Thinking Day Ceremony II

Items Needed: Cards with large letters drawn on them spelling out "Thinking Day." As each girl says her part, she holds up her card while facing the group.

T	Thinking Day is celebrated February 22nd. This is the birthday of Lady and Lord Baden-Powell, who organized and did so much for the Girl Guide and Boy Scout movements in England and the world over.
H	He, Lord Baden-Powell, founded Boy Scouting in 1907. At a boys' rally in 1909, girls appeared who were very interested in the movement. They wanted to be included.
I	In 1909, as a result of the Boy Scout rally, Lord Baden-Powell and Lady Baden-Powell founded the Girl Guides of England. Out of this grew our own Girl Scouts, founded March 12, 1912, by Juliette Low.
N	Nothing went very smoothly at first. Small companies were formed that did mostly drills and badges. Then in 1913, the first Girl Scout handbook was published. It was titled How Girls Can Help Their Country.
K	Kind thoughts were expressed for all members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). This organization was chartered in 1928 and is now over 100 countries strong.
I	International Council was founded in 1928. This helped bind the Guides closer together. They have done many worthwhile things. Their greatest service was given in hospitals and telegraph offices.
N	No one can ever forget Juliette Low, the founder of Girl Scouts here in America. She had lived in England and had developed an interest in the Girl Guides while there. She was a good friend of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell.
G	Great was this U.S. organization started in Savannah, Georgia. Mrs. Low's main wish was to have an international conference in the United States. In May 1926, at Camp Edith Macy in New York, representatives from more than two dozen different countries came for this conference.
D	Day by day this movement started by Lord and Lady Baden-Powell and Juliette Low has increased, not only in size but also in its activities. Even though girls from different countries wear uniforms of different colors and styles, their interests and activities are very similar.
A	And let us remember that the word "friendship" means a great deal to all. "International friendship" means even more.
Y	You are a part of this, so let us join hands in a friendship circle with wishes for all that is good for all Girl Guides and Girl Scouts the world over.