30 Years

Hey,

Today was the first day back at helping out at Rainbows since I have been home from Plymouth. Obviously, this is the Rainbows in Kenilworth that I used to be a Young Leader at before I travelled to Plymouth for University ‘10^th Kenilworth Rainbows'.

This year we are celebrating 30 years since Rainbows started, so today was the beginning of working towards to 30^th anniversary badge.

We showed them a printed paper of the 4 promise badges that Rainbows have had throughout these 30 years, and then gave out sheets that have the outline of the badges for them to colour in.

The 4 badges were:

The original Rainbow Promise badge created in 1987 when rainbows began, was a triangular cloth badge, featuring a Rainbow under a Guide Badge.  It was sewn against the neckline of the tabard, with the upper point of the triangle meant to touch against the binding on the top edge of the tabard. 

It was then changed before 1997, to fit in with the other section promise badges, and was a yellow trefoil on green - again a cloth badge, as it was considered unsafe for Rainbows to have metal badges. 

In 2008, A metal badge was introduced with a sky blue background, to match the new Rainbow uniforms which were brought in,

but it didn't last for long before the current Promise badge was introduced.

Here is a link to the website I used to find out about the history of Rainbows

Once they had finish the colouring there was then a word search to complete, and if they didn’t finish they could complete it at home to then bring back next week.

I enjoyed helping out again as a Young Leader. Although, not knowing any names since everyone I knew is now in Brownies was difficult and fun to work around.

Thanks for reading,

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Amy x