Everyday is Thinking Day for us!
Thinking leads to action and action is Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting!
Think Globally - Act Locally!
About Thinking Day
February 22nd was designated as Thinking Day since it was the birthday of both Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts, and
Lady Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide of the Girl Guide/Girl Scout movement. Every Girl Scout and Girl Guide all over the world
celebrates Thinking Day and remembers her "sister" Girl Scouts and Girl Guides everywhere. There are many ways to celebrate being a
member of the world's largest girls' organization and don't limit your troop to the ones we have listed.
Thinking Day 2008
This year, girls voted and selected Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Italy and Madagascar to represent the five regions of World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) - Asia/Pacific, Western Hemisphere, Arab region, Europe, and Africa. World
Thinking Day not only gives girls a chance to celebrate international friendships, but it is also a reminder that Girl Scouts of
the USA is part of a global community - one of 144 countries with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts organizations.
Water is the WAGGGS World Thinking day theme for 2008. See the
Suggested World Thinking Day Activities
to take action locally and globally around water issues.
The Juliette Low World Friendship Fund collects donations to give to WAGGGS to promote Girl
Guiding /Girl Scouting around the world. These Thinking Day funds are a vital part of the World
Association's resources. If your troop chooses to donate to the fund, make your check payable to
GSRHC with "JLWFF" in the memo area and mail or bring to the Council Service Center.
Rolling Hills records and combines all funds donated by individual troops and sends a single check to the
Friendship Fund. Take part in Rolling Hills' Juliette Low Friendship Fund Challenge!
Thinking Day Activities
Download a sample Thinking Day calendar with ideas for activities along with a blank calendar you can
fill in if your troop decides to make up their own activities.
Learn about WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts).
Get together with other troops in your service unit to sing songs, play games, or do skits celebrating Girl Scouting.
One leader copied a list of activities, cut each idea apart, and put them all in a paper bag. Each girl picked one and came to the next meeting prepared to tell about her activity to the rest of the troop.
One Service Unit had a winter camporee and at the Saturday evening campfire, each troop brought a donation for the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund.
Some troops have done parts of the Everyone Belongs patch program to promote understanding.
Another fun activity is to make a Thinking Day Calendar to countdown to Thinking Day. The calendar lists a different Girl Scout question daily and the girls find the answers to each one. Sometimes the answer is multiplied by a penny or a nickel with the total money being donated to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund.
An older girl troop can celebrate with a younger troop by explaining WAGGGS, playing games, singing songs, making a craft such as the Friendship Snowflake.
Gather several troops of the same level together and have a Scout's Own.
Create posters, a window display, or a bulletin board about WAGGGS. Download photos of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from around the world.
Leave a World Thinking Day message for your sister Girl Scouts and Girl Guides across the globe. (This link is now active.)
Thinking Day Patch
Girl Scouts may receive a Thinking Day patch if they participate in Thinking Day
activities. There is no set number of activities to be completed to obtain the patch. Patches are available in the council shop.
