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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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New Rover Perspectives: Caelan Huesing

Continuing to shine the spotlight on some of the Rovers, today I would like to feature one of our newest members, Caelan Huesing, as she shares a bit about her background and what initially attracted her to the program in the first place. Let’s talk a bit about yourself first. Well, this is my first […]

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PERSIST: Vincent Yang

  By Sandra Lee Over the next few months, we will be featuring our Rover Scouts on social media  (Facebook and Instagram) to showcase the results of our program. To start, we’ve chosen our most recent PERSIST Award winner, Vincent Yang.  Vincent, you’ve been with us for 6 years now. What made you join Scouts […]

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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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Recap: Shoreline CleanUp @Garry Point Park

Nearly 60,000 registrants cleaned 2,000+ shorelines across Canada in 2015, removing almost 180,000 kg of litter from more than 3,000 km of shoreline. — Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup As a new member of our Rover Scout Group, Tina Liao was tasked to manage our annual Shoreline Cleanup Project to learn about 2 major aspects of […]

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[RECAP] Public Speaking Workshop

By Brian Asin A class of Rover Scouts got together early Saturday morning at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library to participate in a Public Speaking Workshop. The event was organized by Barton Lui, and facilitated by some of our very talented and insightful Scouters. Everyone got their first go at public speaking […]

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[RECAP] OtherHalf Stem Cell Project

By Claudia Chan Did I know anything about stem cells before volunteering with Other Half? Being a science student, I would like to think that I did. But truthfully, I probably knew the same amount as the general public, which unfortunately is not very much. Volunteering with OtherHalf-Chinese Stem Cell Initiative not only taught me what stem […]

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East Side Eats August 2016

On August 27th, 20 rovers worked together to make 558 sandwiches to help the people of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Join us as we experienced a day of team work and giving back to the community!

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[RECAP] East side Eats

By Brian Asin A community service project to end the summer on the right note This past weekend, members of our rover scout crew initiated East Side Eats, the first of many community service activities planned for the last quarter of 2016. East Side Eats is a project that our crew holds close to our hearts, […]

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800 SANDWICHES FOR VANCITY EAST SIDE

By Sandra Lee On April 26th, approximately 35 Rovers headed to Chinatown to prepare more than 800 sandwiches for those living in Vancouver’s downtown east side. As a part of Scout Canada’s Good Turn Week, this project was planned and led by Chenoa Liu and Cameron Butler who managed to get the word out about […]