Marvel's Thor: The Dark World Ultimate Mentor Adventure

I sincerely wish I was Roo was eligible for this amazing competition! 9th-12th grade girls can enter to win an amazing trip to meet female scientists like Jane Porter, the brilliant astrophysicist from Marvel's Thor series- played in the films by Natalie Portman.

Marvel Studios, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), Dolby Laboratories, National Academy of Science, Girl Scouts USA along with the famous El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, are proud to team up to sponsor a nationwide MARVEL’S THOR: THE DARK WORLD ULTIMATE MENTOR ADVENTURE in conjunction with the November 8th release of the film.

MARVEL’S THOR: THE DARK WORLD ULTIMATE MENTOR ADVENTURE aims to empower girls 14 years and up, in grades 9 - 12 nationwide, to embark on a journey to discover their potential and future in the world of STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.  Through the collaborative efforts of Marvel, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), Dolby Laboratories, National Academy of Sciences and Girl Scouts USA, girls will have a chance to go out into the real world and ask successful women in STEM fields about what they do, how they got where they are…and how others can follow in their footsteps.  The process is designed to help students to understand who they are, and why this experience can be impactful on their futures. For more information, rules and how to apply, visit www.ultimatementoradventure.com.

“MARVEL’S THOR: THE DARK WORLD ULTIMATE MENTOR ADVENTURE is a chance to inspire a generation and by doing so, to change their future –and ours – for the better,” said Victoria Alonso, EVP, Visual Effects & Post Production, Marvel Studios.

Finalists of MARVEL’S THOR: THE DARK WORLD ULTIMATE MENTOR ADVENTURE will win

a week’s trip to Southern California, provided by UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and Dolby Laboratories. The Ultimate Mentor Adventure will allow the girls to meet some of the most incredible Women in Science such as Dolby Laboratory Senior Scientists, conducting interviews and be challenged to participate in experiments. It will also include interactive events and go behind-the-scenes where the general public is not normally invited – all while having their adventure filmed. On Friday, November 8^th, the winners will conclude their excursion and be recognized at the Premiere Screening of their Ultimate Mentor Adventure documentary short.  The video short will be shown at the El Capitan Theatre prior to a screening of MARVEL’S THOR: THE DARK WORLD in Dolby® Atmos™ on opening day.

C is for Cookie

Bob's studio is in the garage, so all of Roo's Girl Scout cookies are in our living room. She's in her final year of Brownies and loooooves it. We pulled a wagon through the neighborhood this weekend and sold about half of the stockpile but we need to pull out all the stops and get rid of the rest before we start to eat them ourselves…

If you're in Wichita and need a cookie fix, let us know. I even have 'em in the back of my car, should I encounter any possible marks while I'm out and about. I feel like a cookie pusher. 

Do your kids sell anything? Any tricks of the trade you'd like to share?

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Girl Scout Cookies - Coming Soon!

It's almost time. On February 2nd, Roo will start selling Girl Scout Cookies for her Brownie troop. This year, our Council is trying something new– we'll have the merchandise on hand when we go door-to-door, so there will be immediate gratification for customers and I won't have to keep doubling back to deliver. Yay! 

Thin Mints are the universal favorite but everyone seems to have their own top picks. Interestingly, some of the cookies have different names depending on which region you live in. For instance, I grew up with Samoas but here in Kansas they are called Caramel deLites. Same thing with the Peanut Butter Sandwiches, which I knew as Dos-i-dos. This year's special limited edition cookie is Mango Cremes and feature something called Nutrifusion that is supposed to be healthy, if that sort of thing floats your boat. I wouldn't advise eating the entire box in one sitting to harness that nutritional oomph but, hey, if you're buying, you can do whatever you want with 'em…

If you're cookie-phobic (blasphemy!), you can even choose the Cookie Share option, which sends your cookies to our troops. You can imagine how well that goes over!

Anyway, start thinking about what you'd like to order and Roo will be happy to sell you some cookies in just a few short week.

Girl Scout Overnight Campout at Starwoods

FYI- Girl Scout cookie sales begin on Saturday 1/21/12. Roo would be pleased to sell you a case or two, should you not have any Brownies nearby, just let us know what you need…