World Thinking Day

World Thinking Day, a special day for Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world to think about their "sister" Girl Scouts, is February 22nd.  It commemorates the mutual birthdays of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts, and his wife, Olave, who served as World Chief Guide.

Each year, girls participate in activities, games, and projects with a global them to think about or honor Girl Scouts and Girl Guides in other countries. In many World Thinking Day events, troops choose one country to focus their attention and learn about Girl Scouting or Girl Guides in that country, activities, games, etc., and then get together with other troops to share what they have learned.

The 2011 theme is girls worldwide say "empowering girls will change our world."

For more information, visit the following links.  There are links for suggested activities by Girl Scout level.

http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/world_thinking_day/world_thinking_day_2005.asp

http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/world_thinking_day/

Also, see this site for activities divided by level.

http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/world_thinking_day/wtd_activities.pdf

This is provided by World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

http://www.worldthinkingday.org/en/grab/20868/1/WTDActivityPack2011.pdf

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