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What do Rainbow Girls Learn and Do?
Being a Rainbow girl gets you ready for life... as you participate and plan unbelievably fun activities, and make lifelong friendships. Gathering girls from age 11 to 21, they lean from each other how to have fun while serving others in their communities, churches and their sponsoring organizations. The girls themselves plan and create activities (under the guidance of adult advisors) that raise money for an abounding variety of charities through bake sales, serving dinners, rock-a-thons, walks-for-the-cure, car washes and what ever else they can think of. They extend themselves and grow through service and challenge their imagination. The activities in the life of a Rainbow girl are exciting, challenging, surprising, emotional and rewarding all at the same time. As they grow, each girl earns the opportunity to lead direct and share her acquired knowledge and experiences with those who follow her. Consider attending one our fun nights or prospect parties…there’s one coming up on May 18th @ Sphinx Shrine Center on the Berlin Tpk in Newington. Click Here for INFO.
Rainbow girls earn merit awards for their activities and participation, and many scholarships are available for those seeking higher education. Rainbow girls develop important life skills through their involvement, such as public speaking, poise and maturity. Rainbow promotes personal growth, fellowship, and charity.
In addition to learning valuable character building lessons, Rainbow affords excellent leadership experience, public speaking opportunities, study skills, and organizational techniques. For example, each Worthy Advisor (the girl who serves as the head of her Assembly) is responsible for selecting her officers, planning her term, choosing service and charity projects, planning social events, preparing greetings and speeches for guests, and presiding during meetings.
Rainbow girls go on to become successful leaders in all fields of employment, such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, Supreme court justices, judges, actresses, nurses, and engineers, to name just a few. Some former Rainbow girls you might recognize are Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, comedians Ruth Buzzi and Lily Tomlin, actress Lee Meriweather, and former Miss Americas Jane Jaroe and Chantelle Smith.
The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls is an organization whose goal is to teach young women of today:
- Love of home and family
- Membership and active participation in the church of your choice
- Importance of spending time in the out-of-doors
- Belief that even though our body dies our souls live on forever
- Loyalty to the Order and to the Rainbow Girl's family and friends
- Respect for the laws of our country and its flag
- Providing unselfish acts of service to our home, community, and sponsoring Orders of the Rainbow.
The teachings are non-sectarian, based on the seven lessons taught to the girls at their initiation ceremony -- Love, Religion, Nature, Immortality, Fidelity, Patriotism and Service. There are also teachings of Faith, Hope and Charity. Taken together, the beautiful lessons of Rainbow guide a young girl into a better life.
The Ritual for the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls is a book of ceremonies used primarily for the Opening, Closing and Initiation ceremonies of a Rainbow Assembly. Members recite verses and passages from memory that are contained in the Ritual. As well, there is often floorwork that accompanies the spoken word. The performance of floorwork demonstrates each girl’s attention to detail and level of discipline. Sometimes friendly competitions are held for Ritual and floorwork, providing a motivation and incentive for the girls to perform well in a supportive environment.
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