By: Paul Leung Jeremy, Adrian Lee, and I were tasked with the special privilege of preparing a home cooked meal for the youth at the Children’s Village. Jeremy comes from a large family and often has to make portions for many people; Adrian was our translator; and I am a food network junkie. Scouter John […]
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To All Our Mothers…
By: Stephanie Chan Since the thirty of us are thousands of miles away from home, we just want to reach out to all our Mums. Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you for being you.
By: Karina Lee To celebrate the unvailing of their newly painted mural we decided to throw an indoor campfire! Everyone enjoys a nice campfire, even if they don’t necessarily love camping. Usually campfires are used to cook food, to keep people warm, and to keep bugs and predators away. The purpose of a traditional Scouting […]
By: Karina Lee Prior to coming on this project, a team of scouting leaders from the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group sat down to think about what kind of games would appeal to these children. They were only given that the age range of the children living at this orphanage were from two to 18 years […]
By: Karina Lee Volunteering is a great way for like-minded people to meet, even if they don’t speak the same language or come from the same culture. By taking time off work and school to go on this international service project, the contingents from 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group was not surprised when they bumped into another group, […]
By: Karina Lee The Children’s Village is a state-run orphanage for children up to the age of 18. The Village has facilities and programs that prepare the youth for success when they leave the orphanage. The vice principal, Ms. Cui Min, was proud to share that one of her past students is now one of […]
Today, the contingent met the Xi’an Youth Federation representative, Ms. Cindy Chen. The Xi’an Youth Federation is the sponsor for this portion of our trip. She and Scouter Raymond Leung have been working diligently for months to help prepare every detail for our stay in Xi’an.
By: Stephanie Chan If you ever want to get lost in China, the Beijing Railway station is the place to do it. Luckily, us Rovers have learned to be prepared and stick together. Though we have never been in any one place with such numerous amount of people at any one time, we were able […]
By: Stephanie Chan We have arrived in China! It finally hit us that we have embarked on this once in a life time journey as we stepped off the plane and onto the busy streets of Beijing. We know that we are in China straight off the bat when we meet our tour guide who […]
By: Karina Lee Hey Everyone! We are at the YVR now, eagerly waiting to board our flight. It is so surreal to be here. After so many months of planning, we are finally on our way. This morning, we had a surprise visit from AM 1320 and Fairchild TV. Our spokespeople, Vivian, Sofe, and Pinky […]