Blue lights in hand, local Girl Guides took to the streets of Agassiz on Thursday evening to celebrate World Thinking Day.
Nearly 60 youth and leaders joined Girl Guides across Canada in uniform to sing their songs and celebrate the beginnings of Guiding and Scouting across the world.
Several local businesses joined in on the celebration, showing their support with blue lights of their own, including Municipal Hall, the local RCMP, Red Apple, Lordco and Pioneer Motors.
Since it first began in 1926, World Thinking Day traditionally centers around Girl Guides joining together and speaking out on issues that particularly affect girls and young women. The theme for this year’s World Thinking Day was “Our World, Our Thriving Future,” which allows Girl Guides to reflect on global issues such as sustainability, gender equality, peace and poverty.
Girl Guides of Canada has its roots in 1909 when girls in England demanded to take part in a Boy Scouts rally hosted by Lord Baden-Powell in London. Impressed by the movement, the lord asked his sister, Agnes, to create a program just for girls. It reached Canada the following year with the first unit forming in St. Catherine’s, Ontario.
