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Time Management: How to Kill Time

When we’re loaded with a long list of tasks, it feels as if 24 hours is never enough. We catch ourselves saying, “there are too many things to do, but not enough time”.  Keep in mind that there are people who have less time on their hands and more to do, yet they are are […]

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Standing Out from the Stack of Resumes

Written by: Henry Chow & Sandra Lee Last month, our crew hosted the latest event from our crew’s “Career Series” – a lineup of various information and networking sessions, directed at youth trying to break into the job market. Each of these events has provided a wealth of knowledge to all attendees; this session dealing […]

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Community Service General Updates

Giving Back CAN Make a Difference

 Yes, sorting cans with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB) CAN make a difference.

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3 Important Things Scouting Taught Me

Written by: Nick Pham On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my mother decided to sign me up for the Scouting program. At that time, all she thought about was to provide an environment for me to connect with other kids of my age. I was hesitant at first, but now I couldn’t possibly thank her enough […]

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Conferences General Updates

Monthly Conference – March 11th, 2018

On March 11th, we had our monthly conference which followed the theme: problem solving. Check out the awesome photos from the day! Special congratulations to our March Persist Award Winner, Rena Kakuda.

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General Updates Personal Development

Why Some of Us Don’t Have One True Calling

Almost all of us have been asked the question: “What do you want to be when you grow up”. Some of us can give quick answers such as doctor, painter, consultant, but a lot of us are stuck on this popular question. The reasons for being stumped can be as simple as not knowing what […]

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How Scouting Helped My Public Speaking Skills

As someone who is new to Scouting in Canada, our new rover, Nick Pham, shares his personal experiences on how Scouting has helped him with his public speaking skills!  Whenever I tell somebody that I am a Scout, they usually have the impression that I must be only good at camping skills and survival techniques. […]

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Fun in Snow: Snow Tubing and Hot Pot

On February 11th, our Rovers headed up to Mt.Seymour to enjoy an awesome day of snow tubing and hot pot. The day was filled with laughter as everyone bonded over the fun events, while traversing the snow. This blog recaps the experiences of Alex Vu, the project manager for the event, and her time up […]

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Highlights of 2017

2017 was an important year for our crew. Within 2017 alone, we hit two major milestones: we celebrated our 10th year anniversary and went on our 6th international service project (or iProj for short). While our 10 year celebration and 6th iProj are major milestones to reminiscent over, we cannot forget the smaller milestones and […]

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iProj 2017: Capturing Moments in Taiwan

By Jae-Hui Song Jae-Hui Song is a Rover Scout and a contingent member of our 6th International Service Project to Taiwan (iProj, for short). Her role during iProj was as our photographer and photo editor. Below is a compilation of her original photos and her thoughts as she took them.