Candlelight Club

Once a year the Gauteng Central Region holds a tea for the Candlelight Club which is a group of state pensioners who are hosted monthly by various charitable organisations. Guides, Brownies and Rangers in the region collect basic foodstuffs and toiletries and these are handed out to the pensioners.

Guiders, Commissioners and GSG members were busy from early on setting up tables, plates of food, cups and plates. Guides and Brownies arrived a little later to take tea and coffee orders and serve them. After everybody had had a good tea, the pensioners enjoyed a couple of games of Bingo and then were sent home with a tub of basic essentials. The Brownies had decorated some of the containers with bits of coloured paper and they looked very festive.

The adult leaders and the girls worked very hard but had the satisfaction of doing a good turn.

Friendship Day

Instead of celebrating Valentine's Day at Guides, we had a Friendship Day.  Both Guides and Brownies made friendship bracelets with beads and then the rest of the meeting was just having fun.
The Guides were invited to bring a friend so we had four extra on Friday.  The messiest game was feeding your friend jelly while both of you were blindfolded.

End of 2015 Highlights and Lowlights

We had an eventful end to 2015.

Highlights included visiting Gandi's House.

He made his own clothes from cotton that he spung

The girls climbed up to the small attic bedroom where he slept on the floor

Outside was a small table and chairs near the vegetable garden where he grew his own vegetables and herbs.

ladder leading to the attic room.

.

The visit was an eye-opener to both the girls and the adults

Another Highlight was making bird treats.

Smearing peanut butter on pine cones

And covering them with birdseed

Then hanging them in tree

And scattering the leftover birdseed around our newly planted tree.

Lowlights

Five of the girls are going to High School, three of them definitely not coming again (except the two who have virtually achieved their Chief's Challenge  awards and are coming back to receive them) and two not sure if they will continue. That will leave us with two or three Guides.

On the positive side, a very enthusiastic lady has come forward to start a Brownie Pack at the Guide Hall. A Ranger with lots of experience will be assisting her.We are changing the meeting day from a Thursday to a Friday. Let's see what the new year holds.