Girl Guides Leave a Lasting Legacy in Enderby

Nearly 2,500 Girl Guides visited the City of Enderby recently and while the girls had an experience of a lifetime, they also left behind a lasting legacy for the community.

The thousands of Girl Guides spent time in the area as part of the Spirit of Adventure Rendezvouz program in July. While they were in Enderby they made many contributions to the community and region as well. Recently the City of Enderby posted online just how much of an impact the group made on the community.

Girl Guides preparing ready to bake pies (Photo Credit: City of Enderby)

According to Tate Bengtson the Girls built a 550 metre trail in Grindrod Park in collaboration with the Shuswap Trail Alliance. The Enderby Community Resource Centre lunch program benefited from the visit as more than 150 ready to bake pies were made by the Girl Guides. Local dogs also benefited from the weekend visit by the Girls as more than 350 dog toys were made and distributed to the Shuswap SPCA and Dog Rescue Groups.

Toys made for the local SPCA by the Girl Guides (Photo Credit: City of Enderby)

The Girls, Rangers and Pathfinders collected school supplies and organized them into over 250 bags of sorted items. Approximately 100 bags were sorted with items for the homeless and then they collected 200 items for newborns and their mothers. Another 150 bags of school supplies were organized and sent to the EDRC in Enderby.

Girl Guides sorting school supplies for residents (Photo Credit: City of Enderby)

The Girls also painted two Gazebos in Barnes Park, the chain fence around Cenotaph Park, a recycle building for the City and even worked with the local garden club to weed City gardens and pathways.

Girl Guides painting a gazebo (Photo Credit: City of Enderby)

The group even helped those thousands of miles away as 840 litres of peppers were chopped and prepared for dehydrating. These were than bagged into 144 bags of dried soup mix which will feed 100 people in underdeveloped countries. They also cut out 250 sanitary panties for girls in Africa which will be sewn together and taken to Kenya. And 37 skirts were sewn and will be sent to Africa as well as gifts for local girls.

Girl Guides painting a gazebo (Photo Credit: City of Enderby)

While the Girl Guides spent their time in Enderby learning, playing and growing, the legacy they left behind and impact made on the community will last much longer than they could possible know.