“The candle is very special. I lit your candle using a candle that I have. My candle was lit for me at a candle lighting ceremony in August, ‘91, by a woman who was a director at one of our camps for years. Her original candle was lit by her camp director when she was a girl in Alabama; it was Juliette Low who lit that camp director’s candle.
Juliette Low told the girls to take their candles home and use them in candle lighting ceremonies - to pass the flame to others. If you look at your candle, you’ll see the wick is black, and that is what is left of the old flame. When you relight your candle, you are not only sharing the flame of this camp fire, but you are also sharing a bit of every flame that went before it right back to the one lit by Juliette Low.
When your candle burns down, be sure to use it to light a new candle. In this way, you will be able to continue the tradition.
In a candle lighting ceremony, we are not only sharing a link to our past, but the light is also a symbol of our hopes and dreams for the future of Girl Scouting.
Just as a tiny flame is passed from person to person, growing brighter and brighter as more candles are lit; it is as Juliette Low’s dream was, that Girl Scouting would be a bright beacon for girls everywhere. May we all keep her dream alive forever.”
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