UNIT GUIDER MISSION POCKETPAL To be a catalyst for girls empowering girls.

VISION

A better world, by girls.

SPARKS PHILOSOPHY 2018-2019 VISION - MISSION

Alberta Council

GIRL GUIDE PROMISE Be Prepared

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

PHILOSOPHY - MOTTO PHILOSOPHY - PROMISE

LAW

The Guiding Law challenges me I promise to share and be a to: Friend.  be honest and trustworthy  use my resources wisely SPARK PROMISE  respect myself and others

 recognize and use my talents and abilities  protect our common environment  live with courage and strength  share in the sisterhood of Guiding

PHILOSOPHY – LAW

Sparks (ages 5 and 6) for Fun, Friendships SPARK OPENING SONG and New Adventures Sparks is a two-year program for five and six year- Sparks jump up as you light the olds. Usually they meet for one hour on a weekly basis in groups of about 10 to 15 girls. There are at fire. Sparks jump up and give a least two leaders at each meeting and girls are supervised at a ratio of one leader or helper for every big cheer. Sparks jump up as the eight girls. flames get higher. The Sparks, Sparks are involved in many different activities as part the Sparks, the Sparks are here. of the Spark program.

They learn about themselves and learn to be a friend; they are active outdoors, play games, do crafts, sing SPARK CLOSING SONG songs, learn to respect and protect the environment, have fun and much more! Through sharing, girls take their first step in learning about service to others and I promise to share and be a friend. a commitment to their community. By showing we care, it’s love that we send. Outdoor activities, including camping, are emphasized to foster a love of nature and a caring attitude towards Though the world is so wide, there’s the environment. love deep inside. It’s easy to be a friend, a friend. SPARKS OVERVIEW Sparks (ages 5 and 6) Sparks is a two-year program for five and six ACCESSING THE GIRLS FIRST year olds PLATFORM (ages 7 and 8)

Brownies is a two-year program for seven and eight year olds. Go to this website: Guides (ages 9-12) Guides is a three-year program for nine to https://experience.girlguides.ca/ggc- twelve year olds. login?_ga Pathfinders (ages 12-15)

Pathfinders is a thee-year program for twelve to fifteen year olds. You need your iMIS number to log Rangers (ages 15-17+) into this, use your name as it appears Rangers is a three-year program for fifteen to in iMIS and the email address you seventeen plus years olds have in iMIS Link (ages 18-30)

Link is to allow 18-30 year old women to stay connected to Guiding Trefoil (ages 30+) Trefoil is for women 30+ to stay connected to Guiding Girls First is the name of the program that was launched in September 2018.

There are seven program areas and each program area has three themes under it. HOW TO EARN BADGES 1. Guide Together (Our Story, Spirit of Guiding, Camping and the Great Participate in 6-8 activities – or – Outdoors) 2. Explore Identities (Being You, Different 4 instant meetings – or – Together, Gender Power) 3. Build Skills (Money Sense, Life Stuff, 2 challenges – or – How To) 4. Be Well (My Mighty Mind, My Physical any combination of the above that works Self, My Healthy Relationships) for your unit. 5. Experiment and Create (Science Lab, Design Space, Art Studio) 6. Connect and Question (Local Communities, Canadian Connections, World Stage) 7. Take Action (Your Choice, Your Voice, Your Action)

Guider: Are you ready to be enrolled as COOKIE ALL STARS Cookie All Stars is the girl incentive program prizing for the a Spark and make your Spark promise? combined Fall and Spring Campaigns. 7-14 cases – Specially designed crest Girl: Yes 15-29 cases – Specially designed crest and a $25.00 movie voucher 30-39 cases – Specially designed crest and a $75.00 gift Guider: Please join in your promise with card for Indigo Books and Music Inc. 40-79 cases – Specially designed crest and a $125.00 gift me. I promise to share and be a friend. card for Best Buy. 80+ cases – Specially designed crest and an adventure camera or a $250 Best Buy gift card. Girl: I promise to share and be a friend. Girls that participate in their Unit cookie selling event and their Unit sells 20 cases or more over the chocolatey mint Guider: Congratulations, you are now a and classic campaigns will receive a group sales crest. Registered Leaders with girls participating in Cookie All Stars Spark in the ______unit. qualify for the leaders crest. Individual and Group Sales are tracked separately  Every girl who participates in Cookie All Stars will receive a recognition certificate provided by Unit At enrolment, Sparks get their enrolment Guiders pin, membership year pin and certificate.  Girls who sell 40 cases or more will receive a certificate signed by the Chief Commissioner Enrolment requirements: to have (these will be mailed with prizes)  Girl tracking sheet is on the National Site for Unit attended at least one meeting and know Guiders to track individual sales and group sales their promise

GIRL GUIDE COOKIES INCLUSIVE GRACES

CAMPFIRE GRACE Selling Girl Guide cookies is the main (Tune: Fire’s Burning) fundraiser for units. In the fall, the We’re thankful, we’re thankful chocolate mint cookies are sold and in For friendship, for friendship And for good food, and for good food the spring the classic chocolate and And hands that prepared it. vanilla sandwich cookies are sold.

KNIFE, FORK, SPOON Breakdown of cookie money: I’m a knife a fork a spoon a spatula, cha cha cha I’m a knife a fork a spoon a spatula, cha cha cha Dare: $21.75 I’m a knife a fork a spoon, I’m a knife a fork a National: $4.75 spoon, I’m a knife a fork a spoon a spatula, cha Province: $5.75 cha cha

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GAMES WORLD ASSOCIATION OF GIRL GUIDES AND GIRL SCOUTS Fruit Salad (WAGGGS) One (or more) girls are in the middle of the space and everyone else is lined up Canada was a founding Member on one side. Everyone thinks of a fruit. 150 Member Organizations The person in the middle calls out a fruit and if their fruit is called, the girls run 10 million Members across to the other side. The ones in Largest female organization in the world the middle try to catch them, anyone who is caught becomes part of the Guiding began in 1909, spread to middle. When the ones in the middle Canada in 1910 and Alberta in 1913 call fruit salad, everyone runs across and a new game is started. www.wagggs.org

GAMES Blob Tag Thinking Day One girl is it. She tags other girls and Thinking Day is on February 22nd, and is anyone who is tagged becomes part of the shared birthday of Lord and Lady one long chain (the blob) that continues Baden-Powell who were the founders of to catch girls and they join the chain. Girl Guides. It is celebrated by Guiding and members world wide. Button

The girls all sit in a circle and someone is in the middle with their eyes closed. A The WAGGGS website usually has button is passed around the circle while activities to do each year for Thinking the girls sing “button you must wander, Day and a crest associated with this. wander, wander. Button you must wander everywhere”. Everyone then holds their hands behind their back and one girls has the button. The girl in the middle tries to guess who has the button.

Canadian World Friendship Fund (CWFF) RESOURCES

This fund is supported by Girl Guide My GGC - www.girlguides.ca members in Canada and is used to support - Check your unit roster international and national travel trips, the 5 Guiding Essentials World Centres and Guiding in countries around the world. Safe Guide Insurance Booklet The goal is to raise $5.00 per member for the CWFF. There is a provincial challenge National and Provincial Fundraising with a crest for raising $5.00 per member. Policy Emergency Response Card There are a variety of ways to raise funds The Brand Centre for the CWFF, talk to your District Commissioner for information on this. brandcentre.girlguides.ca The Guide Store thegirlguidestore.ca

Area Standing Committee Advisers

Provincial website: www.girlguides.ca/ab

FIVE WORLD CENTRES AWARDS

There are five world centres for Girl Guides. There are awards for your contributions 1. – England to Guiding and for those of the amazing women with whom you work. 2. – Switzerland 3. Our Cabana – Mexico Check the Alberta Council Awards Booklet on the provincial website, 4. Sangam – India girlguides.ca/ab to get all the details for 5. – virtual world centre in Africa the awards.

There are programs and events held for Girl Check with your District Commissioner Guides around the world at the world for more information about awards. centres. Their websites (www.waggggs.org) has more information.

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National: $60.00 Province: $12.00 Area: District: Unit: