One of our leaders was recently travelling in New Zealand where she met some Guide and Brownie leaders selling cookies. Heather is photographed with the leaders who sell cookies to raise funds for their groups.
One of our leaders was recently travelling in New Zealand where she met some Guide and Brownie leaders selling cookies. Heather is photographed with the leaders who sell cookies to raise funds for their groups.
Whitchurch held a District Thinking Day event on Sunday 5th March in the Whitchurch Market Hall. The theme was a celebration of the 50th birthday of one of the WAGGGS World Centres at Sangam, India. The event was attended by nearly 100 Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers, Leaders and helpers from Whitchurch and Prees.
Activities included Bollywood-style dancing, tasting Indian foods and mocktails, henna designs, making elephants and lotus flowers. District Commissioner, Rebecca Harding, visited Sangam in January and gave a short talk about her trip and all learnt the Indian greeting “Nam aste”.
A team of girls and leaders from Shropshire North Division partnered with Macmillan to support the marshalling of the Whitchurch 10K on Sunday 9th April 2017. Positioned around the course, we cheered on the runners and assisted them with queries and directions as part of our partnership with Macmillan this year. We had a stall in the school grounds and even managed to recruit a leader!
Don’t forget the Macmillan Challenge from Girlguiding Midlands…how will your unit take part?
One of our leaders, Ellen Deighton, who is an Assistant Leader with Church Aston Guides (Wrekin Division), is running the London Marathon in April 2017 for Girlguiding.
Ellen says:
“I was lucky enough to be selected for one of only six places to raise money for Girlguiding by running the marathon, and I need to raise £1800 by the marathon date of April 23rd. I’ve been involved with Girlguiding for over 26 years, as a girl and as a leader, and I’ve just come back from spending almost four years living in Oklahoma, where I volunteered with Girl Scouts of the USA. I couldn’t think of a better way to jump back into it than by combining my passion for Girlguiding with my love of distance running!
I’ll be organizing various fundraising efforts to get to my goal of £1800, so please keep your eyes peeled for upcoming opportunities to help me reach that total! In the meantime, donations are always welcome at my online fundraising page: www.virginmoneygiving.com/ellenrunslikeagirl . If you have any questions about the marathon or my fundraising, or any suggestions, then I would be glad to hear from you! Feel free to contact me at ellen_deighton(at)hotmail(dot)com.
Thank you!!”
Ellen is pictured below with the magazine telling her she got the place in the marathon, and also running the New York City Marathon in 2016.