Announcing our World Thinking Day celebration: Guiding Lights Across Alberta Council - February 22, 2024!
Celebrate with Girl Guides in your community, as we shine our Guiding lights in support of girl empowerment.
Local landmarks across the province and territories (stadiums, bridges, structures, and buildings) will help us celebrate by lighting up in "Guiding blue" after dark, on the evening of February 22.
Locations throughout Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Yukon have agreed to participate, so you can admire the blue Guiding lights shining in your area that evening! Check the list of locations below.
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.
Here in Alberta, Northwest Territories and Yukon (ANY), we have thousands of youth and women who are members of Girl Guides of Canada. We have Girl Guide programs in many communities in ANY Council, and our girls/volunteers light up their communities year-round through leadership, community service, and efforts to create a better world, by girls.
We also invite Guiding members and other supporters to light candles, make lanterns, and find other ways to shine your own Guiding lights from your homes.
To do the ANY Council Guiding Lights challenge and to get the crest, visit the "Other / Retired" tab of the ANY Council Challenges page.
Locations Lighting Up Blue for Thinking Day
Calgary
- Calgary Tower
- Reconciliation Bridge
- Telus Spark Science Centre
- Calgary Area Guide Centre
Edmonton
- High Level Bridge (February 23)
Fort McMurray
- Saline Creek Pedestrian Bridge
Grande Prairie
- Grande Prairie Sundial (Feb 20-24)
- City Scape (100th ave and 102 st)
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
- Saamis Tepee
- Medicine Hat Public Library