Kerri has had to step down from this position now that she is the Office Manager. If you want to help grow Guiding in the Yukon, this is the position for you! Call Kerri at 667-2455 for more information about what is involved.

Here’s a great opportunity for Yukon Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Guiders!

Guides Canada – Alberta Council is looking for a design for a card to help celebrate Thinking Day 2010 (Feb. 22). The winning design will be on cards sold in Yukon, NWT and Alberta and the prize is a $25 gift certificate for GG merchandise.

This year’s theme is: Girls worldwide say….”together we can end poverty and extreme hunger”. The deadline is Dec. 13. The final size of the card will be 5.5” x 4” inches.

Please send designs by email or by mail to Philippa Wagner, 23 Templeson Rd NE, Calgary, AB, T1Y 5L5. Make sure to include the artist’s name, contact info (email or phone number) and Guiding level (Spark, Brownie, etc).

The Guide Office will now be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from noon to 5 pm. Please say hello! to Kerri Scholz when you call or drop by, she is once again our Office Manager.

Chocolatey mint cookies are now available at the Guide Office for purchase or consignment sales. The price is still $4 a box. Guiders are invited to sign out a case (or 2 or 3 …) to sell to parents, friends and cookie fans. This is one of our major fundraisers for the year.

We are fortunate to have secured space at local stores for sales this month and next:

• Canadian Tire — 1-4 pm — Oct. 25, Nov. 14 & Nov. 28
• Wal-Mart — 1-4 pm — Oct. 24, Oct. 25 & Nov. 28
• Olympic Torch Festival — 3-8 pm — Nov. 3 (Shipyards Park)

We still need volunteers for November. Contact the office if your unit can take a shift, please. If you have questions about cookies, check out the FAQ provided by Guides Canada.

All units are getting a new booklet full of great ideas — Guiding Challenges.

These challenges are an appealing option to the ‘regular program’ since they’re designed to be a “meeting in a box.”  The Program Team ensures that challenges are well designed with good instructions and resources. Many also cover off program activities too.

 Special next year is the 2010 Centennial Challenge. Interested? Check out the full list of challenges on the Alberta Guiding web site . 

Questions? Just contact me … Shannon L’Heureux, Yukon Area Program Adviser  See ‘Contact Us’ page for e-address and phone number.

Yukon Guiding is pleased to offer Guiders new and old (er, experienced!) a Camp Training this year on Oct. 16 & 17. Planning and delivering a camp can be stressful if you don’t have the tools or experience. This training is designed to help you get comfortable with our Sprucewind facility and teach you new skills you can use with your girls. Come sing songs, enjoy a cookout, practice filling out paperwork, view a working camp, and learn new skills!  A full agenda and kit list is now available — contact Camping Adviser Carrie McClelland for a copy. RSVP by Oct. 12 please.  See ‘Contact Us’ page for e-addresses and phone numbers.

Guides Canada invites members to consider nominating inviduals for a new award offered by the Canadian Coalition for Children’s Rights. Do you know someone who demonstrates leadership in respect for the rights of children? Details are in the attached document — the deadline for nominations is Sept. 30. 

Childrens Rights award info

Thanks to everyone who helped make Tuesday’s registration event a success. It was great to see new and familiar faces, get singing, and enjoy a BBQ on a fine fall evening. Below are some pictures: Carrie hard at work on the BBQ,  some of the girls and adults enjoying campfire, and Erin presenting Evelyn Neave with her 50 year pin.

And the Whitehorse Star ran a story about the event in its Sept. 17 issue — see attached PDF.

Whitehorse Star

One sleep to go until we hold our annual registration celebration at Shipyards Park …

TUESDAY, SEPT. 15 — 5pm to 7 pm

This is a great opportunity to visit with Guiding friends old and new, do that pesky paperwork, and join in the fun of Guiding (food! singing! games!)  We will have a special presentation at 6 pm too:  Recognizing Evelyn Neave’s years of service with a (gulp!) 50 year pin.

Hope to see you there …. looks like the weather will co-operate too.

More adult women are needed to help out with units. Training is provided and the Guiding program is well structured and supported for all age levels. Here are the units now planned for 2009-10 in Whitehorse:

COPPERRIDGE — Sparks, Brownies and Guides — all meet Tuesdays at Elijah Smith Elementary School.

RIVERDALE — Sparks (Mondays, Whitehorse Baptist Church), Brownies (Wednesdays, Grey Mtn Primary School) and Guides (Mondays, CKES).

PORTER CREEK — Brownies (Mondays, Holy Family Elementary School), Guides (Wednesdays, 7th Day Adventist Church), and Pathfinders (Tuesdays, Church of the Northern Apostles).

No leaders have come forward yet to continue with Riverdale Pathfinders or Porter Creek Sparks.

Questions? Contact Membership Adviser Kerry Scholz or Co-Commissioner Erin Spiewak. We all can help build Girl Greatness in the Yukon!