How do feel about Guiding in Antigua and Barbuda or your country? Just think! New skills were realized, money was raised, and fun was had by all as the Girl Guide Association of Antigua and Barbuda joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Thinking Day - February 22nd - with a satisfying series of activities.

"Presenting...Members of The Junior Council, presented to the Girl Guide Association Members on World Thinking Day (Saturday 22 February 2003).

Held this time around under the theme, 'A Penny For Your Thoughts,' which became the catchphrase of the period's fundraising drive, Thinking Day is a time to reflect on our Founders, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, our Guiding family and others who we help and who help us.
After nine days of celebrations in Antigua, many of the girls and young women can boast that they've found new skills and talents. The Group from the 6th Antigua Unit at Spring Gardens Moravian who won the Slogan Competition and the other competitors know that they have a way with words as does the participants in the Male Contributor Profiling project. Some have found that they're great public speakers and entertainers. Others realized that they've a talent for sporting activities or art and music or outdoor cooking as well as fundraising or organizing or motivating or selling. It is an enjoyable experience to see the young ladies take such pride in the little they have to do in contributing to making World Thinking Day celebrations special for all.
The opportunity to make a special promise to do duty to God and Country and to serve and to keep Guiding laws in the presence of the Guiding community was a delightful experience for the 120 new recruits - the largest to be enrolled at any one time - who made their commitment at the annual Mass Enrollment Ceremony. This year it was held on World Thinking Day, with this group becoming the first to take these vows on this day in the new uniform. A special feature was the introduction of the Junior Council to their peers as their received their landyards.
The "Penny for your Thoughts" campaign, meanwhile, yielded close to $200 and revealed positive thoughts on Girl Guiding in Antigua.
The Sex forum drew lots of insightful comments on the dangers facing young women even as it afforded the Teen Summit team to share the pilot of their TV series, which is still in production.
The participation of other groups businesses and individuals in these activities was of great encouragement to the Guides, Leaders and Administrators.
Though World Thinking Day is the Major event every year because we share it with the Guides all around the world; we also share Commonwealth Day (March 10) with the rest of the Guides in the Commonwealth, just as we share Caribbean Link Day (April 22) with the other Guides in the Caribbean. So as we close the World Thinking Day chapter of our 2003 Guiding year, we open The Commonwealth Day chapter. With these links come other responsibilities, activities, projects and events dealing with social issues from the Rights of the Child to the Environment and World Peace.
As Girl Guiding develops and partnerships are created and maintained, it is the hope of our girls and young women that we can continue, "Guiding together forever with thoughts of peace and unity all over the world", as stated in the winning slogan.

MALE CONTRIBUTOR TO GIRL GUIDING PROFILE
James McCoy

The 6th Antigua Girl Guide Unit of the Girl Guide Association salutes Mr. James Foster McCoy for his invaluable contribution to their unit. James McCoy was born in Liberta Village and raised in the Point Area. He was married to Carolyn McCoy in 1991 and is the father of two daughters, Danielle and Abi.

James McCoy

Mr. McCoy has his early education at the Spring Gardens Infant School and the Point School. His secondary school education was at the TOR Memorial High School. He spent two years at the Golden Grove Technical College (now, Antigua State College), in the Hotel. Catering and Administration Department. He later worked as a hotel chef.

He is a musician and band instrument technician having attained a Diploma from Western Iowa Tech in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. He worked as a Manager of the Wind Instrument Repair Department of Amro Music in Memphis, Tennessee, the largest musical retailer in the mid-south United States

James Foster McCoy has been the "official Go For" and "Cook" for the 6th Antigua Girl Guide Unit, and is always available to assist in running errands and preparing meals for events.