Pictured accepting a cheque for £250 is 5th Oban Brownies
new Brown Owl, Ciorsti Baxter, with Senior Vice President Kees van Rein,
standing in for President Douglas Small and Past President Ken Oxland in
attendance.Brown Owl Ciorsti
has recently taken over the 5th Oban Brownies, part of the Girl Guiding
movement in Argyll from long serving former Brown Owl Caloline McInnes. She gave an informative and detailed report, to Rotarians, about the aims and
objectives of the group in promoting health, wellbeing, confidence, leadership
and teamwork in young girls while having lots of fun and friendship. The 5th
Oban Brownies currently have 25 young girls between the ages of 7 &
10, who live in the local community and come along to meetings every
Friday, during the school term.
In order to develop
the girls experiences further Ciorsti is very keen to arrange a weekend
adventure for the Brownies, which will allow them to develop leadership and
team-working skills in an outdoor environment; encouraging the girls to face
challenges and build their confidence. The Rotary Club of
Oban are extremely pleased to support our Brownies and provide funds which will
help towards an adventure to Ardroy Outdoor Education Centre in Lochgoilhead.
Further funding is coming from Glen Sanda Quarries which will help with
travel costs.
As a final event
last year the Brownies were able to have a very exciting sausage sizzle, with
rock climbing and abseiling, as their last night before the summer break. Last words from Senior Vice President Kees, were roundly
applauded; “ I think all young girls should think about joining the
Brownies; it sounds absolutely fantastic !”
Well Done Brown Owl, we look forward to a report
on your Ardroy Adventure.