Smiling - it's infectious

Smiling is infectious.

You catch it like the flu.

When someone smiled at me today

I started smiling too.

I passed around the corner.

Someone saw my grin.

When he smiled , I realised

I'd passed it onto him

I thought about that smile,

Then I realised it's worth.

A single smile, just like mine

Could travel round the earth.

So if you feel a smile begin

Don't leave it undetected

Let's start an epidemic 

quick.

And get the world infected.

For the younger Guides their theme for the first term back was 'Friend-ship'.  The Churchill and Hazelwood Girl Guides Thinking Day of 2004 focused on a Guides Own with the theme 'Links of Unity' - which happened to also include the theme 'friendship'.  The older Guides theme was 'Getting it together' 

 During this Thinking Day [World Guide Day] Guides Own one of the Guides read out this 'Smile' poem as her contribution. As the poem was read the Guides shook hands with friendship and smiled.  Soon the handshaking had also become contagious.

Some of the Guides had been using the Friendship theme and the Thinking Day preparations and activities towards their Peak Achievement Badges [Junior B.P. and B.P.] While others allocated their activities to Explore: friends, World and Guiding.  A few had fun deciding how to place theirs in the Challenge section.  The Guide who read this out placed here under the  'Girls' Challenge.  

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Very old Australian Brownie Guide Promise Badge game

In the archives of the District was found this Australian Brownie Guide Promise game.  There were three games now there are nearly two and a bit of number three.  To have lasted this long [over thirty years] the District has looked after their things [Australian Guide Law nine (9)]

On the back of this Australian Brownie Guide Promise Badge jig saw puzzle is the old words for the Promise.  The words 'for my country' have been had written in between the lines.

When the members of the Girl Guide and Girl Scout movement around the world can look after their combined movement as well as this game has been looked after they will have achieved one of our founders wider beliefs.  It is unfornunate that instead of one the movement is being gradually taken over by another under the belief that the movements are different.  One belonging to another movement.  It is is not right for this to happen but it appears that this misdirection of members is the case.

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Word Search Thinking Day

The Guides and Leaders enjoy this word search.  Although we use it in the program through out the year as well as a lead up to Thinking Day [Feb 22nd]

Thinking Day Logo

Each year the World Guide Thinking Day logo is the same.  What changes are the colors around the outside.

When you have attended a Thinking Day (World Guide Day) function, event or activity you may purchase the badge and wear it on your uniform for one year.  The Metal badge on the Adult tab or the front of the formal Teen shirt [14 plus].

The younger youth 5 to 14 get to sew their Badge onto their Sash.

Old Fashioned Games 2007

World Thinking Day was celebrated with old fashioned games at the Hazelwood South Reserve and Hall. (Churchill, Victoria, Australia)