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Journey to 150 Gala [Photos]

By: Anthony Lam On October 5, 2014, over 250 of our family, friends and members of the Scouting community joined us in the celebration gala of a huge milestone in the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group. Aptly titled “Journey to 150”, the event was dedicated to the celebration of our Rover Crew reaching 150 members. […]

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Back to School Tip: How to take and organize your notes

It’s back to school for some of you! Ever feel like there’s just way too much information to review before midterms? Hopefully this post on how to take and organize your notes will help! Here are the 4 strategies for effective note-taking in class as suggested by blogger Kirsten Horton in her post: 1: Write […]

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Our Rovers visit Canada’s Outdoor Recreation Capital

By: Edna Cheng Last Sunday on August 24th, I had an amazing adventure at one of the world’s top rock climbing destinations, Sea-to-Sky/Squamish Corridor, with Scout Advisor John and Scout Advisor Hazel, along with scouters Jeremy, Linda, Violet, and guest Cameron. The team met together at 9 o’clock in the morning and headed together onto […]

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Rovers outdoor rock climbing experience at Murrin Provincial Park

By: David Yuan On Friday August 22nd 2014, two members of the 180th Rover Crew, David Yuan and Dylan Book attended the 2nd outdoor rock climbing event at Murrin Provincial Park near Squamish, BC. The event was led by John Wong, one of the Integrated Outdoor Program (IOP) Advisors and Vince Poulin, our resource person […]

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LSCR Bike Ride: Learning by Doing

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” – Benjamin Franklin By: Linda Koch On Saturday, August 16th, 2014, 4 members of the 180th Rover Crew made it down to the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR) bikeway, just north of the Capilano University in North Vancouver.  It […]

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Year of Firsts

  As we get closer to the end of this scouting year, it is time to reflect on how we did in the past year. This year, was a YEAR OF FIRSTS for us! # 1 : It was the FIRST year that we organized both a Competition Camp and an International Community Service Project […]

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Photos of our last conference in the 2013-2014 Scouting Year

  Check out part 2 of photos from our last Conference of the 2013-2014 Scouting Year. (Photo Credit: Sophia Yip) [flickr_set id=”72157646636645971″]

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PCC Rovers welcomes Guest Scouters from Brazil & Australia in the Crew's Monthly Conference

  As the largest Rover Scout Group in Canada, the 180th Pacific Coast Rover Scout Group continues to welcome guests in its events and crew meetings. In fact, in the last crew monthly conference in August, the crew welcomed 3 Scouters from Brazil and Australia, apart from many guests from Canada who joined the event. […]

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Our next iProj Destination: Malaysia & Singapore

  Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless. ~ Sherry Anderson We are very excited to share the new that our next International Community Service Project (iProj) is going to be to Malaysia and Singapore, in May 2015. We are very excited about this project and would like to hear […]

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Our Graduates Words of Wisdom

  “Look around, those who are the dept heads & strong PM’s are weekly Scouters. If you want to Grow, consider being a Scouter. Visit one of our home groups and volunteer there. Leadership and personal development do not come over night. Most of us are afraid of commitment but that’s what helps us to […]