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Vivian's Got a Job!

By: Vivian Chan When I learned to lean on the support of others from the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group, share my worries, battle wounds, hopes and joys with John Chow, and my second family established in the group, I finally made decisions beyond just because they “made sense” or was the “right thing to […]

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Medal of the Maple for Distinguished Youth Services

By: Kevin Kwong Four of our Rover Scouts have recently received their Medal of Maple for Distinguished Youth Services, a prestigious award recognizing youth who have made significant contribution in Scouts Canada. The criteria for the award are as follow: 1) Be a member of Scouting for no less than three years and be currently […]

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Jobs for everyone

It has been a busy month for our Rovers. Two of our Rovers recently got jobs in careers that they have been working towards and credit our 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group for getting them hired above the competition. We want to share their story today to highlight their successes. Karen Wong Job Title: Treasury […]

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30,000 Hits!

We just hit 30,000 hits on our website, almost 2 years since launch! http://t.co/jtRb5c18 #RoverResults #Over9000 #ThanksForTheSupport — 180th PCC Rovers (@PCCRovers) October 2, 2012

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With this, 45 of our 54 Rovers have now completed Project Management Training 1! #PMT1

With this, 45 of our 54 Rovers have now completed Project Management Training 1! #PMT1 #RoverResults — 180th PCC Rovers (@PCCRovers) September 26, 2012 It's another batch of trained project managers! #PMT1 http://t.co/oqxC25hP http://t.co/fy2s4Eh8 http://t.co/ALJTB6kp — 180th PCC Rovers (@PCCRovers) September 26, 2012

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“You can not change anyone. You can only create the environment in which they want to change.“

In the summer of 2009 after I had completed my 2nd year of studies for my Mechanical Engineering degree at UBC, I was introduced to the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group. Being young and cocksure, I joined this crew with the original intent of showing these “scouts” what I, as a veteran Air Cadet, could […]

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Brandon Ma voted to represent Pacific Coast Council at the National AGM

[two_third]Congratulations to our very own Brandon Ma, for being elected to represent Pacific Coast Council at the National AGM later this year in October! Eleanor Oakley (Council Commisioner) and Cindy Mei (Council Youth Commissioner) are our other two representatives. They will vote to elect any new Board of Governors, vote on any business that arises […]

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"If you don't know where you're going, then any path will do"

As I near the end of my time as a full-time advisor with the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group, I often reflect on the impact that the Group has had on my life. Certainly, I would have never imagined that while I was a part of the Group, I would decide to change careers from […]