th of June, the troop and I received some bad news that can jeopardize all of our projects.  Because of all the recent fires that have been burning all of New Mexico, as well as Arizona, all of the forests have been closed to the public.  The Friends of Camp Mary White met with the owner of the camp to see if it would still be wise to hold camp in the extreme fire danger.  In short, no.  However, Barbara, the owner of the camp, said that if we received at least 4 inches of rain in the next couple of weeks, she would allow our troop to go down to camp in order to complete our projects.  Over the last two days, while the entire troop has been praying for lots and lots of rain, I received a phone call from Woodland Hills Camera and Telescope, a company located in Woodland Hills, California.  They received my donation letter and sent out a package with a surprise item inside.  I am quite excited to see the package and I am so happy.  Now I have to write a Thank You Note!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH WOODLAND HILLS CAMERA AND TELESCOPE!!!!!! Now its just time to pray for lots of rain!!!!!!

Letters are off and on their way!!!!

So today I finished all of the donation letters that I needed in order to get some more astronomy supplies and furniture.  It was a long and hard process, but in the end I sent out 14 letters to furniture stores and astronomy places.  Hopefully, I will get some responses here soon!!!!!!!

Good to Go!!!!!!

We have not officially received an email stating that our projects are all a go but, on our field trip yesterday to the Girl Scout hut, we were able to talk to Carol Ann Short.  Carol Ann Short is one of the members of the Gold Award Committee and she told us that we needed to get a letter from FCMW (Friends of Camp Mary White) in order to begin our projects.  In short, we have been approved!!!!!!!!!  The happiness that I feel in my heart right now is beyond words.  Let's just hope now that God will grant New Mexico some rain so we can complete our Gold Awards!!!!