Announcing our World Thinking Day celebration: GUIDING LIGHTS ACROSS BC – February 22, 2021!

Celebrate with BC Girl Guides in your community as we shine our Guiding lights in support of girl empowerment.

Every year on February 22, Girl Guides celebrate World Thinking Day, a day of international friendship. It is an opportunity to speak out on issues that affect girls and young women, celebrate the founding of Girl Guides, and be connected to the 10 million members around the world who are part of the Guiding movement.

Here in British Columbia, we have thousands of girls and women who are members of Girl Guides of Canada. We have Girl Guide programs in nearly every community in BC and our girls/volunteers light up their communities year-round through leadership, community service, and efforts to create a better world, by girls. This year’s Thinking Day festivities will look different than usual due to the current health realities, but we’re excited to celebrate in a way that is physically distant, keeps our communities safe, and brings a smile to the faces of girls, families, volunteers, and the public!

Make a lantern at home, using the re-usable tea light you received at enrolment or in your creative craft package, to send a Guiding Light to your community!  Here are some great ideas and templates:

• Make an upcycled lantern with an empty metal can and a hammer/nail
• Print, cut, and glue together a triangular lantern or cylindrical lantern made of paper
• Cut out candle drip protectors for a candlelit walk