Girl Guides Visit The James O’Keeffe

Cork’s Ladies Fashion’s Lunch and a Show

Girl Guides Visit The James O’Keeffe Complex

Boherbue branch of the Irish Girls Guides hosted the annual South West Regional Camp in the grounds of the James O’Keeffe Institute from the 8th to the 11th of July. The title was Camp Infinity and the theme was Sustainable Consumerism. A total of 95 guides, rangers and leaders from Boherbue, Macroom, Kilcummin, Dunmanway and Carrigrouhill participated.

Camp on Friday kicked off with the opening ceremony and the flag raising followed by a night hike to the Island Woods. On Saturday the girls headed to Ballyhass for an action packed day on land and water and were very grateful to return to the James O’Keeffe Institute for a fabulous barbecue provided by Duhallow Community Food Services. Sunday was filled with workshops around the Island Woods and the grounds of the James O’Keeffe Institute. Thomas Ankettell and his colleagues from Duhallow Angling Centre of Excellence delivered a session on river biodiversity. Guide Leaders and Senior Branch delivered a STEM workshop, as well as a treasure hunt, an arts and crafts workshop and a sustainable consumerism talk. There was a camp challenge which took our visitors into the town to solve a puzzle; with thanks to all of the local businesses who allowed us to put the clues in their windows. The challenge also required the girls to deliver unique performances at the campfire, create a 30 second marble run and come up with ideas to achieve the UN 12th SDG Goal. All of that effort earned them the Camp Infinity Badge and the Irish Aid sponsored UN SDG 12 Badge. Boherbue Unit were delighted to have the opportunity to showcase the resources that we have available to us on our doorstep but could not have hosted the camp without the provision of the facilities by IRD Duhallow and access to grants.