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Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The Girl Guide movement, founded in 1910, spread to a number of countries, with some National Organizations calling themselves “Girl Guides” and some others “Girl Scouts”. Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting is open to all girls and young women whatever their religion, ethnic group or background. A Girl Guide or Girl Scout accepts the Promise and the Law based on spiritual values, personal development and commitment to helping others.

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How do you say Girl Scout in Icelandic?

It's the same for a girl or a boy, so girl scout or a boy scout translates to "skáti" in Icelandic.

How do you say would you like to buy Girl Scout cookies in spanish?

¿Quieres comprar las galletas de las Girl Scouts? -informal

¿Quiere usted comprar las galletas de las Girl Scouts? -formal

Who is a Junior Girl Scout?

For Girl Scouts of the USA, a Girl Scout Junior is a female member in grade 4 or 5.

For Girl Scouts of Japan, a Junior Girl Scout is a female member ages 9 to 11.

For Girl Scouts of the Philippines, a Junior Girl Scout is ages 10 to 12,

For Girl Scouts of Jamaica, Junior Girl Scouts are ages 10 to 16 or grades 7 to 10.

Where do you put your Girl Guides Australia badges?

It depends on which badge you are trying to place. The Promise Badge and the World Badge go on each collar of the shirt. The rest of the badges go on the sash. The WAGGGS GAT badge, the WAGGGS Thinking Day badge, and the JOTA/JOTI badge goes on the back of the sash. The rest go on the front of the sash.

See Related Links for a diagram of badge placement.

When did Girl Guides start in Jamaica?

Jamaica's first Girl Guide company was formed in 1915 in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica.

What is special about the Girl Guide handshake?

The Girl Guide/Girl Scout handshake is made by shaking left hands. While shaking left hands, the Girl Guide/Girl Scout uses her right hand to make the Girl Guide/Girl Scout sign.

Do Peru Girl Guides have an age group called Alita Fairies?

The Asociación Nacional De Guías Scouts Del Perú or National Association of

Guide Scouts of Peru has made changes in their Branches or age groups.

They no longer have an Alita/Fairy group.

Girasoles or Sunflowers are ages 4 to 6

Haditas or Brownies are ages 7 to 10

Guia de Luz or Light Guides are ages 10 to 13

Guia de Sol or Sun Guides are ages 13 to 17

How many paintings of crying girl from j bragolin?

According to this website which I came across, Bragolin painted 28 paintings of crying children. I don't know the breakdown of boys vs girls. I've heard they were World War II paintings created to depict the sadness and loss.

The site's reliability is questionable.

http://www.themorningstarr.co.uk/forum/otherworld/1543-evil-artwork-curse-crying-boy.html

Where can you find ideas for Boy Scout program themes?

The monthly program theme is listed in the monthly issue of both Boy's Life and Scouting.

How did Lummi Sticks come into Girl Scout culture?

Known to Girl Scouts as Lummi Sticks (or incorrectly as Lemmi Sticks), E Papa, the New Zealand Maori Stick Game, has been included in various editions of Games for Girl Scouts. Lummi Sticks have been used by Girl Scouts when presenting events (wide games), especially those featuring various countries.

What are the age groups for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in Italy?

There are two Girl Guide/Girl Scout organizations in Italy. Both of them are members of Federazione Italiana Dello Scautismo (FIS).

The two organizations are:

  • Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori Ed Esploratrici Italiani (CNGEI) or National Youth Corps and Scouts Explorers Italian (CNGEI)
  • Associazione Guide E Scouts Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI) or Association of Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts (AGESCI)

The age groups for CNGEI:

Rover or Ranger ages 15/16-18/19

Esploratrice or Girl Scout ages 11/12-15/16

Lupetto or Brownie ages 8-11/12

The age groups for AGESCI:

Scolta or Ranger ages 16-19/21

Guida or Guide ages 11/12-16

Coccinella or Ladybird ages 8-11/12

What did Christa McAuliffe do as a girl scout?

As a Girl Scout, Christa McAuliffe earned badges, participated in community service, sold cookies, went camping and hiking, and whatever else her Girl Scout troop chose to do. Girl Scouts do many things, and it is up to the troop and the adult leaders to choose and arrange the activities.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Council has a Christa McAuliffe library of memorabilia and a lodge at their Wabasso Camp named Christa's House.

Christa was also a Girl Scout troop leader!

What are Girl Scouts called in Finland?

"Partiolaiset" (the word includes also the boy and the girl scouts) or "partiotytöt" (includes only the girls).

The national organization which is a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is called "Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter ry" (The Guides and Scouts of Finland) which is a combined organization of the Union of Finnish Girl Guides and the Scout Union of Finland.

Age groups:

Vaeltaja (Finnish) Rover (Swedish): Ranger ages 15-20

Partiolainen (Finnish)Flickscout (Swedish) Guide ages 10-14

Sudenpentu (Finnish) Vargunge (Swedish) Brownie ages 7-10

How many Girl Scout cookies did the top seller in Girl Scouts sell?

There is no official record kept of Girl Scout cookie sales, however, the following girls have made the news for their cookie sales:

In 2008, 15-year-old Jennifer Sharpe from Dearborn, Michigan sold 17,328 boxes of cookies. This was a new record for her troop and possibly an all-time record.

From 1978 to 1990, Elizabeth Brinton, the "Cookie Queen", of Falls Church, VA, sold a total of more than 100,000 boxes of cookies. Elizabeth sold 11,200 boxes of cookies in 1985 and 18,000 boxes in a later year.

How did Rainbow Guides start?

Rainbow Guides were introduced in 1987 by Girlguiding UK as a new section for younger girls -- ages 5 to 7 (age 4 to 7 in Ireland).

What do Girl Guides Girl Scouts in present day Romania wear?

The Asociatia Fetelor Ghizi din Romania (The Association of Girl Guides of Romania) members wear brown slacks, tan scout shirts and a scarf.

If a girl weighs 90 pounds and is 4'3'' and is 9 years old does that consider the girl fat?

No of course not! People come in all shapes and sizes and it doesnt matter how much you weigh or what you look like. Its all about your personality and whats on the inside.

Is The Girl Scouts are selling cookies again this year a compound sentence?

"The Girl Scouts are selling cookies again this year." is not a compound sentence.

A compound sentence has two independent clauses joined by a coordinator such as: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

The sentence: "The Girl Scouts are selling cookies again this year." has no coordinator and only one independent clause, so it would be a simple sentence.

When and where is the Girl Guiding Big Gig 2011?

I think its going to be at Wembley again and it's on the 1st of October :)

What is door to door sales?

A door to door sales man is o person who will travel to your house and ask if you would like to by a certain product such as a girl scout will sell cookies. In some cases a door to door sales representative will give you a catalog for a certain group of multiple things.

When did Brownie Girl Guides start?

Brownies were first organized by Lord Baden-Powell in 1914 as the youngest group of the Girl Guide Association. They were originally called "Rosebuds" but the girls did not like that name, so Lord Baden-Powell changed the name to "Brownies".

What is a Ric-a-Dam-Doo?

It is actually "The Ric-a-Dam-Doo", the colors (or flag) of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Ric-a-Dam-Doo is Gaelic for "cloth of your mother".

Princess Patricia (hence the name of the song, "Princess Pat"), designed and made the colors by hand. The flag is red with a royal blue circular center. The initials VP (for Victoria Patricia) are in gold in the center of the circle.
It is something made by the Princess Pat. It's red and gold, and purple too.