Get crafty with Girl Guides at Waterdown’s Ribfest
Post date: Mar 07, 2012 2:44:17 AM
Thursday, June, 23, 2011
The Girl Guides will have a booth at the Oh Canada Ribfest at Memorial Park in Waterdown, offering free craft activities for kids.
The craft table will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, June 30 and Friday, July 1. On Saturday, July 2, drop by between noon and 4 p.m.; on Sunday, the activities will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Due to increased enrolment, there is a need for Sparks leaders for the 2011-2012 year.
Please contact the Hamilton office at 905-627-3326 or email acl.11@guidesontario.org for information on volunteer opportunities.
Registration for 2011-2012 is now being accepted at the Hamilton office. Contact Michelle Jermy at 905-547-4389 or email unitadmin.11@guidesontario.org for more information.
Fall registration will be held at the Waterdown Legion on Thursday, September 8 from 6:30-8 p.m. Girls ages five and six, entering Senior Kindergarten in the fall, can register for Sparks. Girls ages seven and eight are eligible for Brownies, girls ages nine and 11 are eligible for Guides and girls between the ages of 12 and 14, for Pathfinders.
In Waterdown Scout news, 15 youth from the 3rd Waterdown Scouts, along with six adults, participated in the Yellow Fish Road program sponsored by Trout Unlimited and the Bay Area Restoration program last month.
Participants raised awareness about storm drain pollution by distributing literature to local homes and marking storm drains with yellow fish symbols.
In Waterdown, the storm drains flow untreated into the Grindstone Creek watershed and from there into Burlington Bay and Lake Ontario, which is where local drinking water comes from.
The Scout troop is planning to work with this group in the future and more information is available at www.yellowfishroad.org.
At the end of May, Waterdown Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers attended the annual group camp at the Rockwood Conservation Area, a great setting for the fun-filled outdoor experience for the youth and leaders.
Youth were immersed in scouting activities and the trip served as a great opportunity for the younger Beavers and Cubs to connect with the more seasoned Scouts and Venturers and build a life-long love for the outdoors.
Members of the 3rd Waterdown Scouts, 1st Carlisle Scouts and Waterdown Girl Guides will be at Oh Canada Ribfest, collecting donations on behalf of the Oh Canada Ribfest Committee during the event’s movie night, June 30 and during the Canada Day fireworks, July 1.
The donations will help offset the expenses related to the movie night and the 30-minute fireworks display.
As well, the Oh Canada Ribfest Committee will donate 25 per cent of the collections to 3rd Waterdown Scouts, 1st Carlisle Scouts and Waterdown Girl Guides.
-Submitted by Lindsey Ryder