Join Cecilia as she asks her fellow contingent members why they decided to go on this year’s International Service Project to Malaysia and Singapore with the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group.
Category: International Projects
There are officially three months left before our International Service Project to Malaysia and Singapore! Although it may seem like the day of our departure is still very far away from now, the contingent is working really hard in our monthly meetings to prepare for our trip in May. In this post, we will be bringing […]
“If you do something that has never been done, you will collect treasures that has never been found” –Jenna Newton. One of the richest and most memorable experiences our Rovers can attain together is through an international service project, to explore countries we have yet to visit and to meet people of different cultures. […]
Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless. ~ Sherry Anderson We are very excited to share the new that our next International Community Service Project (iProj) is going to be to Malaysia and Singapore, in May 2015. We are very excited about this project and would like to hear […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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. […]
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. […]