Service ideas for Autumn!
Service badge for 2016, celebrate water day or plant a tree
Saluting Their Service 2016
Saluting Their Service is the new 2016 Girl Guides Australia resource exploring the meaning, traditions and symbolism of the ANZACs. It also focuses on the important contributions from indigenous Australian veteransin times of conflict. Find it at the Girl Guides NSW & ACT website, under Program Resources, Badge Syllabi (the badge for this challenge will be available from the Guide Shop soon).
(Logo and tagline used by Girl Guides Australia with the permission of the Department of Veterans Affairs)
Take the Water Challenge!
What is the Water Challenge?
The Water Challenge is WaterAid's annual fundraising event during March, coinciding with World Water Day on 22nd March.
Choose your Water Challenge this March, improve your health, and help provide lifesaving safe water in some of the world’s poorest communities.
- Drink just water
- Walk for water
- Goals for Water: Netball support event 11 – 17 April
Find out more here.
And if you can't take the Water Challenge in March, your unit or district could have their own Water Challenge later in the year, find out more about the importance of clean water and donate the funds raised to WaterAid!
Trees for Mum - A National Landcare Event
Sunday, 8th May 2016
Give mum a treat and help the environment at the same time.
Trees for Mum is a National Landcare Event inviting children of all ages to celebrate their mum and the beauty of life, by planting a tree in her honour.
Greening Australia have been organising an event every year as a free tree planting for all local communities and corporate groups.
The Trees for Mum event will be wrapped up with a BBQ lunch for the participants (courtesy of Greening Australia’s community team).
Region Outdoor Activities Coordinator
Email: roac.actsensw@gmail.com
Website: http://www.girlguides-nswact.org.au/
Phone: 0422513001