Submitted by the Bedford Hanscom Girl Scout Service Unit
The community — especially children between the ages of 5 and 12 — are invited to join the Bedford Hanscom Girl Scout Service Unit in celebrating World Thinking Day from 2 to 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 2, in the Great Room on the third floor of Old Town Hall, 16 South Road in Bedford.
Learn more about the experience of school children and the culture/arts of the following countries: Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Egypt, and St. Vincent & Grenadines. Educational displays, food, music and information presented by Girl Scout troops.
Each year on World Thinking Day, girls participate in activities and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in other countries. World Thinking Day is part of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Global Action Theme based on the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals, which aim to improve the lives of the world’s poorest people. The theme for World Thinking Day 2014 is girls worldwide say “education opens doors for all girls and boys.”
This theme is based on United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal 2, to achieve universal primary education, and is especially focused on making sure girls have access to education. Educating girls is one of the most powerful and effective ways to reduce global poverty.
World Thinking Day not only gives girls a chance to celebrate international friendships, but is also a reminder that Girl Scouts of the USA is part of a global community—one of nearly 150 countries with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. (taken from www.girlscouts.org)
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Bedford Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Contact Chris Anderson for more info: (781)276-7810 [email protected] or Nance Wolk: [email protected].
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