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THINKING DAY INFO
Area Thinking Day 2010 – Saturday February 20th 2010, Details TBA
Don't forget to do a project and collect money for the CWFF (Canadian World Friendship Fund).
The WAGGGS working theme (triennial theme) for 2009-2011 is Global Action. The tagline for the theme which will address the UN Millennium Development Goals is: Girls worldwide say “together we can change our world”
Thinking Day themes for the next 3 years are:
2009 – Girls worldwide say...."We can stop the spread of AIDS, malaria and other diseases”
2010 – Girls worldwide say...."Together we can end extreme poverty and hunger”
2011 – Girls worldwide say...."We can save our planet”
Check out the WAGGGS Website each year for theme specific ideas and activities for your Thinking Day celebrations! Start your planning early!
How World Thinking Day began…
Each year on 22 February, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts all over the world celebrate World Thinking Day.
World Thinking Day was first created in 1926 at the 4th Girl Guide/Girl Scout International Conference, held at Girl Scouts of the USA’s Camp Edith Macy (now called Edith Macy Conference Center). Conference attendees decided that there should be a special day when Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all around the world think of each other and give thanks and appreciation to their "sister" Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
The delegates chose 22 February as the date for Thinking Day because it was the mutual birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout Movement, and his wife Olave, who served as World Chief Guide.
In 1932, at the 7th World Conference, held in Poland, it was suggested by a Belgian delegate that since birthdays usually involve presents, girls could show their appreciation and friendship on Thinking Day not only by extending warm wishes to each other but also by offering a voluntary contribution to the World Association. Olave wrote to all Girl Guides and Girl Scouts after this idea was adopted asking them. This is how the World Association’s Thinking Day Fund began. The fund helps offer Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting to more girls and young women worldwide. Your help is needed just as much today as it was in 1932. To help support the Movement by donating just a penny to emphasize the global aspect of Thinking Day, members at the30th World Conference, held in Ireland in 1999, changed the name to World Thinking Day.
By donating funds to WAGGGS as part of your World Thinking Day celebrations, you are contributing to valuable projects to address these issues around the world.
WAGGGS World Centres
Our Chalet
CH 3715
Adelboden, Switzerland
Tel: 011 41 33 673 12 26
Fax: 011 41 33 673 20 82
info@ourchalet.ch • www.ourchalet.ch
Pax Lodge
Olave Centre
12c Lyndhurst Road
London, UK NW3 5PQ
Tel: 011 44 20 7435 2202
Fax: 011 44 20 7431 3825
office@paxlodge.org • www.paxlodge.org
Our Cabaña
Apartado Postal 4-406
62431 Cuernavaca
Morelos, Mexico
Tel: 011 52 73 15 26 50
Fax: 011 52 73 15 28 97
ourcabana@prodigy.net.mx • www.ourcabana.org
Sangam
Alandi Road, Yerawada
Pune 411 006, India
Tel: 011 91 20 669 3252
Fax: 011 91 20 669 2354
sangamwagggs@vsnl.com •
www.sangamworldcentre.org/en/home