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This year an international camp i&‘being held in the home and are heads of families it‘s harder to [ _._.____ _ _ _ um al M armtmactine Saskatchewan, with over 3,000 attending. Nine find time, Woroch noted. Another , not yet aaas n e C O s uy es Guiders and twentyâ€"one Guides are attending from _ active in the area is the Trefoil m women [ _ . â€" . ; ; B. t es‘ e e tc, . this division, Woroch explained. Extra fundraisers over 30. § _ ;t es . \fiwvfl‘* 9 ° _ .. 0 may include bake sales or selling Easter lilies. _ ~â€" Guiding has a good future, she stated. "We‘ve [ ______________________.__________ mm _ _ _ _ _ _ o HnuforGuidoâ€"Smtwnk,.ndMnm been going for 78 years and we‘re going to continue Feb. 22 â€" the birthday of Lord and Ledy uunhrm’-m&-wu. Tracy Boyko is the victim during a firstâ€"aid demonstration. Badenâ€"Powel!l, founders of Scouting and Guiding â€" There‘s value in something just for women." She‘s carried off in an example of a twoâ€"man lift. "Girls learn lots of leadership and individual skills," Guider Nancy Simpson noted. "It‘s amazing how they mature from age nine to 12, and it‘s remarkable how they come out of themselves." A large part of Guiding is service to the communâ€" ity and awareness of community needs, Woroch said. This includes having Guides help at blood donor clinics and visiting nursing homes. Guides have helped raise money for Roses for Research Heart Fund and the Kitchener Community Y. Funding for Guides comes mainly from cookie sales. "Peanut butter cookies are available just in Ontario on an experimental basis â€" hopefully le will buy regular cookies and a box of ut mr ones," Woroch said. Money raised tmh cookie sales goes towards camping equipment, badges, craft supplies, and outings. _ o Guiding emphasizes learning by having fun through outdoor and camping experiences, skills developed at home, service to the community, awareness of the world and appreciation of different cultures and customs. "It‘s not Guiding if it isn‘t fun," Woroch stated. ‘‘We start with very basic training for Brownies (aged 6â€"9), make further advances in Girl Guides (9â€" 12), Pathfinders (12â€"15) and Rangers, Cadets and Junior Leaders (15â€"173. f ‘"‘We try to get the girls to grow up into young ladies who can adapt to a changing world by widening their horizons," Woroch said. Badges give the girls a taste of different things ranging from camping to computers. If they like it, they can develop learned skills into a hobby or even a life skill. ‘"‘We teach them that anything is available to them; that there is more to life than traditional ‘‘We have neither the facilities nor the leaders to accommodate them," Ruth Woroch, Commissioner for Waterloo Region, said adding there are currentâ€" ly 1,179 girls enrolled in guiding. As of September 1987 there were about 70 girls from Waterloo Division on a waiting list to join the largest women‘s organization in the world â€" Girl "A lot would like to get in but just weren‘t able How about this item for the didâ€"youâ€"know depart Girt Guides helps A lot of Guiders were youth members who wanted to get involved again, Woroch noted. ‘"My sons had been involved in Scouts, their leaders did so much for them that when my daughter joined Guides I wanted to help." With more than 10 years experience as a leader she said, ‘"I‘ve thoroughly enjoyed it. I‘ve gotten so much out of it. You develop so many friendships in Link is a Guiding program for those aged 18 to 30 who want to remain in Guiding but are unable to mmtthomdm&bmmkmflde the home and are of families it‘s harder to find time, Woroch noted. Another not yet ufinmmwhmwm'vm making Guiding better. Ongoing training is also time, training sessions and outings. There are three st:gu to the leadership developâ€" ment program which covers leadership ability, money management, books, coping with problem Always on the lookâ€"out for suitable leaders, Woroch said potential leaders must have an interest in working with youths, be committed to the Guide promise and Law, and be prepared to make a time commitment. "It‘s not just a twoâ€"hour per week committment," include mother/daughter banquets, and an emphaâ€" sis on international Guiding. "We try to raise awareness and contributions for the Canadian World Friendship Fund," Woroch explained. "The Fund is used to pay for international events, international visitors, mutual aid for developing countries, emergency funding, and the upkeep of four world centres â€" Olave House in England, Our Chalet in Switzerland, Our Cabana in Mexico and Samgan in India". Canadian provinces are "twinned" with develop ing countries that have Guiding programs, a project is aided by the province. Ontario is "twinned" with Kenya and the project is the growing of fruit trees. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS), is active in 112 countries. It works with other nonâ€"governmental youth oriented groups. They have consultation status with UNâ€" ICEF, UNESCO and ECOSOC, and have teams of volunteer representatives on the United Nations in Geneva, New York, Paris, Rome, Vienna and Nairobi. are meetings, preparation s more interesting and Lisa Jarosz, Laura Harding and Lesley Jarosz â€" tying the correct lfryots to hoist a flag is easier said than done Bev Conquest photostory