Girl Guides of Canada

As we wrap up another exciting year at Girl Guides, we’d like to take a moment to thank to our amazing volunteers and Guiding community – you empowered girls to dream bigger in 2024! Thanks to YOU we’ve provided countless opportunities for girls and youth across Canada to learn, grow and build their confidence. Together, we’re setting the foundation for them to become empowered leaders of tomorrow. A heartfelt thank you from all of us at Girl Guides. 💙👏

Girl Guides give back! 👏💗 The 350th Winnipeg Rangers know that small actions can make a huge impact. They joined the Siloam Mission to assist in preparing and serving meals, and organizing items in the donation centre. Be the positive change in your community. Plan a service project in 2025!

Thank you for investing in the power of girls! 💙✨ Because of your generosity, girls and youth across Canada are stepping into their potential as innovators, leaders and trailblazers. With your support on Giving Tuesday, our subsidy program can now remove financial barriers and open doors for more girls to experience life-changing opportunities at Girl Guides. Thanks to you, more girls will gain the confidence to lead, thrive and change the world! It’s not too late to make a difference! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gvApFb59

Helping hands, healing hearts. 🙌💓 The 1st Mitchell Girl Guides jumped into action when they saw the devastating impact recent flooding had on their community, particularly the Steinbach and Area Animal Rescue. They collected items to donate to support the rescue and volunteered their time helping out and learning how the rescue works.

Girl Guides are engineered for success! 👩🔬🔍 Empowering girls to navigate the STEM pipeline helps them make informed decisions about education and careers so they don’t limit their future pathways, Girl Guides have been sparking their imaginations with our Paper Circuit STEM Kits and learning to think like engineers. Thanks to General Motors we’re sending out thousands of free kits to girls across Canada to make light-up paper circuits and earn their Inventor Discovery badge. Giving girls the chance to try STEM activities like this one, allows them to experiment, explore their curiosity and develop their problem-solving skills – all of which can help create the next generation of innovators and change-makers. 

Congratulations to Jill Dundas on her retirement after 38 years of dedicated service to Girl Guides of Canada. 💙✨ Throughout her career at Girl Guides, Jill applied leadership skills she first gained as a girl member in a variety of camping, program, volunteer management, governance and mentorship roles leading to her final position as our trusted and valued Chief Operating Officer. On behalf of the countless girls, volunteers, families and staff across Canada, we thank you for being a catalyst for girls empowering girls! 👏

Today we remember the 14 women whose lives were taken in an act of violence and misogyny on December 6, 1989 at École Polytechnique. On National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women we reaffirm our commitment to fight the hatred that led to this tragedy. We stand in solidarity with all gender-marginalized groups who continue to be disproportionately impacted by gender-based violence. And we remember: Geneviève Bergeron  Hélène Colgan  Nathalie Croteau  Barbara Daigneault  Anne-Marie Edward  Maud Haviernick  Maryse Laganière  Maryse Leclair  Anne-Marie Lemay  Sonia Pelletier  Michèle Richard  Annie St-Arneault  Annie Turcotte  Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz  If you or someone you know is experiencing gender-based violence, help is available: https://lnkd.in/gqz38a9v

Invest in the power of girls and watch them change the world. ✨ This Giving Tuesday, help more girls join Girl Guides by supporting our membership fee subsidy program and watch them thrive as trailblazers, innovators, go-getters and leaders. Your donation helps us grow our subsidy program to remove financial barriers for parents and caregivers. In 2023, more than 6,500 girls were able to join with the assistance of our subsidy program. 💙 Donate today! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gvApFb59

Illuminate 2024 Conference in St. John’s 🚀 I had the privilege of attending the NL Council’s event earlier this month and got to reach for the stars 🌟! ️ Friday night kicked off with a traditional Inuit Throat Singing performance and keynote presentation from aspiring astronaut Bethany Downer. Saturday was full of sessions including: Darken Horizons, Crafting Cosmetic Lanyards, Wonderbolt Circus, Peaceful Purpose & Self Guided Activities (Signal Hill). We ended the evening with dinner and getting to connect with so many other Guiders!! We had a Drag Queen come and showcase 3 performances. After, the closing ceremonies celebrated how successful the conference had been!! The planning team truly hit it out of this world 🌎!! Girl Guides of Canada & Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council 💙

Whether is was learning how to handle sharp knives and fire 🔥 from a young age 😲 , leading my peers at a camp or planning international adventures, my time in Girl Guides of Canada immensely shaped the leader I am today. If you know of a girl or teen that could benefit from a boost of confidence in an inclusive and safe space, it's not too late to find a unit for 2024-2025. Many units still have space. Follow this link to find one: https://lnkd.in/eMjvrCdX