Yukon Guides

Hello, my name is Carrie and I’m volunteering as the camp manager for Guides Yukon.  Having grown up in the Toronto suburbs I have become quite good at escaping the city and enjoying the outdoors.  I spent many summers camping and canoeing with my family, attending Doe Lake Girl Guide Camp, or working for a number of different camps and resorts in the Muskoka region.  This love for the outdoors has led to many adventures rock climbing, hiking, canoeing tripping, and whitewater kayaking.  I later decided to study outdoor recreation, parks, and tourism at Lakehead University, eventually earning a Master’s of Environmental Studies in Nature-based Recreation and Tourism.  I came to Whitehorse to do research for Grad school and can’t bring myself to return to the city!

As Camp Manager I hope to act as a valuable resource to Guiders and girls regarding getting outdoors and active.  In addition to managing our beautiful Sprucewind camp facility, I would like to host some camping workshops and camp orientation to provide information to Guiders who are thinking about taking their girls on some outdoor adventures but don’t know where to get started.  Most of all, I want to make myself available to Guiders to help plan activities, camps, games, and provide you all with ideas, skills, and resources that you can then share with your girls!

You have all received a short survey in your mailboxes to find out some areas where you may need support or more information.  The 5 minutes you take to provide some feedback means that I will able to tailor workshops and webpostings to better meet your needs! If you have any other questions or comments please don’t ever hesitate to contact me at carrie.mcclellandatlakeheadu.ca or 335-1112.  Happy Camping!

A big warm welcome To Sandy Bennet, our new Office Manager! Sandy was a Girl Scout in the United States as a youth and has recently moved to Whitehorse from Quebec. Sandy is still getting up to speed on Girl Guides in the Yukon but is ready and willing to help you with what ever neds to be done. Stop by Monday afternoons from 3-6 or during the day (9-5) Thursday or Friday and introduce yourself.

This years wrap up event was a great success.

On May 13th all members gathered together to celebrate another successful guiding year with a potluck and handing out awards. All youth members participated in the advancement ceremony

We also gave out a number of awards to adult members

Gold Thanks – Stacy Lewis, Rachel Moser, Jan Mann, Deborah Fendrick, Io Demers, Nancy Deasty, Natalie Taylor

Bronze Merit – Shannon L’Heureux, Marie Stevens

Congratulations to all awards recipients!

Last fall, when leaders Stacy Lewis and Melissa Miller asked the 2nd Riverdale Guides to think about things they’d liketo do this year, the most popular choice was drama badge.

The girls worked for three months writing a play, designing costumes and sets and staging their production, all through their own imagination and hard work.

After much creative brainstorming, the girls took the Puss and Boots story and projected it into the future, having the characters meet up with Peter Pan somewhere in Italy, and setting Neverlandon the planet Neptune! With the help of Whitehorse playwright Chris Pekarik, they wrote the script, ironing out the final details, casting the play and beginning rehearsals during a weekend session at Sprucewind Girl Guide Camp.

While most of the girls have had little or no experience in theatre and drama, they benefitted from the help of a new leader, Heather Read, who is an intern at the Yukon Arts Centre. Under her direction, the girls began exploring their dramatic talents and
learning about the magical world of the theatre.

Heather also introduced them to the working world of the theatre,when she took them for a backstage tour of the Yukon Arts Centre, where, on Monday evening, March 3, the curtain rose on their very own production, to an enthusiastic audience that included
the girls’ family and friends.