World Thinking Day
Each year on February 22, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts celebrate World Thinking Day (WTD). February 22 is the mutual birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout Movement, and his wife Olave, who served as World Chief Guide. On this special day, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts show their appreciation and friendship to their Guiding and Scouting sisters around the world with warm wishes and voluntary contributions to the World Association to support the movement in other countries.
World Thinking Day falls within Guide-Scout Week, which runs February 19 - 26, 2012. During Guide-Scout Week members of Girl Guides of Canada and Scouts Canada plan and hold special events and activities to promote our Movements.
The World Thinking Day theme for 2012 is "we can save our planet," based on U.N. Millennium Development Goal 7: Ensuring environmental sustainability. WAGGGS has identified five focus countries for WTD 2012 (one from each region in which WAGGGS operates):
- Guyana (Western Hemisphere Region)
- Ivory Coast (Africa Region)
- Japan (Asia Pacific Region)
- Russia (Europe Region)
- Tunisia (Arab Region)
Steps to Earn the WAGGGS World Thinking Day Badge
Download the World Thinking Day Activity Pack 2012 and complete the following steps to earn the WTD badge.
STEP 1: GET ACTIVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Complete 2 activities from each of the sections (one of which must be a fundraising activity):
- Reduce the use of fossil fuels (pg. 27-30)
- Save resources in and around your home (pg. 31-36)
- Switch to sustainable energy solutions (pg. 37-43)
Complete 1 activity from the Speak out section (pg. 44-47)
STEP 2: MAKE YOUR ACTIONS COUNT
Share your actions and stories with other Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and help WAGGGS reach their target of 201,200 actions by August 31, 2012. Log your actions on the World Thinking Day activities map.
STEP 3: SUPPORT YOUR INTERNATIONAL SISTERS IN GUIDING
Donate proceeds from your fundraising activity to one of the following:
Your donation will help support Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in the five focus countries to have a long-term, practical and beneficial impact on the communities in which they live.
STEP 4: GET YOUR WTD BADGE
Order your WTD badges from the WAGGGS online shop.
If you have chosen Canada as your World Thinking Day country then check out Facts About Girl Guiding in Canada.
Pen Pals
Looking for pen pals for World Thinking Day? We’ve set up a place just for that on our Facebook page! Our Guiders jump at any given opportunity to connect their girls with pen pals from sister Member Organizations, or from Units from across Canada! Questions? Don’t use Facebook? Email us at international(@)girlguides(dot)ca
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