Recently Girl Scouts from around the world celebrated “World Thinking Day”. Thinking Day was first created in 1926 at the fourth Girl Guide/Girl Scout International Conference. Conference attendees decided that there should be a special day for Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from around the world to “think” of each other and give thanks and appreciation to their “sister” Girl Scouts. The delegates chose February 22 as the date for Thinking Day. This year they focused on five nations. They were Jordan, Malawi, Pakistan, Republic of Ireland, and Venezuela. However, a number of these scout groups not only thought about the scouts and cultures of these other nations, they set out to help them. Several have contacted the Malawi Project in order to send supplies to help those in need. There are ten million Girl Scouts in 145 nations.
A group of scouts in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania sent toothbrushes, rubber gloves, toiletries, antibiotic cream, band-aids, toothpaste, aspirin, and other assorted items. A note arriving with the package read, “These are items our Girl Scout Troop collected as a service project for Malawi. Our troop consisting of Brownies and Daisies collected these supplies from their families and friends. They learned about Malawi when they selected it for their country at Girl Scout thinking day. We hope they will help. Thank you, Girl Scout Troop 51778.”
To all of the Girl Scout groups who have and are focusing on people who are less fortunate than themselves, and trying to do something to make a difference, the Board of Directors of the Malawi Project extend a really big “Thank You.”
You can help the same way these girls did.Gather the same things they did and send them to: Malawi Project, 3314 Van Tassel Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46240. We will ship them on to Malawi for distribution.