Family Day - Skating with Skate Canada!

Family Day - Skating with Skate Canada!



February 22 is World Thinking Day!

February 22 is World Thinking Day!

Each year on February 22, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world celebrate World Thinking Day. Girl Guides of Canada Members use this day as an opportunity to participate in activities and projects with global themes, learn and take action on important issues facing girls around the world, and fundraise to support the Canadian World Friendship Fund.

The themes for World Thinking Day 2013 are "together we can save children's lives" and "every mother’s life and health is precious."

Summer Girl Guide Camp

Lones Pathfinders

Who are Lones Pathfinders?

This video was created by a Pathfinder in the Lones program of Girl Guides of Canada.

77th Pathfinders Head to Ottawa

Some of our Pathfinders are in Ottawa this weekend to volunteer at the National Remembrance Day Service. 

Hopefully our unit has many more such opportunities and more of our girls will be able to take part.

Click here for original article in the London Community News

Kick Start - Bike Hike & Deer

Thanks to Zara for her good eyes!

I didn't have my camera ready, but if you look real close you can see the 2 deer that Zara spotted in this photo.

And here are all the girls, including the 64th Guides and our Leaders, on our bike hike.

We're off to a great start.

Pathfinder Camp .. in Pictures



planning!




gathering!




gold campers




gold campers





all the gold campers




dragonfly!




fish in her "nest"




another dragonfly




CAN YOU FIND THE FROG?  (click to enlarge)




CAN YOU FIND THE FROG?  (click to enlarge)



facebook post from Miss Canada

We helped at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebration in London

We helped at the
Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebration in London

London, Ontario, that is.  Not London, England.



The LARGE cake before we cut and served.




Miss Canada - did you know she was a SPARK?  :)  She remembers the pink uniform tshirt!

 Jaclyn Miles - Miss Canada 2012, was in attendance - she remembers being a member of Girl Guides when she was in SPARKS - she remembers the pink uniform tshirt.  She asked us to come see her on Canada Day, July 1st, at Harris Park.  Be sure to look for her if you go! 


Girl Guide volunteers - Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers



with the Army bear mascot (sadly we didn't have Olave, our bear, there to meet him)

 We had the opportunity to have our photo taken several times before the event began!!


We met Mary, a Junior Scout in GSUSA
visiting from Texas - she gave us peanut butter cookies
to try! So we'll taste them at camp!  Thanks Mary!




CTV news crew ... we casually walked
where they were filming and we'll have to see
if we're on the news!!




Green Icing on the cake for Pathfinders!! 
Coincidence??


And we had a chance to have a piece of cake, and to serve cake to those seated watching the event.


Miss Canada and the MC addressing the crowd.









Did you watch the CTV local news? There were Melissa & Rachel, waving the Queens Jubilee flags!!  Way to go!!

Cutting and Serving the cake.



The Beal Choir.



No cake left ... except the 2 pieces in her hand!




Essex & Kent Scottish Pipe and Drum band.

 Thanks girls, for all your hard work!!

Meet Your Guiders: Laura

We sent a mini survey to your leaders and Laura completed hers at the zoo - here's what she had to say!

1.  What is your favourite Girl Guide cookie?  chocolate
2.   What is your favourite Girl Guide song?  Pink Pajamas
3.  Have you been to a Girl Guide camp outside of Ontario?  Where and when?  yes - SOAR, BC in 2001
4.  How old were you when you started Guiding? What level was it?  Brownies / Grade 1
5.  What is your favourite memory of something you learned at Girl Guides?
Building fires
6.   What food have you had at camp that you hope you’ll never ever ever eat again!?  nothing
7.   What is your favourite colour?  pink
8.  Do you have a pet? What is it and it’s name?  no pets :(
9.   What one place have you travelled to that you’d like to return to?  Australia
10.  Where would you like to travel to that you’ve never been?  South America
11.   What is your favourite cartoon?  Care Bears
12.   What is your favourite beverage at Timmie’s?  Hot Chocolate