Watford Brownie leader honoured after 50 years of service watfordobserver.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from watfordobserver.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Anne Johns, left, and Jacqui O Connor are calling for more volunteers Over the past year Girlguiding leaders have been working hard to keep girls and young women motivated and thriving through virtual guiding – but local groups urgently need more volunteers. A six-week volunteer recruitment campaign culminating in National Volunteers’ Week has started the ball rolling, but there is still a long way to go. There are currently 244 girls on waiting lists for Rainbows, 226 for Brownies, 39 for Guides and 11 for Rangers across Watford and the surrounding areas. Anne Johns, who has been with 15th Watford Brownies for more than 20 years, said: There is always a need for volunteers - a Guide unit in Watford is closing due to lack of leaders and we need extra volunteers for Rainbows, Brownies and Guides. I wanted my daughters to have the same fun I had as a Brownie, so I joined the unit to stop it from closing.
Three generations were involved in the virtual event to mark World Thinking Day on February 21. The Girlguiding promise is a shared commitment for every member, from all faiths or none. Each makes a promise to do her best: to be an active citizen of her community and the wider world, to help others, and to develop her spiritual side. This threefold promise is symbolised by the trefoil on a promise badge. Members of girlguiding in south west Hertfordshire taking part in Thinking Day challenges Building dens was the highlight of many virtual sleepovers during half-term – as girls took part in a new Girlguiding Hertfordshire Thinking Day Challenge badge. Activities included mindfulness and meditation, as well as making pasta trefoils, kindness paper chains, positive self-portraits and picture hugs or thank you cards for care workers.
Hundreds of girlguiding members in Hertfordshire renew promises watfordobserver.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from watfordobserver.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.