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The Ultimate Litmus Test

Henry Chow is a Rover Scout and the current Department Head for Information Systems. He was also a contingent member of our 6th International Service Project to Taiwan, with his role being the videographer for this trip.   I didn’t like challenges as a kid. My goal back then was to avoid every single obstacle, […]

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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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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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Video: Shoreline Clean Up!

Produced By Jae-hui Song  Shoreline Clean up is one of our Scout Group’s annual projects that we pursue as our part of keeping our community clean. Every year, we are able to collect bags full of undisposed plastic and recyclable bottles, which actually isn’t an anomaly! Cleaning up shoreline garbage is just as easy as forgetting […]

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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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Rover Paramedic at the BC Children’s Hospital Charity

Paying taxes, obeying traffic signs, and voting in a government election are some of the things you do as a Canadian citizen. To be a model citizen, we should be contributing members to our community. Our Rover Scout Group is blessed with a great number of Rovers who carry their passions wherever they go. In […]

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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 […]