Lee Steere was enrolled into Girl Guiding by Chief Guide
Lady Baden-Powell during her visit to Australia in 1931. From 1931 to 1953 she was Acting State Commissioner, and then State Commissioner for Western Australia Girl Guides. In 1934 she represented Australia at the 8th
WAGGGS World Conference at
Our Chalet, Switzerland. In 1935 she attended a Commissioner Training Camp at
Foxlease, New Forest, England. In reference to her Guiding activity in 1937 she was called “one of the busiest women in the west” by ''
The Australian Women's Weekly''. As part of her 1931 trip to Australia, Lady Baden-Powell brought a Cenotaph flag to present to Australia's Girl Guide Association. These were flags that had been retired from their role at the
Cenotaph in London, donated to the
Imperial War Museum and subsequently redistributed to relevant organisations around the world. Steere carried this flag to many parts of Australia during her tenure as State Commissioner. During
World War II she set up a War Time Work Party, to help Britain's bombed areas. She initiated fundraising towards the cost of two air ambulances, a lifeboat for Red Cross Polish Relief work, and the
Australian Comforts Fund, an initiative to "Keep the Fit Man Fit" by providing items such as soap and razors for soldiers. The
Lady Lee Steere Training Centre was built in
Boyup Brook, Western Australia. Upon her retirement as State Commissioner in 1953, she was presented with a silver sugar spoon with a miniature Brownie on the top as a gift from the 1,600
Brownies in the state. In 1958 the second phase of work began on
Paxwold, Western Australia's Girl Guide campsite and training centre. The main training room was named after her and she formally opened the building on 19 March 1960. ==Other work==