By: John and Hazel Wong Metro Vancouverites are among the luckiest citizens in the world in terms of access to natural beauty on the Northshore mountains and the sea-to-sky corridor including the world famous Whistler Resort. More than that, most people would recognize the iconic Mt Baker Mountain just south of the 49th parallel in […]
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Vivian's Got a Job!
By: Vivian Chan When I learned to lean on the support of others from the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group, share my worries, battle wounds, hopes and joys with John Chow, and my second family established in the group, I finally made decisions beyond just because they “made sense” or was the “right thing to […]
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Scouting Life Feature: Our Crew
The Scouting Life Magazine is published for Scouts Canada three times a year for Scout leaders around Canada. The magazine aims to address topics about leadership in Scouting, and it is an honour that our Crew was featured in the Spring 2013 issue of the magazine. This is a testament that the work we do […]
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Volunteering for Scouts Canada
By: John Wong As I am retired, many people ask me what I do with my spare time (Ha, what spare time?) My answer is invariably the same: I was given abundantly during my developmental and working periods and as a result, I have gathered a lot of knowledge (what to do) and wisdom (what not […]
By: Dylan Book My approach to learning of any kind is to look for the takeaway. I ask myself, “what are just a few key paradigms or principles that I can easily adopt and apply to my life?” The 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group hosted its very first Personal Productivity Workshop on January 29 2013, […]
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Mountain Skills for Life
By: John Wong I’ve been a Scout since I was 11 years old and one thing that attracted me was the great outdoors. The Vancouver Northshore mountains has nurtured my body, mind, and spirit to this very day. Metro Vancouverites are so fortunate that most are only 15-30 minutes away from the mountains as weekend […]
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New Year, New People
By: Sheldon Leung When I arrived at my first Social Night in November of last year I was quite nervous and I had no clue who anyone was. Luckily, I was immediately welcomed by several members of the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group. Everyone seemed interested in meeting me, and the environment felt safe for […]
By: Kevin Kwong Four of our Rover Scouts have recently received their Medal of Maple for Distinguished Youth Services, a prestigious award recognizing youth who have made significant contribution in Scouts Canada. The criteria for the award are as follow: 1) Be a member of Scouting for no less than three years and be currently […]
We are very excited to announce that our Rover Crew will be hosting our next dodgeball tournament in February. Sign up, strengthen your throwing arm and dodging skills, and win the tournament! If you’ve never played before, don’t sweat! The Vancouver Dodgeball League will be hosting a dodgeball 101 crash course at the start of […]
By Felipe Gasparino What would you expect for a Christmas party? Chatting? Nice food? Having some fun? Would you expect to leave with dance skills? How about feeling like in an Oscar, or a TV show? Well, we’ll get to that. Just 3 days before Christmas, Saturday December 22nd, the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group […]