The Canada Cord Award

Congratulations to the three recipients of the Canada Cord from
The 212th Pathfinder Unit.

The girls have worked so hard to earn this award. Congratulations to all of you. You really deserve it.

On Saturday, girls from our unit received their Canada Cord Pin, ribbon and certificate at the Provincial Youth Award Ceremony. It was a nice ceremony with a very nice luncheon following. The girls were ceremoniously piped in and speeches were made. Introductions were followed by each girl receiving their Canada Cord Certificate and a flower while pictures of them over the past three years in Guiding were projected at the back of the stage. The Awards Day also included moving speeches and a few performances by girls.

In three years time we hope to be back watching them receive the Chief Commissoner's Gold Award.

We are so proud of you!

The Garage Sale

The Garage Sale was a success! We can't believe the generosity of people in giving us items to sell this weekend. We want to give a special thanks to G's family that hosted us and made their garage available to us. We want to offer our congratulations to G. who worked so hard to pull it all together and in doing this completed her third level Leadership Award.
The sale was a successful fundraiser in support of the trip this summer to GM 2010 camp.

A Blast from the Past

This video is from Girl Guides of Canada, GM2010 site with images from past national camps.

Rainbow Camp

The camp was a weather themed camp and we experienced rain, wind, hail, and sunny weather all before the tents were set up on Friday.

Two girls finished their third year camps and did a fantastic job. We had four Guides join us and they were a great addition to our unit. They completed the experienced camper portion of the Guide program at this camp. We had one new Pathfinder who camped for her very first time and loved it.

The Pathfinders went exploring "New Paths" both as day hikes and night hikes. A major part of this camp was exploring different outdoor cooking methods, checking out tent performance and getting basic camping skills perfected. We participated in a variety of activities with the area camp form some crafts and wide games to a larger campfire and sing along. In the morning the girls recieved a huge number of pins, badges and awards. Congratulations to all of the girls!

E and J both completed the third year Camping Award at this camp. They both did an outstanding job and we are very proud of them.

We need pictures

Youth Awards Day: June 19, 2010 2-4 pm

Don't forget we need a couple of pictures of girls who will be receiving their Canada Cord this year. It needs to be in Monday along with the forms!!

This is a very special event recognizing the achievement of Pathfinders and Rangers in our province.

Group Advancements

Wednesday evening was our Year End Advancement for the Members of Girl Guides who meet in our location.

The Pathfinders looked in some older Guide handbooks and were interested in how advancements were done in the past. They proposed that we do a multi-level advancement this year. One of the Pathfinders took on the job of coordinating the event as her third level event planner challenge.

The last year Sparks advanced into Brownies. The last year Brownies joined with the Guides and a few Guides advanced to Pathfinders.

When the Pathfinders were first enrolled they all lit candles from a single pillar candle. At the advancement the three third year Pathfinders each took an individual candle and together re-lit that same pillar candle. It was really lovely. They are considering becoming Rangers in the fall.

We set up the basement to look like an enchanted forest.. well... there were a few decorative trees mixed with a few artificial Christmas Trees but we have imaginations. The Brownies were kind enough to provide the refreshments.

Guider Alicia received her Pathfinder Leader enrollment pin. We all need to practice saying the new promise. We tried to recite it as a group and it was a bit tricky switching to the new wording.

Promise

I Promise to do my best,
To be true to myself, my beliefs and Canada
I will take action for a better world
And respect the Guiding Law

Lastly we were happy to give Guider Leslie and Guider Tracey each a bouquet of flowers and a card to thank them for their service as District Commissoners over the last 5 years.

Mother's Day Tea

Our tea was a success!

We didn't have huge crowds, but everyone who came seemed to enjoy relaxing, having treats, and enjoying each other's company. The shopping was pretty good too! The Girls and Leaders had a great time also.

We want to thank all the people that contributed their time and skills toward making this tea successful. It was a lot of work, but with so much wonderful support it was a very worthwhile experience.

One girl stated to her mother "I'm so proud of us!!". Girls, we are proud of you too!