Today we received a book in the post called “Forward Press Poets 2009 – The North and Midlands” and on page 200 is a poem written by Jacqueline to celebrate 100 years of Girl Guiding.
This is a collection that was put together by Forward Press to celebrate their 21st birthday.
Here is Jacqueline’s poem that was published.
Guides
100 years on
and still going strong.
Can you guess what it is?
It’s Girl Guiding of course!
It was 1909 when everything began,
with a man called Robert Baden-Powell,
He started the scouts for boys only,
which made the girls very angry!
They thought they should be included too,
so they went up to him
and demanded something for girls.
He thought over this for a while,
And he thought and thought and eventually,
the idea of Guides came to his mind
And the Girl Guiding organization was born!
And in 2010 girl guiding will be 100 years old!
I have been involved with guiding since I was seven years old,
from when I first joined Brownies
And since then
I have learned lots of different things,
Such as cooking, teamwork and more,
I have also made some great friends through Girl Guiding
And I love Guiding-
So much!!
Well done, Jacqueline, we are really proud of you.
Amanda Goldston
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