For our last get-together of 2021, we’re heading to Hillcrest Community Centre (4575 Clancy Loranger Way) for a public skate!

We’ll meet just outside the community centre main door (west side of the building, next to the round-about, where you’d enter the pool and rink) at 5:45 pm, in order to get checked in for the 6 pm public skate time. Pick up from the same location at 7:30 pm. There is no cost to attend, but there are some important things to note – read on for more info!

What to know and bring:

• Vaccine passports are mandatory for everyone 12 years and older, so please bring your vaccine passport with you! Youth 12 – 18 are not required to have government ID to go with the passport.
• If you have your own skates and helmet, please bring them. If you don’t have skates, we’ll rent them for you.
• Likewise, if you have Park Board monthly flexi-pass, please bring it with you. Otherwise, we’ll pay for your admission.
• Wear warm and comfortable clothing, including gloves, scarf etc. as it’s cool in the rink!
• Bring a water bottle, but leave valuables etc. at home.

Text Karla if you have any questions prior to meeting. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you tomorrow night!

We’re meeting at the church tonight for a craft night and enrolment preparation meeting! Come ready to get creative, and don’t forget to do your COVID-19 self-assessment before coming to tonight’s meeting.

Looking for more information about upcoming meetings? Check out the Calendar!

Join the BC Program Committee and BC Youth Forum for two fun days of online career exploration on Saturday November 20 and Sunday November 21! Participants can sign up for as many sessions as they would like! 

Please note that participants must sign up for sessions individually, but units are welcome to attend together! Every BC participant who attends a career fair session will receive the special-edition career fair crest.

This event is open to everybody, but please note that only members from BC will receive a career fair crest.

Each session description notes what age range the session will be for (divided into Sparks/Brownies (S/B), Guides/Pathfinders (G/P), and Pathfinders/Rangers (P/R) age groups), the timing of the session, and whether the session will require any supplies from home.

Participants can register for as many sessions as they would like to attend. Please note that we are collecting mailing addresses in order to mail the crests.

An overview of the session schedule can be found here.

Zoom Links:

You will receive a separate confirmation with each Zoom link on the tickets that are emailed to you. Please make sure to save these links. 

If you have any questions, please email bc-program@girlguides.ca

This week, we’re selling cookies at Joyce Skytrain station from 4 – 6 pm. Note the early start time!

Please come on time, and in uniform (a scarf is a good option, if you have one). Dress for the weather, as we’ll be outside the whole time.

Tomorrow is also likely going to be the last opportunity to take any cases of cookies to sell for yourself, so please connect with a Guider on site if you’d like to take cookies home with you.

See you tomorrow!

This Wednesday, we’re meeting at the church to prepare for our public cookie sales date next week, and to sink our teeth into the “Adopt a Catch basin” program, a solo service project opportunity with the City of Vancouver! Both of these activities will count towards your Canada Cord program work.

We will also be planning our enrolment ceremony later this month, so bring your creative ideas and goals.

Lastly, if you’d like to attend the Amazing Race event on Sunday November 7, please email Karla by Tuesday night (Nov 2) to confirm!

Big news! Our unit is fully up-to-date on the COVID vaccination declaration, which means we can continue to meet in person, and start phasing in some indoor meetings starting now!

Given this development, we’re going to have our Halloween meeting in person at St Thomas Anglican church. Come in costume, and be prepared to have a spooky and boo-tiful evening! If you haven’t been to St Thomas before, enter from the side door off of St Margaret’s St.

The Vancouver Coastal Health region of Girl Guides of Canada is currently in stage “Indoor 1” of the return to Guiding plan. For more information about the “Indoor 1” stage, which includes mandatory masks for everyone, no shared food, and physical distancing, check out this important information online.

As we continue to adapt and respond to COVID-19, we’re going to continue to offer in-person outdoor, indoor, and online options for meeting participation, so stay tuned for more information about upcoming meetings.

Fall and winter months could mean heavier rain or snow. With falling leaves and other debris of city life, clogged catch basins can lead to flooded streets and trash washing into adjacent waterways.

Fortunately, we benefit from a small army of ‘adopters’ who give their time and energy to keep neighborhood catch basins clear.

Adopt a catch basin and help keep your neighbourhood a vibrant, safe, and healthy space. 

Vancouver has 45,000 catch basins, with about 41,000 that need adopting. When you sign up to adopt a catch basin and keep it clear, you:

• Protect public and private property from flooding
• Protect water quality by keeping leaves and debris from flowing into our rivers and streams
• Provide a fun, safe way to involve kids in giving back to the community

To learn more about how to adopt a catch basin in your community (could even be one on your street!), visit the City of Vancouver website and mapping system. Adopting is fun and easy, and you get to name your catch basin!

Adopted a catch basin? Bring some information about your catch basin and what you’re doing to protect and support it to a unit meeting to share information with the group and log your service hours!

The 6th Pathfinders have invited us to join them for an Amazing Race Scavenger Hunt at Granville Island from 2:30 – 4:30 pm on Sunday November 7!

What to expect:

A series of fun activities in a race with a prize at the end.  Event includes an Amazing Race participation badge.  Badges will be sent to unit Guiders after the event.

For meeting up at the beginning of the event and pickup by parents, look for a blue canopy shelter, with a 6th Vancouver Pathfinder banner.

This event is being organized by Kaitlyn and Zoey, 2nd year Pathfinders in the 6th Vancouver Pathfinder Unit in Southridge District.

Our deadline for RSVP to the 6th Vancouver Pathfinders is Friday October 29, so please contact Karla no later than Thursday October 28 if you’d like to attend. We will also be collecting interest at our meeting on Wednesday October 27.

This week, we’re exploring Southeast False Creek with an outdoor adventure and ride on the False Creek Ferries! We’ll meet at Creekside Community Centre (1 Athlete’s Way) at 6:45 pm. Please be on time as we’ll be starting with the ferry ride, and the ferries leave at 7:00 pm. Pick up is at 8:30 pm at Creekside Community Centre.

Please come dressed for the weather, including wearing a warm and waterproof jacket, and a toque. Bring a headlamp or flashlight, because some portions of the Seawall can be a little dim once the sun goes down.

We’ll also be sending home materials for our virtual Halloween Party next week, so be sure to attend tomorrow night to pick up your supplies!

Lastly, we have more cookies that you can pick up tomorrow night. Connect with Christa on site for cookies!

We’re not having a Wednesday night meeting this week. Instead, we’re heading out on transit for a fun adventure and learning opportunity on Saturday afternoon for the BC Girl Guides & TransLink All About Transit Outing!

WHAT TO EXPECT
Discover public transit and explore free fun activities towards your Local Communities badge and other Girl Guide program themes/areas, with friendly staff from TransLink. Activities will include:

Bus tours
Station scavenger hunts
Transit-themed crafts & games
Safety information
Free crests!

Meet at 29th Ave Skytrain Station at 1 pm. Pick up at Central Park, in the parking lot off of Kingsway (north side of the park) near the children’s playground at 4 pm. 

Dress for the weather, wear your uniform, and bring your bus pass!

Also, reminder that you need to self-declare your COVID-19 vaccination status before October 22 in order to continue participating in in-person meetings as COVID-19 vaccination is mandatory for people 12 years and over starting later this month. Speak with Karla if you have any questions about the self-declaration, and the options to participate in virtual and anytime Guiding.