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Bronze Smiling Face awarded to 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group

  Echoing the 1st Rivorton Rovers, we too were presented the Bronze Smiling Face for our work during our International Service Project to Puerto Vallarta in May. While we don’t do projects like this for the accolades, it is always good to hear that we’ve made a difference. Thank you very much Asociación de Scouts […]

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A heartfelt message from Mexico for the successful International Community Service Project 2014

  The students and teachers of Volcanes Primary School have sent us a heartfelt message written on an adorable collage of photos that they put together, to express their gratitude for our International Community Service Project in Mexico. See their message & beautiful collage below.

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Letter from the National Chief Scout of Mexico, Lorena Valdez

During our celebration gala dinner in Puerto Vallarta, members of our contingent were very surprised to receive a letter from the National Chief Scout of Mexico, Scouter Lorena Valdez, herself.  It is so humbling to be praised by Scouter Lorena for the work that we are  in Mexico, and we are so happy to know […]

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How the service project in Puerto Vallarta went from conception to complete

On behalf of the Canadian contingent, Eli Chan gives our welcome in both English and Spanish at the official inauguration of the Nayarit Scout Hall in Puerto Vallarta. She briefly explains how the project went from conception to dialog to complete and what the new hall now means to the community.

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Thank You, Scouter Moy!

By Anthony Lam, with contributions from Eli Chan – 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group Going to a country for a service project is never easy, but on this trip, we were very lucky to have support and help from Scouter Moises (Moy) Rubalcava Ceja, President of the Nayarit Province for the Scouts Association of Mexico. […]

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Top 10 Ways to Make Reading An Adventure

At the Volcanes Elementary School, we were able to assist the youth learning English by reading with them. We pulled up some bilingual books and took turns reading Spanish to the children, while they read the English back to us. Needless to say, they were quickly correcting our Spanish, and eager to correct their English. […]

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A Note of Gratitude – Thank you Mexico Scouts

Our International Service Project has come to an end, but our contingent cannot leave without thanking some special people in our hearts. To the Mexican Rover Scouts for everything you have done for us to make us feel welcomed here in Puerto Vallarta.  No one in our contingent knew that we would be able to find […]

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Everything but the kitchen sink: Panorama of the #iProj14 Kitchen

What you see before you is the “Cocina”; the Kitchen. When completed, this kitchen will allow the Volcanes Elementary School to provide simple breakfasts and lunches to their students. Views: Puerto Vallarta, JAL, Mexico by Charlie Ni Over the three days of service there, we moved bricks, poured cement, dug the trench, filled the foundation, […]

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A Visual Voyage through iProj 2014: Part 2 of 2

Please enjoy the last photo summary of the second week of our International Service Project in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. [flickr_set id=”72157644340005190″]

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Being rich is not about how much money you have, but how much you can give

By: Linda Koch The second part of our International Service Project took place at Volcanes Primary School. When we arrived, we had the honor of meeting Arthur, the Director of Volcanes Community Education Project.  A fantastic speaker, his story of how Volcanes Elementary School came about would bring tears to your eyes.