The Between Generations project
of Girl Guides of PEI is
best represented in the interviews
completed by numerous Guides across the Island.
It was a great way to for the Guides of today to also connect with
the past Guides and help document the evolution
of Island Guiding
throughout the decades.
To read the rest of our interviews click on one of
the photos to the right.
My name is Caitlin Juntermanns and
my sister’s name is Jenna. Our family has a lot
of experience in Guiding! First it was my nanny, then
it was my mom, and now it's us! Today my mom is a leader
and still has lots of fun.
My nanny, Kay Lidstone, was not a girl member because
she had no Guides where she lived. My nanny joined
in the late 1970's, and stayed a leader for over ten
years. Nanny became interested in Guiding because she
liked working with the girls and camping! She liked
the fact that Girl Guides are nice and help people
all over the world. She also wanted to be involved
when my mom was old enough to join. My mom, Natasha
Juntermanns, was a Brownie and a Girl Guide. She quit
before Pathfinders, and rejoined when I was old enough
to be a Spark.
Some of the things my
mom and Nanny did were camping, hiking, swimming, and
crafts. They learned how to tie knots, and different
ways to cook. At camp they had campfires, cooked on
buddy burners, and cooked a cake in a cardboard box!
Jenna and I do all of the same things in our units!
One thing that Nanny didn’t like was getting leeches on her swimming in
the lake in Nova Scotia. I’m very, very glad we don’t have leeches
here on P.E.I!!! Mom didn’t like uniform inspection at meetings. Nanny
was her leader and was very strict. My mom is not a strict leader, but does get
us to clean up a lot.
One of the biggest highlights of my nanny’s Guiding years was going to
the World Centre, Olave Baden Powell House. (It’s now called Pax Lodge.)
Her Pathfinder unit raised enough money to spend a week in London, England. Also,
one of her Pathfinders was the first girl in their community to get the Canada
cord!! Last year our unit traveled to Nova Scotia. We went to Sherbrooke Village
and dressed up in olden-day clothes. We will be traveling to the Magdalen Islands
this year. It will take a long time to raise the money! Some day I hope I’ll
get to travel to one of the World Centers like Nanny.
So I hope you enjoyed reading about our Guiding history. We liked doing this
project because we got to learn more about our mom and nanny!
