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By Sheila Stewart Colchester Trefoil Guild
met on Monday, March 20,2017 in Sobeys’ CommunityRoom, Robie Street, Truro. Inspite of the predicted nastyweather and the prevalenceof colds and flus, there was agood turnout; we knew thatthe rest of the group waswith us in spirit.Remembering this is Canada’s150th year, we began ourmeeting with the singing of“O Canada” and the repeatingof our Trefoil Prayer.
Donna Taylor had set up adisplay of the EmergencyCare items members of thegroup brought in forTransition House in Truro.Items ranged from tooth-brushes and paste to face-cloths and soap to scissorsand makeup. As well, Donnahad made fabric bags forrecipients to use to hold theitems they receive. Deliveryto Transition House will bemade later this month.
We were delighted tolearn one of our ColchesterGuiders, Lorena Fortune, isthe in-coming ProvincialCommissioner for NovaScotia. She will be installed inher position at the NovaScotia Council ProvincialAnnual General Meeting inJune.
A big thank you wasextended to our memberCaroline Blair who alerted usto the play Brothers GrimmSpeculation at the Dal ACcampus in mid-March andarranged for several of ourGuild to attend. DebbieMellish, Nova Scotia DeputyCommissioner and a wonder-ful Guiding friend, was frontand centre in the play, actingthe parts of several charac-ters, much to our delight!
It is the time of year for usto take note of the years ofservice given by our mem-bers. Hats off to GoldieChisholm with 50 years ofservice and Kay Mattatallwith 57 years of service. Intotal, our small group has putin over 400 hours enjoyingthe fun and fellowship ofGuiding!
We were saddened tolearn that Girl Guides ofCanada have found it neces-sary to ban travel for GirlGuide events to and throughthe United States. Hopefully
alternate plans can be made.Plans are in place for a few
of us to travel to theProvincial Trefoil AnnualGeneral Meeting taking placein late April in Centreville, NS,a long drive but worthwhileas we visit old friends, makenew friends, and meet thenew Provincial Trefoil Liaisonand her team. It will also giveus a chance to say a fondfarewell to Trish MacDonaldas she retires as ProvincialTrefoil Liaison, a job she hasfulfilled with skill, tact, under-standing and humour.
Our meeting concludedwith a program celebratingthe 90th anniversary of theiconic Girl Guide Cookie.Using the information foundin the Winter 2017 CanadianGuider, we discovered, in1927, Guider Chis Riespmanof Regina, SK began bakingcookies for her Guides to sellat 10 cents a bag in order toraise funds to cover campfees and travel for their GuideCompany.
Cookie selling gained pop-ularity across the country,appearing in a variety offlavours – sugar, maple,peanut butter, shortbread andfinally vanilla and chocolatesandwich and chocolateymint – and became Guiding’smost important source offunding. Money raised hasbeen used to provide pro-grams and activities, to main-tain Guiding properties, tooffer training and to fundtravel and today 5.3 millionboxes are sold annually.
Girl Guide cookies arenow peanut and nut free andhave been certified Kosher.Boxes of GG cookies weregiven to each Canadian sol-dier as they arrived in SaudiArabia to fight in the Gulf War.Astronaut Roberta Bondar
juggled cookies in space! Aswe enjoyed our snack ofcookies (not Girl Guide onesbut ones similar), the storybehind the Girl Guide cookiemade the snack that muchsweeter. Now, we are told, thisyear’s Girl Guide cookieshave arrived, sales are ramp-ing up - and we are eager tosample some fresh cookies!Sheila Stewart, Vice-Coordinator,
Colchester Trefoil Guild onbehalf of Goldie Chisholm
THE SHORELINE JOURNAL - APRIL, 2017 - PAGE 17
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Colchester Trefoil Guild Members enjoy a cookie snack as theylearn the 90 year history of the Girl Guide Cookie. (Submitted)
Donna Taylor displays theEmergency Care items that
were donated by Guildmembers to be donated toTransition House, Truro.
(Submitted)
Trefoil Members Donate to Transition House
This photo shows ice on the river at Whitehall, Parrsboro. (Lawrence R. Nicoll Photo)
When the moon dictates the tides will be higher than normal, the roads near the Aboiteau inParrsboro are flooded to varying degrees. (Lawrence R. Nicoll Photo)