For our March meeting we

had a St. Patrick’s Day

Theme. It was a lot of fun.

Nancy had her house well

decorated for this meeting.

During the past two months

we have been knitting strips

for bed blankets for the Status

of Women. We finished these

and presented them. They

were well received. We also

donated many bags of

toiletries. We will remain in

contact with the Status of

Women as our service project

and help them whenever

needed.

Our closing dinner was held

at a local hotel on May 10th.

Heritage Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Vera Miller

Two meetings were held

since our last report. Our

Membership is still at 10 but

we are hoping to get a couple

of new Members in the fall.

We attended the Thinking

Day Service and the breakfast

with the Scouters and

Guiders. Our Guild Members

provided lunch after the

service.

The Guild contributed to the

World Friendship Fund.

A silent auction took place at

a meeting which gave us a

time for fun.

Service Project

NEWS FOR YOU N E W F O U N D L A N D A N D L A B R A D O R , F A L L 2 0 1 2

IN THIS

EDITION Message from our

Provincial Trefoil

Adviser, Page 2

Community

Garden, Page 3

2012 Gathering,

Pages 4 and 5

Nifty Fifty’s,

Page 9

EmPowering

Girls, Page 10

Commissioners

Need Your Help,

page 12

Announcements,

page 13

Trefoil Members presenting

the blankets to the Status of

Women: Vera Miller, Louise

Byrne, Margaret O Reilly,

Patricia Hammond, Katheen

White, Nancy Jackson, Dolly

Hart, Martha Beson. Missing

Ethel Bennett and Marie

Saunders.

Martha Beson busy

sewing together the

blankets.

P A G E 2

Welcome to an exciting

new Guiding year – how

quickly times goes by. For

us here on the east coast, I

believe it’s been the best

summer in a long, long

time. Whether you spent

your time relaxing, camping

or travelling I do hope you

had an enjoyable summer.

For me I spent time

welcoming my second

grandchild, a little girl

(hopefully a future Spark)

weighing in at 8lb 9 oz and

visiting with my grandson

who now is 27 months old.

Watching a child grow

indeed lets you know

exactly how fast time really

does go. I have heard so

many times there is nothing

like being a grandmother

and now that I have

experienced this on two

occasions, these words are

oh so true.

For those just joining a

Guild you will learn as you

go and if you have had

experience in Guiding you

are halfway there. Sit back,

relax and enjoy the process

of becoming an active

Member and for those

returning I am sure you are

eager to share your ideas.

There are many things we

can do. Remember!

Whatever it is – have fun

and “Keep the Spirit Alive”.

Marg

Margaret Breen,

Provincial Trefoil Adviser

An active and fun Guild

N E W S F O R Y O U

Greetings from the Provincial Adviser

Deadline

The deadline to have

articles and pictures in for

the next issue of News for

You to Marg Breen is

February 24, 2013.

Killick Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Pat Burton

Our Guild had an active

and fun winter and spring

with 14 Members.

At our January meeting

we reviewed our plans for

the remainder of the year,

and the tapestry drawing.

In February our meeting

was held at Judi Pardy’s

home. Liz Dawe attended

the meeting to assist us with

our tapestry and all

Members had an

opportunity to practise

stitching. This was of

course followed by a great

lunch. We were very happy

to welcome Diane Batten as

a new Member of the Guild

at this meeting.

March saw the group visit

Karwood Retirement home

for St. Patrick’s Day. One

of our Members, Liz

Mooney, who is a gifted

musician, led the group

with her guitar and singing.

We also had invited a

friend, Marg Penney, who

is also a beautiful singer.

The residents enjoyed the

singing and dancing, and a

lunch which was provided

by the Guild.

April saw a visit by Susan

Rideout, a dietitian, at Jan’s

house. This was a very

informative evening and a

great lunch was provided by

Jan.

In May, the group walked

around Octagon Pond

followed by a meeting and

lunch at Pat’s house. At this

meeting the group discussed

the national service project

for Guiding for 2012 -

2013, Sustaining our

Environment, and we now

have a project in mind that

would be our contribution

to this project.

In June we held our year

end BBQ at Sue’s house. A

great evening of fun and

fellowship was enjoyed by

all.

In addition to our regular

meetings the Guild took

part in Thinking Day events

held by Area, sold cookies

and bars. Five Members

attended the Trefoil

Gathering at Lion Max

Simms Camp and had a

wonderful time.

Six of our Members also

attended the ConBaSu Area

dinner.

We are looking forward to

starting up again in

September. We will be

losing one Member who has

moved to the West Coast

though we are hoping she

will join a Guild there and

we will connect with her at

the Gatherings.

We are delighted that the

National Gathering is being

held in NL in 2016 and

wish to advise that our

Guild is very willing to help

in any way we can.

How to update your

Membership profile.

If you have got a new

email address, don’t forget

to update your contact

information in your iMIS

profile. Keeping your

email address current is an

important way to ensure

you receive the latest GGC

updates and notices.

Go to Member Zone >

iMIS Central > My Profile

P A G E 3 N E W S F O R Y O U

Baccalieu Babes Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Mary Greene

The Baccalieu Babes’ big project for the

past several months has been taking part

in the St. Patrick’s Organic Community

Garden. The garden is situated in the

middle of town on the former St. Clare’s

High School and is owned by the Roman

Catholic Church and loaned to the Town

of Carbonear. After several start up

meetings, we finally “filled our beds” on

May 26 and started planting from seed

and plants on June 14. With compost bins

and no pesticides we are being kind to our

world and with lots of hard work, warm

rain and sunshine we went from wood and

clay to a wonderful haven. We are

looking forward to our harvest in the fall

and returning to another year of Guiding.

.

Community Garden

Chris Gill, Cindy Goff and Mary Greene

preparing the ‘Bed’ for the soil with the help

of husbands Ed Goff and Dave Gill.

Edna Roberts watering our garden.

Sonya Nolan Baker planting seed on planting night.

The fruits of our labour – Corn, carrots, beets,

tomatoes, Swiss chard, lettuce, broccoli, radish,

turnip, spinach, cucumber, green peppers, green

beans and onions…with marigolds and

nasturtiums to help keep the bugs away.

P A G E 4

2012 Gathering

Under the Purple Umbrella was the theme for this year’s

Provincial Trefoil Gathering held at the Lion Max Simms

Memorial Camp May 25th – 27th.

Forty-three Members were in attendance for the full

weekend, with Hazel Newhook, 98 year’s young, joining

us for Saturday. The main focus of this Gathering was on

Guiding and its History.

The agenda, sessions choices and fun activities that we

enjoyed over the weekend made for a fabulous Gathering.

We had very enjoyable campfires and continued the

singing late into the evenings, with Mary Smith at the

piano.

Congratulations and thank you to the Gander Crossroads

Trefoil Guild for hosting this 16th Provincial Gathering.

This was a fun-filled weekend with reminiscing and

reliving past Guiding days. You ladies did a super job!

N E W S F O R Y O U

P A G E 5

N E W S F O R Y O U

Photos of the 2012 Gathering,

Under the Purple Umbrella.

Great meals

P A G E 6 N E W S F O R Y O U

Can-ta-ka-te Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Gloria Learning

The Can-te-ka-ye Trefoil Guild held meetings on a

regular monthly basis commencing with a dinner at one

our Members’ homes.

We are still continuing to work on our tapestry and

now have our design transferred to aida cloth. This will

enable us to work on it over the next several months

and hope to have this completed soon. We have also

received the new shirts for our Trefoil Guild. Five of

our Members, Gloria Learning, Marg Breen, Margot

Walsh, Wanda Garrett, and Heather Percy attended the

Provincial Trefoil Guild Gathering at Lion Max Simms

Campsite in May.

Some of our Members attended the Tuckamore Area

Annual Meeting in April and the Tuckamore Area

Appreciation Night in June. Another activity that some

of our Members attended was the Provincial Annual

Meeting held at St. David’s Church.

Three of our Members attended the

Gathering at Lion Max Simms Camp.

We look forward to September, to get

back to our meetings, and

endeavouring to Keep the Spirit Alive.

Chickadee Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Winnie Marshall

Hello to Trefoilers everywhere. Hope

you had a very enjoyable summer.

In June, we were invited by the Guiders

to attend a brunch. We would like to

thank them for always including us in

their activities.

Again this year, our meetings were

curtailed. Mabel, our president, had a

second knee replacement.

Looking forward to September

Wanda Garrett and Joan Monk cutting up

the BBQ chicken.

Marg Breen, Joan Monk, Gloria Learning, Heather Percy and Wanda Garrett enjoy a lovely meal at the home of Margot Walsh.

P A G E 7 N E W S F O R Y O U

September but with all the family

home from away, they decided "why

not?" Happy Birthday, Ella and best

wishes for many more.

Members are being asked to collect

for the Tim Horton's Food Drive. We

thought this would be an interesting

way for us to support young people

since this target is on the hungry and

homeless children. This will be an

ongoing project until later this Fall.

The Guild Members are also asked

to deliver a batch or two of various

used magazines to Seniors Homes or

Doctor's offices or both.

Our life Member, Jessie Toope, was

honoured for her 50-year contribution

to promoting an awareness of Guiding

throughout the province by way of The

Telegram. After 50 years, Jessie has

retired from this devotion and

commitment even though with mixed

emotions.

Our Christmas project is still being

thought through – personal care items

for a Women's Shelter or Shoe Box

Happy Wanders Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Berdina Ford

Happy Wanderers Trefoil Guild has been

holding its own though we've been far away

from each other. A couple of Members

attended the Meet and Greet Luncheon at

Girl Guide headquarters with Chief

Commissioner Chris Burton. It was great to

mingle with other Guild members and for

some to meet the Chief Commissioner for

the first time.

President Berdina attended the Annual

Dinner and Meeting in early June. So, so

many new faces.. so, so many more to meet.

In the Spring, Centennial Embers Trefoil

Guild, hosted a Luncheon at Kenny's Pond

Retirement Centre. Any members, past or

present, of the Guiding movement were

invited to attend. There were a number of

the residents who attended and among them

Jessie Toope, resident and daughter,

Berdina.

In August, some Members joined in the

80th birthday celebration with our newest

member, Ella. Her birthday is not until

Project or still yet, donation for the

local missionary trip to Africa. Six

ladies and youth from Bonavista will be

traveling in October to Africa; their

focus, this time will be on the children's

hospital.

There are so many needs out there.

We try to reach out in various ways and

lend a helping hand wherever we can.

Guiding Awareness

Soiree Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Pat Janes

In January we arrived at the home of

one of our talented Members. There she

very skillfully taught us how to make

three beautiful cards from scratch for

different occasions. She must have the

patience of Job because some of us are not

crafty in the least. Under the influence of

much laughter, we managed to make

Valentine, Birthday and Thank You cards.

Then this Member presented each of us

with a little token she had made for

everyone. It was a beautiful little box with

hearts on it and chocolates inside.

Needless to say, this touched the cockles

of our hearts.

For Thinking Day, we went to a local

restaurant for the Chinese Buffet. We try

to experience different kinds of food each

year in honour of our international friends.

We rather enjoy this catching up on life

around the world and discussing the

different things going on in Guiding.

Some of us were even able to attend Unit

and District celebrations.

A couple of us were fortunate enough to

attend the Vera Perlin Concert at the Arts

& Culture Centre in March. It was entitled

"A Royal Performance" and indeed it was.

These adults may have intellectual

disabilities but they are second to none in

their energy, determination and

enthusiasm. They pull at your heart strings

to the point that you have tears in your

eyes when you stand to applaud their

outstanding performance.

In April some of us attended the

"Michael J. McCarthy Memorial

Readings" at the Mount Pearl Library. A

yearly tradition we really enjoy. Michael,

an established writer, was the husband of

one of our Members. He was a great

teacher who introduced and encouraged

writing to many young adults. His words

live on with many of his books still on

display.

Then off to Holy Heart Theatre we went

to see the Jazz East Big Band with Kelly-

Ann Evans doing a tribute to Queen,

Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston.

Wow, they just took the roof off. It was

exhilarating to hear them play and sing.

This year has flown by so fast that we

were lucky to have gotten together at all.

What with travelling and new grandbabies

being born, everyone has been kept quite

busy. But despite all that we still are a

team and great friends.

They say "good friends are like angels.

You don't have to see them to know they

are there." And that's the way we feel

about all our friends in Guiding.

Good Friends

P A G E 8

N E W S F O R Y O U

The Big Land Trefoil Guild Submitted by Charlene Taylor

In March our Guild had a

brainstorming session for ideas for a

Brownie day camp with the theme

Amazing Race. This would be a great

badge opportunity for the girls by

incorporating the four world centres

and local geography. Other ideas

included making passports with

stamps and a scavenger hunt with

photo style clues. More work will go

into this venture when the Brownies

decide upon a time/date.

March being a cold and frosty

month in Labrador, Trefoil Guild

Members helped to serve a hot meal

at the Winter Warm Up at the

Labrador Friendship Centre. This

meal is served to homeless and low

income citizens.

The Guild donated $50.00 to

CWFF.

We put our creative talents to work

in April by making scarves. Kelly

Norman (our in-house craft queen)

showed us how to create a scarf

using two old t-shirts. What a

wonderful environmentally friendly

craft. Instead of throwing out shirts

we reused them! We also brought

along nibbles and different types of

hot beverages to taste.

We gathered at Sue Flynn’s house

in May and had a fun games night.

This was great fun!

We started our summer break in

June with a travelling meal. The

evening stated with pina colada

mock-tails and veggies. We travelled

on to the soup course where we

enjoyed homemade beef vegetable

and vegetarian soups served with

rolls. The next stop included the two

courses: salad/bread and entree. The

salad consisted of mixed greens/

peppers/cranberries with poppyseed

dressing. The entree was a delicious

creamy chicken and pasta casserole.

The final course was dessert where

we indulged in banana split dessert

drizzled with chocolate and caramel

and a yummy chocolate cake with

chocolate pudding dessert.

In conclusion, we have had a great

year thus far. We already have plans

made for Fall 2012. We continue to

support the work of the local

Guiding community and have fun

doing it.

Travelling Meal

Modelling scarves:

Charlene Taylor,

Sue Flynn,

Kim Wheaton,

Karen Barnes,

Kelly

Norman

Travelling

Meal: Wendy Spurrell, Julie

Russell, Sue Flynn, Kelly

Norman,

Karen Barnes, Heather, Kim

Wheaton.

P A G E 9

L.O.L. Trefoil Guild

Submitted by JoAnne Taylor

The wee little leprechauns come

out to play at our St. Patrick’s Day

Party. All dressed in green and

ready to play games and kiss the

Blarney stone. Treats fit for the

Irish with a “taste the rainbow”

cake and green cookies and drink.

Our Easter night was fantastic as

we made adorable Easter Bunny

Cakes. Everyone enjoyed learning

how to make and decorate the

cakes. Cindy and Wanda love

showing off their cute cakes.

In May it was welcome back to

the Fifty’s. Everyone dressed in

fifty’s attire and prepared to rock

and roll to the music of the fifty’s.

The Lions Club was decorated as

if you walked into an old diner.

There we had hotdogs and ice

cream floats while listening to the

juke box playing the tunes.

The Guild Members went on a

scenic Limo ride around St. John’s

in June. We had the time of our

lives touring St. John’s and

stopping to take many pictures

along the way. Some places the

tour included were Signal Hill,

Jelly Bean Row of Houses and the

Colonial Building. As you can see,

we are “Jumping for Guiding”.

During the summer, we decided

to have a night up to Lamanche

Park on the Southern Shore. It was

a beautiful night for a BBQ and to

roast marshmallows for smores in

the fire. As it was so beautiful, we

decided to pose around the

glorious fire. Oh the memories of

camping as a girl guide with a

little modern conveniences.

As a yearly event, we travel as a

group to the Ferryland Dinner

Theater. The meal is great and the

show is hilarious. A great time had

by all.

N E W S F O R Y O U

Nifty Fifty’s

Phillis, Susan, Pam, Martha, JoAnne, Cindy,

Karen, Wanda, Pat, Barb H., Barb C.

Lisa, Karen, Susan, Barb H., JoAnne, Phillis,

Martha, Barb C., Wanda, Kim and Cindy

Martha, Cindy, Phillis, JoAnne, Libby, Lisa, Susan, Barb H., Kim and Judy

EmPowering Girls

P A G E 1 0 N E W S F O R Y O U

Mrs. Lou Case, Mrs. Jessie Toope,

Mrs. Berdina Ford, Mrs. June Russell

Mrs. Evelyn Casey, and Mrs. Joy

Vardy (scouter)

On August 8th, our Guild was invited

for a day trip to Mrs. Joan Cook's

family cottage on the Hodgewater Line.

It was a very enjoyable day.

We will be having our next meeting

on October 1.

Centennial Embers Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Marina Osborne

Our Guild held meetings on the

following dates:

April 2 at the home of Mrs. Penny

Crane

May 2 at the home of Mrs. Hilda

Murray.

In June 2012 Mrs. Shirley Jennings

attended the Provincial Gathering.

A donation of $25.00 was sent to the

Cancer Society in memory of Mrs.

Hilda Murray's husband Murdo and a

donation of $100.00 was sent to the

Killick Rangers towards their trip to

Our Chalet.

Our outing for March was held at the

Kenny Pond retirement home. The

following retired Guiders, who are

living at the home, were our guests:

Visit with Old Friends

evening ended with a wonderful, fun,

and active campfire led by the

Rangers.

We held a GGC Myth Busters NL

Style Night on April 26th. Under the

direction of our two illustrious

scientists, aka Einstein Joan and

Suzuki Barb, we experimented with

ziploc explosions, soft drink

volcanoes, how to insert a sharp tipped

skewer through an inflated balloon,

and how to drop a raw egg into a glass

of water through a metal pie plate. I

won’t divulge the methods, except to

say you need to do them to believe

them.

On the weekend of May 25-27, six

Members from our Guild attended the

Provincial Trefoil Guild Gathering at

Lion Max Simms Camp. What a

weekend of celebration, fun, and

interesting activities! As usual, our

Guild delegates spent Friday twackin’

along the way with multiple stops.

From Carbonear, to Clarenville, to

Gander, to Lion Max Simms Camp,

we are the only folks known who can

leave St. John’s very early in the

morning and still not arrive at camp

until 5:00 PM just in time for supper.

Fireside Friends Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Sharron Callahan

Our Guild continues to be very busy and

involved in supporting Guiding in

Newfoundland and Labrador. On March 21,

our Guild presented its EmPowering Girls

Project in partnership with the 1st St. John’s

Ranger Unit. The event included a panel of

extraordinary women to participate in an

age appropriate presentation to girl

Members of Tuckamore Area on the careers

they had chosen, what challenges and

supports they had along the way, and how

Guiding had influenced their career choices.

Presenters were Dr. Kelly Batten Hender, a

geologist; Jennifer Mills, a civil engineer;

Rene Woolridge, an environmental

engineer; and Dr. Jane Seviour, an

anestheologist. The girls asked many

questions about climbing mountains and

studying rocks, height of buildings, riding to

work in helicopters and other large

equipment, Doctors without Borders,

Broken Earth, and volunteering in Haiti.

After the formal presentations, one girl from

each unit presented a short talk on her

career choice and futures ranged from a

fashion designer, a teacher, a veterinarian, a

professional chef, and a peace activist. The

Next year, we expect we may have to

leave on Thursday just to make it on

time for Opening Ceremonies. It was a

great weekend and thanks are extended

to the Crossroads Trefoil Guild for their

organization and creative program.

We held our Annual General Meeting

on June 14. The Guild elections resulted

in Sylvia being elected as President,

Joan as Vice-President, Bev Murphy

Secretary, Barb Boone as Treasurer,

Debbie as Communications, and

Carolyn as Recognition of Service.

As our Guiding year comes to a close,

we are now planning for our Fall camp

in September. Happy Guiding to all.

P A G E 1 1 N E W S F O R Y O U

Gathering Host Gander Crossroads Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Juanita Andrews

The Annual Thinking Day Tea was held at the Girl Guide

Hut Gander on Feb 18th with approximately 40 Guides and

Friends of Guiding in attendance. Our special guests for the

evening were two Rangers; Kailey Dalley and Abby Moss.

They did a very enlightening presentation about their years in

Guiding from Sparks to present time. We were also delighted

to have Maria Hibbs sing a song in German to represent

Guiding internationally. Maria is the daughter of Carole

Hibbs; secretary of our Guild.

Donations of knitted Teddy Bears were also presented to

Phyllis Whatley, President of the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary.

Our service project was for school supplies which were

brought by most people attending the afternoon tea and were

distributed to schools in Botwood and Gander. Caps and

mittens were knit by Elizabeth Rose and also given to the

schools. Donations of various items were donated to the

SPCA.

Our main focus after Thinking Day was the preparation for the

provincial Trefoil Gathering to be held at the Lion Max Simms

Camp May 25th – 27th. Meetings were held bi-weekly to prepare

for the Gathering. The Provincial Trefoil Gatherings main focus

was on Guiding and its history. We were pleased that our now

Chief Commissioner Sharron Callahan could attend. Our

fundraisers for this event realized donations of $250.00 being

made to both The Sharron Callahan Member Assistance Fund

and The Elizabeth Spencer Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Forty-three members attended the Gathering for the full

weekend, on Saturday our 44th member attended Hazel

Newhook age 98 years has been a member of Gander

Crossroads Guild for many years, everyone was thrilled that she

was able to attend and participate. Christine Oake paid tribute to

Hazel during the banquet.

We feel our Gathering was very successful and we thank

everyone for attending.

On June 9th Gander Crossroads Trefoil held their election of

officers. The new President is Nancy Dreddy, Vice President

Ruth Crewe, Treasurer Jane Bussey as well as correspondent for

News for You and Secretary Judy King.

Our Trefoil activities concluded for the summer with a

Barbeque being held at Deryldene Tucker’s house, a great

evening was had by all in attendance. Many thanks again to

Deryldene who is always the perfect hostess.

In closing I would like to say a special thanks to the Gander

Crossroads Trefoil Guild who have supported me in the past

three years while serving as their president and a big thank you

to Marg Breen for her support in preparation for the Provincial

Gathering. Thanks again to all who made the provincial

gathering a great success.

Rangers Kailey Dalley and Abby Moss attending Thinking day tea.

Florence Pink and Ann Rowsell displaying a collection

of Teddy Bears

Front row: Judy King, Christina Oake, Florence Pink, Juanita

Andrews, Isabelle Blackmore

Second row: Ruth Crewe, Deryldene Tucker, Anee Rowsell, Ruth

Wagg, Jane Bussey

Back Row: Nancy Dreaddy, Melba Pike at the Gathering

P A G E 1 2 N E W S F O R Y O U

Memories of Guiding Experiences

Commissioners Need Your Help

MHA and MP.

Several members attended the 33rd

Annual Green Grange District Mother/

Daughter Banquet held on May 10 for

which we purchased the celebration

cake. President Mary Smith was

presented with a certificate honouring

her 35 years of community service

within the local Girl Guide movement

for the sharing of her gifts of music at

meetings and special programs and

events.

In June we held our closing with a

steak barbecue supper and invited guest

Marg Breen. She further enlightened us

with information regarding the correct

use of funds to protect the charitable

status of Girl Guides of Canada. We

spent a fair bit of time discussing

whether we would agree to host the

2013 Gathering, even to planning most

of the event, with the result the we

agreed to host, nearly knocking Marg

off her chair with astonishment! We

hope to hold our September meeting at

the St. John’s Headquarters, with a tour

and restaurant meal.

We are presently planning to provide

hospitality and supper for two blood

donor clinics the end of June and

August.

Golden Girls Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Mary Bartlett Smith

Our February meeting began with a pot

luck meal honouring our World

Association. Each Members was asked to

bring food from a World Association

country which we had never cooked

before. Memories of favorite Guiding

experiences were shared during the meal

as well as during our meeting when our

archival photo album was circulated.

Further items for O’Shaunessey House

were collected at this meeting with the

expectation that we would continue

gathering items at the next few meetings. It

was also noted that our Guild tapestry was

delivered to headquarters and accepted.

On February 26 a few Members attended

the “Thinking Day” worship at Bethel

United Church where we donated $100.00

through the Girl Guides of Canada Eastern

Bays Area and shared in a box lunch

gathering following the service.

For our St. Patrick’s Day themed March

meeting we met at the Sports and

Recreation Building in Norman’s Cove. A

special project to knit hats and dolls for

Canadian soldiers to give to Afghanistan’s

children was presented and several

members agreed to support this project

with their knitting. Service pins were

presented to Members. Pat Hapgood

and Myra King both received their 50

year pins! We then shared a pot luck

“Green Grub” meal with enough food

for an army of leprechauns. For our

activity we each created a watercolour

landscape with instructions by one

Member who also gave to each

Member printed information on how to

choose a subject and make a quick

drawing, prepare the paper and items

for painting, and create the watercolour

landscape.

On April 19 a number of Members

participated in our ongoing fund raiser

of providing hospitality and a meal for

the professionals involved in a local

Blood Services Clinic.

Four of our members gathered

“Under the Purple Umbrella” at Lion

Max Simms Camp and not only

enjoyed the Gathering offerings but

also contributed a couple of skits at the

Saturday night vespers as well as

Mary’s keyboard artistry and voices at

the sing- along held Saturday night.

The first Saturday in June several

Members spent most of the day as

volunteers at Holy Family School in

Chapel Arm where a new playground

and memorial park/garden was

constructed with local volunteers, our

then send your name to the

Commissioner. Any help you can give

will be appreciated and believe me

every phone call will make a

difference. Commissioners really need

your help!

Thank you for all you do for Guiding

in Newfoundland and Labrador and I

look forward to working with all of you

over the next year.

Kay Penney

Provincial Commissioner

This time of year is a very hectic time for

our Area and District Commissioners.

They are in process of organizing their

districts, setting up new units and it can get

pretty overwhelming for many of our

volunteers. As we get ready to open units

and recruit new Guiders there is a lot of

paperwork involved, completing the

interviews, and reference checks. I am

looking for ladies to help our

Commissioners. An extra pair of hands can

certainly help lighten the workload. With

this in mind, I am asking if there are any of

our Trefoil Members who would like to

help out by doing some of the phone

calling to help speed up the process of

completing reference checks for our

Guiders. Sometimes because of how

busy we all are the reference checks

will get placed on the back burner this

in turn keeps our Guiders from

becoming a full registered Member;

she then misses out on the full benefit

of being a member of our Great

Organization.

If anyone can spare a few minutes

please email Margaret Breen,

Provincial Trefoil Adviser

(mebreen@nl.rogers.com), she will

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Some of us made cheesecakes and

helped at the District Cheesecake

fundraiser (to raise funds to help a girl

travelling internationally). We attended

the District Advancement and District

closing brunch at the Dhoon Lodge.

A day is planned for September at the

home of one of the ladies to do a

service project.

Our closing dinner was held at

Dhoon Lodge.

Sou’ Wester Trefoil Guild

Submitted by Eileen Gale

Hope everyone enjoyed the wonderful

summer – hot and dry! Who would have

ever thought we would have a summer like

this in Newfoundland!

Our Guild once again had some

difficulty getting together since some of

our ladies were away or were busy with

other things. We did manage to have a few

meetings though.

Donations were sent to the Girl Guide

Memorial Fund in memory of Roxie

Hudson and Olga Pieroway. We

discussed getting new shirts; some of

the ladies are checking out some

possibilities. We have a volunteer to

try to do a tapestry so we are in the

process of deciding what design to use.

Card making was also discussed but no

decision was made.

Two of our Members attended the

Provincial Gathering at Lion Max

Simms Camp and thoroughly enjoyed

the weekend.

Susan Oates, Ruby Bentley, Ruby Sharpe, Eileen Gale, Linda Collier, Alice Vey

and Maxine Tracey

2013 Provincial Gathering The Golden Girls Trefoil Guild has accepted the challenge to host the 2013 Provincial Gathering. Mark your calendar for May 24th

– 26th, 2013 and expect to hear from them with pertinent information.

Exciting News Newfoundland and Labrador will host the 2016 National Trefoil Gathering.