On Saturday 24^th March, the Seniors and Brigaders of the 1^st Sittingbourne GB held a Fizz and Quiz fundraising evening as part of our badge work. We decided we were going to raise money for Comic Relief. The quiz consisted of 10 rounds ranging from Geography to Naming the Celebrity and from Sport to Anagrams. As well as the 10 quiz rounds there were interactive games which everyone willingly participated in and thoroughly enjoyed, especially because of the chocolate prizes. Another part of the evening was Karaoke. Various members of the church entertained with Love is all Around and Living Doll, as well as some BB members performing the Cheeky Girls.

The evening was a roaring success and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. As well as enjoying the night we managed to raise an impressive £306.30.

Thanks

Emily, Laura. Lizzie, Chloe, Jade, Lizzi & Sarah

On Sunday March 18th, Mothering Sunday, members and friends of East Peckham Methodist Church sat down to a full English breakfast cooked by stewards Barry & Nick, ably assisted by Paul and hindered by the minister Gary. Almost 100 meals were served. Tables were waited by Boys & Girls Brigade members who also did the washing up. After the meal there was a short service led by Gary and the 'Nspire' youth group and this was followed by the 'messy business'! The Mud Dunk was supposed to take place outside the church but owing to the biting north wind, pity was taken on the participants and sheets of polythene were laid in the hall. First BB Officer Tony White, then Junior boy Joseph Boyle & Brigader Jasmine Boyle were all unceremoniously dunked in a vat of very messy & VERY cold mud.

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There was a reason for all this mess & silliness. Since last September both the Boys & Girls Brigades have sponsored a little boy called Bassirou Boubacar through the charity World Vision. Bassirou, who is 7yrs old and lives in the African Country of Niger has no school to go to and so the church has decided to raise the money needed to build one. The appeal was started on Christmas morning and we were told we needed £4000. To date, 3 months later we have £3000. I do not know how much was raised in sponsorship by the Mud Dunk but I will keep you posted. Margaret

What a triumph!

Girls from 2nd Maidstone Girls' Brigade and 1st Frindsbury Girls' Brigade attended the Northwest Kent Batallion BB/GB quiz on Saturday 17th March 2007 at Gillingham Baptist Church.

The day was made up of 2 quiz's - one biblical and one fun. 14 teams took part altogether.

We are pleased to say that girls were triumphant in gaining the top 3 places in the Bible Quiz

3rd place went to 2nd Maidstone GB 'B', 2nd place went to 2nd Maidstone GB 'A'

And the winners were 1st Frindsbury GB 'A'.

Congratulations also go to 2nd Strood BB 'A' who won the fun quiz.

The winning team - 1st Frindsbury Girls' Brigade. To see a larger image, click on the photo

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Listed below are our up and coming events....

13th October – Mid Kent District District Day - 'IDENTITY ' at Invicta Grammar School. It costs £10 per person and is for 7-13 years old but Sue is checking to see if it can include Brigaders. To get a booking form for your Company go on to the GB website, go to the events page and then calendar. As we are hosting the event we need approx 6 volunteers to help with refreshments and traffic/welcoming.

24th-25th November Young Leaders Training at Tonbridge.