![Girl Scout Haileigh Alban from Post Falls Troop 2035, center, is pictured with Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho CEO Brian Newberry and COO Renee Smock at the fairgrounds Saturday during World Thinking Day.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/02/28/World_Thinking_Day_2_t1170.png?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Girl Scout Haileigh Alban from Post Falls Troop 2035, center, is pictured with Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho CEO Brian Newberry and COO Renee Smock at the fairgrounds Saturday during World Thinking Day.
February 29, 2024
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World Thinking Day is a time when Girl Scouts place themselves in the shoes of other Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world and honor their counterparts in other countries. "Living in America, we're very gifted living in the area we do," Haileigh Alban, 16, of Troop 2035 Post Falls, said Tuesday. "It's nice to see other countries and see how other communities revolve around each other. It's a look into the outside world that we're not the only ones here.