Have fun while collecting CWFF contributions! Start collecting anytime, instead of waiting until Thinking Day. Here are some ways that have been used successfully in the past.

Get a large piece of paper and have your smallest (or largest) girl lie dawn and trace around her. Have the girls and leaders bring pennies and glue or tape them onto the paper until the entire outline of the girl is filled in.

Have the girls bring an empty can, size to be determined by unit to the unit meeting. I have seen this done with soup cans all the way up to hot chocolate sized cans. If you chose something like a hot chocolate can have the girls bring the plastic lid also. Using construction paper cover the can or the girls can just paint directly on the can. Allow the girls to decorate their can however they like. The girls take the cans home and when they have filled them with pennies, they bring them back.

Glass jars can be etched with the Girl Guide logo. Logos can be downloaded from the National website. Older girls can do smaller individual jars or leaders can do one large jar for the whole unit. Buy glass-etching cream at your local craft store and follow the directions on the container.

Get a plastic floor hockey stick with a hollow handle. Take off the top cap and have the girls put in any pennies they have collected each week. When stick is full, empty it and start again.

This idea can be used after a parent/girl banquet. Feed everyone well. After dinner weigh all the fathers. The fathers then contribute a penny a pound to CWFF on their daughters’ behalf. (Fathers are usually more willing to be weighed than mothers are)

Draw a large tree on a piece of paper. Have many small branches at the ends of the larger branches. Cut out numerous leaves from different shades of green construction paper. As the girls bring in their contributions (pennies, nickels, dimes etc.) glue or tape the coin on a leaf and then glue or tape the leaf to the tree. As contributions come in, your tree will “grow” many green leaves.

Check out the Canadian World Friendship Fund Website on our National Website for more ideas and to find out more.