What's New?
New! Web
pages for 100th Anniversay!
October 21 Campfire Leaders
and Coordinators needed!
We want to ensure that all our
Members are able to attend a campfire to celebrate the
100th Guiding year in Canada and your help is needed. Two
types of roles are available:
1.Campfire Coordinator – work to suggest and book
a facility as well as contact a local dignitary to attend
2. Campfire Leader – responsible to host the evening,
lead the campfire and ensure that the number of people
in attendance is tracked
Letting us
know is easy…just
click here and fill
in the form to submit your interest!
Some Community Coordinators are in place and we would
help coordinate efforts to ensure there isn’t duplication
of effort. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Girl
Advisory Forum
Are you
a girl Member age 15-17 or do you know one?
Now it the chance to have a voice and join Ontario Council's
Girl Advisory Forum. There are nine positions available
for 2009-2010! The Forum provides girls aged 14-18 from
across the province with a chance to shape the future of
Guiding in Ontario. Pathfinders, Rangers and Trex members
are all welcome to apply. The innovative, enthusiastic,
dedicated girls selected will assist Ontario Council with
it's decisions about long-term goals, program challenges,
trips, events, and more; will share their opinions and
those of other girls in Guiding with Council; and will
meet October 17-18, 2009in Toronto for a weekend of sharing,
learning and fun. Girl Forum members communicate by e-mail
a few times a week, meet in person at least once a year,
and conduct focus groups with other girls once or twice
a year. Ontario Council encourages all girl members who
will be 15-17 by January 2010 to apply, whether they've
been in Guiding for 14 days or 14 years! Guiders, please
ensure that every eligible girl who was in your Unit in
2008-2009 knows about this opportunity and that every interested
girl receives an application
form. Deadline to apply:
July 6, 2009
Girl
Guides kick off Trees Ontario project!
Click to see the media clip of the launch!
http://www.guidesontario.org/formembers/environment.htm
Finance Specialty
Communities
Are you a ‘numbers’ person? Do you have
good communication skills? Do you enjoy working with
adults? We need your expertise for 3 new specialty
communities.
* Finance Support Community – to provide support
for Unit Guiders in the use of the centralized banking
system and to assist in resolving financial questions
and issues that may arise at the Unit level
* Unit Financial Review Community – if you
have accounting/bookkeeping training your assistance
in
conducting year end Unit reviews is needed
* Finance Extreme Specialty Community – when
major problems arise, we need assistance to investigate
and resolve the issues.
If interested in any or all of these opportunities,
contact Stephanie Bryant, Provincial Treasurer through
steph.1@sympatico.ca
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We would like to congratulate Amy
Porteous, Ontario’s Deputy Provincial Commissioner
(Girl Forum) on her election to the position
of Deputy Chief Commissioner (Governance). Amy
took on her new role at the National AGM held
in Halifax on June 6. Thank you for the awesome
job you did as part of Ontario Council and in
particular in your role as mentor to the new
Girl Forum. Best wishes as you begin your new
Guiding adventure! |
Thank you also to Jennifer Bedard, Robin Harding,
Carla Lyon, and Shari Steffler who have completed their
terms as Elected Members of Ontario Council. Each has
contributed her time and talents in untold measure
to help support and grow Guiding. You will each be
missed!
On July 1, Sarah Ashwood (Port Perry), Laurie Forbes
(Thunder Bay), Chris Motsch (Walkerton) and Mandy Thompson
(Hamilton) began their terms as newly elected members
of Ontario Council. Congratulations and welcome!
2009 Isabel Kerr Ontario Scholarship Recipients
Announcing this year’s recipients:
Dianne McMurray – Caledon, Ontario
Paula Sanderson – Toronto,
Ontario
Sarah Smith – Huntsville, ON
Katherine James – Willowdale,
ON
Heather Haines – London, ON
Congratulations to all!
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Submit
photos for our website!
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with
the new Provincial site.
Keep sending us photos, slideshows, videos and feedback to help us make this
site as up-to-date and easy to navigate as possible.
ONLine!
Check out all editions of ONLine here.
Now Available....To Share and Be
a Friend Challenge - In Celebration of the Sparks’ 20th
Anniversary
This challenge is designed to create interest in Sparks through a "sampler" of
program activities. In addition, it offers new activity ideas to try with your
Unit. You can modify or adjust the activities to suit your Unit's needs, size
and abilities.
http://www.girlguides.ca/challenges_and_activities?news_id=71&uniqid=1593
Click below for order form and samples of the
current promotional materials available for ordering. https://memberzone.girlguides.ca/C12/Ontario/Promotional%20Materials/Forms/AllItems.aspx
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