Girl Scouts Celebrate Thinking Day
by Mark Collins, Staff Reporter
March 1, 2010

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Even the torrential rains from last Thursday night couldn’t dampen the fun and festive atmosphere of the local Girl Scouts’ Thinking Day held at the high school. Thinking Day is part of the Girl Scouts World Thinking Day. In the US , Girl Scouts participate in activities, games and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl Scouts and Girl Guides in other countries. The Hopkinton event, hosted in the high school cafeteria, featured presentations and informational displays from more then twenty  countries. Cultural diversity was well displayed as the Girl Scouts prepared and presented foods and drink from the represented countries.

The Scouts also displayed informational booths from the different cultures that described historical information, languages, games and local customs. To ensure the participants became aware of the all the diverse nationals, the Scouts were given passports and were encouraged to visit as many countries as they could. Once a Scout visited a country their passport was stamped and they went on to visit another foreign land.

After the hour long booth touring activity, the Parade of Nations marched to the auditorium, presenting the various flags from each country and the troop flags in addition to the Girl Scout Flag. Once inside, short performances were presented from troops representing Haiti , Greece , Thailand , Israel , France and the USA . The event concluded, appropriately, with the singing of "Day is Done".