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GGEW NEWS
AUTUMN 2005
ots of coffee was
made by the 3rd
Brentwood
Brownies when they
held a Coffee Evening
for Macmillan nurses.
The Brownies also
served tea and cakes
and were helped at
one point by
Brentwood mayor
Dudley Cooke who
decorated a cake.
The event raised
£250 in just one hour
and the sum was
matched by Barclays
Bank who operate a
support scheme for
staff.
Brownies also
gained their Hostess
badges.
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he 12th Hornchurch
Brownies gained their
Hostess badge on
Monday 13th October by
holding a tea party.
The evening was held to
primarily raise money for the
NSPCC as well as cover
clauses of the hostess badge,
such as serving refreshments
and making table decorations.
There was a stall selling county
gifts, a fab raffle and a presentation about Guiding through
the ages and Changing the
World projects.
We were very lucky to be
joined by several members of
the Trefoil Guild who kindly
came to visit before the County
meeting.
Brownie family and friends
were invited to see a presentation of what the girls have been up to and launch the 12th Hornchurch Brownie website
www1.freewebs.com/twelfthhornchurchbrownies. The evening raised £150 for the NSPCC and £125 for Essex West.
There was standing room only in the Church and I would like to say a big thank you to Annabel Harder, Trudy Bekkers, Toni
Day and all the parents who stayed to help clean up, you are all Guiding Stars! Sarah Low
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Nicola Parry
n June the 4th Epping (St John’s)
Brownie Pack along with Waltham
Ab bey and Upshire Brownies undertook the BT Giant sleepover and chose
Love in Action as their theme.
We contacted Rachel Butterfield and
used some of her information and
resources to plan our activities. A very
successful and informative sleepover was
had, where we learnt all about the school
she was building in Uganda about the
country and its children in general.
All Brownies gained their Love in Action
badges. Rachel Butterfield then came to
visit us on 22nd October where she was
able to show us artefacts and slides of her
visit to the school during the summer.
We learnt more about where our money
was being spent and specifically on what.
We presented her with a cheque for
£151.33.
GGEW NEWS AUTUMN 2005
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Manuden Guides at Essex International Jamboree 2008
uess whose head this
is (Sue Wiseman!) this was my view at Big
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Gig!
2nd Buckhurst Hill Guides
enjoying the concert in
Birmingham.
st Horndon on the Hill Brownies held a “Macmillan” coffee evening event on
Weds 8th Oct 2008. 17 brownies from the Horndon Brownie pack decorated
cakes and biscuits for sale as part of their Macmillan cancer charity fund raising event. The event was attended by parents, family and friends
who were well catered for as they all enjoyed being served tea, coffee
and cakes by the brownies. The event raised £68.82.
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This was a very worthwhile and educational topic
to undertake.
We had fun but at the
same time we learnt how
different other children’s
lives and experiences could
be to our own and about
the value of money. (By just
earning our badges - £1.00)
- We each bought approx.
20 bricks to build the
school. The land the school
was built on only cost
£30.00!)
ake acres of farmland, add over 50 marquees, 3.2km of fencing, 12 toilet
blocks, and a few thousand tents and you have the Jamboree site. Put
10,000 people, half from Essex and half from the rest of the UK and from
30 other countries, into this, and you have the most amazing holiday village
you can imagine!
The area was divided into 11 sub-camps with the names of endangered animals, the theme for the Jamboree. We were on the Lemur sub-camp and
enjoyed getting to know people from nearby (Elsenham!), a little further away
(Colchester, Wigan, Worcester) and even further (Ghana, Germany, Ireland,
USA, Norway, Japan).
There was a wide range of activities on offer throughout the week, the highlights being the water sports. Girls in our group tried, and thoroughly enjoyed,
sailing, power-boats, canoeing and scuba diving. There were quad bikes, gokarts, abseiling, climbing, caving, archery, assault courses, huge inflatables……
the list goes on. The It’s a Knockout involving the whole sub-camp provided a
mixture of physical, mental and team-effort games, with plenty of music to let
your hair down to inbetween. We also had day-out, and our girls chose to do
some retail therapy in Colchester, and managed to find some incredible bargains.
An impressive International Plaza contained tents set out in a huge circle
around all the flags of countries represented at the Jamboree. Here we could
try activities involved with world cultures, world faiths and global awareness. It
was also here that 2 of our girls, Helena Berry and Jessica Arnold, were presented with their Baden-Powell Challenge awards by the Chief Guide, Liz
Burnley. This was a wonderful opportunity, and made their achievement even
more special.
At night, the Jamboree came alive in other ways. In the central arena, there
was a huge stage that took 5 people 3 hours to build (I thought it would have
taken longer!), and the house band, Reef Knot, played here to get everyone
into a party mood. Entertainment continued in the Dance tent and the Live tent,
with different acts each night. On Thursday it was the Talent Show. Our group
had won our sub-camp heat and so had the fantastic experience of performing
an Abba medley on stage with a battery of lights and sound equipment in front
of a large audience. They didn’t win but were absolutely brilliant!
The Essex Jamboree takes place every 4 years, and is the largest in the
UK. The Jamboree Chief summed up what the Jamboree is all about; “It is an
opportunity for members of Scouting and Guiding to join together in a way that
is not often seen in other parts of life today; a chance to meet, talk with,
befriend and live with each other, in an atmosphere of harmony, peace, cooperation and celebration.” It certainly was that. We now look forward to 2012
when we can do it all again!
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Glynis Prothero Guide Guider