A HUGE Thank You

Hello! It’s Ali (Guider Jen’s daughter) again I would just like to say a HUGE thank you for your help on the Make a Difference Bags for Cornerstone’s Women’s shelter. With your help and support, we were able to make a total of 9 bags! PLUS a kid’s bag and an arts and crafts bag! So once again, thank you for your help! This project was great success!😊

November 24 - Make a Difference! - and upcoming events

Hi Families,

This week’s meeting will focus again on community service work – we will fill our Make a Difference bags (donations are definitely welcome, please see the previous blog post for details) and we will be making cat beds for the Ottawa Humane Society. Drop-off for the meeting is 6:30pm and pick-up is at 8:15pm.

Please remind your Guides that, unless specified, they need to attend our meetings in full uniform (Guide shirt, necker, and sash, plus dark pants or skirt). They should also bring indoor shoes. We have informed the girls that only patrols that have all members in full uniform will be able to carry the flag in our opening horseshoe.

Also, I am emailed a handy camp skills handbook that you may wish to print for your Guide. We went through some of the items in it last week and it is a very handy reference for the girls to have.

Upcoming events and other notes

Dec 1: more general badge work to cover off some programming requirements and practice for our Sing Ontario Sing night with the brownies.

Dec 2 – 4: Camp Woolsey for those attending. *Please remind your Guide she needs to pack her own belongings as part of the camper badge requirements.

Dec 8: Sing Ontario Sing challenge with the 2^nd Riverside South Brownies. We will meet from 6pm to 7:30pm at St. Jerome School for this meeting.   

Dec 15: we are making winter hats and playing some games

Dec 22: Christmas Party!

Dec 29 and Jan 5: No meeting

Thank you,

Jen

Make a Difference Bags-November 24

Hello families! My name is Alison. I am first year pathfinder. I am also Guider Jen’s daughter and I am doing a project that I would very much like your daughters to help me with. I am doing make a difference bags. They are reusable bags filled with the most needed items from shelters. In my case I will be donating them to Cornerstone’s Women’s Shelter. If you would like to learn more about them you can visit http://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/cornerstone/index.html. I will be coming in to talk to the girls on November 10, 2016 and we will be making the bags on November 24, 2016. I will be bringing a collection box between the 17th and the 24th so if you have any donations, please drop them off in the box. Donations will be greatly appreciated!!

 

Most needed items include:

• New toiletries
• Recreational items such as puzzles, knitting needles, colouring books, pencils & markers or yarn
• Craft supplies such as watercolour paper, construction paper, multi-use paper, acrylic paint, white glue, sharpies or clay
• Re-usable bags

 

Thank you for your help!

 

 

 

Operation Christmas boxes - Items for November 10

Hi Families,

As per usual, we will spend a good chunk of the next couple of months doing community service work. Our first project will be Operation Christmas Child boxes. We would be grateful if your Guide could contribute one or two of the following items to help us fill some shoeboxes for our November 10 meeting.

Suggested items include:

• School Supplies - Items such as pens, pencils, pencil crayons, note pads, and picture books
• Hygiene Items - Items such as: facecloth, toothbrush, comb, and soap. Please place soap in a sealable bag
• Toys & Other Gifts - Items such as: stuffed animals, small musical instruments, hair clips, toy jewelry, t-shirts, and socks
• Personal Note - Include a personal note and/or a photo in your shoebox (not inside the donation envelope)

Please do not include:

• Decks of standard playing cards (other card games such as UNO are allowed)
• Food or candy: Including gum (due to customs regulations)
• Used items (due to customs regulations)
• Toothpaste (due to customs regulations)
• Liquids or items that could leak, melt, freeze, or break - Shampoo, creams, lip balm, bath gels, mirrors, or glass, etc. (these can damage other items in the shoebox).
• Items that can scare or harm a child - War-related toys, knives, and toy guns, etc.

Later this month, we will also be making "Make a difference bags" to help a local women's shelter. More details to follow soon.


Thank you for your help!

Jen