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"Birthday Girl" (バースデイ・ガール, Bāsudei gāru = Birthday girl) is a short story written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, and first published in 2002. After reading "Timothy's Birthday" by William Trevor and "The Moor" by Russell Banks , Murakami felt haunted and decided to collect more birthday-themed stories for an anthology ...
Donations are collected for the Thinking Day Fund, which supports projects to help Girl Guides and Scouts around the world. 22 February was chosen as it was the birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell and of Lady Olave Baden-Powell, his wife and World Chief Guide. Other Scouts celebrate it as B.-P. Day or Founders' Day.
A girl in the doctor's waiting room, who asks to touch Terry Bradshaw's bald head. Staring Kid: Curtis Blanck [32] A boy in the doctor's waiting room on his Game Boy, who stares at Ray Barone. 15 Lisa: Kristin Bauer van Straten [33] Ray Barone's ex-girlfriend seen in a flashback. 16 Barry Bonds: Himself [34] A professional baseball player, who ...
The British Boy Scouts was founded in 1908 as the Battersea Boy Scouts, a local association of Scout troops. The Battersea Boy Scouts later briefly registered with Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts organisation but, in 1909, withdrew and formed the British Boy Scouts (BBS), out of a concern that Baden-Powell's organisation was too bureaucratic and militaristic and too closely associated with ...
10. “A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.” 11. “We as African Americans knew that if we wanted to see change, we had to step up to the plate and make that change ourselves.
The Girl Scouts of Jamaica have selected the Special Olympics Jamaica as their National Service Project for the period 2008-2012. Scouts at all age levels participate in fund-raising, while senior and junior scouts also help by volunteering at sporting events which are held all across the island. Special events The First Doctorbirds.
In July 1932, Helen provided the Girl Scouts with a retreat in Switzerland. [62] [67] [68] She purchased a chalet just outside Adelboden, in the Bernese Oberland. [67] Known simply as Our Chalet, the retreat remains in the hands of the Girl Scouts, and hosts "Helen Storrow Seminars", focusing on international education. [68]
The Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) is the national Girl Scouting association for girls and young women in the Philippines. Its mission is "to help girls and young women realize the ideals of womanhood and prepare themselves for their responsibilities in the home, to the nation, and to the world community". [ 1 ]