Tiger
Cadet Guider, District Guider, Trainer
Quebec City, Canada
GOLDTIGER@VIDEOTRON.CA
In past years the
guiders have argued whether to have a party or not, all together and do
some bridging, or just each unit on its own, etc. I suggested that instead
of the girls always "getting", maybe it's time they do some giving. Now,
every Halloween, the District dresses in costume or uniform and we all go
down to the senior's home and so some skits, singing and otherwise
entertaining. Most of the girls are military and are not fortunate to have
their grandparents around so this is a wonderful way to retain the contact
with our wiser bunch of citizens. After 20 minutes of singing, etc. the
girls pass out small crafts to decorate their rooms, edible snacks to those
that may, and the girls sit and talk with the seniors and learn alot about
their day to day lives. Some of the older girls will accompany a nurse and
visit people in their rooms that are bedridden. All in all, we spend about
2 1/2 hours there and the girls really look forward to it. We were also
going during Christmas, but it seems everybody does it, so we keep it
special and go at Halloween.
Any other service projects out there that are different from the norm?