Fall/Winter 2019 • Issue 390 PipelineBritish Columbia Council Guiders Experience Outdoor Activity Leadership Training Girls and Guiders Get a Taste of Adventure Provincial Commissioner Asks: "What Do You Want to See More of This Year?" Tales of International Travel: Kenya, Costa Rica, Mauritius and More! Editorial BC Council Contact Table of Contents and Information As the new year is upon us, there are many PC’s Page ............................................................. 3 107-252 Esplanade W. exciting opportunities in sight. I hope you North Vancouver, BC V7M 0E9 Gone Home and Awards ..................................... 4 enjoy this adventure-packed issue full Phone: Membership/Events/ of inspiration of Guiding trips near and General Information 604-714-6636 Upcoming Events ................................................. 5 far ranging from Whistler to Kenya and Fax: 604-714-6645 BC Patrol Attends LEAP .................................6–7 everywhere in between. There are no limits PC Office: 604-714-6643 for Girl Guides! General information: Night Owls Camp to Go ...................................... 7 [email protected] With this issue, I also want to thank Pipeline’s Guide House bookings: OAL Adventure Module 8 ..............................8–10 previous editors; Robyn So as well as [email protected] Katrina Petrik for their on-going mentorship, Website: [email protected] SOAR Products Preorder ..................................11 support, and guidance as I transition into this Pipeline: [email protected] Backpacking Trip to Elfin Lakes .................. 12–13 role. Thank you to the Editorial Team and Provincial Commissioner: [email protected] designer, Patti Zazulak for welcoming me Field Trips ........................................................... 14 Deputy Provincial Commissioners: and allowing me to learn along the way. I am [email protected] Waterfront Staff at Camp Olave Wanted ......... 15 excited for this role and to engage with you Girl Engagement Standing to ensure we continue to share our amazing Committees: BC Girl Guides Canucks Day ........................... 16 Guiding stories! [email protected] (coordinator) Pacific Skies Travel Adventures ...................... 17 Yours in Guiding, Saffina Jinnah [email protected] [email protected] Kenya 2019 Provincially Sponsored Trip .............................................18–20 [email protected] Cover Photo Credits: Front: Keegan Hayton ziplining through Member Services Standing UN Sustainable Development Goals ............... 21 Costa Rica! Jackie Hoffer Committees: [email protected] Me to We Take Action Camp ............................ 21 Back: 1st Grouse Trex girls hiking through (coordinator) Garibaldi Park to Elfin Lakes. 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BC and the As many of you know, BC needs new O Skies Area Country Fair, our Girl national office are working together on Guiders. September is not our only Guide Day at the Whitecaps, the IGNITE resources, tools and processes, like recruitment time—we need more adults conference for older youth members to our new and convenient ePACT health to join us year-round. Our dynamic learn and connect and the Indigenous information system, to help Guiders programming is in high demand in Women’s Leadership Summit, where I focus MORE on being catalysts for BC right now. If every Guider in BC was able to spend time with Indigenous girls and focus less on administration. recruited just one friend to be part of girl and adult members. • putting girls at the centre of every GGC in the coming year, to join an existing group or start a new unit, we’d I’ve been listening carefully for the strategic and operational decision be able to welcome thousands more biggest and best ideas from girls that we make, to ensure that our current girls who are waiting patiently on wait we can help support, to give each girl resources can go directly towards MORE of the amazing girl opportunities lists to join us. every opportunity to be everything she that our BC girls want and need. We wants to be. What do YOU want to see MORE of can do MORE with the same amount this year? And most importantly, how What I’ve heard from girls is that they of time, cookie money and energy, if can you make that happen for yourself want more … more … MORE! They we make smart, girl-focused choices. and fellow members? Consider teaming can’t get enough of the amazing things • elevating girls to take on leadership up with girls in your community to host happening in BC, especially as part of roles and make MORE happen for a new program event, launch a new GGC’s new girl-driven program. They themselves and their peers. To do this, membership growth initiative, plan more want more fun, more mentorship, more we need our current adult allies to be camping adventures or international ways to take the lead and more allyship fearless about finding opportunities for travel, or anything MORE that girls to diverse girls and women. girls to plan and execute cool stuff, for near you want to get out of Guiding. I’m all for those aspirations, and I girls and by girls. Girls can accomplish Need advice or guidance? Connect with want us to think big, so I’m turning my amazing things for themselves, and your commissioner(s) or a provincial attention to how we make that happen. even in support of adult members, volunteer (contact info is available at How do we build our BC capacity to do when we put our trust and support in bc-girlguides.org)—we are available to MORE of, well, almost everything? We them and act as true adult catalysts support you with your big, bold ideas. can do that by: for girl empowerment. Here’s to doing MORE, together! Pipeline Fall/Winter 2019 3 Identify Your Membership Number Five membership numbers are randomly drawn from the iMIS database for each issue of Pipeline. If your number is listed below, you are eligible to receive a gift from the provincial PR committee. 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