Who	Penns Woods Service Unit and Guests all age levels limit three adults per troop, please!
What	Learn about other countries through food, costumes, displays, and group activities.
When	Monday, February 22, 6:30 Ð 8:30 pm
Where	St. Joseph the Worker Parish Hall on New Falls Road in Fallsington
Why	To celebrate Thinking Day, a Girl Scout holiday honoring international cooperation and unity among all Girl Scouts and Girl Guides
How	Each troop* chooses a different WAGGGS country and makes food, costumes, and a display representing that country. Girls receive passports and take turns touring displays, showing their display to others, and doing group activities (songs, folk dancing, games, or crafts). *Up to 3 troops may work together on a country. Daisies only may attend as visitors.
Cost	$2 per girl, $1 per adult covers activities and photo-art GSUSA patch, due February 1. $1 per girl will be refunded for cancellations. Patches will be distributed in the closing ceremony, but only to troops that have paid by February 1! (If you're not sure how many girls will be attending, remember that it's appropriate to give a Thinking Day patch to every girl who helps the troop prepare for Thinking Day. If you pay for the whole troop to attend, you will get patches for your whole troop and a refund for any girls who can't make it, so there's no risk.)

Requirements
Opening Each troop should give a "greeting" from their country. It can be in English ("Hi! We're troop #123 from France, where Brownies are called Jeannettes.") or the language of their country ("Bon soir! Nous sommes des Eclaireuses merveilleuses de la France!").
Costume Each girl should come "in costume " for her country. Costumes can be as simple as matching scarf headresses, or as elaborate as you wish. Daisy visitors can come in costume, too! (Pick any country, even one not on the list.)
Food Prepare either a representative national dish or a food made from products of your country. Bring enough for 100-150 people to each have a one-bite taste or a small drink.
Displays Each country may use up to three cafeteria-sized tables. Displays look best when you use all the space available above, in front of, and behind the tables, and not just the flat surface. Suggestions: magazine pictures, travel brochures, postcards, crafts your troop has made (such as Scandinavian woven wheat, African cloth prints, Oriental kites, South American finger-weaving, etc.), models, dioramas, dolls, flags, coins, artifacts, etc. You can even create a small space (a marketplace, a restaurant, a temple, an ordinary home,etc.) that feels like part of your country. Caution: bring objects that will stand up to fingering, or take special precautions to protect delicate artifacts.
Activities Plan a 5-minute activity that every girl visiting your country can take part in. This could be a simple craft, a song or dance, an easy game, a native ceremony, preparing a snack, practicing greetings and customs, learning a few phrases, etc.
Tour Guides Girls should know something about your country so that they can take turns explaining the display when they are not touring the other countries. (Adults can help the younger ones, of course! but even Daisies should be able to tell one thing about their country or display.)
The 15 WAGGGS countries for this year are: Chile, Czech Republic, Fiji, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Saint Lucia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. Countries are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. You can do a country by yourself, pre-arrange to work with another troop, or ask to be linked with another troop. Contact Deborah Eater (943-5522) to reserve a country.

Leader in Charge: Deborah Eater (debeater@netreach.net)

Requirements
Opening	Each troop should give a "greeting" from their country. It can be in English ("Hi! We're troop #123 from France, where Brownies are called Jeannettes.") or the language of their country ("Bon soir! Nous sommes des Eclaireuses merveilleuses de la France!").
Costume	Each girl should come "in costume " for her country. Costumes can be as simple as matching scarf headresses, or as elaborate as you wish. Daisy visitors can come in costume, too! (Pick any country, even one not on the list.)
Food	Prepare either a representative national dish or a food made from products of your country. Bring enough for 100-150 people to each have a one-bite taste or a small drink.
Displays	Each country may use up to three cafeteria-sized tables. Displays look best when you use all the space available above, in front of, and behind the tables, and not just the flat surface. Suggestions: magazine pictures, travel brochures, postcards, crafts your troop has made (such as Scandinavian woven wheat, African cloth prints, Oriental kites, South American finger-weaving, etc.), models, dioramas, dolls, flags, coins, artifacts, etc. You can even create a small space (a marketplace, a restaurant, a temple, an ordinary home,etc.) that feels like part of your country. Caution: bring objects that will stand up to fingering, or take special precautions to protect delicate artifacts.
Activities	Plan a 5-minute activity that every girl visiting your country can take part in. This could be a simple craft, a song or dance, an easy game, a native ceremony, preparing a snack, practicing greetings and customs, learning a few phrases, etc.
Tour Guides	Girls should know something about your country so that they can take turns explaining the display when they are not touring the other countries. (Adults can help the younger ones, of course! but even Daisies should be able to tell one thing about their country or display.)
The 15 WAGGGS countries for this year are: Chile, Czech Republic, Fiji, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Saint Lucia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. Countries are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. You can do a country by yourself, pre-arrange to work with another troop, or ask to be linked with another troop. Contact Deborah Eater (943-5522) to reserve a country.