At Girl Guides we learn how to do first aid! Check out our latest practice run with fake blood and all! BRAVO girls for developing life long skills.
In order to commemorate ANZAC Day the RSL granted the Charleville Girl Guides and Scouts the ability to perform an ANZAC Eve Youth Vigil Ceremony as part of the Charleville services. With differing backgrounds and interests, youth members of the local Scouts and Girl Guides, conduct a formal ‘Holding Ground’ Ceremony (a night-long, guard of honour around the town’s War Memorial in ANZAC park) from 6.00 pm to 4.00 am between ANZAC Eve and ANZAC morning. In doing this, the youth continue their own ANZAC Day tradition that started in 2015. Just prior to Dawn our Guides and Scouts step down and then participate in Dawn Service.
The ANZAC Eve Youth Vigil stems from the military tradition of ‘holding ground’ whereby a reconnaissance patrol would find and hold strategic position in preparation for the arrival of their army. This would often involve an all-night vigil, keeping awake on watch, alert that the area of battle is secured against threat. After the Vigil and Dawn Service, Guides and Scouts participated in the town march. The 1st Charleville Girl Guides (and the Charleville Cub Scouts) were all out of bed nice and early for Clean Up Day recently. They spent the morning cleaning up the areas between the High School and Showgrounds. They had their work cut out for them as they reached the Racecourse where there had been an event the night before. BRAVO to all the girls who participated in helped in making their town a little better.
While we weren't able to perform our annual ANZAC Youth Vigil this year, most of our members took part in the Driveway at Dawn ceremony, standing at their driveways with lanterns they had made. It is wonderful to see so many of our Guides getting up early to give service. Great work Guides!
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