Dear ..............................................

I know you have enjoyed your years as a Guide - you may have been a Brownie and even a Rainbow before that : have you thought how much you would like to carry on with the fun as you get older? Do you think you're ready yet to move on to Rangers? Rangers are aged from 14 up to 25 so you can join us as soon as you are 14, although of course you don't HAVE to leave your Guide unit then.

......................... Rangers would love you to join us : we can offer you even more exciting and fun meetings and days out in a more grown-up setting than you can have at Guides - after all, our Rangers are aged from 14 to 19, and some of the Guides are only 10 so you can't expect them to be able to do the same sort of things as you older girls can.

This term, for instance, we have been sailing, canoeing, abseiling and are doing an archery course, and of course we are in the middle of planning our annual camp. Several of the Rangers have been camping for weekends - two of them have their own Permits so they don't need to take us leaders along!
We've also been on a Ghost Walk, out for a meal at a restaurant and to the theatre - and that's just in one term! These are all things we have chosen to do - if you decide to join us, you wil have your say and be able to choose what YOU want to do.

We don't go out ALL the time - the rest of the time we meet on a ........................... night from............ to ............... in ........................................................................................... with all sorts of things to do - sometimes it's a planned, formal meeting, with maybe an outside speaker invited, other times it's less structured and we do what we choose. (We tend to spend a lot of time eating!) We do a lot of community work (local and global) and several of the Rangers are also Young Leaders with Rainbows, Brownies or Guides.

We have weekly meetings which we (the girls and the leaders) plan before the start of each term: the Rangers all get a copy of the timetable so they can see what's planned and can fit the rest of their social life and homework around it. You are coming up to an important time in your school career, with SATs and GCSEs looming, and we DON'T expect you to neglect your school work. If you have an exam and need to revise, that's fine - although a phone call or message to say you're not coming would be appreciated.

If you think Rangers is for you, talk it over with your Guider or better still, give us a ring and arrange to come and visit us and see for yourself. We know you won't regret it!!

We look forward to seeing you!