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== History == | == History == | ||
[[Image:HelenStorrow.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Helen Storrow, who donated the money for Our Chalet.]] | [[Image:HelenStorrow.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Helen Storrow, who donated the money for Our Chalet.]] | ||
In 1929, WAGGGS met in [[Netherlands|Holland]] and decided to build a World Centre for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts worldwide.<ref name="FalkStory">{{cite book |title= Our Chalet |edition= 1999 |publisher= World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |location= Cambridge, England|language= English|pages= 7-21|chapter= The Story of Our Chalet by Falk}}</ref> An | In 1929, WAGGGS met in [[Netherlands|Holland]] and decided to build a World Centre for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts worldwide.<ref name="FalkStory">{{cite book |title= Our Chalet |edition= 1999 |publisher= World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |location= Cambridge, England|language= English|pages= 7-21|chapter= The Story of Our Chalet by Falk}}</ref> An American Girl Scout leader, Mrs. [[Helen Storrow]] (1864-1944), agreed to donate the money for construction and first four years of operation as long as it was built in Switzerland.<ref name="donation">{{cite web | author = | year = March 1978 | url = http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~sch00725 | title = Massachusetts Girl Scouts. Records, 1915-1967: A Finding Aid | format = | work = Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | publisher = Harvard University, Radcliffe College | accessdate = 2006-12-17}}</ref><ref name="FalkStory"/> Ida Von Herrenschwand (1887-1961), known as "Falk", and a Swiss Scout, helped her find a location in Switzerland. Several places were considered and discarded, including [[Grindelwald]], [[Aeschi]], and [[Kandersteg]], but the [[Kandersteg International Scout Centre]] had already been built there. Storrow favoured Aeschi because of its beauty but Falk felt it was too low for winter sports. The proposal for Aeschi was brought to a conference in [[Foxlease]], England and was almost approved but [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Robert Baden-Powell]], the founder of Scouting, agreed with Falk and the proposal did not pass.<ref name="FalkStory"/> After more discussion, the conference agreed upon these conditions:<ref name="history">{{cite web | author = | year = | url = http://www.ourchalet.ch/GuidesFrameset.asp?Menu=framesets/GuidesSubMenu.asp&Main=framesets/GuidesInnerFrame.asp&ID=GSHistory&Section=GSNoticeboard | title = History of Our Chalet | format = | work = | publisher = World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides | accessdate = 2006-12-16}}</ref> | ||
* the site must be near a main train line but away from tourists | * the site must be near a main train line but away from tourists | ||
* there must be hotels in the neighbourhood, but it must not be a fashionable place | * there must be hotels in the neighbourhood, but it must not be a fashionable place | ||
