Early morning shoppers at Morrison’s Supermarket in Lichfield were in for a surprise on Saturday 26th August at 8.00 am, when a group of girls from 5th Lichfield (St Chad’s) Brownies performed a Conga chain around the aisles of the store.
Brown Owl, Sylvia Smetham with Leaders Janine Hill and Faye Jenkins led the girls as they danced between the aisles whilst shoppers, perplexed at first, joined in waving and applauding them on their way.
The Management and staff at Morrison’s joined the chain which did two laps of the store.
Brown Owl, Sylvia expressed her thanks to the Management & Staff for enabling 5th Lichfield Brownies to complete one of their Brownie Birthday Challenges, marking the 100th Anniversary of the Brownie Movement. This will count towards the Units total of 100 challenges to celebrate this Anniversary.
A second challenge was to have the event recorded in a local newspaper. SI Soroptimists were happy to lend a hand and took pictures on the day which, together with a full report, were sent to the Lichfield Mercury. The arrival of the paper was eagerly awaited and sure enough in Thursday 1st of Mays edition two photographs, together with a report on the event, were featured on Page 14.
SI Lichfield & District wish 5th Lichfield (St Chad’s) well with the rest of their 100th Brownie Birthday challenges.