Subiaco Girl Guides And The Children's Hospital (1932).
In 1932 the Girl Guides formed a group which would incorporate children with physical disabilities at the Perth Children's Hospital who were unable to attend the usual company meetings.
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West Australian, 10 June 1932.
GIRL GUIDES.
The Extension Branch.
The extension branch of the Guide movement has only reached an experimental stage in Western Australia. This branch brings guiding within the reach of children who, through some physical disability, are unable to attend the usual company meetings.
The latest activity in this direction in Perth is the formation of an extension company at the Children's Hospital. The work is being undertaken by the Second Subiaco Cadet Rangers. Any child at the hospital over the age of 11 can join the company, which is not being limited to those who are likely to be there for a prolonged period.
Only two meetings have been held as yet, but the recruits have shown themselves particu-larly quick at picking up the work, which, of course, is modified to suit each child's state of health. The uniform also depends upon whether the child is capable of being dressed, those on their back wearing ties and brooches, and in some cases, guide tunics.
Each extension guide has been adopted by a ranger patrol, but when the numbers are sufficient a separate patrol will be formed. An enrolment is to take place shortly at which all the Second Subiaco Rangers will be present, to emphasise the fact that the extension company is not an isolated unit, but part of the whole movement.
In the case of an extension guide leaving the hospital, the Rangers will make it their duty to see that she has an opportunity of continuing as a guide, either by means of the lone branch, or by joining a local company.
From 100 years of Girl Guides in WA
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