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Portal:Scouting/Did you know... archive/2008

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PERIOD ENDING - FACT

  • Jan 31, 2008 - ...Lady Mary Pellatt was buried in her Guide uniform?
  • Apr 30, 2008 - ...that the Girl Guides were named after a regiment of the British Indian Army, the Corps of Guides?
  • May 31, 2008 - ...that woggle is a play on boon doggle, which comes from dog bones?

...that Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov was one of the first Boy Scouts in Russia?

...that Kate Silverton is a Queen's Guide?

  • Jul 31, 2008 - ...that WAGGGS' 33rd World Conference will be held this year from 6th to 14th July in South Africa and its theme is "Join in, reach out, change lives"?

...that Fergie, the pop and R&B singer, formerly with the Black Eyed Peas was a Girl Scout?

... that Elizabeth Brinton sold over 100 000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies?