BC Girl Guides
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Learn how BC non-profits like Girl Guides have adapted during this unique year & how you can support us! The Business Council of British Columbia's NEXT Leaders (a leadership program for young professionals across BC) is hosting a free lunchtime webinar next Weds, Dec 2. Diamond Isinger, Provincial Commissioner of BC Girl Guides, will be speaking alongside non-profit leaders from the Vancouver Foundation, BC Professional Fire Fighters Association Burn Fund, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. More info: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render

Jenelle Yonkman, a BC Girl Guides volunteer from Vancouver, participated in last year's World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts signature youth leadership event - the Juliette Low Seminar - in Oman. Since then, Jenelle has been working on the post-JLS initiative that asks each participant to connect with 100+ girls to share leadership learning! Check out this post from the WAGGGS page for more info about the #100Girls project and Jenelle's involvement.

Teamwork makes the dream work! Have you been sharing your Virtual Guiding experiences with other groups by planning joint activities? Tell us about it in the comments While BC Girl Guides activities are being delivered virtually, following the recent provincial public health directive, we encourage Unit Guiders to buddy up with other units for online fun. Find other groups from your same branch, and/or who meet on the same evenings/times, and take turns organizing virtual ...meetings for everyone to enjoy together! Your District Commissioner can help you find likeminded units to connect with. More sisterhood. More fun. More friends to connect with. More skill-building while adult volunteers gain confidence with virtual facilitation. Less activity planning. It's a win for everyone.

Congratulations to Rachel of Salmon Arm, BC - the recipient of a Barrett Family Foundation scholarship from the Girl Guides of Canada national scholarship program! Rachel is studying Education as a postgraduate student and wants to be an educator to "create an opportunity for learning in a respectful, inclusive, and committed environment that will inspire children and youth in all aspect of their lives." Learn more about the 2020 national scholarship winners - including ten m...embers from BC Girl Guides: https://www.girlguides.ca///Scholarships/Scholarships.aspx Monashee Area Girl Guides Salmon Arm Observer City of Salmon Arm

Set a positive intention for 2021 and get excited about all the things you want to experience in the new year with Girl Guides! BC Girl Guides invites all Girl Guides of Canada members (of all ages and from anywhere in BC and beyond) to join us for a virtual collage-making party. We'll create an empowering vision board of our own personal #GirlGuideGoals and chat about cool opportunities ahead. Pre-registration is required - click here for more details on the event page.

Explore engineering and earn a free crest! Venture Academy, a youth STEM outreach program of the Department of Engineering at McMaster University, is providing a special virtual opportunity for Girl Guide members across Canada. Spark, Brownie, Guide, and Pathfinder units can participate anytime with prerecorded workshops to discover at your group's convenience. Unit Guiders can register online: https://youthprograms.eng.mcmaster.ca//virtual-girl-guide-

Congratulations to Ally of Powell River, BC - the recipient of a Girl Guides of Canada national scholarship! Ally is studying English & Classics as a first year post-secondary student and credits Girl Guides for helping her "learn about who I am and who I want to be." Learn more about the 2020 national scholarship winners - including ten members from BC Girl Guides: https://www.girlguides.ca///Scholarships/Scholarships.aspx... School District 47 Powell River Peak Girl Guides of Canada - Pacific Shores Area

Advancing Women in Engineering and Technology has been shining a light on BC women in engineering/tech and how they make a difference. Today's special spotlight is on Anne Simonen - a BC Girl Guides volunteer from Nelson, BC, who shares her STEM skills as a Unit Guider! https://womeninengtech.ca/profile/girl-guides-girls-in-stem/ Be sure to explore their website to spot other familiar faces from our Guiding community in the Career Profiles. Several other Guiders have shared their careers in STEM for this project and talked about their volunteerism with BC Girl Guides, including Sarah from Victoria, Megan from Burnaby, and Pam from North Vancouver.

A Girl Guide membership is an all-access pass to adventure, providing life-long fun and memories. Many girls and adult volunteers choose to share the experience with their family! Do you explore Guiding with your mother, aunt, sister, daughter, niece, granddaughter, or your chosen family? Share your favourite Girl Guide family photos below Brownie Guider Meaghan recently enrolled her daughter - a fourth generation Brownie in their family - into the Brownie program (for girls ages 7-8).

Thank you to BC Hydro for sharing their 'energy' while 'connecting' with BC Girl Guides - virtually! Starting tonight, the staff from BC Hydro will be spending many evenings delivering free winter safety presentations for 40+ of our Spark & Brownie units across British Columbia. They'll be visiting virtual meetings to lead girls through fun learning activities over the next few weeks. Girls will also receive a special crest to recognize their participation. Due to the very ...high demand & enthusiasm, all sessions have been booked - please stay tuned for future opportunities offered in 2021. Looking for program connections? Check out the comments below for other Girls First activities to explore, recommended by the BC Program Committee!

On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn the loss of the people who have been killed by transphobic acts of violence and harassment. Let's all commit to buil...ding a province where trans, non-binary and Two Spirit people feel safe and welcome every day. We see you. We value you. We remember you. See more

Looking for a new volunteer experience with Girl Guides? Students/alumni from University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and University of Victoria are invited to connect with Guiding volunteers during the virtual fairs. Our local volunteer teams from Girl Guides (West Coast Area and Southern Vancouver Island Area) will be available during live sessions this week - on Tuesday & Wednesday - to answer questions about our empowering programs for girls, promote the LinkedIn-worthy skills that adults can gain by volunteering with Girl Guides, and more. Book yourself into an info session or one-on-one chat with Girl Guides through the event portal: https://www.westcoastvirtualfairs.com/students Apply anytime to become a Girl Guide volunteer: https://girlguides.ca//Int/Interested_In_Volunteering.aspx