2015
Jan 22nd, 2015
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Message from our Area Commissioner
Hi everyone. Hasn’t January’s weather been great so far? I hope you are taking
advantage of the warmer winter weather to get the girls outside, and put some
of the Getting Girls Outside training the trainers and camp advisors put on last
year into practice. If you missed out on this or some of the other trainings, why
not consider checking out what’s being offered, not only locally but also provincially. We are here to support you.
All local trainings are free and Area
is willing to pick up a 1/3 of the provincial trainings costs and usually
Districts will pick up 1/3 leaving only
1/3 to be paid by the leaders or
their unit. Provincial trainings do
tend to be longer but offer a stay in
a hotel with meals and MEGA ideas.
The next big training is in March.
Why not come and check it? You
might be surprised at who you meet there.
Leeanne Smith
Register for Spring Ranger Camp
Camp is held on March 6-8, 2015 weekend!
Open to all Rangers, 3rd Year Pathfinders, and Trex (Girls in grade 9 and up)
You may register as individuals or as a unit.Cost $50/girl
Please email [email protected] for a registration package.
CALGARY AREA ENEWS
TRAINING
The Training Committee wants to challenge you! All sessions will be offered at Guide Centre unless otherwise indicated. You MUST register for training sessions by calling the office at 403-283-8348 or email at
[email protected]. Provide your name, iMIS number, branch that you lead, District, your
phone number, your email address. We have a new Training Challenge crest for 2014/2015. Anytime you
take a training session, you can receive a crest. Ask your trainer!!
Safe Guide
Tuesday, January 27 – 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Saturday, February 7 – 9:30 am – noon
Wednesday, March 4 – 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Safe Guide compliance is part of all of our activities! That’s why it is a mandatory session for all Guiders
within your first 6 months. This session is devoted to understanding our responsibility as Members of
GGC in ensuring safety while managing risks in activities. We’ll explore the contents of the document –
you don’t need to know it all . . . you just need to know what to look for and where to find it! This session is geared to assisting you with that!
There are still about 60 (or more) new Guiders who have not completed Safe Guide training. Anyone who registered in
September must take Safe Guide before the end of February or in early March in order to continue working with the
girls.
Understanding the Adult Learner
Wednesday, February 11 -7:00 – 9:30 pm
Are you interested in becoming a trainer? This is the place to start. We will talk about how adults
learn, discuss learning preferences and styles and explore your role in facilitating learning. The session
will give you a better understanding of the role of a trainer.
Financial Management (new and experienced Treasurers)
Monday, February 23 – 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Learn to keep your books so that it is easy to keep them balanced and up to date. We will show the paper and the electronic methods of doing the books. You will leave with the knowledge to meet the
deadlines to have your books reviewed with no stress.
Trainers will come to your District to give sessions to you closer to home. Contact the training committee
at [email protected] to book a training day for your District! Be sure to give about a month’s
notice so the best trainers can be found for your sessions.
Contact Guide Centre at [email protected] to register for these sessions.
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INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE:
Check out the newly updated International website at http://
www.calgarygirlguides.com/international.html for information about the new Twinning Countries and Challenges, WAGGGS, Travel Opportunities and other helpful International information. Come by every month for new Instant Meetings and fun
travel tips!
January Travel Tip: When travelling with extra shoes, stuff socks into them to maximize space in your bag!
January Instant Meeting: Afghanistan. Take your unit on a trip to Central Asia with
these fun crafts, games and recipes!
Questions? Contact [email protected]
Trefoil Guild Members, current and former Guiders,
Come join the WestRockers Trefoil Guild to celebrate
Thinking Day 2015
Saturday, February 21st
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Calgary Guide Centre
2188 Brownsea Drive NW
We will accept donations to the Canadian World
Friendship Fund and collect new socks for the homeless.
No RSVP is required.
Uniform is optional.
We look forward to welcoming you!
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Sparklefest!
Calgary Area GGC Sparks Day Camp
Saturday April 11, 2015 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Centennial House – Camp Jubilee
Responsible Guider: Suzanne Collins
403.241.3444
[email protected]
Girls will have fun playing games, doing crafts, and learning some outdoor fun skills.
Requirements:
 Girls must register with a unit
The unit must provide ratio and appropriate first aider(s) as per Safe Guide.
*Some activities are held outdoors. Girls and adults must dress for the weather and bring their own lunch,
including dishes, and water bottle; each participant is responsible for transporting her own garbage home.
All Safe Guide Paperwork will be prepared for you, but unit Guiders will be responsible to distribute, collect and return necessary forms to Calgary Area as required.
Registration is on a first come, first served basis, for this year we are only accepting 90 girls.
Deadline to register: March 20, 2015
Please return this form with your unit’s fee to Calgary Area Guide Centre on or before March 20, 2015.
Sparklefest 2015
Sparks Day Camp Registration Form (please print)
Unit: _______________________________________________________________________________
District: ____________________________________________________________________________
Contact Guider: ______________________________________________________________________
Phone #:____________________________________________________________________________
Email: ______________________________________________________________________________
Payment Enclosed:
# of Girls _________ x $5.00 = $ ___________
Form and payment must be returned to the Guide Center by March 20, 2015. Make cheques payable to “Girl Guides of Canada”. Please mark the envelope: “Sparklefest”
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Date Received at Calgary Area: _____________________________________. Receipt Issued: _____________________________
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TWINNING 2020 – GUYANA:
This Twinning project is very different from what has been done
in the past. There is no “giving” component from Canada – it is
a partnership between us and our twining country. It is “a
WAGGGS pilot partnership to enhance engagement of girls in
WAGGGS initiatives, extend adult leadership opportunities
through Twinning innovation and to learn, understand and
adopt the WAGGGS approach to youth learning”.
Our Vision is “A world where girls can easily connect and bring
about their own empowerment”.
Resource material e.g. provincial/country information and the WTD activities will be put
up on the Alberta website and there are plans to create a Twinning 2020 Alberta – Guyana
Group Facebook Page monitored by both Alberta Council and Guyana Girl Guides. Check
the Area website for information about Guyana and an Instant Meeting coming soon!
WORLD THINKING DAY 2015: FEBRUARY 22nd
Please consider doing one of the following with your Unit
to celebrate Thinking Day with our Twinning partners in Guyana.
Take a picture of your unit participating in one of these activities and send it to [email protected]. These will
be shared with our Guiding sisters in Guyana.
Play the WAGGGS Thinking Day Game from the WAGGGS
Thinking Day Activity Pack http://www.worldthinkingday.org/en/resources/document/
view/25466 and take an interesting photo.
Do one of the activities/questions from the WAGGGS Thinking Day Game.
Share your #guidinglight. For example, light a candle, use a spark from two pieces of
flint, organize a campfire, a sparkler, even use a flashlight or your mobile phone,
or capture the light of the sun! Think of a message you would like to share with this amazing worldwide Movement you are part of on WTD. Your Guiding light ceremony can be
small and simple, or make it part of your bigger WTD celebrations.
If you have any questions please send them to Enidd Isaac, Alberta Twinning Lead at [email protected]
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CALGARY AREA
AREA
STEM Day for Brownies on March 7th
Registration Form
Registration opens Monday, Jan. 26th
Deliver form and payment to Guide office
WHAT: Bring your Brownies for a half day where they will rotate through four stations of fun,
hands-on activities and learn that Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are part of the every
day world all around us. Stations will be led by enthusiastic and talented science volunteers. The
event will complete the requirements of the Alberta STEM Challenge as well as portions of the Key
to STEM. Additional information will be provided after you register.
WHERE: Guide Centre, 2188 Brownsea Drive NW
WHEN: Saturday, March 7, choice of morning or afternoon sessions
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Brownie Unit Number
Contact Adult Name
Contact Email
Contact Phone Number
ATTENDANCE & FEES:
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This will be a green event. Units must supply Guiders and/or other female adults for 1:8 ratio.
The registration fee includes all activities, STEM crest and snack for all participants.
Payment is by unit cheque ONLY. Make cheques payable to “Girl Guides of Canada — Calgary
Area”. No post-dated cheques.
There are no refunds but you may make substitutions.
# of Adults Attending
@ No Charge
# of Brownies Attending
@ $8.00 / girl =
CHOICE OF SESSION:
Units will attend either the morning or the afternoon. Please circle your choice of session.
The morning and afternoon sessions will be the same with a maximum of 100 girls per session.
Morning Session
9:00 am—Noon
First Choice
Second Choice
Doesn’t matter
Afternoon Session
1:00—4:00 pm
First Choice
Second Choice
Doesn’t matter
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Calling all 3rd Year Guides, Pathfinders,
Trex Rangers & Links
CALGARY AREA WINTER CAMP
Have you been tenting in January??? It’s good freezing fun!
Ever played snoccer? Built a quinzee? Boiled ice cubes for water?
Come and triple your appreciation of the hot-after-camp
shower!
JANUARY 30 – FEBRUARY 1, 2015
CAMP MOCKINGBIRD – BUS SERVICE
PROVIDED
There will be some space available for those who
would like to learn some winter skills but aren’t
quite ready to brave winter in a tent.
Call the Guide Centre to pre-register before Wednesday, January 14TH with a main contact name & number
and the number of attendees for your Unit. Registration of $30/girl and forms must be received at the
Guide Centre by January 23rd, 2015. Units must bring their own tents and food, as well as provide ratio and
first aider. Individual registrants will be paired with other participants. Please contact Alana at (403) 2544963 for additional information.
Pre-camp meeting will be 1-3 PM January 18th at Guide Centre.
Orientation is MANDATORY for all Guiders and girls attending Winter Camp for the first time.
Registration form on following page.
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Guiding Mosaic 2016
GM 2016 Information Meeting
Are you interested in taking a patrol to GM 2016? This
meeting will go over information we know to date about
the event, how to prepare your patrol, role of the patrol
guider and what to expect at camp. People who attended
GM 2010, as well as people who know the Camp Woods
site, will be there to help answer questions.
Dates:
Tuesday, Feb.3 – 7:00 pm (register by 4:00 pm Feb. 2)
Sunday, Feb. 8 – 2:00 pm (register by 4:00 pm Feb. 6)
Please register at (403) 283-8348 or [email protected] (name and contact phone
number and/or email).
Questions? Contact [email protected]
Preregistration Information
Are you Intending to Attend? If so, please refer to the
Guiding Mosaic page on the Alberta Girl Guides website
(http://www.girlguides.ca/AB/More/
Guiding_Mosaic_2016.aspx). Here you will find two documents “Preregistration and Registration Concerns” and
“Guiding Mosaic 2016 Info Sheet” to assist you. More
information will be coming out in the next Blueprint and
at the Information Meeting listed above.
Note: The correct address for our provincial GM Liaison is
[email protected] who will be happy to answer
questions.
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