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Congratulations to Bernadette of Edenderry Guides who earned every single Guide interest badge! What an achievement!
Here she tells us how she did it:
On Saturday 12 October 2019 I was very proud and happy to be one of the 135 girls who received the highest award in Guiding – the Trail Blazer National Guide Award. My Guiding journey began four years ago when I moved from Brownies to Guides after spending three years in Brownies and three years in Ladybirds.
When I joined Guides and got my Guide Travel Folder I was so excited to see all the badges I could earn. I made a promise to myself to earn all the badges in my four years as a Guide. This was greatly helped by the support of my Guide Leaders and my parents.
I worked on as many of the badges I could by myself at the weekend and doing a badge every four to five weeks in my Unit helped me work through all of the 60 Guide interest badges.
YEAR 1: PATHFINDER
I became enrolled and began working on badges. Some of the badges I worked on were:
Green Fingers (I helped with my vegetable patch)
Camper Way Bronze (as I went on my first outdoor camp)
Care of the Elderly (I helped my mam with Meals on Wheels for the year)
YEAR 2: VOYAGER
Having completed some more of the badges during the summer, I returned for action to complete more. At the end of my year as a Voyager I attended IGG’s international camp IGGNITE2017. Some of the badges I completed that year were:
Car Care (my dad showed me how to maintain a car)
Lord Baden Powell (I learned the history of Scouts)
Childcare (I minded my siblings and cousin for one day)
YEAR 3: INNOVATOR
In my year as an Innovator I became a Patrol Leader and my sister Lauren joined Guides. Some of the badges I completed were:
Lady Baden Powell (I learned the history of Guiding)
Engineer (I completed this at a camp in Carne, Co Wexford)
Sportswoman (I completed this as I was playing for Offaly under 12)
YEAR 4: TRAIL BLAZER
In my final year as a Guide I became a Patrol Leader again and I completed my Trail Blazer National Guide Award. Some of the badges I completed were:
Aviation (I learned the history of women in aviation)
Team Player (I learned what makes a team work and about teams in the world)
Farming (I learned about the machinery used when farming and about farming animals)
Europe (I completed this during the summer so that I would have every badge in the Guide programme)
Over the years my three favourite badges that I worked on were:
Sportswoman
Team Player
Active Body
SPORTSWOMAN:
For this badge I wrote about the training and matches I took part in while playing Gaelic Football for Edenderry and Offaly. I also wrote about the clothing and equipment needed for Gaelic football eg. football boots. Finally, I wrote down some of the rules of Gaelic Football.
TEAM PLAYER:
For this badge I wrote down about what makes a team and examples of good teams. I also made a poster on some of the qualities of a good team and some of the examples of the teams.
ACTIVE BODY:
When doing this badge, we did a night outside in the school yard where we attend Guides and we played some games and activities in the yard like basketball, captain ball, hot potato and chasing.
Now that I have joined Senior Branch I can begin working on Ladybird, Brownie and Guide badges and work towards my ‘I Am A Badge Diva’ badge!!