On Saturday, February 23,2019 Hamden Girls Scouts grades K-12 met at the Mount Carmel Congregational Church to celebrate World Thinking Day. World Thinking Day originated in 1926. It is promoted by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts along with Girl Scouts of the USA. Every year Girl Scouts and Girl Guides join together to take part in activities that promote changing the world for the better. Their are Girl Scouts and Girl Guides in 150 countries. This year's theme was Leaders.
Hamden Girl Scouts have their own special event. Troops volunteer to hold a booth showcasing a country that has Girl Scouts or Girl Guides. The Girls research the country, make poster display boards, prepare food from the country and made swaps. (Girl Scouts often make small tokens of friendship to exchange with the Girl Scouts they meet. Swaps mean special whatchamacallits affectionately pinned somewhere) India, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Sweden, Brazil and Canada each had a booth at the event.
The Girls also went around to different stations to get them thinking about themselves as leaders, while also learning about girls and life in general in other countries.
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Kimberly Conner, who served in Madagascar as a Community Health Educator with the Peace Corp spoke to the Girls about her time in Madagascar.
The Girls concluded with a world friendship candlelight ceremony. Their was 60 Girls in attendance. All who attended had fun and learned a lot.
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