November 2011 - a letter from the International Adviser

Dear Friends

I hope that the Summer has gone well for all the members of your Guild despite the weather not coming up to scratch?  By now you must be into the new season of Trefoil Guild meetings and Christmas is not very far away.

I recently received a letter from the Chair of the Musselburgh Trefoil Guild containing a cheque amounting to £120.00 with a request to send it on to W.A.G.G.G.S. at the World Bureau as a donation to the Girls Global Fund.  The Guild actually raised £190.00 in total but £50.00 of this was given to a young Guider in their area who was going to an International Camp.   I thought perhaps you would be interested to know how they raised the money.

The Musselburgh Chairperson wanted to challenge all the members to do a “personal 5p a day for 100 days’ challenge with the weekends off!”  Each member was given a labelled ‘International’ yoghurt pot to take home. Five pence a day for five days amounted to 25p per week, £1.00 per four weeks and in five months each member would have saved £5.00.  Whilst doing this each member was encouraged to think of others all over the world that need their help – this way they were all involved for a fairly long time which proved how a little can mean a lot!  The Guild members also “discovered that – in the 1920’s 5p or 1/- would pay their annual subs in the Circle of Older Guides – or in 1943 would buy 3 pints of milk (4d. Each pint) or half a gallon of petrol (2/- a gallon) or 4 stamps (tuppence hapnae’ or 21/2d.each) with 2d. change.  To someone in a third world country today, 5p could be a meal.”  In addition to the £120.00 a member donated a further £80.00.  I was very pleased to be able to send £200.00 onto W.A.G.G.G.S. on their behalf.
Please find under 'Events' more International News for you to pass on to your members.

Yours sincerely
Laurie Crisp
International Adviser

 November 2011 - a letter from the International Adviser

Dear Friends

I hope that the Summer has gone well for all the members of your Guild despite the weather not coming up to scratch?  By now you must be into the new season of Trefoil Guild meetings and Christmas is not very far away.

I recently received a letter from the Chair of the Musselburgh Trefoil Guild containing a cheque amounting to £120.00 with a request to send it on to W.A.G.G.G.S. at the World Bureau as a donation to the Girls Global Fund.  The Guild actually raised £190.00 in total but £50.00 of this was given to a young Guider in their area who was going to an International Camp.   I thought perhaps you would be interested to know how they raised the money.

The Musselburgh Chairperson wanted to challenge all the members to do a “personal 5p a day for 100 days’ challenge with the weekends off!”  Each member was given a labelled ‘International’ yoghurt pot to take home. Five pence a day for five days amounted to 25p per week, £1.00 per four weeks and in five months each member would have saved £5.00.  Whilst doing this each member was encouraged to think of others all over the world that need their help – this way they were all involved for a fairly long time which proved how a little can mean a lot!  The Guild members also “discovered that – in the 1920’s 5p or 1/- would pay their annual subs in the Circle of Older Guides – or in 1943 would buy 3 pints of milk (4d. Each pint) or half a gallon of petrol (2/- a gallon) or 4 stamps (tuppence hapnae’ or 21/2d.each) with 2d. change.  To someone in a third world country today, 5p could be a meal.”  In addition to the £120.00 a member donated a further £80.00.  I was very pleased to be able to send £200.00 onto W.A.G.G.G.S. on their behalf.
Please find under 'Events' more International News for you to pass on to your members.

Yours sincerely
Laurie Crisp
International Adviser