Sunday, 28 August 2022

4SW Group Fall 2022

Registration

Note: All youth who were registered as of June are registered through to the end of December.  The current registration cycle (Aug 15 to 31) is for existing members to register for the 2023 Scouts Canada registration year (January to December).  Starting September 1, registration for 2023 will open to the general public.  If you have not registered for 2023 by that time, it is likely that your spot will be taken by someone else. Please note that we do NOT control the registration process and cannot remedy that if you allow it to happen.

Starting Up - Location and Times

Our first meeting for all sections will be on Wednesday September 7th. 

Beavers:

Beavers will meet at Willingdon Church starting in the gym at 6:30 pm every Wednesday and ending at 7:30 pm in room 1240 (lower floor, northeast corner).

Cubs:

The normal meeting location for cubs will be Cascade Elementary School on Smith Avenue, but this location is not available for our first meeting, so that meeting will start in the gym at 7 pm (when the beavers leave for their downstairs room) and end at 8:35 in the two 1200 rooms downstairs.

Starting September 14, cubs will meet at Cascade Elementary School starting at 6:50 pm and ending at 8:35 pm.  The odd times are there to allow parents with youth in several sections to drop off at different locations and still be on time.  e.g. Drop a beaver off at 6:30 at Willingdon, drive to Cascade, drop a cub off at 6:50, drive to Willingdon and drop a scout or venturer off.

Scouts and Venturers:

Our meetings will be from 7 pm to 9 pm.

Because the cub pack can't use Cascade school on that first date, we will let them use the gym from 7 to 8 and we will start in the two 1200 rooms. We will switch with them at 8 pm.  The following and subsequent weeks we will simply meet in the gym as the beavers will be done with it by 7 pm.

Upcoming Adventures

Please note the group calendar page for a list of upcoming camps and activities.  Of note, we have an all-sections canoeing day on Saturday September 17 at Deer Lake park.  Here is the schedule. Please note when your section is expected to be there:

  • 9:00-9:30 canoes arrive – unload
  • 9:30-9:45 venturers get ready to paddle
  • 9:45-10:45 venturers paddle
  • 10:45-11:00 Beavers arrive, get life jackets, go into canoes
  • 11:00-11:30 Beavers paddle with venturers
  • 11:30-11:45 Beavers unload and leave
  • 11:45-12:30 Venturers eat lunch, take a break
  • 12:30-12:45 Cubs arrive, get life jackets, go into canoes
  • 12:45-1:45 Cubs paddle with Venturers
  •  1:45-2:00 Scouts arrive, get life jackets, go into canoes
  •  2:00-3:00 Scouts paddle
  •  3:00-3:30 Scouts and scouters (and any venturers still present) help load canoes
The calendar is colour-coded with brown text for beavers, grey text for cubs, green text for scouts and blue text for venturers. All-sections events are red.

Thursday, 18 August 2022

Jota Joti 2022- from 14 to 16 October 2022

 Are you ready for another exciting #JOTAJOTI?! 

The world’s largest digital and radio Scout event promoting friendship and global citizenship

From 14 to 16 October 2022


JOTA-JOTI is the largest digital event for young people globally! Registrations will open in September but we encourage our Scout Groups to save the dates and include JOTAJOTI in their programmes so our Cubs, Scouts, and Rovers can experience an international jamboree from home!

World Organization of the Scout Movement - WOSM Jota-Joti @jota_joti #scouts #jamboree #scoutfamily⚜️

Sunday, 5 June 2022

Warner Loat Park group Reunion


 Hi 4SW Scouting families and guests 

 

This is a reminder that this coming Wednesday all sections will be meeting at Warner Loat Park at 6:30 pm. You should all have responded to the poll that we sent by now (please do so by tonight if you have not already.)

 

In addition to feeding you hot dogs, chips, juice boxes and rice Krispy squares, this will be an evening of awards, and we will be graduating the following youth to their new sections for September:

 

  • Graduating from Beavers to Cubs:
    • Stacy Chung
    • Carlos Raygoza
    • Danary Li
  • Graduating from Cubs to Scouts:
    • Noah Berard
    • Elias Chung
    • Isaac Lee
    • Ethan Li
    • Ethan Zeng
  • Forming a new Venturer Company:
    • Darcy Liu
    • Graduating from Scouts to Venturers:

o   Caelan Black

o   James Thom

o   Kyle Symons

o   Austin Wang

 

You may wish to bring a folding chair to sit in, and depending on the weather you may want to bring an umbrella and/or some rain gear.

 

See you all there!

 

Scouter Robert Houben (alias Rann)

Willingdon’s Burnaby 4SW Scouting

Thursday, 2 June 2022

International scout invitation

 


The international team is inviting youth to participate in the Interamerican Scout Region this summer. These opportunities are all done virtually so they are an easy way to experience Scouting beyond Canada.


Opportunities involve youth consultations (ages 7-15) until June 10, youth dialogues (ages 7-14 & 15-29) from June 24 to July 24, and the Interamerican Scout Youth Forum (ages 18-29) on August 12 and 13. 


Any youth that are interested should send the names and contact information for them and their Scouters to Scouts Canada's International Commissioner, John at jestrella@scouts.ca

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Beavers Hiking - Central Park Burnaby

 Dear Beavers / Parents,


We will be going Hiking at Central Park, Burnaby

Address : Drop off area at the  FRONT  of the  "WASHROOM" next to the tennis courts (Across from 6188 Patterson, Burnaby) 
Please refer to the attachment or the below link
Time : Drop off (6:20pm) and pick up (7:30pm).




Please make sure that they bring the following items with them :
1.) Small bag pack
2.) Water bottle ( MUST)
3.) Sunscreen lotion, if sunny
4.) Hiking shoe / boots
5.) Hat
6.) Beaver FULL uniform (beaver hat, necker, beaver vest)
7.) Sunglass, if sunny
8.) Jacket, depend on the weather  (light or heavy)
9.) Rainjacket, if rainning
10.) Flashlight, if is dark


See you all Wednesday @ 6:20pm.