By: Kevin Li, Eric Cheung, Anthony Lam Friday, January 4th, 2013 Fifteen of our Rovers arrived at the Richmond Funeral Home this evening to mourn for our friend, teacher, mentor and co-founding Advisor of the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group – Scouter Linus Fung. The news of Scouter Linus’ passing near the end of last […]
By: Scouter John Wong As an outdoor activities coordinator together with Hazel Wong and Jeremy Tam within the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group, I take the scouts out into the forests and onto the mountains throughout the year. Because of my Kilimanjaro Summit trip this November, the season started later than usual. However, we made […]
By: Charlie Ni Electronic Arts is one of the most well-known game developers in the world, for many good reasons – these are the masterminds behind iconic titles such as FIFA, NHL, Mass Effect, and The Sims. Contrary to popular belief, amazing video games such as those do not magically appear at your local EB […]
By: Clarice Fu You’ve finished your last exam and can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The countless hours you spent slaving over your textbooks and those restless nights before each exam…wow, what a stressful couple of weeks! You’ve finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel and you feel like you’ve conquered […]
By: Charlie Ni On November 21st, eight Rovers from the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group attended a workshop called “Writing Winning Grant Applications”, hosted by Sonja Embree. Ms. Embree has a PhD in Humanistic Psychology. In the past, she took part in designing a whole self-development related program for Langara College, and was the Vice […]
By: Clarice Fu It’s the night before your final exam – what do YOU do? Survival tip #3: Be Prepared We should all know this well – “Be Prepared” is the Scout motto. I apply it to everything that I do whether it be a Beaver field trip, a meeting at work, a weekend getaway, […]
By: Clarice Fu Are you covered in dust and cobwebs cause you’ve been studying at the library for hours on end, sitting in the same uncomfortable position, breaking only to mad-dash to the bathroom, cursing yourself every time you doze off cause you feel like you can’t cram fast enough for your exam tomorrow?? Every […]
By Lawrence Panzo “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Graham Bell If I could describe the soup kitchen in a single term, it would be “organized”. As we arrived at Salvation Army Vancouver’s Harbour Light Soup Kitchen, an orderly line made up of people from all walks of life, from senior […]
By Eli Chan On November 17th, the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group were privileged once again to invite back Russell and Christine from The Centre of Excellence for Young Adults (CEYA) to present an Insights Discovery Workshop to 20 of our crew members, including myself! The workshop has been recommended and used by many local […]
By: Brandon Ma This past weekend, I had the privilege and honour of representing the Pacific Coast Council as an elected voting member at the Scouts Canada Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. While voting for members of the Board of Governors was an important part of the weekend, I was also able to participate in […]