Girls Brigade

Girls Brigade – Denny Old Church Halls

Marion Reid, Captain

Denny Old Girls’ Brigade
The Girls Brigade meets in Denny Old Church Halls on Mondays from 6.15 – 7.30 p.m.     
All girls from P.1 to S.6 will be made very welcome.
Festive season already! The year has been flying by at GB on a Monday night.
The Explorers have been learning about water with a mixture of old and new stories, crafts and games. The girls this year have enjoyed the craft things most with lots of drawing and creativity.
The Juniors (Primary 4 to 7) have been recently working on first aid along with the Brigaders (Secondary) which has been fun going by the laughter and the pictures. Some girls have gone home to practice bandaging and recovery position on parents. Prior to that the Brigaders were finishing off their puppets and the Juniors spent weeks practicing their sweet treats for the Halloween party. The party was another success with lots of food and games.
In our last note to you, we were organising a sponsored walk. We had a great day walking from Bonnybridge to the Falkirk Wheel and back, raising over £400 for our funds. This will really help with costs this year.
Thank you to the officers and girls who attended the Remembrance parade. The Denny wreath was laid by Lilly Rennie and Hannah Brown while our officer Shona Laird and Lucy May Brannan laid a wreath at Longcroft Cenotaph on behalf in recognition of the areas covered by the Company.
Thank you to Beth for organising another great Blythswood shoebox appeal which mean that 56 shoeboxes and over £165 were sent away in November. The girls helped pack shoeboxes up and really enjoyed it. They are enthusiastic about helping people that they won’t meet and can imagine the joy when someone opens the box. A fantastic effort from everyone.
After a recruitment drive, we have welcomed seven more girls from Denny Primary school but there is still room for more girls to join the fun and mayhem on Monday nights. We have also been joined by two more girls from Denny High School who are combining the time with their Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Kind Regards,
Marion Reid, Captain