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Activity Description: Invite a Guide or Scout Leader from a different unit to share what dreams they are working towards in scouting.

Items Needed:

• Guest Guide or Scout Leader (in-person or virtually) who can share what dreams they are working towards in scouting.
• Space for listening and group discussion.
• (Optional) Computer, tablet, or phone for virtual guest access.

Before the Meeting:

1. Choose a guest. (2–3 min)
   • Invite another leader in girl scouts or girl guides who can share their hopes for scouting and what they are doing to make it happen.
2. Prepare questions. (3–5 min)
   • Write simple questions to ask.

Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 20–30 min):

1. Welcome youth and explain the goal of meeting a changemaker in WAGGGS (4–7 min).
   • Share how Juliette Gordon Low wanted Girl Scouts to allow all girls to learn skills and help other people. She was an advocate to help make things happen. Her vision is still alive today, over 100 years after the first Girl Scout meeting.
   • Remind youth that other Girl Guide and Girl Scout leaders still have dreams and work to make change.
   • Introduce the Guest Speaker.
2. Listen to short presentations from guest speaker (10–15 min).
   • Invite guests (in-person or virtually) to briefly share their hopes for scouting and what they are doing to make it happen.
   • (Optional) Use video clips or pre-recorded stories if live speakers aren’t available.
   • Encourage youth to notice things they could also be working towards.
3. Group discussion and reflection (6–8 min).
   • Youth talk about what surprised them or stood out.
   • Ask them to reflect on what they expect scouting to be and what they are doing to make it happen.
4. (Optional) Journaling or sketch response (2–4 min).
   • Youth may write or draw one thing they learned about scouting and what they want to do.

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