By Dongyun Kwon
Yarra Glen Girl Guides is appealing for local girls to join where they can experience indoor and outdoor activities that are hard to have in school.
Yarra Glen Girl Guides has a long history, growing with a family vibe.
Yarra Glen Girl Guides leader Heather Dynes said girls could learn lifelong skills while challenging themselves, taking part in a range of activities and putting their ideas into action.
“All girls are welcome to come into our guides,” she said.
“Each week, we run a really diverse plan, which will make them more aware of what they can actually achieve, even starting from the five-year-old onwards.
“We would get them to be part of a group, make friends and then start to do challenges and they take a huge range of activities to gain these skills even from a young age.”
Yarra Glen Girl Guides has programs based on four elements of Girl Guides; physical, people, practical, and self.
Girls will do a lot of activities including crafting, camping, hiking, ziplining, orienteering and canoeing along with giving service for the community on Anzac and Remembrance Day as well as raising a few community funds.
Ms Dynes said the Yarra Glen Girl Guides found the declined number of new joining girls after the Covid pandemic.
“We’ve only got about 20 girls with two groups now,” she said.
“We used to have up to 50 girls with three different groups.
“I want people to know that Yarra Glen Girl Guides is out and inaction and we’re still going.”
The regular meeting is on every Wednesday at the Yarra Glen Girl Guides hall McCracken House, located at 13 Oliver Street, Yarra Glen.
The meeting is held from 4pm to 5.30pm for juniors aged five to 11 and from 6pm to 7.30pm for seniors aged up to 17.
Yarra Glen Girl Guides is planning to have an open day between 1pm and 4pm on Sunday 5 May.
“Every girl from the age of five to 16 is invited,” Ms Dynes said.
“There’s no cost and we’re going to be cooking, making things and doing different activities.”
Anyone, wishing to join the Yarra Glen Girl Guides or to attend the opening day, is encouraged to contact Ms Dynes at 0409 355 304 or yarralynne@bigpond.com
