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EARTH TO GIRL SCOUTS: MORE THAN 200 GIRLS LEARN ABOUT NATIONS OF THE WORLD
The Daily Star-Journal, Warrensburg, Mo
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
March 5, 2014 Wednesday
by Jack "Miles" Ventimiglia, The Daily Star-Journal, Warrensburg, Mo.
March 05--WARRENSBURG -- World Thinking Day drew about 250 Girl Scouts,
siblings and parents to First Christian Church of Warrensburg at
Holden and Gay streets.
Girls set up tables for each other, with each table dedicated to
information about a foreign country. Girls sold food or SWAPS --
an acronym meaning Something With A Pin -- to raise funds.
"These funds will be donated to the World Thinking Day Foundation and
shared among the five 'focus countries' of Armenia, Benin, Bangladesh,
Egypt, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines," an event organizer,
Adrianne Naddell, reported.
To get "passports" stamped , the littlest girls ran from table to
table to jot down information about the "countries" they visited.
Older girls took more time, asking questions and taking advantage of
the learning opportunity.
Some tables served food native to the countries represented, with
grapes given out by Heather Walston at the Chilean table.
"Wine, grapes and copper are the three main things out of Chile,"
Walston said.
Amber Powers stopped with daughter Serenity Beemer, 5, a Daisy
with Troop 433, Knob Noster. While kneeling to reach eye level with
Serenity, Powers said Bangladesh is a poor country where children
seldom have a good education. The average schooling for a Bangladeshi
is 2.6 years, based on United Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organization information.
Each table represented one of the world's countries, with 23 overall
this year, an event organizer, Kristen Sullivan said. The event
started in 1926, at the fourth Girl Guide/Girl Scout International
Conference held at Girl Scouts of the USA's Camp Edith Macy.
Sullivan's troop set up a table about Armenia and contacted
Scouts there. She said the Armenians expressed excitement about the
contact with a troop in the United States. Troop 5305 members at the
Warrensburg event sang the ABC's in Armenian for everyone.
"We chose (Armenia) because they were one of the five focus countries,"
Sullivan said.
World Thinking Day recognizes some places in the world lack resources
that troops in this and other countries can help provide. Girls at
the Warrensburg event raised $1,748 for five countries.
Sullivan told the girls in the crowd, "Be proud of what you do."
The Daily Star-Journal, Warrensburg, Mo
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
March 5, 2014 Wednesday
by Jack "Miles" Ventimiglia, The Daily Star-Journal, Warrensburg, Mo.
March 05--WARRENSBURG -- World Thinking Day drew about 250 Girl Scouts,
siblings and parents to First Christian Church of Warrensburg at
Holden and Gay streets.
Girls set up tables for each other, with each table dedicated to
information about a foreign country. Girls sold food or SWAPS --
an acronym meaning Something With A Pin -- to raise funds.
"These funds will be donated to the World Thinking Day Foundation and
shared among the five 'focus countries' of Armenia, Benin, Bangladesh,
Egypt, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines," an event organizer,
Adrianne Naddell, reported.
To get "passports" stamped , the littlest girls ran from table to
table to jot down information about the "countries" they visited.
Older girls took more time, asking questions and taking advantage of
the learning opportunity.
Some tables served food native to the countries represented, with
grapes given out by Heather Walston at the Chilean table.
"Wine, grapes and copper are the three main things out of Chile,"
Walston said.
Amber Powers stopped with daughter Serenity Beemer, 5, a Daisy
with Troop 433, Knob Noster. While kneeling to reach eye level with
Serenity, Powers said Bangladesh is a poor country where children
seldom have a good education. The average schooling for a Bangladeshi
is 2.6 years, based on United Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organization information.
Each table represented one of the world's countries, with 23 overall
this year, an event organizer, Kristen Sullivan said. The event
started in 1926, at the fourth Girl Guide/Girl Scout International
Conference held at Girl Scouts of the USA's Camp Edith Macy.
Sullivan's troop set up a table about Armenia and contacted
Scouts there. She said the Armenians expressed excitement about the
contact with a troop in the United States. Troop 5305 members at the
Warrensburg event sang the ABC's in Armenian for everyone.
"We chose (Armenia) because they were one of the five focus countries,"
Sullivan said.
World Thinking Day recognizes some places in the world lack resources
that troops in this and other countries can help provide. Girls at
the Warrensburg event raised $1,748 for five countries.
Sullivan told the girls in the crowd, "Be proud of what you do."