World Thinking Day Friends

Supplies:      
1.  flashlight
2.  paper dolls of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from other countries*
3.  collection container with symbol of World Association on it
4.  girls should have their donations for the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund ready (If a girl can not afford to make a donation, give her a few coins from the troop treasury to donate so she feels included.)

Procedure:    Each girl chooses her own paper doll. Girls stand in semi-circle. Lights are dimmed.

LEADER:      Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
Stretch out your hands
And bring in your sisters
From faraway lands

One by one, each Girl Scout steps to the center of the semi-circle. Using the flashlight to illuminate the doll, the girl says, "This is my Girl Scout/Girl Guide friend from _____________ ." (She may add an interesting fact learned about the country, uniform, insignia etc.) The girl then stands her doll by the container and drops in her donation to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund. Continue process for each girl.

LEADER:      We light our lights to show we are thinking of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides everywhere. Your coins will help more girls become members of the organization and send our sisterhood around the world. Let us say our Girl Scout Promise together and think of all the other girls in many nations saying their Promise and thinking of us this day.

Everyone makes the Girl Scout sign and repeats the Girl Scout Promise. Conclude with an appropriate song such as "It's a Small World."

*Resources:  (GSUSA publications) Trefoil Around the World, and WAGGGS Uniforms and Badges Charts. (available at council service center)
 
 
 

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