LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 What’s happening in Lagimodiere Proudly Supported by the United Way of Winnipeg Letter from your Area Commissioner by Sharon Romanow IN THIS Spring is I look forward to seeing Issue here! And many of you at the upcoming the sound of Provincial Conference being 1 Sharon’s Letter girls selling held at the Hotel Fort Garry. Info 2 Lady Lag Bonnet Award cookies, is available on the Provincial 3 Stats & Registration Info guiders website. Lagimodiere Area has a 4 Want to Try Fishing? planning subsidy available to help with the camps and cost, please ask your DC for more 5 Interlake, Workplace Incentives and Paper advancements, girls working details. towards awards and everyone Project This is also the time of year that 6 70th Girl Guides getting out and about is in the we recognize everyone’s hard air! 7-8 219th Pathfinder work and accomplishments, not Enrolment Lagimodiere Area has had a just the girls but also the Guiders. 9 219th PF learn Animation great Guiding year. Thanks to I am very proud to be your 10 Pattern for a Poncho the exceptional leaders we have Lagimodiere Area Commissioner 11 305th Sparks in our Area, we have grown in when I see our older girls receive membership by 6.69% when the their Gold Commissioner Awards 11 303rd Guides National average is only 0.68%! and Canada Cords, as I present 14-16 219th B Brownies Thank-you to everyone for their the younger ones with their Lady 17 Grand Pines Resource great work in promoting Guiding. Baden Powell certificates and Kits for Rent We now need to let others know as I present the well-deserving 18-21 144th Guides the benefits and rewards of Guiders with Merit awards. This 22 144th and 303rd Guides being a Guider, so that we can year, we have a brand new Area 23-24 Crocus Trefoil Guild grow even more. award - the Lady Lag Bonnet 25-28 St. Boniface at Klondike Units have been quite busy Award (info on page two). Days with community service, winter I hope to see everyone at the 29 219th Guides camps, bridging events, badge up-coming Area Annual AGM Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du days and a vast array of outings. and Dinner on May 4th! Your DCs have been very excited Canada Sharon Lagimodiere Area to share your exploits and 213-530 Century Street achievements. Winnipeg, MB R3H 0Y4 204.253.3937 [email protected] LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 2 Lady Lag Bonnet Award • based on unacknowledged that states, in your own words, contributions to guiding, why you think this person above and beyond their should receive this particular active position(s) Award • requires three letters of • Try to tie in as many Guiding nomination to be received at examples as possible. You the Area office before April can include: positions held; 15th mentoring roles; creativity of unit meetings; support of girl greatness; Link or Trefoil Guild involvement; special events or Tips for Writing a Letter of Support committees; parent, girl and other Member feedback • Begin with an introduction • Letters can come from Guiders, which identifies the Member parents, girls, friends, other Announcing a new being nominated, the award volunteer agencies, employers/ Lagimodiere Area Award. being applied for and a colleagues, professors etc. Girl Guides of Canada-Guides summary of the Member’s du Canada is dedicated to the role(s) and accomplishments. development of girls and young • In the body of the letter, women. As our adult Members explain why the individual are important role models for is deserving of the award. Lagimodiere Links the girls and young women in Use specific examples within our organization, meaningful Please send your stories and the letter. You can break recognition of our adult Members pictures to lagimodierelinks@ the examples down into is a key component of valuing gmail.com. paragraphs and refer to her our Members. Photos need to be more than accomplishments in the areas 72 dpi which is what is used on The Lady Lag Bonnet Award of: is presented to active adult the web. If they at least 4 x 6 on √ Guiding Members (Unit Guider, Trefoil your camera, then they will work Member, Council member, √ Family/Home Life for The Links. etc) of Lagimodiere Area for √ Work The next deadline is May 27, outstanding servine to Guiding at √ Personal (illness, disability, so please get your storeis and any level. challenges) photos in. Criteria: √ Community Life (other Thanks in advance. • with a minium of 5 years adult volunteering) Marjorie, the editor The Links membership • Be sure to include all aspecs • have already been awarded a of the individual being Gold Merit Award recognized to offer a complete • must be at least three years picture of the person since last award • Use clear, concise language LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 3 Where is Manitoba compared to other provinces? Reminder! Online registration launch dates (all will launch at 10:00 am EST): Phase 1 - girls returning to units Ontario - Thursday, March 31 All Other Provinces - Monday, April 4 Phase 2 - all returning girls Ontario - Thursday, April 28 All Other Proinces - Monday, May 2 Phase 3 - open to all Ontario - Monday, May 30 All Other Provincs - Wednesday, June 1 Shut down period: Tuesday, March 1st until Ontario launches on Thursday, March 31st LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 4 Fishing Basics for Young Female Anglers by Dorothy Normand - Manitoba Pro staff of Great Canadian Female Anglers What I can offer to your group: • Provide a meaningful and enjoyable fishing opportunity to local youth • Promote fishing as an alternative leisure activity • Offer education elements such as angler ethics, fish identification, and water safety to local youth • Develop skills that provide a lifelong hobby • Basic angling knowledge • Descriptive and hands on knowledge of Fishing Rods & Reels as well as other eqipment • Knowledge on different types of lures & baits • Open to joing your group for an outing on shore to instruct on how to cast/reel in fish (winter events can be arranged as well) If you as Team Leaders are interested in having your young ladies learn about fishing and the sport of it, please feel free to contact me at the following: Facebook: Dorothy Normand Email: [email protected] Phone: 204.224.2587 LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 5 Interlake District Workplace Volunteer by Lynn Nolden Incentives Interlake District was pleased Some workplaces have a to have a Girl Guide exhibit at program in place to support the Gaynor Family Regional their staff who volunteer in the Libriary in Selkirk. community. One such business Items were borrowed from is RBC. Guiders can receive the Heritage Committee at the $500 that can go towards their Provincial office. unit. The cheque from RBC is to Contact the office if you are be made payable to GGC – MB interested in borrowing some Council in order for a tax receipt items. Sometimes there is a small to be issued to the business. Then fee attached depending on the MB Council will forward the funds items borrowed but it is minimal. to the Unit. So if you know of any Guiders who work for RBC, let them know this opportunity is available. Don’t be afraid to ask at work if your company supports their staff who volunteer in the community! LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 6 70th Girl Guides Learn Code The week of December 7 needed to accomplish the goal We made sure to take the through 13 was Computer using code! opportunity to work on the Science Education Week and the The evening was led by Cyber Citizen Challenge by 70th Girl Guides helped kick it off Guider, Deanna LaJambe, who participating in online activities with an Hour of Code activity. is also an employee of Microsoft. such as “CyberSense and The girls learned that “code” Through this connection we Nonsense: The Second Adventure is is how computers are given were able to borrow Surface of the Three CyberPigs” and “Top instructions to do the things we Pro tablets from Microsoft, and Secret!”. These lessons helped to want them to do. Using an online with shared Internet on mobile reinforce the need to exercise tutorial, based on the popular phones, we were off and coding! caution when online and to be MineCraft game, the girls worked The girls were laser focused on privacy and safety conscious at their way through 14 puzzles. their coding activities stopping all times. These puzzles challenged them only briefly to celebrate level Hour of Code is available to to analyze a problem and then completions and they were back anyone, anywhere, at no cost formulate and organize the steps to coding. and it is year round.Visit the organization’s website at http:// code.org/learn LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 7 219th Pathfinder Enrolment by Nancy Bollenback At the 219th Pathfinder Enrolment we held our own version of the Sangam welcoming ceremony with mehendi, rongoli art, candlelight, saris and punjabi suits, naan bread and chai tea. The girls and their families thoroughly enjoyed their “taste of India”. Second and third year Pathfinders are dressed in punjabi suits on loan from a friend and her mother, along with the beautiful silk sari I’m wearing. They looked wonderful! LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 8 LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 9 Animation Workshop The 219th Pathfinders took an Animation Workshop and loved making everything needed for their movie. LAGIMODIERE LINKS Winter 2016 Page 10 Pattern for a Poncho A Poncho pattern will be featured in each issue of the upcoming issues of The Links.