Louth girl guides celebrate ‘Thinking Day’

Scout leader at radio station with one of the Brownies.

Thinking Day is when the local youngsters think about all the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts throughout the world.

The date, February 22, was chosen as Thinking Day because it was the joint birthday of the founders of Scouting and Guiding, Robert Baden-Powell and his wife Olave.

There are 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts throughout the world living in 150 countries.

They speak different languages, have different skin colours, practice different religions and follow different customs – but they all belong to the Guiding family.

The Grimsby and Cleethorpes Scouts organised a worldwide radio link where the girls spoke to other members of the movement in this country and abroad.

They also ran activities including Sign Language, Lego, Dial a phone, and Morse code.

Louth Guiders organised games and quizzes including the Maori stick game, the world badge beetle, and the writing of postcards to members of the movement in this country.

Emma Hill of Tetney Rainbows and Brownies was presented with the ‘Going Away Award’, and Michelle Walmsley of 1st Louth Rainbows and Brownies was presented with her 20 years’ service award. All the girls took home a certificate and a badge to commemorate the event.