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Alumni Spotlight: Amy Do

Our past membership has included a number of stellar individuals over the years. Although many have since graduated, they haven’t lost the spirit of Scouting and continue to instill positive change within (and without) the community, while bettering the lives of those around them. One such individual is an alumnus by the name of Amy […]

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Immeasurable

By Henry Chow Although I’m not graduating with my peers just yet, I still have a few thoughts to share as the end of the Scouting year draws close. Photo Credit: Bo Hung Chen

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Time Management: How to Kill Time

When we’re loaded with a long list of tasks, it feels as if 24 hours is never enough. We catch ourselves saying, “there are too many things to do, but not enough time”.  Keep in mind that there are people who have less time on their hands and more to do, yet they are are […]

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How Our Rovers Learn by Doing

By Dylan Book In the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group, we claim to develop leaders and managers by providing real world experiences and projects that teach us. This is a bit abstract, so we thought we might use a recent example to better illustrate this. A real challenge our Crew has faced was the consistent […]

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iProj 2017: Rovers at the International Open Forum in Taiwan

By Dylan Book ????Everywhere we go People want to know Who we are And where we come from So we tell them…???? This is the start of one of our Crew’s favourite Scouting songs. We sing it at campfires, while hiking, and on the bus during our International Service Projects. The spirit of the song is […]

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COLD TALK: SNOWSHOE

By Sandra Lee The snow is back! THE SEASON IS NOT OVER YET! What a beautiful winter we had this time, so we must take advantage! Our two departments, Training & Scout Group Support, thus hosted a snowshoe fun run for a light outdoor adventure up Brockton Point in Mount Seymour to prepare our Rovers […]

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How to Plan Your First Outdoor Event: PMT1 RECAP

By Sandra Lee Ever want to plan something fun with your friends, but feel that you don’t have the capacity or the skills to run an event? Have you ever found yourself stuck with an awesome idea, visualize the potential of your end product, but can barely imagine the steps in between you and that […]

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Eli Chan at JDC

Written by Sandra Lee Scouts do things in the community. Some of these things lie outside of scouting itself. Many of the blog posts that have been written so far generally fall within a similar theme, where experiences you gain from being a Rover Scout can positively affect your personal and professional life. Sometimes, it […]

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New Rover at the AGM

  By Sandra Lee Let me preface this post by saying that the AGM was a bit overwhelming. I had never been in a place that only hosted recognizable and rewarded individuals. Despite this, it was a worthwhile and humbling experience. A lot of information about different topics were presented to us during this conference. […]

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Rover of the Month: Karen Tse

Welcome to our third segment of Rover of the Month! Our next Rover is our two-time vice president, Karen Tse. Interviewed by: Sandra Lee 1. How did you feel when you were asked to be vice president again? I feel extremely honored to be selected as the vice president again this year. I am looking forward […]