The winner of our October 2011 PERSIST Award is Elizabeth Leung. Liz joined our Rover Scout Group about four years ago, when she was only 16 years old. Liz is reliable, hardworking, and always eager to help. She is currently the project manager of the Young Rovers portfolio. This month, she single-handedly published a research […]
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Sharing some of our secrets
This weekend five of our Rovers will be attending the BC Rover Moot (a camp open to 18-26 year olds and their advisors) which will have close to 50 people in attendance. We are going to present a workshop on personal development plans (shortened to PDP’s) and mentoring. This has been core to our Rover […]
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Rovers: More than meets the eye
From the perspective of a first time meeting chair Written by: Stephanie Chan “What is a meeting chair?” The typical answers would be that the meeting chair is the person you see standing up front who generally runs the meeting and introduces the next presenter on the stage. True, but that is a boring […]
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Two great videos are ready for your enjoyment! We premiered them to the Girl Scouts at our farewell dinner on Monday evening, and wish to share them with you. Girls Scouts of Japan at Camp Byng The first video showcases many of the activities we ran for the 31 Girl Scouts of Japan, and for […]
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Summer Camping with Scouts!
Just this past weekend, the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group hosted a joint camp at Camp Byng involving Scouts from several groups within our local Scouting council, Fukui Girl Guides from Japan, and also a group of 30+ new-to-Scouting participants. It was no easy task coordinating between all the different groups of people with various Scouting […]
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Mount Baker Expedition – Part 2
Here is a wonderful report from John Wong, one of the expedition leaders. Did you miss part one? You can read it here! For more photos of this trip, you can check out our Picture Gallery, or alternatively, you can also check out the slide show at Vince Poulin’s website. The 2011 Mt. Baker Expedition […]
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Mount Baker Expedition
Several of our Rovers joined the contingent from Hong Kong last week to climb Mount Baker. It was an experience of a life time. Below is expedition leader Vince Poulin’s description of the trip: Seven day’s of non-stop training paid off in dividends when on July 27 all members of the Mt. Baker Expedition stepped […]
180th Pacific Coast Scout Group retreat update! We’ve been through 2 full days of brainstorming and have stretched our brains to the limit. The highlights of our time here have been the mock eulogies that were written in the event that the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group ceased to exist; the award-winning speeches that were delivered in […]
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Welcome HK Scouts to Vancouver!
A contingent of Rovers from Hong Kong arrived at YVR early yesterday evening. They will be embarking on an introductory mountaineering experience up Mt. Baker later this week. After their expedition, they will be spending a few days in Vancouver to relax, recover and enjoy the sights and sounds of our city. Their itinerary includes: […]