Thinking Day Ceremony
Thinking Day Ceremony
Thinking Day Ceremony
Tagum City
Formation : Horseshoe
(everybody sings the Thinking Day Song as they go to the
formation).
(Each Speaker comes forward, lights a candle and reads the following)
Speaker I : Girl Scouts all over the world celebrate Thinking Day on February 22 of every
year, to signify the great efforts and vital contribution made by the Scouting
Movement towards promoting world fellowship and peace.
Hence, impact in Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting happens individually and
collectivity!
In 1912, Lord Baden Powell met Olave St. Clare Soames on a cruise. Olave and
Baden Powell not only shared same birthdays, but by the end of the cruise, they
were secretly engaged! Although born 32 years apart, Olave and Robert found
out that they had much in common: love of the outdoors, sports and music. They
were married later that year, and Olave became Lady Baden Powell and World
Chief Guide.
Speaker VI : Lady Baden Powell in one of her Thinking Day messages said ad
we quote, “ Our kind thoughts take wings, and fly from country to country, far and
wide across the seven seas and, as our members increase each year, so the
strength of our feelings of friendship are expanding and all thoughts of goodwill
are unstilted value in this disturbed world in which we live today.”
The donations and support raised for the World Thinking Day Fund allows girls
and young women from all five WAGGGS Regions, and from each of our 146
member organizations, to access unique and empowering non-formal
educational experiences. WAGGGS is able to continue to develop, share and
train members to advocate for important issues related to girl’s rights and to
support community initiatives and organizations on the working with girls and
young women everywhere.
Since 2010, one of the ways the World Thinking Day Fund has been used is
support for a range of Members Organization projects; everything from health
initiatives in Venezuela, to scholarships to international events for girls from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yemen. Our Contributions will strengthen
our existence as a World Association.
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