The Girl Guides had their ‘Rally in the North’ in Quesnel for the first time in nearly 40 years.
The event in Quesnel was only one branch of six Rallies happening over Saturday, May 24.
“These rallies have been going on for many many years,” says Lynne Wright, the Chair of the Rally Coordinating Committee for this year’s event. “It started out with ‘Hands Across the Border’, which was an event where Girl Guides and Boy Scouts in Canada met up with troops in the U.S at the Peace Arch, and traded Crests back and forth. It then expanded from there to all regions.”
Over 200 Girl Guides between the ages of five to eighteen, from Quesnel, Williams Lake, Mackenzie, Prince George, and Fort St. James hung out and got to participate in a Shadow–Puppet show in Quesnel’s LeBourdais Park. They also exchanged crests and traded with other troops from the other communities.
“The Girls do a lot of their work within their communities, and the younger girls especially don’t get a chance to go out and meet kids in other communities,” Wright adds. “It’s a really good way to mix everyone and have them meet with each other.”
The Girl Guides all stayed in the park until the event ended at 4 p.m., before heading back to their home communities.
Wright says, it was the first time Quesnel has hosted the Rally in the North, for over 40 years.
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