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Meeting #23: Weaving

Posted on March 22, 2014 by elizabeek

After a few very packed meetings, we decided to take it a bit easier and do some weaving to finish up our Heritage Home Skills Badge. Using ideas found here, we gave each girl a styrofoam tray (bought from our … Continue reading →

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Girl Greatness Sleepover (Day 1)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by elizabeek

We had about half our Guides over for a Girl Greatness themed sleepover at the Church where we meet. Through games, videos, discussion and fun we covered topics like self-esteem, bullying and friendship. We had access to the church basement where … Continue reading →

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Passing the Torch: Monklands District Winter Camp

Posted on February 4, 2014 by elizabeek

Monklands District decided to join in the Olympic fun with a camp of its own this last weekend at Centre Notre-Dame-de-Faitma. 47 girls, from Sparks to Pathfinders, and 9 leaders celebrated with great mild weather and lots of snow. The … Continue reading →

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Meeting #14: First Night Back

Posted on January 9, 2014 by elizabeek

It was nice to see all the girls back after the break for the holidays and I was quite jealous to hear about all the had been up to and they trips that lots of them went on! We sometimes … Continue reading →

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Meeting #12: Christmas Carolling

Posted on December 6, 2013 by elizabeek

Every year, some of the Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders from our district go and sing Christmas carols for the elderly. We normally sing a set of them in the basement for anyone who wants to come listen and then wander … Continue reading →

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Meeting #11: Interpreting

Posted on November 23, 2013 by elizabeek

Even though all of our Guides speak English, when Guiding in Quebec you definitely notice the bilingual/multilingual nature of our province. Many of our girls go to school in French and have trouble reading and writing in English. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Meeting #10: Peace Night

Posted on November 15, 2013 by elizabeek

I planned a peace night a couple years ago and for various reasons never got to use it. Since it was remembrance day recently, we figured that this would be a good time to revisit what I had planned and … Continue reading →

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Meeting #8: Bridging and Reading

Posted on November 7, 2013 by elizabeek

When we did our brainstorming for the year, some of our girls mentioned that they would like to do some activities with the younger girls so we asked the Spark leaders whether we might be able to do something with … Continue reading →

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Meeting #6: Enrolment

Posted on October 28, 2013 by elizabeek

Enrolment is the time of year when we welcome all our new Guides into the unit with a formal ceremony. We were down one leader, but luckily another stepped in. Don’t you love how everyone helps everyone out in Guiding? … Continue reading →

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Meeting #4: Pen Pals

Posted on October 15, 2013 by elizabeek

Laura, one of our leaders, has a friend with a Girl Guide group in Australia so we thought it might be fun to pen pal with them. We sent home an e-mail asking parents whether they would be okay with … Continue reading →

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