4th Welwyn Garden City Brownie Guide Pack

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About Us...

Brownies in the new style uniform

We are the 4th Welwyn Garden City Brownie Pack. We meet in the Hollybush area of Welwyn Garden City.

Brownies are girls aged 7 - 11 years old.

We were registered in October 1937, so we are now 70 years old!!!!

We wear the new style Brownie Uniform - Trousers, T-Shirt, Baseball Cap, Gilet, Zip-top, and neckerchief.

We display our badges on our Gilet.

We chose our own Pack Neckercheif in 2002 and the Brownies voted on the colours - Gold and Purple - as these were used for the Queens Golden Jubilee in this year as well.

We have one red neckerchief which is worn by the Best Brownie of the Month.

We currently have 24 Brownies.

3 Guiders - Brown Owl, Badger and Robin.
1 Unit Helper - Squirrel.
2 Young Leaders (who attend meetings - the others are at university) - Mole and Rabbit.
2 Pack Leaders - Robin and Otter



In September 2003 we started fantastic new programme - The Brownie Adventure

What we like to do...

Brownies take part in a variety of activities. We love to go on Pack Holiday or Camp. Our Pack Holiday themes have included Robin Hood, Aladdin, Legoland and Christmas (even though it was held in May!!!). Our latest Pack Holiday in October 2005 was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

In 2002 we worked towards our World Traveller, Star Gazer and Seasons Interest Badges as a Pack. We held a Bring and Buy Sale to raise money for the local Special Care Baby Unit and the Blue Peter Appeal. We went on a trip to Woburn Safari Park, held a 'Back to the 50's' party to celebrate the Queens Golden Jubilee, and in October we celebrated our 65th Birthday with a Party at a Brewers Fayre Pub. At Christmas we made Yule Logs (from flakes and marzipan), painted glass candleholders and made 2003 calendars.

In 2003 we moved from the old Brownie Programme to the New Brownie Adventure. We all tried to complete our current Journey badges before the change. We also worked towards several Interest Badges, as a Pack, during the year - World Guiding, House Orderly, Brownie Traditions and Craft. We raised money for Children with Leukaemia. We had a Teddy Bears Picnic at the end of the Summer Term. At Christmas we made lots of tree decorations - Santa Tree Toppers, Danish Baskets, and Decoupage Decorations.



2004 was the 90th Birthday of Brownies. We worked towards our Cooks, Friend to Animals, and Entertainer Interest Badges as a Pack. We raised money for Children with Leukaemia, painted a National Cycle Path Milepost, and celebrated 90 years of Brownies as a Pack and a District. At Christmas we performed a play called 'A Brownie Christmas' to our friends and families.

2005 has been another exciting year for us. We completed the About Canda interest Badge which is one that our Canadian penfriends do. They did our Brownie Traditions Interest Badge. We have also had a visit from our penfriends mascot, Cookie, during February 2005. During the year Brownies completed various interest Badges including Hostess, Home Skills, Craft, Cook, Advanced Cook, Book Lover and Pack Holiday. Our highlight of the year was Pack Holiday in October where our theme was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We had plenty of fun during the year with an evening in the woods during the summer term and a Christmas Party at Roller City.



2006 has been yet another amazing Brownie Adventure. During the year Brownies completed Entertainer, Craft, World Guiding, Brownie Camper, and Crime Prevention Badges. Some girls got their first Anglia Nights Away badge and we also worked on Right Here Right Now badges the right to be Me and the right to be Happy. We have kept in touch with our Canadian Pen Pals sending them letters and postcards during the year. One of our favourite memories was CHINWAG, the county International Camp, in the Summer, and winning the Iris Falconer Trophy in September.

For more details on what we like to do have a look at what we did in 2003 , 2004 , 2005 and 2006 .

2007 is set to be just as full of Adventures. For details of what we've been doing this year please see January , February , March , April and May , June , July and August 2007.

For Future Events you can check out our Events Diary

What we are doing in June 2007...

Trip to Woburn Safari Park

Fathers Day

Right to Learn

What we are doing in July 2007...

Right to Learn

Hawaiian Beach Party

70th Birthday Memories

Were you, or someone you know, a member of 4th WGC Brownie Pack? Were you a leader? We'd love to hear from anyone. Please email us. We'd also love to see any photographs you may have as we are missing a few years from our history (especially pre 1976).

Pack Holiday 2007...

CHINWAG 2006 - Camp Herts International World At Gilwell...

CHINWAG 2006 is Girlguiding Hertfordshire's County and International Camp. It was held during the Summer Holidays. We have 8 Brownies attending the camp with Brown Owl, Squirrel and Fox. We joined with 6 girls from 17th Welwyn Garden City Pack and had 4 days of fantastic fun!

The Brownies slept in tents for 3 nights and enjoyed a variety of activities over the 4 days.
Saturday - Arrive at Camp and Opening Ceremony Sunday - Wide Game, Charity Fayre and Camp fire Monday - Activities Tuesday - Activities and go Home.

The Activities included Pioneering, Craft, Music, Grass Sledges, Go Karts, Jump Mats, Chase Trail, Picture Trail, Climbing Wall, Archery, Swimming and Crate Stacking - to name a few!

We hope the girls all had a great time and here are a few pictures from the camp.

Pack Holiday 2005 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...

Our last Pack Holiday was in October 2005, and was held at Wymondley Wood Scout and Guide Centre.

17 Brownies came on Pack Hoilday and all had a great time.

Our sixes for Pack Holiday were Edible Marshmallow Pillows (Marshmallows), Strawberry Flavoured chocolate Coated Fudge (Strawberry Fudge), and Toffee Apples.

During Pack Holiday the girls worked on several Interest Badges - Cooks, Advanced Cooks, Hostess, Home Skills, Craft, Out and About, and Pack Holiday.



The Brownies had great fun taking part in various activities including making felt Wonka Factory Banners, Paper Mache Sweet Bead Necklaces, and our Wide Game - Search for the Missing Wonka Bars.

A highlight of the holiday was a visit from Willy Wonkas Car - courtesy of Beaus and Belles

Our Pen Pals...

2nd Parksville Brownies - Canada

We are pen pals with a Canadian Brownie Pack, 2nd Parksville Brownies. We have received so many great things from them including Christmas and Easter cards from the pack, letters, photographs, stickers and their mascot, Cookie. We have sent letters, badges, and brochures about Welwyn Garden City back to them. We hope Cookie enjoyed her stay with us and that they enjoy all the goodies that she took back with her. The Canadian Brownies have worked towards the Brownie Traditions Interest Badge and we have completed their All About Canda Badge.

We have sent our penfriends one of our neckercheifs. They are using it as their Best Brownie Neckercheif.

In Autumn Term 2005 we have written to our penfriends again. We have received their letters and this time replied using local postcards as part of our World Guiding Interest Badge

Click HERE to see their web site.

Singing...

Our Sixes...

Pixies

Kelpies

Gnomes

Imps