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A Newsletter of Girl Guides of CanadaGuides du Canada, Saskatchewan Council September 2013 Volume 26 Issue 1 The Prairie Lily Welcome to a new Guiding year! Whether you are new to Guiding, or a returning Events Sharron attended to meet Saskatchewan Member, our wish is that you will have an awesome girls and Guiders included: a Spring Camp at Can- year! Hopefully you are “geared up” to provide the ta-ka-ye; a Bridging Rivers Area Guiding Family best possible experience that our girls can have. Picnic at Trefoil Trails; meals with Provincial Council, Networks and Committees; a Southern Reflecting back on the summer, Saskatchewan Horizons Area Family Carnival; and the National played host to our Chief Commissioner, Sharron Trefoil Gathering. Callahan, from June 7 – 16, 2013 and it was a wonderful opportunity for our Guiding Members to Sharron was able to experience other aspects of meet with her. Sharron, in turn, enjoyed her our province as well, including inspecting the troops experience here. See page 35 to read her letter of and taking the salute at the RCMP Depot. See appreciation and view more photos. photo below. What’s inside... Upcoming Dates & Thanks 2 Message from the PC 3 Bridging Rivers Area news 4-5 Southern Horizons Area news 6-7 New Provincial Council & Advisers 8 Districts and DC’s list 9 Risk Management & BackCheck 10 Safe Guide 11 Funding & Scholarship winners 12 Fundraising Process 13 Operation Earth 13 Membership 14 Accessible Customer Service Policy 15 Link 15 Trefoil Guild reports 16-17 January Conference 2014 18-19 Arts 20 Arts Training & Train the Trainer 21 International & Kenya Adventure 22-23 PR 24-25 Serenity 26-27 Youth Exchanges SEVEC 27 Can-ta-ka-ye 28 Camping & SOAR 2014 29 Cookie Chatter 30-31 Archives 32 Program Rally Registration Form 33 Communications & Prairie Lily 34 Chief Commissioner Letter & Photos 35 Chief with Can-ta-ka-ye plaque dedicated by Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, July 24, 1969 Girl Greatness Starts Here! Upcoming dates... Contact information October 4-6 Quest (Can-ta-ka-ye) Provincial Office: 306-757-4102 October 18-20 Arts & Train the Trainer Training Toll-free: 1-877-694-0383 (Strasbourg) Gayle Hurd – [email protected] October 19 Cookie Day Margot Mack – [email protected] October 27 Youth Recognition (Regina) Kirsten MacDonald – [email protected] November 1 Deadline for international applications 200-1530 Broadway Ave. Regina S4P 1E2 November 10 Prairie Lily deadline Nov. 29-30 Provincial Council Meeting Bridging Rivers Area Office: 306-652-3275 December 10 Program Rally deadline Toll-free: 1-877-652-0644 Cathie Drinkwater & Yvonne Turnbull 2014 [email protected] January 17-18 Provincial Council Meeting 801 Preston Ave. Saskatoon S7H 2V1 January 24-26 January Conference (Regina) Southern Horizons Area Office: February 10 Prairie Lily deadline 306-352-8057 or Toll-free: 1-888-881-3665 March 7-9 Lady B-P Weekend Brenda Gartner & Carol Schimnosky March 14-16 Pathfinder/Ranger Conference [email protected] March 14-15 Provincial Council Meeting 1530 Broadway Ave. Regina S4P 1E2 April 13 Provincial Conference Call April 25-27 DC Forum & Annual Meeting May 3 Clean-Up Saskatchewan Provincial Office Hours Happy Thanksgiving! September June: Monday to Friday From the 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Provincial Council members and staff! The Provincial Office will be closed December 24 (noon) – January 5. A BIG THANK YOU to the SaskTel Pioneers! The organization, the SaskTel Pioneers, has provided funding and manpower to our Can-ta-ka-ye revitalization efforts this season. Members and their families joined Can-ta-ka-ye Operating Committee members and families for a work bee weekend August 9 – 11. A lot of progress was made in trail clearing, tree trimming, yard maintenance and lots of fresh paint going on the buildings. Also arriving courtesy of the Pioneers was a new fridge. Page 2 Saskatchewan Prairie Lily September 2013 Units closing or the number of girls who did not return. I believe we are the organization of choice and provide valuable opportunities for our Members. But the girls need to belong to share in the fun and friendship! Please encourage your friends to join you in a leadership role. Every once in a while I hear of a person who has tried to join and was told they are not needed. We NEED them! Please do not send anyone away. Direct them to your area office and we will find a place for them to volunteer. Help us GROW Guiding in Saskatchewan. Our Guiding campsites ran very well this summer. Thank you to the operating committees and I was travelling today and found myself delighted by Guiders who supported the summer camping the beauty of our province. Various shades of events. We had a successful camping season. In green, yellow and gold all glistening in the sun. I an attempt to remain transparent, I want to advise was fascinated by the geometric designs created in you that the Provincial Council has decided to the fields by the perfect rows of swathed grain. begin a feasibility study on the three Saskatchewan Combines, truck and farmers busy attending to the camp properties to determine if our current work. I felt like I was in a postcard! My dear sisters membership can or should continue to maintain the in Guiding, I send this postcard to you all with a sites. We have just started the process by warm greeting that states, “Aren’t you glad we are exploring the options to hire a third party agency to here!” complete the study. I will keep you informed as to our progress and finding. By all signs, the Guiding year has officially started. Vacation is over. School has started. Leaves are As usual the beginning of the year brings with it a turning color. The Riders won the ‘Labour Day number of changes within the organization. Many Classic’ (Go Riders Go!). Registration has begun. of the changes are highlighted in this issue of the I know the girls are eager to get started! I hope you Prairie Lily. Each of us must take responsibility to had a good summer and return to your role in stay informed and current so I encourage you to Guiding relaxed and refreshed. I am eager to begin take a few minutes to go to the national website at and ready for the adventures this year will bring! www.girlguides.ca and review the changes in our screening process, the updates in Safe Guide, our Our time with the Chief Commissioner Sharon was National Insurance program, Guiding Essentials great fun. I had the opportunity to travel with her and the Adult Support Modules. and enjoyed connecting with so many girls and Guiders. I think she had a real taste of Thank you all for your commitment to Girl Guides of Saskatchewan’s hospitality. Thank you. Canada – I recognize there are lots of demands on your time. I appreciate what you generously give to I understand our online membership has been Saskatchewan Guiding. going very well in spite of a few technical issues. We have a number of new Units opening. I trust we Charlene will have all (or at least most) of our youth Members Charlene McLean return. I encourage you to call them and personally Provincial Commissioner invite them back. I am always sad when I hear of September 2013 Saskatchewan Prairie Lily Page 3 BRIDGING RIVERS AREA NEWS STREAM... I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself as the new Bridging Rivers Area Commissioner. My name is Laurie Lanovaz. I live in Saskatoon with my husband, Joel, and my two daughters, Elizabeth and Rebecca. I currently lead in the 29th Brownie Unit and just completed my term as the Aurora District Commissioner. I also had the great opportunity to be the Co-Membership Adviser for a year. I rejoined Girl Guides to enable my girls to have the fun and opportunities I had as a girl, but soon realized that it was just as important for me. I would like to thank all those Guiders who have shown their support and encouragement as I take on this new role in Guiding. I feel blessed to be in an organization that believes that we are capable of reaching unknown potential and presents challenges and experiences for us to learn, grow and develop skills. I look at this particular role as an example of just that. A huge “Thank You!” goes to Kathy Palmer and Carolyn Oleniuk. To this extent, the Bridging Rivers Area Council recently presented both women with GGC Honorary Life Awards. They have been exceptional role models and mentors to me over the past few months. Their vision and commitment to Guiding is truly appreciated. I wish them all the best as they venture into new opportunities in Guiding. Welcome to a new Guiding year! May it bring fun, new friendship and fellowship! Yours in Guiding, Laurie Lanovaz Bridging Rivers Area Commissioner Bridging Rivers 2013-2014 Area Council Area Commissioner: Laurie Lanovaz Elected Members: Barb Atkinson (Rural) Treasurer: Sara Horseman Kay Peters (Urban) Debbie Remeshlyo (Undesignated) Office Liaison: Cathie Drinkwater Gina Troupe (Rural) Ali Peters (Urban) We thank our retiring Urban Council Elected Member, Tara Brychun and welcome our new one, Ali Peters! Update: “YES WE CAN!” camp rd A huge Thank You is extended to the 3 COOKIES! Rangers for organizing, planning and running If you are in need of more the “Yes We Can!” camp that ran at Trefoil sandwich cookies for Trails Camp, June 28 – July 2. The weather fundraising or to supplement was great, the program fun and the Guiders and mint cookie sales, please Girls were amazing! contact the area office.