The Bahamas Girl Guides Association is the national Guiding

Girl Guides

A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. It is the female-centred equivalent of the Scouts. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian...

 organization of the Bahamas. It serves 2,303 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1915, the coeducational organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout...

 in 1975.

Program and ideals

The association is divided in four sections according to age:

• Sunflowers – ages 5 and 6
• Brownies – ages 7 to 10
• Guides – ages 10 to 14
• Rangers – ages 14 to 18

Guide Promise

I promise that I will do my best,

To do my duty to God,

To serve the Queen and my country,

To help other people

and to keep the Guide Law.

Guide Law

1. A Guide is loyal and can be trusted
2. A Guide is helpful
3. A Guide is polite and considerate
4. A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides
5. A Guide is kind to animals and respects all living things
6. A Guide is obedient
7. A Guide is cheerful and has courage in all difficulties
8. A Guide makes good use of her time
9. A Guide takes care of her own possessions and those of other people
10. A Guide is self-controlled in all she thinks, says and does

See also

• The Scout Association of the Bahamas
  The Scout Association of the Bahamas
  The Scout Association of the Bahamas, the national Scouting organization of the Bahamas, was brought to the Bahamas by the British and was officially founded in 1913, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1974...