Exuma, Bahamas - Guiding in the Bahamas has been and remains one of the most enriching experiencing for young girls and women. This experience has been shared throughout the length and breadth of this country and Exuma has not been left out. Units are currently operating in primary schools from Rolleville to George Town with a Guide and a Ranger unit at L.N Coakley High School. The island boasts of a total of nine successfully blossoming units which are being cultivated by an enthusiastic dedicated group of Guiders. The newest addition to the district is the reactivated brownie unit at the Mt. Thompson Primary School. Despite its ups and downs the Exuma District has managed to hold its own over the past ten years.

Over the course of ten years the Exuma District has participated in numerous events which have made them visible in the community. They have been instrumental in the organizing of the Remembrance Day Ceremonies and they have been active participants in island wide clean up campaigns. The National Heritage Festival has become use to the helpful hands of the girls and leaders in the kiddie corner. Every year the girls and leaders join in the spirit of guiding by engaging in brownie revels, campfires and the annual Christmas caroling services. To commemorate ten years of guiding the District recognized a few important “Friends of Guiding”, the Kettles, the Shuttleworths and Mrs. Nancy Cole whom the annual walkathon is now named after. The District has definitely been plowing ahead in becoming visible throughout the community of Exuma.

Guiding in Exuma would not have been successful had it not been for the help and support from local and national entities. Just recently the Templeton Foundation teamed up with Rolleville residence living in New Providence to supply the brownie pack of Rolleville with uniforms. Odyssey Aviation Exuma Bahamas has also taken an interest in cultivating the lives of young ladies by adopting the District and becoming a sponsoring body. The seed that has been planted over ten years ago by Mrs. Audrea Smith Lewis has definitely bloomed into a garden of girls and guiders who are continuously growing to be a part of the premier association for girls in the Bahamas.