Charlotte Hunter took on the challenge of Girl Guides for a lifetime. Starting as a young girl in rural Ontario she joined as a “Lone” Girl Guide. Her real involvement with Girl Guides started twenty years later when her own daughters, Danielle, and Christine, joined Sparks, then moved on to Brownies and Guides.
She began as a parent with a talent to create treasures and crafts, and a willingness to share. Her talent to connect with the other girls was noticed by other leaders and she was encouraged to step up as a leader. She did, following her daughters through the program all the way to Pathfinders and Senior Branches.
Charlotte enjoyed the time with the girls doing the Girl Guide program work – crafting, selling cookies, and going on week-long International Spirit of Adventure Rendezvous camps. The camp in Mexico at the Guiding World Centre, was the most memorable.
Well respected by her peers, Charlotte was further encouraged to work behind the scenes by managing and auditing the finances of the local units. She progressed through the local executive, eventually becoming District Commissioner. Her quiet, gentle personality and willingness to take on new challenges was recognized by all, and she was awarded many Girl Guide awards, not the least of which was the Book of Honor.
When her time with the girls was over Charlotte retired to the local Trefoil Guild, enjoying their monthly luncheons. She also participated in many of their crafting projects – hospital teddy bears for young patients, lap blankets for the elderly, and crafts for Santa Anonymous. Charlotte thoroughly enjoyed her time in Girl Guides, but she really treasured the people she met and worked with – The Sisterhood.
With this endowment and scholarship, the Hunter family, in memory of Charlotte, wish to challenge the young women of our community to strive to be more than they think they are capable of being.
