Girl Scouts celebrate World Thinking Day

Manchester Girl Scouts gather round a pan of water, taking turns dropping pebbles in, observing ripples and discussing how small acts reflect off of others and amplify into something larger.

In 1926, at the Fourth Girl Guide/Girl Scout International Conference, delegates chose the 22nd of February, as the day that Girl Guides and Girl Scouts would think about all of the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world, giving their “sisters” thanks and appreciation. World Thinking Day was celebrated last Tuesday by Manchester Girl Scouts with an area-wide event.

In addition to other activities, Manchester’s ambassador level troop, troop #41773, made up of Manchester High School 11th graders, gave a presentation on 20-year old Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Yousafzai began her activism at age 11, when writing a blog under an assumed name after the Taliban took over her town. At age 15, she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman. After recovering she became a prominent, internationally recognized, education advocate.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.