Ontario
Guider E-News
Thursday, November
1st, 2007
ONL Retirement Saves Big Bucks … In Cookies … that’s 4,545 Cases!
Did you know that by “retiring” the Ontario Newsletter (ONL) publication we have saved Guiding in Ontario the equivalent of the Unit profit raised on the sale of 4, 545 cases of cookies each year? The cost of printing and delivering the ONL was approximately $50,000 yearly. Our new Ontario Guider E-News costs nothing more than time for content writing and posting. Thank you for embracing our move to E-News and helping the cookie profits stay where they belong– with the girls!! And to think – we are saving trees too!
Your comments and feedback to our 1st edition were wonderful. We are happy that so many of you are enjoying E-News. For those of you that miss the traditional ONL, please know that your UA has a condensed version of E-News that she can send to you directly that gives you all of the information with just 1 click! The file is in the universal PDF format and easily printable.
We hope
you enjoy November’s
issue of Ontario Guider E-News!
Lisa Baxter
Provincial Communications Adviser
Would you like to feature something in next month's issue of Ontario Guider E-news? If yes, please send your article to our Communications Coordinator no later than Monday, November 19th for consideration.
What's New?
Learn
new skills. Meet new people. Challenge yourself
GGC Celebrates Day of Action in Toronto With Special Patch
Girl
Advisory Forum
Safe
Guide Update
Grow Guiding
Cookies
The Cookie
Section is Looking for Volunteers
Access extra cookies!
Program
LONES - Membership Option for Girls!
Canada Cord -
Pathfinder Guiders!
Flat Suki - Begins November 30th!
Guider Manuals
Bright Ideas
Senior Branches Changes are Coming Soon!
Sparks are Burning up the Town!
Environment
Bag-A-Cork
Learning and
Development
Learning
and Development FAQ's/Standard First Aid Subsidy
International
IMPACT
2007 – Ontario Guide Adventure Goes International
2008
National and Provincial Sponsored Trips
World
Thinking Day 2008 – February 22nd
Dominica – Adopt-a-Unit
Short
Term International Specialty Community Volunteer Opportunity
Community
Chatter
World's Largest Twister Game
Fall Camps and Outlings
Administrative Community Leader - check out this new
opportunity!
Community 34
Community 3
Community 23
Community 9
International River Crossing Marks 40th Anniversary
China Trip 2008
Ontario
Guider E-News Feedback Request
What's New?
The Cookie Section is Looking for Volunteers…
Cookie Task Group Member
The Cookie section is seeking volunteers to work on a Special Task Group to reposition the cookie cupboards within the province. The Task Group will be made up of Guiders from all across the province to provide a wide range of experience.. No previous experience with cookies is necessary; however an ability to communicate with businesses and individuals to seek out and arrange cupboard locations is required.Cookie Task Group Chair
The Cookie section is seeking a volunteer to Chair the Special Task Group to reposition the cookie cupboards within the province. This individual should possess strong leadership qualities, as well as effective communication and interpersonal skills. No previous cookie experience is required; however knowledge of the cookie process is a definite asset.Provincial Cookie Specialist
The Cookie section is seeking a group of Guiders who are passionate about cookies to serve on a Provincial Cookie Specialty Community Group. This group of Guiders will assist with the management of cookies within the local community groups including arranging selling venues and blitz campaigns for the units in the vicinity. This Specialty Group will work closely with the Provincial Cookie Adviser and the Cookie Coordinator to ensure the smooth operation of cookies throughout the province. Candidates should possess strong communication and organizational skills. No previous cookie experience is required; however knowledge of the cookie process is a definite asset.Please note that the the application form asks to have it sent to Membership, please send it to Lynda Chapple instead.
Members interested in any of these positions should complete the volunteer application found here and forwarded to:
Lynda Chapple
Provincial Cookie Adviser
Cookie.adviser@guidesontario.org
Learn new skills. Meet new people. Challenge yourself
Provincial Volunteer Opportunities – What’s New?UNIT SUPPORT: One of the aims of the community model is to provide more support to the Unit Guider and to provide more programming opportunities for the girls. One of the ways this will be accomplished is by Guiders with particular skills or expertise offering programs that a Unit can access. Based on the description of the program you are offering, the Unit Guider would contact you directly to make arrangements for you to visit her Unit meeting. For example, you love to knit and are willing to attend Guide meetings to instruct the girls. Perhaps there is a nature or historical site you would like to introduce the girls to it through an evening walk or Saturday visit. The provincial and national challenges would also make great programs to offer. In most cases you would go to the Unit but in others the Unit might meet you at a venue. You set the parameters. Whatever you are interested in – whatever is in your location – whatever your imagination allows – whether you are a Unit Guider, a Member-at-Large, a Link or Trefoil Guild Member - we need your creativity! Click here to find out more!
PROVINCIAL ANNUAL 2008 PLANNING TEAM: The planning is just beginning for another fabulous weekend on November 21 - 23, 2008! We are looking for four individuals who possess the following:
creativity, enthusiasm for Guiding
ability to work well with others
experience in planning large events
ability to communicate clearly and concisely
Click here for more information!
GGC Opportunity to Participate in Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against WomenOn December 6, 1989, fourteen young women were murdered in Montreal because they had chosen to study engineering, a male-dominated field. December 6th of every year is now Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
As well as commemorating the 14 women whose lives ended in 1989 due to their choice of career, the Day of Remembrance and Action is a reminder to all Canadians that gender-based violence is still a reality for many girls and women.
With dating violence often starting before the eighth grade, and many girls witnessing or being subject to violence at home, our girls need to be educated about how to support friends who may be victims and how to avoid becoming the targets of violence themselves.
Girl Guides of Canada’s National Board has chosen several cities across Canada, including Toronto, in which to pilot participation in the National Day of Remembrance and Action. Members of any age in Toronto are encouraged to earn the new National Day of Remembrance and Action patch by participating in an activity designed to raise girls’ awareness of gender-based violence during the week of December 6th. This could include:• a ceremony to commemorate the women killed on December 6, 1989
• a self-defence course
• a unit meeting or special event at which the girls learn about violence against women, stereotyping or healthy relationships via discussions, activities, a speaker, etc.
• visiting a shelter for abused women
• a service project for a shelter for abused women
• watching and discussing a movie or show that addresses violence against women
• a father-daughter “white ribbon making” event
• participation at some of the events hosted by other organizations in Toronto (watch the media and the Community Events section of the Ontario Council Events Calendar at http://www.guidesontario.org/events/eventspage.htm#E for ideas)
• any age-appropriate activity that will make girls reflect on gender violence or the attitudes that contribute to such violenceTo receive patches for yourself or your unit, have one Guider e-mail amy.porteous@gmail.com by November 25th to briefly describe your event and estimate the number of members who will participate. After the event, send another e-mail to confirm that the event occurred, the number of participants and the mailing address for the patches. Photos of the girls participating in the event(s) are most welcome.
Internet Resources:
2006 Tool Kit from Status of Women Canada:
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/dec6/cover_web_e.htmlOntario Women’s Directorate Youth Zone:
http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/owd/Interactive “Equality Rules” site provided by the Ontario Women’s Directorate: http://www.equalityrules.ca/en/index.html
White Ribbon Campaign:
http://www.whiteribbon.caViolence Against Women by the Numbers:
http://www42.statcan.ca/smr08/smr08_012_e.htmDating Violence Fact Sheet:
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/fm/datingfs.htmlYWCA Women’s Shelter:
http://www.ywcatoronto.org/shelter_housing_support/shelter/shelter.htmNellie’s Shelter:
http://www.nellies.org/
Girl Advisory Forum
Exciting New Opportunity for Girls aged 14-18Starting in 2008, Ontario Council’s new Girl Advisory Forum will provide girls aged 14-18 from across the province with a chance to shape the future of Guiding in Ontario!
Up to 11 girl members, whether part of Senior Branches, Pathfinders or Trex, can be part of the first-ever Girl Advisory Forum, whose term will run from Jan – June 2008 and be renewable for another Guiding year.
The innovative, enthusiastic, dedicated girls selected will assist Ontario Council with its decisions about long-term goals, program challenges, trips, events, and more during the rest of this Guiding year; will each conduct a focus group with their peers or younger girls; and will meet February 1-3 in Toronto for a weekend of sharing, learning and fun.
Ontario Council encourages all girl members who will be 14-18 by January to apply, whether they’ve been in Guiding for 14 days or 14 years! Guiders, please ensure that every eligible girl in your unit knows about this opportunity and that every interested girl receives an application form.
Safe Guide Update - Click here for updates.
How to Contact Membership
Barb French is your Grow Guiding chair and has lots of ideas for you to use as you Grow Guiding throughout the year. Barb is also the National PR Adviser. You can reach her at: b.French@sympatico.caGeraldine Kelter is your Membership Development Adviser and would like to hear from you on how to recruit new members. membershipdev.adviser@guidesontario.org
Marilyn Worth is your Membership Development Coordinator (staff position) with resources at her fingertips to assist you as you Grow Guiding. membershipdev.coord@guidesontario.org
Amanda Farion is your Membership Support Adviser membershipsupport.adviser@guidesontario.org
Mary Jane Lacuesta is your Membership Support Coordinator (staff position)
membershipsupport.adviser@guidesontario.orgGuiders, do you know that there are less than 60 days to Christmas!
These are exciting times for the girls in your units. I am sure that you have had a successful registration season and that your units are still OPEN for any new members. I know that Screening teams within your Communities are working diligently, interviewing and checking references, since I am one of them, for our Potential members. I am so excited seeing and hearing about the new young new young women who are interested in giving back to their communities by working with our girls in our Communities. Safe Guide and Orientation to Guiding trainings are springing up all over Ontario. I am so anxious to get the census numbers! Can you tell that Membership in Ontario is so important to all of us?As I mentioned, the holiday season will soon be here. Activities that will make your Fall programming exciting are in abundance for the girls. Of course Halloween gives us the time to PARTY; Fire Hall visits give us the chance to get out into the Community and receive important information; Remembrance Day activities in the Community with the Parades are fantastic; Service projects for the holiday season, such as visits to the Nursing homes with caroling or visiting the seniors are always a simple but wonderful experience for the girls no matter what age they are. Please participate within your Community with the girls, keep the girls’ interest in the programme sparked for the New Year and get our organization known within your community.
To our brand new Guiders, THANK YOU! for joining and please be aware that there is always help for you when you need it. We have many experienced Guiders who are Mentors just waiting to help you. So if you feel a bit lost or confused, contact your Administrative Community Leader or Unit Administrator or the Membership Support Coordinator and ask about getting a Mentor.
Experienced Guiders, THANK YOU. You may also need some direction this year with the new way of work in Ontario. Please do not hesitate to call or email your Unit Administrator or Administrative Community Leader, or your Provincial Link or Trefoil Adviser. Remember, whether we are a new member of only a few months or a Guider of 30 years we will all have questions.
For Unit Guiders, your Administrative Community Leader and Unit Administrator are very important people for you. Get to know them they are your immediate resource. Please feel free to email any of the volunteers in the Membership Department- see addresses above.
Besides working with Membership in Ontario, I am also the National Adviser for Public Relations. Please visit the National website as there are many resources there for you to download and use. There are ready-made articles, radio and video tracks for you to give to your newspapers, radio or TV stations in your local areas. There are great posters, postcards, pamphlets and programming ideas. Please visit the site and take advantage of these great resources. If you are participating in an event to grow membership, Ontario Council can supply you with bookmarks and brochures. Contact Marilyn Worth, Membership Development Coordinator.
When your unit is out in the community it would be great to notify a reporter from your local newspaper to come and take pictures and place a story in your newspaper, more ways to get well known. If this is not possible designate one of your Guiders or a parent that likes to take pictures and write articles and submit them yourself. Newspaper publicity is one of the best ways to let people know about Guiding!.
All the best this year and please let me know how you are doing. I love to receive news from the Guiders of Ontario. It also gives me direction on where to focus our attention.
Yours in Guiding
Barb French
Grow Guiding ChairThe cookie campaign is well underway and extra cookies are still available. If your unit requires extra cookies for the Fall 2007 Mint Campaign please contact Georgina Turnbull, Cookie Coordinator at cookie.coord@guidesontario.org.
For a listing of all Cookie Cupboards storing extra cookies, please click here to access this information from Member Zone.
Program
LONES - Membership Option for Girls!
Have you been approached by a parent or a girl who would like to be a member of Guiding but is unable to attend the meetings on the day they are held? What about a girl in a Unit that is moving outside the country or province and still wants to be in Ontario Guiding? What happens if there is no Guiding Units in her community?Ontario Lones can assist girls with challenging schedules by placing them in Lones Units. We encourage Local Units to adopt Lones so they can go camping and stay in touch with other girls face-to-face.
For more information about Lones, check the Ontario Website under About Us and Branch Info or send an e-mail to program.admin@guidesontario.org. Let’s give every girl in Ontario the chance to Grow with Guiding!
Canada Cord
Attention Pathfinder Guiders!
A new form has been developed to assist you in keeping track of the Canada Cord requirements that your girls have completed. The form can be found on the Ontario Website under Forms. Please click here.
Flat Suki 2008 Specialty Community- Begins November 30th!Great activity for members of Ontario Girl Guides of all ages! The Flat Suki Project has been operating for the last four years with great success and a wonderful group of volunteers would like to help coordinate Flat Suki’s travel through units across the province. Flat Suki is an exchange of paper dolls or mascots created by the participants and whether you are a Spark or a member of a Trefoil Guild, all ages are welcome to participate! After your unit registers, you will receive the email address of the unit you have been matched with so that you can decide together when your exchange will happen. Further details and suggestions will also be emailed to you. Pathfinders or Senior Branch units may wish to participate with the paper dolls or mascots, however, they may also choose to develop a private internet group created and monitored by their Guider to share their Guiding activities or their Flat Suki's adventures. Lones are also invited to participate.
Units will be paired beginning November 30th so check out the registration information in the Ontario Section of MemberZone and join in the fun! You will need your iMIS number and the password provided by MemberZone to access this information.
Inquiries about the Flat Suki Project can be sent to flat.suki@guidesontario.org. Members of the specialty community coordinating The Flat Suki Project will respond.
If you wish to check out previous Flat Suki stories you can access them through http://www.flatstanley.com/suki.htm Flat Suki has been based on the book, Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown.
Click here to download registration form.
Click here to view our new Flat Suki logo!
Guider Program Manuals
Attention New Unit Guiders and Guiders who have changed BranchesOntario Council is pleased to support new Unit Guiders and Unit Guiders who have changed to a new Branch by providing you with relevant Guider program manuals to assist in the implementation of your 2007/2008 role(s).
These have been sent out over the last few weeks and are still being processed. So look for your Guider Program Manual in the mail!
Bright Ideas
Are you a creative Spark or Brownie Guider? Do you know something about quantum physics, explosives or CAD/CAM? We're looking for your "Bright Ideas". Send us your activities and ideas that connect to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with identification of whether they are for Spark or Brownie aged girls. All ideas submitted will receive a thank you crest.
Download template here. PDF / Word
Senior Branches Changes are Coming Soon!
The Senior Branches program is under review and expected to be available in Fall 2008. Please check out the following link for more information from the National website
Click here to read more.
Sparks are Burning Up the Town
Many Spark units have contacted Ontario Council about receiving their complimentary Sparks Ablaze tattoos. The tatoo orders are part of the evaluation form found here.Please fill it out once you complete the Sparks Ablaze activities.
Please send us your celebrations and photos!!! Drop us a note, or send us a digital picture (please ensure that photo releases are complete) of your activities at the firehall. Send photos and highlights to program.coordinator@guidesontario.
Environment
Bag-A-Cork Survey
Your Feedback is Important!
We're evaluating Ontario's current environmental service project and we need to know what you think! Please take a minute to respond to our short survey (no more than 10 questions) to give us your input. We would like to hear from everyone - regardless of whether you have or haven't participated in Bag-A-Cork.
Your response will help us determine whether our current environmental initiative is working for you. The feedback we receive will help us ensure that we are creating and maintaining programs that you are motivated to participate in.
There are two survey links below, please respond to the one that applies to you. Thanks in advance for participating!
Jess Fleury
Provincial Environment Adviser
Survey for Guiders who haven't registered to participate in the Bag-a-Cork program: Click here.
Survey for Guiders who have registered. Click here.
Learning and Development
Learning and Development FAQ's/Standard First Aid Subsidy
Please click below to read.
Word format
PDF format
International
IMPACT 2007 – Ontario Guide Adventure Goes International
July 4-11, 2007, 103 Guides and 30 adults converged on Sheridan College Campus. Nervous glances soon gave way to smiles and friendly greetings as the girls met with their patrols. A week full of activities in Brampton and Toronto introduced the group to many new experiences. Highlights of the week were many - the opening performance at the Western Hemisphere Conference, Carabram, field hockey and swimming, Harry Potter night, steel pan drum lesson, Latin dancing, International challenges, the subway scavenger hunt and the Ward Island BBQ.
2008 National and Provincial Sponsored Trips
The deadline to apply for the Summer 2008 National and Provincial Sponsored Trips has now past. Thank you to all Members who have applied. Screenings will be taking place in November and December 2007. All applicants will be notified of their application status in January 2008. Best wishes to all!
World Thinking Day 2008 – February 22nd
World Thinking Day 2008 is right around the corner! The theme for 2008 will be ‘Water’, focusing on the aspects of water and sanitation, affecting the health of girls and women all over the World. To help you prepare and celebrate February 22nd, 2008, you will soon be able to access a variety of resources on the World Thinking Day website: www.worldthinkingday.org
Be sure to check this website frequently for more information.
Dominica – Adopt-a-Unit
The Adopt-a-Unit Program with Girl Guides of Canada and Dominica is well under way and the September and October 2007 packages from Ontario Girl Guides have been mailed to Dominica. To see what items have already been mailed to the Units in Dominica, visit the supply list posted on our website. The list will be updated each month. To date, the following items have been mailed from Ontario:
SUPPLIES FORWARDED
September 2007
Brownies
• Activity Booklet: “Active Living Toolbox for The Brownie Program: For Fun and Adventure”
• Masking Tape
• Compass point signs
• GGC cookie magnets
• Bookmark with Canadian National Anthem
Guides
• Activity Booklets: “Active Living Toolbox for The Brownie Program: For Fun and Adventure” and “Active Living Toolbox for Pathfinders and Senior Branches”
• Masking Tape
• Compass point signs
• One-and-Two Way Communication Activity Sheets and blank paper
• GGC cookie magnets
• Bookmark with Canadian National Anthem
Rangers
•Activity Booklet: “Active Living Toolbox for Pathfinders and Senior Branches”
• One-and-Two Way Communication Activity Sheets and blank paper (p. 7&8 of booklet)
• Compass Game sheet (p. 3 of booklet)
• Compass
• Pylons to use for markers
• Measuring tapes
• GGC cookie magnets
• Bookmark with Canadian National Anthem
October 2007
Brownies
•Girls in Motion Recipe Meetings for Guides
• Popsicle Sticks (1 each)
• Ribbon (25cm pieces per girl)
• Pack of 50 files cards
• 12 pack of Markers
• Strawberry Shortcake colouring and drawing books
• Old crests to swap
Guides
•Girls in Motion Recipe Meetings for Guides
• Girls in Motion Recipe Meetings for Pathfinders
• Popsicle Sticks (1 each)
• Ribbon (25cm pieces per girl)
• Pack of 50 files cards
• 12 pack of Markers
• Old crests to swap
Rangers
•Girls in Motion Recipe Meetings for Pathfinders
• Girl in Motion Recipe Meetings for Senior Branches
• Compact survival kits with compass (1 each)
• Hand Balls
• Old crests to swapTo get your unit involved in the Adopt-a-Unit project, please check the schedule below for your Community’s adoption month. Remember our Guiding sisters in Dominica are in great need of our support each month. Please send your unit’s items for the project to your community office by the 10th of the month for which your community is assigned to ensure your wonderful items are included in the package being sent to Dominica.
MONTH COMMUNITIES November 2007 7 8 9 10 11 12 December 2007 1 2 3 4 5 39 January 2008 13 14 15 16 24 25 February 2008 17 18 19 20 33 34 March 2008 21 22 23 30 35 April 2008 26 27 28 29 36 May 2008 6 31 32 37 38 October 2008 24 25 33 34 35 36 November 2008 26 27 28 29 December 2008 6 31 32 37 38 January 2009 21 22 23 30 February 2009 7 8 9 10 11 12 March 2009 13 14 15 16 April 2009 17 18 19 20 May 2009 1 2 3 4 5 39 Short Term International Specialty Community Volunteer Opportunity
Guiders are needed who live close to their community office in London, Mississauga, Hamilton and Kingston to help package the Dominica Adopt-A-Unit items and coordinate shipping to Dominica with the assistance of the International Coordinator at Ontario Guide House.. It is a short term time commitment of 1 or 2 visits to your local community office. Please see the sponsorship chart in the Dominica Adopt-A-Unit section of this newsletter for the months your assistance would be needed. Contact the International Coordinator at international.coord@guidesontario.org if interested and available to assist.
Community Chatter
On Friday November 9th, City TV's morning show - Breakfast Television - is planning to break the Guiness World Record for the Largest Twister Game on the field at the Rogers Centre (aka Sky Dome), and we're going to be there!
This is going to be a ton of fun and will be a fabulous PR opportunity for our organization. We can show the world that Guiding loves to have FUN. Here are the details:
Date: Friday, November 9th, 2007
Time: 7:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Location: Rogers Centre (aka Sky Dome)
Registration Deadline: Monday, November 5th at midnightDetails:
· Girls will have the opportunity to meet Breakfast Television hosts, be included in BT's coverage of the event throughout the show, and will be eligible to win prizes.
· Snacks may be available, but we can also bring food into the event (definitely the best option).
· We're going to run crafts and games to entertain the girls while we prepare for the actual record setting.
· We will have a separate section within the game and will have a designated area within the stands for our coats, snacks, etc. We will allocate space to each unit that registers.
· We will have a separate registration area for our groups.
· This event is most appropriate for girls of Brownie age and older.
· Leaders and supervisors' children are also welcome.
· All participants must have a signed Image Release form on file.
· We need volunteers to help with registration, crafts and games, and more.
Click here to view flyer. Registration forms are available from Elizabeth Marsh.
For more information, to register your unit, or to volunteer, please contact Elizabeth Marsh by e-mail at elizabeth_marsh@sympatico.ca or by telephone at 416-465-9095.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Hi fellow outdoor enthusiasts! From all of the C.2 requests submitted, there are a lot of scheduled events across the province.
All of the Assessors are working hard to ensure that the activities planned are run as safely as possible.
Include all the First aid information (and a copy of First Aid certification) in your package of information. All of the paperwork may be filled in online and sent directly to Province. The only 2 pages that must be downloaded scanned e-mailed are the C2A page 2 and the OA5 page 1. Both of these sheets require a signature.
If you are unable to scan and send with the package, please make a notation on the email that there will be following signed sheets for that event, and the method of delivery. I.E. fax or mail.
Attention Safe Guide
Provincial Fax# is 416-920-1440
Snack Idea:
Road Kill:
Chocolate Brownie square.
Icing: yellow, white, red
Icing tube and nibs
Animal CrackersDirections:
Take brownie square and draw 1 white line ( thin) along left and right sides of square.
Draw 1 thicker line in yellow down the centre.
Apply animal cracker to the centre of the yellow line. Add small dollop of red icing to animal cracker.
Tada! Road Kill!Enjoyed by all levels!
Submitted by Heather Murphy
Provincial Camping Adviser
Administrative Community Leader - check out this new opportunity!
Meet two of our ACLs
Yvonne DeBruyne – Community 36
Yvonne lives in Thunder Bay, and has been an adult member of Guiding since 1998. She has been a Guider with Sparks, Brownies and Guides, as well as a District commissioner. These are her thoughts on being an ACL.Chris Motsch and Margo Speilbacher (Community 5)
Chris Motsch and Margo Speilbacher were both Guiders in a Brownie Unit in Walkerton, and now share the ACL position. Chris, who also is the contact Guider for a Ranger unit, tells about her ACL experience. Please click here to read!
Chris Motsch & Margo Spielmacher will be holding an upcoming Guider Meet & Greet. Please click here for more information.
The Administrative Community Leader (ACL) is the volunteer lead for each community. She works closely with the Unit Administrator to provide support to the Unit Guiders. For instance, the ACL is responsible for welcoming women to Guiding and ensuring that potential members are screened and placed in Units. She signs off on the membership subsidy forms, but does not sign your Safe Guide forms. She works with the Provincial Specialty Communities that are responsible for Learning and Development, International, Cookies, and Program to coordinate offerings to Guiders and units. She keeps her Unit Guiders aware of the volunteer opportunities in Guiding, and is the first contact for issues that may arise in units. The ACL role is not the same as the past Commissioner role, so the ACL does not have a community council. Local specialty communities will take on the task of organizing events within the community. The ACL works in partnership with Guiders who will assist her in some of her duties.
We continue to look for women interested in taking on this very important role. If you would like to learn more, contact Susan Birnie at birnies@guidesontario.org. Your help is needed to make Guiding the best it can be!
News from Community 34!
Community 34 had two very successful "Kick Start" Socials in August and September to welcome back Guiders, and to welcome new Guiders into our Community.
We have approximately 15 new Guiders that have had their screening completed, and their trainings have been going well. There are approximately 10 still in the screening process.
We are gearing up for two important events here in Community 34. One is the Sudbury Santa Claus Parade on Saturday November 17. Our float theme is "Under the Northern Lights with Santa". Cookie cartons are going to come in handy to build an igloo for the float!
There will also be a Girl Awards Ceremony to be held on November 21 at the Greater City of Sudbury Council Chambers starting at 6:30 p.m Girls will be receiving their Lady BP, Chief Commissioner’s Gold, Canada Cord and Commonwealth Awards. We encourage any Guiders who would like to attend, to join us and share in this special evening for the Girls.
For more information, please contact Dawn Moore at acl.34@guidesontario.org
Community 3Guiders from Community 3 are all doing a wonderful job learning the new way of Guiding after a great summer break. Many are busy with fall activities such as camping, visiting a Corn Maze, planning Halloween parties, visiting the local fire halls and library. Linda MacDonald and I, Sue Avey, enjoyed meeting some of you at our Meet & Greet evening in September. We currently have 148 Guiders in our growing Community as 20 new Guiders have joined us. Remember if it isn't fun it isn't Guiding.
We will be having a Canada Cord ceremony for Communities 21, 22, 23 and 30 on November 4th at Kingsview United Church in Oshawa. It is being organized by the Silver and Gold Trefoil Guild. The ceremony will start at 2:30pm
For more information, please contact Melanie Leblanc at melanie6697@rogers.com
Julie Rose and I are XXXcited about meeting our Guiders attending the Let's Get Creative Day this Saturday in Port Dover. We'll have gifts for you from Province and Community 9. We'll be in the pale blue tees with the big "Cloud Nine" image, so look for us and introduce yourselves! What we're hoping you'll gift to us are your ideas, suggestions, and wishes. What do you want to call our community? What logo? What mascot? Cloud Nine is just a sample! Do you want to get together? When? Where? How? Would you like to be on a team putting plans together? What trainings do you want? When? Where? What do you wish we'd address? Ecetera! Ecetera! Ecetera! See you're not the only ones with questions ... we've lots too! We want you to know we're open for business and listening! Drop suggestions off at our table, or email either of us.
Julie at: unitadmin.9@guidesontario.org or Liz at: ACL.9@guidesontario.org
We've heard the complaints about too many emails ... for our Community, we'll try to limit ourselves to a monthly e-bulletin ... bulletin in addition to the provincial e-news so if there's anything you want to have us broadcast within the community, send your requests to Julie. To get maximum coverage, our deadline schedule will be two weeks off-sequence from Province's deadlines. That way, two news broadcasts a month ... with the fervent hope you'll at least browse both! It'll be coming to you personally ... in your inbox ... but you do need to read them! Our first broadcast will provide feedback from your suggestions at Port Dover and include the schedule for inclusions. Won't devise one now ... you might have suggestions about that too! Bless you for all you do in your units! Enjoy! See you Saturday!
International River Crossing Marks 40th Anniversary
Below is an article written by Maddy Pauschenwein about the International River Crossing that takes place in Sombra, Ontario (in Community #2). This year was the 40th Anniversary of the event which had approx. 2500 Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from Canada and the United States!
Please click here to read all about it.
Below are three pictures of the event.
Novelty and tradition combine in Beijing, China’s buzzing cultural and political capital. Skyscrapers mingle with temples, traffic zooms around walled gardens, punk music provides the bass line for birds singing in their bamboo cages. In Xi’an terra cotta soldiers stand guard over the former imperial city, while sophisticated Shanghai invites visitors into its revitalized streets for a taste of the colonial past. Nine days of pure fascination.
Please click here to view dates and itinerary.
For more information on this exciting opportunity, please contact Carolyn Mathur at yocarolyn@rogers.com
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