By Brian Asin During the last leg of our trip in Taipei, we were hosted at the National Taiwanese Scout Headquarters. Our presenters, Eli Chan, Victor Chan, Kevin Heung, Dylan Book, and Scouter David Yuan once again shared our Rover Crew’s youth development strategy, our accomplishments and our future aspirations at a second open forum […]
By Brian Asin The Digital Divide Volunteer Initiative is an ongoing program organized by local Taiwanese Rover Scouts. The Digital Divide is a socio-economic concept that describes the gap in the access to modern information and technology. Though this is most easily understood using comparisons between developed and less developed countries, it also applies to […]
By Brian Asin We do environmental service projects when we visit other countries, because it’s a great opportunity for our Rover Scouts to follow the Scouting Method—we learn by doing. This year for Good Turn Week, a contingent from our Rover Scout Group is in Taiwan collaborating in a number of service projects with youth across […]
By Brian Asin ‘Rice burgers & tour bus karaoke’ is exactly how I’d want to describe my first day in Taiwan. From the “open 24 hours” dumpling shops to the beautiful mountainside views, it’s hard to not get lost in the magic of the island nation. As soon as we exited the gates at Taoyuan […]
For our Let’s talk about iProj, we sat down with Paul Leung; a 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group Scouter and an important player since our crew’s early days. Paul shares his experiences from the very first International Service Project in China, and Japan, and how the bond that was made between the crew’s first handful […]
By Brian Asin Cleaning our local shorelines has never been easier! Just ask the Scouts. Scouting and shoreline cleanups almost go hand in hand! In fact, it’s the norm for Scout groups to host annual shoreline cleanup days in their communities. Scouts get their first exposure to sustainable practices through our Beaver and Cub programs, […]
By Brian Asin Vancouver has been recognized time and time again as a green city. We have a ton of sustainable development initiatives and waste reduction policies under our belt. The heaps of trash left in the campgrounds after the annual Pemberton Music Festival, however, show a side of the ‘green city’ that we aren’t […]
By Brian Asin A class of Rover Scouts got together early Saturday morning at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library to participate in a Public Speaking Workshop. The event was organized by Barton Lui, and facilitated by some of our very talented and insightful Scouters. Everyone got their first go at public speaking […]
On August 27th, 20 rovers worked together to make 558 sandwiches to help the people of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Join us as we experienced a day of team work and giving back to the community!
By Brian Asin This Labour Day weekend, members of the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group volunteered at TaiwanFest 2016 with an organization called OtherHalf-Chinese Stem Cell Initiative. This Canadian charity strives to increase the number of potential stem cell donors in the global stem cell donor registry. Though they do not limit themselves to […]