GGC - National is currently recruiting for the position of Girl Protection Specialist.  This position will provide consultation
and expert advice to the national office on issues of risk management and child protection policies.

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The Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons Council would like to invite you to join us at the International Peace Gardens for a weekend of Girl Scout fun!  This year marks the 100th
Anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States and we are having a tree planting event, sing a long, and other activities at the International Peace Gardens on the border of Dunseith, ND and Boissevain, MB.  The event is on May 4 to 6, 2012 and costs $60.00 USD.  This includes meals, lodging in the dorms, all activities and a patch.  For more information please visit www.gsdakotahorizons.org and look in the program guide or contact Sue at swinter@gsdakotahorizons.org

The following people have contacted the office looking for Pen Pals, please contact them directly:

I am looking for a Unit to be Pen Pals with my Sparks/Brownie Unit from Milton, Ontario
I have 15 girls' ages 5 to 8.  Anyone interested please contact me.
Yours in Guiding
Nicole
Hoot Owl - 1st Milton Sparks/Brownie Unit
1miltonbrownies@gmail.com

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I am a troop leader in Carlsbad, New Mexico.  We are interested in doing a booth on Canada for World Thinking Day February.
Our troop wanted to ask if any girls in a Unit there could send postcards or any info we could use to learn about Girl Guiding in Canada.
Thank you so much.
Melodie
nmtumbleweeds3@hotmail.com

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My name is Donna Wilson and I am a girl Scout leader from Syracuse, New York USA.  We have two troops, girls age are 9-12.  The girls are interested in learning about
Girl Guiding in Canada.  We were hoping to possibly find girls to be pen pals with so that we could compare and contrast Girl Scouting in our two countries.
Feel free to contact me at dlapham@twcny.rr.com

On December 19th the United National General Assembly declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, an annual day to bring world focus to the unique challenges that girls face in their everyday lives.

In 2009, Plan Canada's Because I Am a Girl initiative launched a campaign to secure a day to focus specifically on girls issues.  Girl Guides of Canada was pleased to support Plan Canada's call on the Canadian government to declare the National Day of the Girl.  Units across the nation signed the e-petition as part of GGC's "Empowering Girls" National Service Project.  Since 2009, the campaign continued to gather momentum as it reached several milestones to make the UN day a reality.

February 7 - 13 is Canada's International Development week.  This is a great opportunity to bring greater global awareness of developing countries to your Unit.  Perhaps you could watch a movie about a developing country, look at photos or invite a guest speaker.  See http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/ for more information and suggestions of ideas.

Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada congratulates lifetime member, Dr. Roberta Bondar on being inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.  At a ceremony on Saturday October 1st Dr. Bondar's star on Canada's Walk of Fame was revealed and she was recognized for her contributions to science, innovation and the environment.

She joins over 130 existing inductees on Canada's Walk of Fame, which celebrates luminaries from the arts, sports, science and innovation, who have made their mark on the world stage.

Dr. Bondar became the world's first neurologist in space and Canada's first woman in space in 1992 when she took part in the space shuttle Discovery's mission STS-42.  She is globally recognized for her ground-breaking contributions to research and was head of NASA's department of space medicine for over 10 years.

An environmental educator and acclaimed landscape photographer, Dr. Bondar has authored four best selling photo essay books in which she's captured some of the planet's most spectacular natural wonders.

11 Day North Island Tour New Zealand.

Commences in Auckland July 29, 2013 and concludes in Wellington August 8, 2013

Some of the tour highlights are:

• visit the Sky tower, the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere
• Cruise the beautiful Bay of Islands, a group of 144 islands in the far north
• Drive along 90 Mile Beach
• toboggan the sand dunes
• Explore the awe-inspiring Waitomo Caves and its enchanting glow worms
• Visit Te puia for its boiling hot mud pools & geysers.  
• Attend a traditional Maori concert and watch the Maori artists carve as they have for centuries

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