Helensburgh Girl Guides thank long-serving leaders

Helensburgh Girl Guides has been lucky to have long-serving Leaders running the Unit for our local girls.

Jenelle McWilliam started as a parent helper then took on the role of Unit Leader way back in 1996 – she is now the Resource Leader for the District.

Heather Fisher came into guiding as Unit Leader when her daughter started Guides in 2000 – she has moved on from that role and has been District Manager for the past 11 years.

Malynda Flarey started leading the Junior Guides unit in 2006, then moved across to running the whole Unit – which is currently a combined unit of Junior Guides and Guides.

All three are also part of the Region Water Activities Team at ‘Bindaree’ – Woronora River Boatshed. (Helensburgh District is part of Southern Sydney Rivers Region/Woronora River Division).

These leaders have shown great dedication and loyalty to guiding in Helensburgh and have seen many girls in their care grow into confident, kind and capable young women.

Congratulations to all three for your service.

Want to be a Guide?

Girl Guides Australia embraces girls from all cultures and faiths. Helensburgh Guide unit regularly participates in community activities, including Clean Up Australia Day and collecting donations for local, national and international organisations, as well as building useful skills such as camp cooking, knot tying, abseiling, archery and kayak/canoeing.

Unit meetings are on Thursday afternoons during term time.

Girls are welcome to come along to 2 meetings and ‘try before they buy’. It’s all about believing in yourself – we learn a lot, but mostly we have fun.

Go to www.joinguides.com.au and click on Be a Guide to register your interest.

The Hall is at 4 Chippendale Place, Helensburgh.

And a reminder that Guides will be selling real Christmas trees again this year at the Hall in early December.