Celebrate with Ontario and Nunavut Girl Guides in your community as we shine our Guiding lights in support of girl empowerment.
Every year, on February 22, Girl Guides celebrate World Thinking Day, a day of international friendship. It is an opportunity to speak out on issues that affect girls and young women, celebrate the founding of Girl Guides, and be connected to the 10 million members around the world who are part of the Guiding movement.
Help us celebrate by lighting up in "Guiding blue" after dark on the evening of February 22.
We invite Guiding members and other supporters to light candles, make lanterns, and find other ways to shine your own Guiding lights from your homes, in your meeting locations, and around your neighbourhoods.
With your Girl Guide unit, consider doing some crafting in the new year - you could decorate glass-jar lanterns, make luminary lanterns out of paper bags, or set up your own light displays in your windows or yards.
Check out the suggested activities below!
Activity Templates
Activity Ideas
Get visible in your community on February 22! Looking for inspiration?
- Check out the World Thinking Day 2025 activity on the program platform for the WAGGGS activity pack and other ideas to help you celebrate.
- A flashlight scavenger hunt in your meeting space.
- Go on a lit-up neighbourhood walk (you could use blue filters on the flashlights).
- Put on your headlamps for a night hike.
- Host a campfire singalong event at a local lit-up landmark.
- Invite friends and families to join you for a lantern-making workshop.
- Have a unit decorating contest to see who can decorate their home windows with the brightest bluest display.
- Make blue/lit-up crafts as tray favours for a local seniors' home.
- Organize a fun, blue-themed photo booth with lanterns, flashlights, and other light-up props.
Don't forget to snap photos of your activities – share them on social media by tagging @girlguidesonnv and using the hashtag #ShineYourGuidingLight.