Backpacking and Wild Edibles
Location: Community 9
Suitable For: Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: mileage at $0.25 per km
Activity Time: one hour or more depending on the activity
Availability: most evenings
Resource Guider: Gayle Lewis
Backpacking is both challenging and rewarding when you plan ahead. Let’s get together to talk about hints for getting ready. We will cover the gear you need, food storage and meal planning, how to manage sore feet and putting together your survival kit. Wild edibles can be a lifesaver when you are out in the wilderness. This topic can be covered in the spring. Girls will work towards the Into the Outdoors program area.
Basic American Sign Language
Location: Unit Meeting place, community 9
Suitable For: All branches
Cost: No cost
Activity Time: Variable depending on the branch level, size of the group and what they would like to learn.
Availability: Monday, Thursday and weekends.
Resource Guider: Angie Morton-Locke
American Sign Language creates community but does not have to be exclusive. Learn some of the basics of ASL such as the alphabet, how to greet someone or maybe just your favourite word. Girls will work towards the Build Skills and Explore Identities program areas of Girls First.
Canoeing near Windsor
Location: Community 1, pool or large body of water
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: No cost, unit to provide all necessary equipment
Activity Time: various
Availablity: Weekends from May to September
Resource Guider: Iona Hillis
Do you want to take your girls canoeing? I am willing to teach them. I have my ORCA Flat-water Instructor certificate, ORCA level D Flat-water certificate and I ran the canoe program at Camp Bryerswood Summer Camp for 10 years.
Iyengar Yoga
Location: Unit Meeting place, community 9
Suitable For: All branches
Cost: No cost
Activity Time: 30 minutes minimum
Availability: Monday, Thursday and weekends
Resource Guider: Angie Morton-Locke
Do you think yoga is all about flexibility? Think again! It is about building strength and learning your body’s boundaries. Yoga is for you. It is not a team sport to compare yourself to others. I am a certified yoga instructor and have completed the 250 hour training program at The Yoga Centre of Burlington. In this fun interactive session, we will help each other and work on team building. Girls will work towards the Be Well program area of Girls First.
Learn to Sew
Location: Mount Brydges United Church
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $7 per girl for fabric
Activity Time: About three hours
Availability: Preferably Saturdays
Resource Guider: Evelyn Parfitt
The 1st Middlesex West Trefoil in Motion Trefoil Guild are pleased to offer a revamped learn to sew program for older girls. Groups of up to 15 participants will have the option of making a set of outdoor winter wear (toque, scarf and mittens), a teddy bear or a vest. Everyone in your group must agree to make the same thing. We will provide all materials and equipment. Extra pairs of good fabric scissors are always welcome. Please label your equipment. Bring your own lunch or snack and water bottles. Girls will work towards the Build Skills and Experiment and Create program areas.
Outdoor Education and Canoe
Location: community 1, pool or large body of water
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: No cost, unit to provide all necessary equipment
Activity Time: 5 to 6 hours one day or spread time over 2 days
Availability: weekends from May to September
Resource Guider: Marie Wilder
Do you want to take your girls canoeing? I am willing to teach them. I have ORCA level D flat water and have experience leading canoeing at Pathfinder camps for many years.
Survival Skills and Camping Fun
Location: Community 9
Suitable For: Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: mileage at $0.25 per km
Activity Time: one hour or more depending on the activity
Availability: most evenings
Resource Guider: Gayle Lewis
There are opportunities to learn in every season. Try fire building, even when the wood is wet! Learn to pitch, strike and storm-proof a tent. Use lashing to make a sturdy lean-to shelter in the summer or winter. Hand-made equipment for camp luxuries such as the latrine seat and wash basin are affectionately called camp gadgets. Learn how to lash these gadgets together. How much do you know about trailblazing, signage and stalking to find others or help them find you? On the path, you can also learn to identify common animal tracks. If you have access to an open area with some bushes and trees, we can play a wide game of Capture the Flag. Last but not least, practice planning and teaching new songs at a campfire. Girls will work towards the Into the Outdoors program area.
Central Southwestern Ontario
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Location: Community 10 or less than one hour from Niagara Falls
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: none
Activity Time: one hour
Availability: weeknights or weekends as arranged with the unit
Resource Guider: Christine Sands-Vizzari
Having been a chemistry teacher for years, I can lead girls through experimentations and fun with new substances. The most fun is usually dry ice around Halloween but I can tailor activities to your group. I have access to 12 Spark and Brownie-sized safety glasses. Older or larger units may need to borrow or buy this equipment. For this activity, I need access to a sink, preferably with functioning hot water tap and electricity to boil water. It often works well if you have another activity going on and I get the girls in small groups so they can be fully hands-on. This activity could count towards the Experiment and Create program area.
Camping Skills
Location: Community 10, willing to travel to weekend camps
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Units are required to purchase supplies for camp items, depending on activity.
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting or Friday to Sunday weekend camps.
Resource Guider: Winnifred Taft
Want someone teach your unit basic camp skills? I have experience camping in all seasons. I can help with bedrolls, sit-upons, bum buckets, ditty bags, hygiene buckets, tent set-up and more. Do you need an extra Guider at camp to meet Safe Guide ratio? I can be that Guider.
Campus Readiness
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Orangeville, Brampton, Mississauga, Georgetown
Suitable For: Rangers
Cost: $5.00 per participant
Activity Time: One hour
Availability: Tuesday – Thursday (October to December/March to August)
Resource Guider: Marcella Kowalchuk
In this seminar we focus on bringing attention to the choices and situations young graduates will face as they prepare to leave high school. Topics for discussion include deciding on what to do next (college, university, apprenticeship), adjusting to campus/work life, managing finances, course work, and staying healthy in mind, body and spirit.
Canoe Paddling/Tripping
Location:Ontario wide
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: No Cost – unit responsible for providing necessary equipment
Activity Time: Half day to two day clinic
Activity
Requirements: Flat water pond/lake or river, unit responsible for providing all necessary equipment, canoes, PFD’s, paddles and safety equipment.
Availablity:Weekends, Weekdays (July and August)
Resource Guider: Beth Jones
Learn basic flat water and self rescue canoeing skills. Moving water ORCKA and Paddle Canada certification available. Canoe tripping skills are also available.
Dance Lessons
Location: Unit Meeting Place or Grand River Academy of Dance - 8 Frankline Blvd, Cambridge, Community 7/8
Suitable For: Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: No cost at unit location $5 per participant if held at studio
Activity Time: approximately 1 hour
Availability: Guiding Year
Resource Guider: Beth Jones
Dance lessons in ballet, jazz or hip hop at the Grand River Academy of Dance.
Design Your Own Space
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Kitchener/Waterloo/Guelph areas
Suitable For: Guides and Pathfinders
Cost: Unit to cover cost of craft materials, plus $0.50 per km for travel outside of home area.
Activity Time: Up to two hours
Activity Requirements: Tables and Chairs
Availability: Monday to Thursday (dependant on school schedule)
Resource Guider: Erin Wetzel
Teach your unit about the elements of design around us every day! Explore and learn about designing interiors, what makes a creative space and discover a career in architecture and interior design. This program is interactive, lively and will keep you hands on during a unique craft.
Geocaching
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Community 8. Willing travel further on weekends
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: No cost
Activity Time: 1-4 hours
Availability: Every day
Resource Guider: Julie Garneau
Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.
Handmade Cards and Gifts
Location: Greater Hamilton area
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: : $5 per card
Activity Time: 1.5 hours
Availability: Monday - Wednesday
Resource Guider: Stephanie Nash
Get together to create gorgeous handmade greeting cards that will leave the recipients speechless. Girls will work towards the Experiment and Create program area.
High School here I come!
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Orangeville, Brampton, Mississauga, Georgetown
Suitable For: Pathfinders
Cost: $5.00 per participant
Activity Time: One hour
Availability: Tuesday – Thursday (September-November/February-August)
Resource Guider: Marcella Kowalchuk
Created for girls getting ready to enter high school, this seminar provides a forum for girls to discuss self-esteem, friendships, school work and study time, family, faith and wellness.
Intro to Métis Beadwork
Location: Linwood, ON. Willing to travel up to one hour distance.
Suitable For: Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $5.00/girl for materials, mileage at optional $0.25/km rate
Activity Time: 1.5 hours
Availability: Monday to Friday evenings or at weekend camp
Resource Guider: Pandora Wilhelm
Introduction to Métis Beadwork is an introductory class to the style of Métis beading. Métis beading is a style of First Peoples beadwork here in Canada. Our beadwork takes on more floral patterns and earthly shapes compared to our First Nations cousins.
Each youth will receive a beadwork kit and have everything needed to finish their flower at home. Beadwork kits include beads, needle, thread, beading pattern on felt and a bead mat. This activity could count towards the Build Skills, Experiment and Create or Connect and Question program area.
Intro to Métis Culture
Location: Linwood, ON. Willing to travel up to one hour distance.
Suitable For: all branches
Cost: mileage at optional $0.25/km rate
Activity Time: 1 - 1.5 hours
Availability: Monday to Friday evenings or at weekend camp
Resource Guider: Pandora Wilhelm
Introduction to Métis Culture can run from an hour to an hour and a half depending on the meeting duration. I bring in a culture kit, which is comprised of traditional items, books and different animal furs. I talk about who the Métis people are historically and who we are today. Girls will work towards the Connect and Question program area.
Learning about Natural Dyes
Location: Willing to travel between Woodstock and East London
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $10 for dyes and test fabrics
Activity Time: 1 hour and 15 mins
Availability: Monday to Wednesday
Resource Guider: Sarah Coates
As a group, we will explore some of the different dyes and colours that can be created with some commonly found items. We will test these colours on small fabric swatches but if you would like to incorporate this into a larger project please let me know. Girls will work towards the Experiment and Create program area.
Loom Beading
Location: Unit Meeting place, Community 8 (within one hour of Elmira)
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $10/girl for materials
Activity Time: 1 – 2 hrs
Availability: Monday – Sunday, requires two weeks’ notice
Resource Guider: Pandora Wilhelm
Weaving beads with a loom is a beautiful and traditional First Peoples art form. In this activity, we'll be making a beaded bracelet in a floral pattern, which is traditional to the Metis Peoples. While beading, we'll talk about who the Metis Peoples are and why they're known for their bright and floral beading! Girls will work towards the Build Skills, Experiment and Create and Connect and Question program areas.
Moccasin Making
Location: Linwood, ON. Willing to travel within two hours of Waterloo, ON.
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $45/participant for materials, mileage at optional $0.25/km rate
Activity Time: 4 - 5 hrs
Availability: weekend camp with advance notice
Resource Guider: Pandora Wilhelm
In this workshop, we will create a pair of soft soled moccasins out of deer hide to be used as indoor slippers. This is ideal for a Saturday activity at a weekend camp. Girls will cut out, punch and sew their own moccasins using tools and materials I will provide. I will need to know their shoe sizes in advance to have the patterns traced and ready to go. This activity could count towards the Experiment and Create and Connect and Question program area.
Musical Fun 1
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Waterloo, Cambridge, Kitchener, Guelph and surrounding area
Suitable For: All branches
Cost: Mileage cost of $0.25 per km if travel outside home area is required
Activity Time: Up to 1 hour
Activity Requirements: Space to move around and gather into a circle.
Availability: Weeknights or Saturdays during weekend camps or events
Resource Guider: Grace Ferguson
Do you want a musical boost to your unit meeting, camp or special event? Want to learn more songs, complete a challenge, or figure out for once and for all how that Spark or Brownie song goes? Music can be a great way to put more fun and meaning into your girls' Guiding experience.
Sing Ontario Sing
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Community 10
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Unit to cover cost of copying song sheets
Activity Time: Up to 2 hours
Activity Requirements: Regular meeting space.
Availability: Thursday, alternate Mondays/Tuesdays
Resource Guider: Winnifred Taft
Do you want to do the Sing Ontario Sing Challenge, but you don't know the songs? I can come to your unit to help you and your girls earn this challenge!
GTA
Anyone in Guiding Can Sing
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Community 14, 15, 16
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Unit to cover cost of photo copying lyrics of songs
Activity Time: 45 min for Sparks and Brownies, 60 min for older girls
Availability: September - March; Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Resource Guider: Heather Nutbeem
The 53rd Mississauga Singing and Leadership Guiding Unit of community 16 is looking to offer assistance in learning a wide variety of songs.
Let us know what you are looking for. We sing with enthusiasm and heart and want to share this with others.
Basic Canoeing
Location:GTA
Suitable For: Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: To be determined based on cost-recovery for the activity
Activity Time: minimum 2 hours
Availablity:weekends
Resource Guider: Shannon Carson
Become certified in ORCKA safe canoeing and basic canoeing levels 1 to 4.
Wildlife and Water Science
Location:GTA (including GGC camps near the GTA)
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: :To be discussed, minimal based on cost recovery
Activity Time: 1 – 3 hours
Availablity:Weekends. Weekdays by request and availability.
Resource Guider: Wynona Klemt
Using environmental education programming from the Canadian Wildlife Federation's "Project Wild" and "Below Zero", as well as the Canadian Water Resources Association's "Project Wet", I will guide the girls through various fun and educational activities to learn more about the science behind nature! These programs contain a large range of activities suitable for all age groups and interests. Girls will work towards the Into the Outdoors and Take Action program areas.
North Eastern Ontario
Archery near Peterborough
Location: Indoor or outdoor range within a one-hour drive of Peterborough
Suitable For: All branches
Cost: Archery equipment must be available on site
Activity Time: 1 hour minimum
Availability: Weekends from September to June. Weekdays after 5 p.m. if in Peterborough
Resource Guider: Jenna Greatbanks
Based on age and experience level, girls will build on previously learned skills or start right at the basics. This activity aligns with the Build Skills program area of Girls First.
Canoeing
Location:Community 30, willing to travel up to 6 hours
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Variable depending on activity, based on cost-recovery
Activity Time: Variable, from 3 hours to several days
Activity Requirements: Flat water pond/lake or river, unit responsible for providing all necessary equipment, canoes, PFD’s, paddles and safety equipment.
Availablity:open water months
Resource Guider: Marg Harper
Work towards the Build Skills and Guide Together program areas through ORCKA canoeing courses. Several course options are available for all skill levels from Safe Canoeing to Tripping 3 and Canadian Style. Your unit can choose the program length that suits your needs. The venue will be selected and set up by the Resource Guider.
Cricut Machine Fun
Location: Unit meeting space in community 24
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: approximately $15 per participant to cover supply costs
Activity Time: 1.5 to 2 hours
Availablity:Mondays and Wednesday to Sunday
Resource Guider: Brianna Warr-Hunter
Learn about the Cricut Explore Air 2 Machine and everything it can do! Units can choose from many activities including card making, sticker making, t-shirt or canvas bag lettering and more. Girls will work towards the Experiment and Create program area.
Fun with Scrapbooking
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Community 32 and South end of community 31
Suitable For: All branches
Cost: $5.00 maximum per participant
Activity Time: 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on activity
Activity Requirements: Enough table and chairs for participants with supplies set up in the centre of tables.
Availability: Mon-Thurs, with some weekends with advance notice (October to May)
Resource Guider: Jan Hester
Are you interested in scrapbooking? Depending on age, we can make cards, gift tags, layouts and other projects set around a particular theme. Possibilities will take you as far as your imagination!
Improv and Drama Games
Location: Unit Meeting Place: community 32 (including Orangeville/Newmarket area)
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: No cost
Activity Time: One to two hours, depending on age, space and energy levels.
Activity Requirements: Unit meeting space or camp site, indoors or out.
Availability: Mondays and Wednesdays preferred; other days and weekends if pre-arranged.
Resource Guider: Janice Monahan
This lively and active session uses games involving observation, concentration, reaction and teamwork. Playing with voice, movement and objects; and improv games. Think fast, go with the flow, be creative and you can’t help laughing!
Musical Fun 2
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Community 32
Suitable For: All branches
Cost: No cost
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Activity Requirements: Space to move around and gather into a circle.
Availability: Guiding year
Resource Guider: Janice Monahan
From singing games and silly songs to action songs and musical program.
Outdoor Specialist in Archery
Location: Camp Ma-Kee- Wa
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Mileage reimbursement at $0.25/km and the cost of equipment rental
Activity Time: 3 hours
Availability: Weekends
Resource Guider: Lynda Russell
Girls of all experience levels can learn the background, safe handling and skills of archery. Girls will work towards the Build Skills program area.
Wanna Camp
Location: Communities 31 and 32
Suitable For: All branches
Cost: Cost: No Cost. Flat rate of $10.00 for travel outside of Barrie/Midhurst area
Activity Time: 1 to 2 hours
Availablity:Mon-Fri, weekends (June to August)
Resource Guider: Alison Gruering-Lewis
Want to camp, but don’t know where to begin? For the beginner or change of branches there are different considerations when camping indoors and outdoors. I will help you plan and organize an amazing camp that you can execute with confidence! Everything from paperwork, working with a theme, camp scheduling, duties, menu planning, dish washing, cross contamination, rainy day activities and so much more!
Planning can happen by phone, email or in person.
Northern Ontario
Introduction to Astronomy
Location: Sudbury, willing to travel within a 2 hour radius. Doe Lake is within reason.
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Cost of the craft depends on the type of craft and will be discussed with Guider. Mileage is $0.25/km.
Units are required to provide materials for most activities. These are generally household items or things found in the dollar store.
A $10 flat fee will be charged to cover travel expenses. If you wish to learn about electrical circuits, there is a $10 fee (for batteries and replacement parts).
Activity Time: 1 – 3 hrs
Availability: to be determined with the unit
Resource Guider: Linda Pulliah
While learning to recognize constellations and planets, one also learns to orient themselves without the use of a compass or GPS. There is a sense of awe that comes from connecting with nature, recognizing our place in the cosmos and appreciating the connection between lore and culture.
I review use of planispheres and sky maps and participants are used to create a solar system and a galaxy. Power point presentations are available on a number of subjects. Two styles of telescopes are provided for demonstration purposes. If a clear night sky is available, a night sky tour will be conducted. The focus is on visual astronomy, naked eye, with binoculars and finally with telescope(s). If there is enough time there will be a craft. For help leading your own astronomy program through the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, please contact Linda.
Ottawa-Gatineau
A Light Hearted Look at Guide History
Location: Unit Meeting Place:Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Guides
Cost: $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
A grab bag evening of puppet shows, short plays, stories and chants that share moments from Girl Guide history and the life of Lord and Lady Baden Powell.
All About Veganism
Location: Unit meeting place in the Ottawa and Nepean communities
Suitable For: Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Units are responsible for providing writing and colouring supplies. Units are responsible for purchasing ingredients for vegan snacks if desired.
Activity Time: 45 minutes to one hour
Availability: Weekdays
Resource Guider: Carolyn Harris
Learn all about veganism — what it is, its history, why many people make this choice, and what vegan snacks you can make at home. Finally, try some tasty vegan food. The exact activities and topics will vary depending on the branch of the unit.
Archery
Location: Ottawa Area
Suitable For: Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: cost of equipment rental
Activity Time: 45 mins to 75 mins depending on group size
Availability: Weekends
Resource Guider: Claire Ingraham
Archery can be practiced through all seasons. If you are attending a weekend camp and the facility has archery equipment available, consider booking this facilitator to lead you through the basic skills. Girls of all experience levels are welcome to participate.
Archery at Camp Woolsey
Location: Camp Woolsey
Suitable For: Sparks to Rangers
Cost: Mileage (equipment must be rented separately)
Activity Time: 1 – 1.5 hours
Availability: Year-round
Resource Guider: Julie Côté
Girls of all experience levels can learn the skills of archery. Learn about the equipment, safety and how to properly fire away! Girls will work towards the Build Skills program area of Girls First.
Archives Road Show
Location: Unit Meeting Place: community 28
Suitable For: All branches
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Activity Requirements: 2-3 large tables for displays
Availability: Monday to Friday (weekend events may be considered). September through June.
Resource Guider: Nancy Kelly
Archives Road Show shows the history of Guiding in Canada and Ottawa since the very beginning through stories, photos and displays of artifacts (including badges and uniforms).
Bread, Buns and Biscuits
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Pathfinders
Cost: $2.50 per participant plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Activity Requirements: 1 oven for every 4 girls
Availability: Monday to Friday (weekend events may be considered). September through June.
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
A hands on baking experience. Find out how and why baked goods rise. Bake them, taste them and take them home to try!
Camp Skills Galore!
Location: Unit Meeting Space: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Cost: $10.00 per unit plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Your girls can smell, feel, touch and listen about the wonders and beauty of the outside world. These are games that will move you emotionally as you move about playing them (active, but not running games).
Days for Girls Workshops
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Eastern Ontario
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders, Rangers and Trex/Extra Ops
Cost: $5.00/participant or equivalent donations of materials used in the kits.
Activity Time: 1 – 2 hrs – depending on the branch level.
Availability: Most days and weekends
Resource Guider: Mary Johnston and Hope Ring
Take action towards global and environmental service and learn about international issues and women's issues through this workshop. The main activity entails producing and packing sustainable, washable, cloth-based menstrual hygiene kits for girls who need them in Canada and in developing countries around the globe. Days for Girls aims to provide a dignified and educated approach to menstrual hygiene that will allow all girls to participate fully and achieve their potential in education and civil life. Participants will learn about the project and the regions in which kit distributions have taken place. They will also learn to accurately measure, cut fabric and use a serger and a sewing machine.
Driving Change Instant Meeting
Location: Unit meeting place in the Ottawa and Nepean communities
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Units are responsible for providing writing and colouring supplies.
Activity Time: Entire length of the meeting
Availability: Weekdays
Resource Guider: Carolyn Harris
Learn about advocacy through the Driving Change Instant Meeting. The program material is adapted from the Girls First platform. The exact activities and topics will vary depending on the branch and girls’ interests. Girls will work towards the Your Voice theme of Girls First.
Forensic Science
Location: Beacon Hill North area of Ottawa
Suitable For: Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: mileage reimbursed at $0.25/km
Activity Time: 1.5 hours
Availability: Tuesday to Thursday
Resource Guider: Wendy Norman
This presentation will cover an introduction to forensic science with focus on chemistry and trace evidence including some actual cases that the speaker has completed. The presentation is most suitable for high school age participants but Guide groups may inquire. We will start with a PowerPoint presentation and end with a hands-on case for participants to attempt to solve. Girls will work towards the Experiment and Create program area.
Fortunately/Unfortunately
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Guides
Cost: $1.00 per participant plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: 90 minutes
Activity Requirements: A quiet room with tables, chairs and access to water
Availability: Week nights and weekends
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Wear a head scarf and slip into a long skirt (or not) as you step into an evening of fortune telling. Sneak a peek at what your love life may promise, how many children you may have. Find out if you are likely to travel or be rich and famous!
From Story to Stage
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: 90 minutes to 2 hours
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Read stories, play games with the tales, and turn them into short plays.
Goats in the Garden
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Community 28 (Ottawa within 30 minutes of Algonquin College)
Suitable For: Sparks and Brownies
Cost: $0.25 per girl plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: 50 minutes Sparks, 70 minutes Brownies
Activity Requirements: Meeting space (library, small gym classroom) needs to be a single use room, (a gym divided by a curtain from another activity is too noisy and unsuitable).
Availability: Monday to Friday (October to May)
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
A fun, fast paced arts based meeting where goat stories are told, rhymes and chants shared as well as a musical activity. A game is played and a quick and simple goat craft is created to take home.
Just Stringing You Along
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Community 28 (Ottawa within 30 minutes of Algonquin College)
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $2.00 per person
Activity Time: 60 – 75 minutes
Activity Requirements: Meeting space (library, small gym classroom) needs to be a single use room, (a gym divided by a curtain from another activity is too noisy and unsuitable).
Availability: Week days year-round
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Open your hands, wiggle your fingers and concentrate! Tonight we will be trying out 4 -6 string tricks and stories that go with them. Learn to cut off your own head or your friend's hand, trap a pesky fly, make owl's eyes or serve a cup of string tea and sweep the floor.
Keeping Grandma Looking Good
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $3.00 per participant plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Your girls can prepare and try homemade makeup. They will learn health and beauty tips that are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago. This will be a session involving hands, face and feet.
Kick Sledding
Location: Camp Woolsey
Suitable For: all branches
Cost: Equipment rental covered by unit
Activity Time: 1 hour
Availability: Saturdays, January to March
Resource Guider: Laurie Howe
Kick sledding is a great winter activity for girls of all ages and abilities. Girls can sled alone or provide a ride for a friend. It is a great way to explore nature, challenge each other in races and develop confidence in outdoor skills. Girls will work towards the Into the Outdoors and Be Well program areas.
Monkey Business
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Sparks and Brownies
Cost: $12.00 for craft supplies plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: 50 minutes for Sparks and 60 minutes for Brownies
Activity Requirements: Unit needs to have it's own meeting space (a shared gym does not work as it is too noisy) and access to tables
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Swing in the trees, share a banana game, a monkey story and a quick craft. An imaginative evening of listening, sharing and pretending.
More Than a Nod to Nature
Location: Unit Meeting Space: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Cost: $10.00 per unit plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Your girls can smell, feel, touch and listen about the wonders and beauty of the outside world. These are games that will move you emotionally as you move about playing them (active, but not running games).
Outdoor Activities at Camp Woolsey
Location: Camp Woolsey
Suitable For: Sparks to Rangers
Cost: Mileage (equipment must be rented separately)
Activity Time: 1 – 1.5 hours
Availability: Year-round
Resource Guider: Julie Côté
Heading up to Camp Woolsey with your unit? As a long-time Woolsey staff member, I can lead an assortment of outdoor activities for your unit. Activities may include, but are not limited to, hikes, geocaching, wide games, fire building, shelter building, snowshoeing, kicksledding and historical tours. Please note that some activities will require your unit to book equipment, such as snowshoes. Girls will work towards the Guide Together and Be Well program area of Girls First.
Owl Prowl
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies and Guides
Cost: $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: 50 minutes for Sparks, 60 minutes for Brownies and Guides
Activity Requirements: Unit needs to have it's own space (a shared gym does not work as it is too noisy) and access to tables
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Spend your meeting playing games, taking part in musical activities, sharing stories, rhymes and making a quick craft all to do with owls.
Playing with Puppets
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders
Cost: Cost: $0.50 -$1.00 per participant depending on materials used plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Availability: Guiding year
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
See a puppet show, learn how to manipulate a hand puppet, create a show and perhaps make your own puppet!
Pysanka (Egg Decorating)
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Cost: $100.00 for up to 30 participants plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Activity Requirements: Space to move around and gather into a circle.
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Each girl will have the opportunity to create 2 decorated eggs using a kystkas (stylus), molten bees wax and permanent dye. Participants gain experience in geometry, colour blending, Ukrainian culture, physics and preplanning.
Sitting in a Circle
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies and Guides
Cost: $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: 1-1 1/4 hours
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Games and rhymes, stories, chants and things to do in a circle at campfire or in quiet moments.
Storytelling
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Participate in a meeting-long storytelling concert that includes games and participation activities suitable to the age of the unit. Stories selected can be seasonal, international or theme based. This can be connected to various badges.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Community 28 (Ottawa within 30 minutes of Algonquin College)
Suitable For: Sparks and Brownies
Cost: Cost: $0.25 per girl plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: 50 minutes Sparks, 70 minutes Brownies
Activity Requirements: Meeting space (library, small gym classroom) needs to be a single use room, (a gym divided by a curtain from another activity is too noisy and unsuitable).
Availability: Week days year round
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
A lively arts based meeting that includes stories chants, rhymes, a game, a quick and simple craft and perhaps a dance and a gummy bear!
The Great Big World
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Ottawa West (Glebe, Nepean, Barrhaven, Bells Corners, Kanata)
Suitable For: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $10 per unit. Units may be asked to provide additional materials. These are generally household items or things found in the dollar store. Additional $10 fee for batteries and replacement parts if you wish to learn about electrical circuits.
Activity Time: 1-2 hours
Availability: Monday, Wednesday – Friday, September - May
Resource Guider: Madeline Van Der Paelt
Explore the great big world around us and the impact that engineering has on it through a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities!
Activities can be arranged for any age group and duration and can be tailored to meet badge requirements and interests. Past activities have included: catapults, electrical circuits, slime, crazy contraptions, internet safety and engineering career talks led by an Engineering in Training.
The Queen of Hearts she made some butter tarts, and so can you!
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: Cost: $2.50 per participant plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: Duration of unit meeting
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Make pastry and then make 6 delicious butter tarts each. Discuss the science of why pastry is crisp or damp.
This is Egg-citing!
Location: Unit Meeting Place: Communities 28, 29 and 40
Suitable For: Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers
Cost: $2.00 per participant plus a $10.00 flat fee for travel
Activity Time: approximately 2 hours
Activity Requirements: Location needs to have a stove, freezer, electrical outlets and running water
Resource Guider: Kathie Kompass
Would you like to know how to tell if an egg is raw or cooked or if it is fresh? Try dissolving an eggshell or bounce a rubber egg. Would you like to successfully separate an egg or make baked Alaska? Try this and more ... it is EGG-actly what you are looking for!