The spectacular weather and atmosphere at our Canada Day booth last weekend resulted in some great pictures. Take a look down below! Many thanks to all the volunteers that came out for the event. Photo Credit: Henry Chow
Written by: Nick Pham The previous weekend may have been rainy, gloomy and chilly for some, but to 18 of our Rovers, it was also one of the warmest, most joyful and memorable weekends of the year. From 6pm April 7th to 6am April 8th, our Rovers were helping the NiteHike committee create an educational playground […]
Vancouver Outreach Program partners with the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group in a 2-day Community Service Project, distributing care packages to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside residents. This 2-day project occurring January 27th and 28th were planned by first-time Patrol Leader and Project Manager, Vivien Wang. She and Rover Scout Nimmy Nelson organized a joint venture with […]
Henry Chow is a Rover Scout and the current Department Head for Information Systems. He was also a contingent member of our 6th International Service Project to Taiwan, with his role being the videographer for this trip. I didn’t like challenges as a kid. My goal back then was to avoid every single obstacle, […]
By Jan Nguyen On Sunday April 23rd, our Rover Crew volunteered for the Soup Kitchen at The Salvation Army. The group had volunteered here in the past, but it was the first time for a lot of Rover Scouts, including myself! In this blog, I’m going to share the story of what it’s like volunteering […]
As a sequel to our previous blog post about Caelan’s first impressions, we had the chance to talk to Shiyu about what she thinks of her time so far as a New Rover Scout. Hi Shiyu, thanks for letting me speak with you. Let’s start off with something easy. What made you decide to reach […]
Continuing to shine the spotlight on some of the Rovers, today I would like to feature one of our newest members, Caelan Huesing, as she shares a bit about her background and what initially attracted her to the program in the first place. Let’s talk a bit about yourself first. Well, this is my first […]
By Brian Asin & Sandra Lee 2017 is in full swing, which means that there’s only a couple of months until our Rover Scout Group contingent departs to Taiwan on the 6th International Service Project (iProj) in May. As a first timer going on iProj this year, I wanted to hear all the great stories coming from Rovers who […]
Produced By Jae-hui Song Shoreline Clean up is one of our Scout Group’s annual projects that we pursue as our part of keeping our community clean. Every year, we are able to collect bags full of undisposed plastic and recyclable bottles, which actually isn’t an anomaly! Cleaning up shoreline garbage is just as easy as forgetting […]
By Claudia Chan Did I know anything about stem cells before volunteering with Other Half? Being a science student, I would like to think that I did. But truthfully, I probably knew the same amount as the general public, which unfortunately is not very much. Volunteering with OtherHalf-Chinese Stem Cell Initiative not only taught me what stem […]