The Bigger Picture: The February Rover Scout Group meeting featuring Guest Speaker Katie Dunsworth-Reiach Chances are, you had a vision or even a set goal of becoming somebody different from who you were when you first decided to join the rover crew. We all want to change for a better future and create a satisfying […]
Saturday, January 29th was an unforgettable day for the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group. We are very pleased to announce that we invested 14 new Rovers into the Rover Scout Group: Abby Syyong, Anthony Lam, Bruce Nip, Chris Cheng, David Yuan, Edna Cheng, Eli Chan, Jon Tsang, Julie Hsu, Karina Lee, Mark Burge, Shirvin Lee, […]
During the last two weekends of January, 2012, the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group conducted two workshops on Project Management. The main learning objective was for participants to gain a good understanding of managing a project. Topics ranged from understanding the importance of project management, to going into greater details of the key stages of planning […]
On January 8th, 2012, the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group had the honour of welcoming guest speaker, Carol Chiang. Carol is not only a Chartered Accountant for KPMG but also a partner and involved in the firm’s People Management Program. Furthermore, she is committed to organizations such as the Minerva Foundation and the Dynamo Swim Club. […]
On Saturday, December 17th, we did something that was unprecedented in the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group. Apart from holding a very successful Christmas Party, we also invited our parents to join us for the night. We realized that many of our parents may not know what we do in scouting, but they support our […]
On Saturday, November 5th, 2011, Darren Shum and Valerie Siu of the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group held a Project Planning Workshop for the enthusiastic 33rd Kerrisdale Venturer Company. The 14-17 year old Venturers were given an important presentation on the topic of Project management. Project management knowledge is indispensable in today’s world since everything that […]
Upon a chilly and rainy Saturday morning, over 100 scouting volunteers took part in the Grey Cup parade in downtown Vancouver. As the members marched along Burrard Street bearing assortment of flags, tents and canoes lead by our national flag, everyone could feel the energy in the air. As part of the 180th Pacific Coast […]
One of the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group’s goals this year is to provide more services to local community organizations in the Lower Mainland. In the spirit of this initiative, eight members of our Rover Scout Group volunteered on November 19th at the Salvation Army Harbour Light “Feeding Ministry”, essentially a “Food Line” that provides healthy […]
For our international service project in May 2012, we will be working with a children village (兒童村 – one of the eight main ones in China) near the City of Xian. The children village has close to 90 children living there. The buildings were donated by some American companies such as Amway, etc. Our contact in China […]
By: Aaron D’Souza Students are faced with innumerable distractions nowadays. The attention span of people in general seems to be getting shorter with the stimulation of senses that comes from having the internet at our fingertips. Focusing on doing one thing at a time has become a great challenge, and especially to students who want […]