6th Greenock Guides are “Changing the World” again! For the last few weeks the Guides have been discussing the issue of having clean water and how they would manage without it. They have been studying Nepal and how the charity, Water Aid, helps people to achieve clean water in their communities. The Guides are holding a Coffee morning/tabletop sale in Ardgowan Church on Saturday 18th April from 10-12pm to raise funds for Water Aid. Please come along and support us.

The 5th Gourock Guide Company ran a pop up shop for Save the Children in St Ninian's Church hall on Saturday 22 November and raised £700 which has been sent off to Save the Children. Stalls included bric a brac, Christmas Cards and crafts made by the guides, home baking, music, books, clothes etc. For 4 weeks before the sale the guides had great fun trying out all the ideas in the pack provided. They made posters and delivered them to local shops, made up jingles and sent them to local radio stations, tried out the role play to improve their sales techniques, and learned a lot about the work of Save the Children from the literature provided by our local contact. She also provided us with posters and balloons to decorate the shop.

We finished our project last week by discussing all the things that the money we raised can buy for these very needy children. Hope other units will enjoy the project as much as our guides did and also raise as much money

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