International Intrigue

The BC Provincial International Committee has a CWFF Pizza Challenge!

CWFF Pizza Challenge Info Sheet

 

Girls just wanna have fun

Last weekend Girl Guides flash mobbed in Kelowna.

Here’s a parent (?) video:

Here they are rehearsing:

And here’s where you can see the CHBC story: http://bit.ly/tELzsB

International fun 2012

2012 Provincially Sponsored Events/Trips:

1) Colours of the World to be held in Vancouver, B.C. – more information to follow

2) GSUSA Centenary Event to be held in Savannah, Georgia (birthplace of Juliette Lowe) -  Fact Sheet

3) 2012 European Event will be held in Scotland – Fact Sheet

2012 Nationally Sponsored Events/Trips

1) Environmental Service and Learning Trip to Costa Rica – Fact Sheet

2) Ayrwaves 2012 event in Scotland (for Pathfinders) – Fact Sheet

3) “Change the World” International Camporee in Connecticut, USA (for Guides) – Fact Sheet

4) “Northwest Centennial Roundup” Camporee in Oregon, USA (for Pathfinders and Rangers) – Fact Sheet

Application forms: STA1 ; STA2 ; STG1 ; STG2 .

All applications must be to Kootenay Area International Adviser Darleen Bell by 25 November. Her address is

Darlene Bell

P.O. Box 2703

Fernie, B.C. V0B 1M0

Please email her at dbell@ekass.com if you have any questions.

 

Tamara went to Hawaii and all we got . . .

was this photo! She took a Spark and a box of cookies. What about the rest of her Guiding friends?

The BigGig

Each year over 30,000 members of Girlguiding UK attend a pop show in Wembly Stadium. See what it’s all about:

 

 

Gone home.

 

Nakusp Trefoil Guild member Joan Stuart pases away this  morning (8 October) after a short illness.

Are you crafty?

GGC is having a contest to find the best crafts reusing cookie boxes. Prizes include: a $100 Sears gift card, 5 boxes of Girl Guide chocolatey mint cookies and Girl Guide merchandise. The best of the best will appear on the Girl Guides CAN blog.

Deadline for entries is 30 November.

For more information and how to enter see: www.girlguides.ca/cookies/campaign

Gone Home

Kit Irving of the Nakusp Trefoil Guild died suddenly 24 September.

There will a celebration of Kit’s life on 14 October at 4pm at St Mark’s Anglican Church on 4th Ave in Nakusp followed by tea at the Seniors’ Lodge.

Wilderness First Aid Training

This training is for Guiders with an interest in pursuing adventure camping within Guiding. This Wilderness First Aid course will be facilitated by a certified wilderness first aid instructor, and builds on Standard First aid by including prolonged casualty care, casualty transport and backcountry improvisations.

Maximum number of participants is 12. Participants require OAL Path & OAL Trail or equivalent experience and Standard First Aid taken within the past 5 years.

The training will take place at Camp McLanlin, Abbotsford, BC March 30 – April 1, 2012

$100 per participant—cheques payable to: GGC, BC Council. Cost includes course, reference materials, accommodation and meals (Friday evening snack to Sunday lunch inclusive). Registration fee is non-refundable after January 30, 2012. This training is subsidized by BC Council, coordinated by the BC Camping Committee.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2012

Wilderness First Aid Training application

Wilderness Leadership Training

This training is for Guiders with an interest in pursuing adventure camping within Guiding. This course will be facilitated by a Canada West Mountain School instructor, and will cover topics such as leadership, planning, equipment, navigation, risk management and food in a classroom setting.

Maximum number of participants is 24. Particpants require OAL Path & OAL Trail or equivalent experience

This training takes place at Camp McLanlin, Abbotsford, BC March 30 – April 1, 2012

$100 per participant—cheques payable to: GGC, BC Council. Cost includes course, reference materials, accommodation and meals (Friday evening snack to Sunday lunch inclusive). Registration fee is non-refundable after January 30, 2012. This training is subsidized by BC Council, coordinated by the BC Camping Committee.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2012

Wilderness Training Modules application